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From the author of Girl Last Seen comes a psychological thriller that delivers Nina Laurin's signature "heart-stopping" suspense (Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author).
"...currently wanted by the police. If you know anything about the suspect's whereabouts, please call..."
I look up at the TV screen, and my twin brother's face is splashed across it, life-size.
It's a shock that makes my breath catch....
"...currently wanted by the police. If you know anything about the suspect's whereabouts, please call..."
I look up at the TV screen, and my twin brother's face is splashed across it, life-size.
It's a shock that makes my breath catch....
2) Flash fire
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Will the California wildfires bring Danna the summer excitement she craves? In the Southern California suburb of Pinch Canyon, among the swimming pools and tennis courts, fifteen-year-old Danna Press finds her summer life so dull she longs for some cinematic excitement. A kidnapping? An earthquake? A presidential assassination attempt? Even the scary wildfires she watches on TV, raging in nearby Los Angeles, seem like they would liven things up. Though...
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An ALA Notable Book and an IRA-CBC Children's Choice: Losing your sister can mean losing your best friend too Thirteen-year-old Kate is thrilled for her sister, Joss, when Joss finds out she gets to keep a horse for a week as a birthday present. Then in one tragic moment, all of the happiness is gone, and numbness and grief overwhelm the family. Kate cannot imagine how she'll survive but knows somehow she must come to terms with her loss. In this...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Retta, Johnny, and Roy have no parental rules to follow, so they've made up their own. After their mother passes away, Retta, Johnny, and Roy don't have much parenting in their lives. Their dad is a country singer who keeps them well fed but isn't around much. Older sister Retta takes control, leading her brothers on all sorts of unwise adventures and promising that one day they'll have money, safety, and a nice home. When their dad is away performing...
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Arrested for the murder of her sister, a young woman fights for freedom The world loves Monica Vincent, and her sister Anna has always tried to love her, too. Anna's life is devoted to the Hollywood star; As her sister's personal assistant, she spends her days answering Monica's fan mail and catering to her every whim. But Monica is cruel, and when a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair, she treats Anna even worse. All Anna wants is her freedom,...
7) Sisters
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IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Although two sisters are different in many ways, they are alike too--most importantly, in their love for each other.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Stella and her little brother are spending the day at the sea. Stella has been to the sea before and knows all its secrets, but Sam has many questions: "Does a catfish purr? Does a seahorse gallop?" Stella has an answer for them all. The only thing she isn't sure of, and neither are we, is whether Sam will ever come into the water. Exquisite, evocative watercolors bring a diaphanous day at the beach alive in this perfect summer story. Gently humorous,...
11) Finding Noel
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A young woman who had been adopted as a child by a loving family has only a Christmas ornament inscribed with the word "Noel" as a keepsake of her birth family about whom she remembers nothing. When long hidden memories resurface, she goes in search of her biological sister-and her past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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In 1896, fourteen-year-old Megan joins her sister and family on their steamboat for the summer riding up the Mississippi River towards St. Paul, Minnesota, and through all of their adventures, Megan realizes what is her "true calling."
13) The pearl hunter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
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"When Kai's twin sister, Kishi, is stolen and killed by the legendary Ghost Whale, Kai sets out a long and dangerous adventure to bring her back to life"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.
15) Paradise county
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Alexandra Haywood, having returned home in the wake of her father's death to sell their beloved horse farm, Whistledown, finds herself thrown together with hostile farm manager Joe Welch in a frantic search for Alex's teenage sister Neely, who has apparently run off with Joe's son.
16) Blood ties
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When she discovers that she is not the person she thought she was, and that she may be the heiress to a massive fortune, Savannah Slade leaves Montana ranges and travels to Miami to find the truth, which comes at a high price.
17) Bliss
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Twelve-year-old Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, the magic goes awry and a beautiful stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke.
18) Hiding Phil
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IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Three siblings come upon an elephant named Phil and decide to bring him home--and then they have to hide him from their parents.
19) Wild Decembers
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Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugler-"the warring sons of warring sons"-in the countryside of Western Ireland. With her inimitable gift for describing the occasions of heartbreak, O'Brien brings Joseph's live for his land to the level of his sister Breege's love for both him and his rival, Bugler. Breege sees "the wrong of years and the recent wrongs" fuel each other as Bugler comes...
20) Petal's problems
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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The end of May makes Petal, the sixth sister, nervous for the month of June--her month--to begin, but the Huit octuplets have a wedding to look forward to, the Petes, and the cats in Paris.
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