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41) How sweet it is
Author
Series
Legacy of faith novels volume 3
Language
English
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"Holly Stanford is doing the best she can with the restaurant she inherited from her late uncle. But after her fiance abandons her and the business, Holly regrets having given up her dream of becoming a pastry chef. Now a few bad financial decisions might cost her everything, including her hope for the future. Jed Henning has done well with his new company despite his prodigal brother's behavior. When Jed's father, the controlling member of the board...
42) The Unwanteds
Author
Series
The Unwanteds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
Author
Language
English
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A boy searches for his fugitive brother in 1960s Minnesota in this New York Times bestseller-"a stunning debut novel [of] faith, miracles, and family" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
An eleven-year-old asthmatic boy, Reuben Land has reason to believe in miracles. But he will soon learn that life, even when touched by the divine, is never easy. Along with his father and poetically inclined sister, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Brothers Nestor and Cesar Camillo arrive from Cuba in 1949 with dreams of becoming famous mambo musicians. This memorable novel traces the arc of the two brothers' lives-one charismatic and macho, the other soulful and sensitive-from Havana to New York, from East Coast clubs and dance halls to the heights of musical fame.
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Language
English
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Jess needs a fresh start. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up, to find a very nice apartment, (could Ben really have afforded this?) he's not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig...
Author
Publisher
Regan Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 46
Language
English
Description
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of...
47) Miracle's boys
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.
48) Shadow souls
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Elena Gilbert journeys to the Dark Dimension with Damon and Matt in hopes of rescuing her vampire boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore, from imprisonment, and once again they face the sinister Shinichis.
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 9
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Jim Butcher finds magical detective Harry Dresden investigating the killings of minor wizards in Chicago. Most disturbing for Harry, his own brother is a prime suspect. "Butcher puts the characters in a lot of danger, creates appalling moral choices for them, and spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally charged setting."-Booklist, starred review
51) The crossover
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
52) Among the barons
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.
54) Identical
Author
Series
Kindle County novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mayoral candidate's brother is released from prison twenty-five years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, a situation that leads to the re-opening of the case.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When two of her friends, thousands of miles apart, are struck down, Kenzie, an expert trainer of combat dogs, turns to Link Bannon, a high-level intelligence officer, for help in finding the truth-- a dangerous mission that puts them in the path of an unhinged killer.
56) Into the mist
Author
Series
Land of Elyon volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Captain Roland Warvold tells Alexa and Yipes about the adventures he shared with his brother Thomas in Elyon, before the wall went up and divided the world in two.
57) Heat
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
59) The beach house
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fleeing Ireland for New York City after stealing a small fortune from the IRA, three brothers immerse themselves in the cultural and political tensions of 1939, only to find their lives falling apart when they are tracked down by a hired assassin.
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