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1. Buried deep and other stories

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Author:
Novik, Naomi
Publisher:
Del Rey
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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East Hampton Young Adult Fiction
YA FIC NOV
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"A thrilling anthology of thirteen short stories that span the wide-ranging imagination of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy, including a sneak peek at the world where her next novel will be set"--

2. Archie

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Archie Superstars
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Archie
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English
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Welcome to Riverdale, the home of everyone's favorite teenager, Archie Andrews - and his closest friends! Dive into these beloved and classic Archie stories, which feature all the elements that have become an important part of pop culture. See the love triangle that includes girl-next-door Betty Cooper and wealthy socialite, Veronica Lodge! Share a burger with Archie's best pal, Jughead Jones! Square off with tough-talking Reggie Mantle! Sit back...

3. Treasure Island

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Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Series:
Scribner storybook classic
Cambridge literature
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Lexile measure:
1070L
Language:
English
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3.8 stars
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An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune. Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. "Treasure Island" has enthralled readers for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are pieces of folklore for as long as children read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. Illustrations.

4. The brutal telling

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Author:
Penny, Louise
Series:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache volume 5
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Three Pines mystery volume 5
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English
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4.6 stars
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A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried--but not forgotten.

5. The scarlet letter

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Author:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Series:
John Harvard library
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Lexile measure:
1420L
Language:
English
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3 stars
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Set in mid-17th century Boston, this tale of passion, puritanism and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Its heroine, Hester Prynne, is compelled by her own moral autonomy to wear the scarlet letter but she emerges as a woman with her integrity intact.

6. Romeo and Juliet

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Sourcebooks Shakespeare
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English
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5 stars
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

7. The wife upstairs

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Author:
Hawkins, Rachel, 1979-
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English
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"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins' The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the...

8. Far from the madding crowd

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Author:
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Series:
Vintage classics
Modern Library classics
Everyman's library volume 21
Penguin classics
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English
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Overview: This story of a proud rural beauty and the three men who court her is the novel that first made Thomas Hardy famous. Despite the violent ends of several of its major characters, Far from the Madding Crowd is the sunniest and least brooding of Hardy's great novels. The strong-minded Bathsheba Everdene-and the devoted shepherd, obsessed farmer, and dashing soldier who vie for her favor-move through a beautifully realized late nineteenth-century...

9. White fang

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Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916
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Dover thrift editions
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Whole story
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English
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"A beloved Jack London classic novel reissued for contemporary readers. Rediscover Jack London's beloved classic in this unique hardbound edition. First published as a serial in Outing magazine in 1906, White Fang has been called "one of London's most interesting and ambitious works." Follow the wolfdog White Fang in a story of violence and hardship, morality and redemption, and finding home during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. Truly a must-have for...

10. The tell: a memoir

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Author:
Griffin, Amy (Businesswoman)
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English
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"For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the campus of the University of Virginia, as a student athlete; on the streets of New York, where she built her adult life; through marriage, motherhood, and a thriving career. To outsiders, it all looked, in many ways, perfect. But Amy was running from something--a secret she was keeping not only from her family and friends, but unconsciously from herself. "You're...

11. Bleak House

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Author:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Series:
Everyman's library volume 8
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Lexile measure:
1180L
Language:
English
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4.5 stars
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Often considered Charles Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House blends together several literary genres—detective fiction, romance, melodrama, and satire—to create an unforgettable portrait of the decay and corruption at the heart of English law and society in the Victorian era. Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades—the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance...

12. Jar of hearts

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Hillier, Jennifer
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"This is story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong--one of the most popular girls in school--disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who...

13. The hurricane sisters

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Author:
Frank, Dorothea Benton
Series:
Lowcountry Tales volume 10
Language:
English
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3 stars
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"Best friends since the first day of classes at The College of Charleston, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23 years old, live in Ashley's parents' beach house rent-free. Ashley is a gallery assistant who aspires to become an artist. Mary Beth, a gifted cook from Tennessee, works for a caterer while searching for a good teaching job. Though they both know what they want out of life, their parents barely support their dreams and worry for...

14. Nostromo

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Author:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
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Dover thrift editions
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English
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"Conrad's pessimistic worldview colors this novel depicting the brutality of Latin American politics and the tragedies that inevitably ensue."

15. Stars in an Italian sky

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Author:
Santopolo, Jill
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
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Genoa, Italy, 1946. Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love at twenty-one the moment they set eyes on each other. The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor, they belong to opposing worlds. Despite this, the undeniable spark between them quickly burns into a deep and passionate relationship spent exploring each other's minds, bodies and their city, as well as Vincenzo's family's sprawling vineyard, Villa Della Rosa--until shifts in political power...

16. Tarzan of the apes

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Author:
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950
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Dover thrift editions
Oxford world's classics
Tarzan volume 1
Tantor unabridged classics
Lexile measure:
1200L
Language:
English
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3 stars
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A central figure in American popular culture, Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine in 1912, and subsequently appeared in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film, full-length cartoon, and theatrical adaptations. The infant Tarzan, lost on the coast of West Africa, is adopted by an ape-mother and grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess, and eventually leader of his tribe....

17. A journey to the center of the earth

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Author:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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Dover thrift editions
Great illustrated classics volume B224-09
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Lexile measure:
960L
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English
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An adventurous geology professor mounts an expedition that descends into a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life -- a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence.

18. The man in the iron mask

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Author:
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
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Oxford world's classics
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Classic collection
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Lexile measure:
930L
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English
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Imprisoned for your entire life because you looked like someone else is the sad fate of Philippe, twin brother of the King of France, until a rescue plan unfolds.

19. The mayor of Casterbridge

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Author:
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Series:
Everyman's library volume 148
Oxford world's classics volume 19
Barnes and Noble classics
Language:
English
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5 stars
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"Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife Susan and baby daughter. Eighteen years later Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Although Henchard is...

20. The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry: a novel

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Author:
Joyce, Rachel
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Harold Fry
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English
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Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.
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