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870L
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English
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4.1 stars
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"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
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Lorien legacies volume 1
Lexile measure:
700L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
Friendships and a beautiful girl are distracting to a teenager who is hiding on Earth while he waits to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six...
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Lowcountry Tales volume 10
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English
Average Rating:
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...
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HL: High-Low 800L
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English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
7. Pep Comics
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Archie
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Includes the story "Archie in Puppy Love". While walking down the street, Archie and Jughead come across a stray puppy, and Archie instantly takes a liking to it. After a close call with the dog catcher, they manage to get away, and Archie decides to bring the pup home to keep it safe. But he quickly discovers that taking care of a dog is a lot more work than he expected. Will Archie be able to handle the responsibility and keep his new furry friend?...
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Scarlet Alchemist volume 1
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English
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In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.
Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. Instead she lives in an impoverished...
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Being a wizard is hazardous to your health.Things not to do when being tracked by murderers:#1 Do not drag the girl you're in love with into your deadly mess.#2 Do not accept a bag full of money.#3 If you do accept said bag of money, don't be dumb enough to shove it down the back of your pants.#4 Do not get into a battle with the evil lunch lady.#5 Do not start a war in a tourist hotspot.#6 Do not let your dad find out you're a wizard.#7 Do NOT under...
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English
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"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped...
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Series:
Daniel Rinaldi volume 2
Language:
English
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There's trouble brewing in the woods of Beauville, and the only witness isn't talking. When Pru Marlowe is called to a forest clearing to help with an illegally trapped bear, she finds a colleague passed out drunk, his pet ferret locked in his truck. When one of her old running buddies turns up dead as well and then the town's pampered pets begin to disappear, Pru can't tell if her heavy-drinking colleague is involved-or how much the ferret, a wise...
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Midnight Tales volume 2
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English
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From the author of one of the Best Fantasy Books of All Time (Time Magazine), comes a heart-pounding tale of adventure and romance… A monster hunter in a castle. Werewolves in a dark forest. And a young woman trapped between the two. Ruby will do anything to escape the infamous dungeons of Midnight Castle. She dares to dream of reaching the safety of her grandmother's house. But in order to get there, she'll need to outrun hunters and monsters alike...
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Killer Thriller volume 1
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English
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A string of murdered girls. An innocent man behind bars. A serial killer still on the hunt. From USA Today best-selling author Pamela Crane comes a dark thriller about the monsters that hide in plain sight. In a freak collision when she was twelve, Mia Germaine faced death and the loss of her father. A heart transplant from a young murder victim saved her life, but not without a price. Twenty years later, chilling nightmares about an unresolved homicide...
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"My name is Amanda Blackwood and I'm a survivor of human trafficking." Even now the words sound like fiction, especially as the horrors fade from recent memory. It's been 20 years since I escaped that fate, beating the odds. Most don't survive. I know that now, I didn't know that then.At the age of 19, my life took a drastic turn down a very dark path. I married a much older man in an attempt to escape my already dramatic life and was looking for...
15. Act Your Age
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Just because Kate 'Middleton' McGrath, wants a man to call 'daddy' in bed doesn't mean-Oh, you stopped reading. Cool. Kate gets it. Kinks aren't for everyone. Hell, they're probably not for Mr. Henderson, her grumpaholic boss. She really shouldn't have crush on him, but the man is just so goddamn stern. Sure, a lot of that comes down to 'being her boss,' but still, it feels like there might be something there. Tyler Henderson is a golden boy who's...
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Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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In the gritty streets of the city, where loyalty is tested and danger lurks around every corner, Can't Turn a Hoe into a Housewife dives deep into the underbelly of urban life. Erica, a seasoned escort with a sharp mind and a guarded heart, dreams of escaping the fast life and finding something real. But in a world where money rules and trust is scarce, her journey ain't easy. When Erica crosses paths with Quan, a man with a genuine heart and a promise...
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Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Settle in for these three full-length standalone romances full of men who take charge in the boardroom and the bedroom! Don't miss this set of hot billionaire bad boys waiting to be found out! Featuring the following books: Book one - Under Her Skin: A Bad Boy Billionaire RomanceArrogant Italian billionaire, Arturo Bachi, is outraged when the final apartment in the building he plansto turn into a hotel is bought at an exclusive auction by someone...
18. Saint
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Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns to the world of The Narrows with Saint, a captivating prequel to Fable and Namesake. As a boy, Elias learned the hard way what happens when you don't heed the old tales. Nine years after his lack of superstition got his father killed, he's grown into a young man of piety, with a deep reverence for the hallowed sea and her fickle favor. As stories of the fisherman's son who has managed to escape...
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910L
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"I want life. For ten years, Achut Deng surrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya after her family was ripped apart by the Second Sudanese Civil War. But Achut wanted to do more than merely survive. She wanted to live. The twenty-two-year civil war essentially orphaned over 20,000 children and drove them from their villages in southern Sudan. Some of these children walked over a thousand miles, through dangerous war zones and across unforgiving deserts....
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Suspenseful Seduction Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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**A Special Collection of books in the Trident Security series and its multiple spinoff series - Volume IIITickle His Fancy: Trident Security Book 8Last man standing…All around him, Brody Evans's Trident Security teammates have fallen in love. Ironically, they'd always thought their charismatic friend would be the first to fall.Fancy Maguire's world was destroyed when a horrific car accident claimed the lives of her husband and unborn child. Three...