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Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships.
3. Dracula
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Lexile measure:
990L
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But...
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Series:
Lemonade war volume 1
Lexile measure:
630L
Language:
English
Description:
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
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Series:
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 800L
Language:
English
Description:
A boy named Seth drowns, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned....
Author:
Series:
Tucker Family volume 2
Language:
English
Description:
When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, Charlotte Tucker jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant.
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English
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"This capstone novel, set in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, introduces Press, a stockbroker going blind. Press has lost his job and his wife and is trying to figure out his next move, holed up in his Vermont cabin surrounded by a hippie commune, drug runners, farmers-gone-bust, blood-thirsty auctioneer, and general ne'er-do-wells. Solace and purpose come from the unlikeliest sources as he learns to navigate his new landscape without sight. Through...
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English
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"The Gods Are Athirst" (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. It is a fictional story set during the French Revolution. The story of the infernal rise of Évariste Gamelin, a young Parisian painter, involved in the section for his neighbourhood of Pont-Neuf, The Gods Are Athirst describes the dark years of the Reign of Terror in Paris, from Year II to Year...
Author:
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 750L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.
Author:
Series:
Not a Drop to Drink volume 1
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 820L
Language:
English
Description:
Struggling for survival in a drought-stricken world, teen Lynn fiercely protects her pond from strangers and finds her life endangered by mysterious adversaries who leave footprints nearby, send nighttime threats, and fire warning gunshots in her direction.
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
Alexander Exquemelin, whose probable French origins remain unclear, was most certainly on board the ship of the infamous pirate captain, Henry Morgan, during his raid on Panama City in 1671. His association with the buccaneers began around 1669, when he was sold from his indentured servitude with the French West India Company to a barber-surgeon, who taught him the trade. His subsequent years as a surgeon on board various pirate ships led to the publication...
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Series:
Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
630L
Language:
Spanish
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Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.
Author:
Publisher:
BrightSummaries.com
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
Unlock the more straightforward side of Dracula with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker, which tells the nail-biting story of a blood-thirsty vampire as he hunts for victims, and the desperate attempts of a group of friends to stop him in his tracks. Credited with creating many of the now integral characteristics of a vampire, such as a fear of garlic and lack of reflection,...
Author:
Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
An ex-FBI agent must protect his ex-wife from a blood-thirsty crime lord in this gripping romantic suspense novel by a USA Today-bestseller. After his ex-wife witnesses a murder, FBI agent turned security specialist Sean Timmons steps in to be her bodyguard. One look at investigative reporter Emily Peterson and Sean is reminded why he fell in love with her years ago. But his beautiful, headstrong ex is being targeted by a crime lord-who Sean is determined...
Author:
Publisher:
Ventigo Media Spółka
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
"Bomba, the Jungle Boy on Terror Trail"? 6 in the Bomba series, by Roy Rockwood, was published in 1928. Bomba is making the treacherous journey back to his home with the Araos tribe. On the way, he encounters poisonous plant life and battles snakes and alligators. Surviving these natural enemies, he is attacked by cannibals but is rescued by Spaniards in a plane. Bomba's luck doesn't hold out, though; he is soon recaptured and now faces a terrible...
Author:
Publisher:
Carol Townend
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Kidnapped by the enemy...Raised in a convent, innocent Beatrice Giffard never imagined she would be stolen away by the fierce Saxon warrior, Edmund of Lindsey. Her handsome abductor is going to use her as a political pawn because she is Norman!After his brother is killed in a massacre, Edmund is thirsty for vengeance. Using Beatrice will bring him closer to his enemy, but he is unprepared for the strong attraction to this beautiful maiden. Her gentle...
20. Blood Cure
Author:
Publisher:
EarthWiseBooks
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Get ready to sink your teeth into this thrilling and action-packed novel!n a world where vampires have taken control under the guise of a New Order, Haven, a determined young woman with a gift for herbology, embarks on a dangerous mission to create a cure for a deadly virus that mutates humans to be more beneficial to the blood-thirsty creatures. Unaware of the true nature of the New Order, Haven finds herself in the midst of a war between humans...