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"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm-except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
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The Sutherland volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"After the tragic death of her mother and a long period of isolation under the thumb of a cruel grandfather, young Caroline Brady has little to hope for in her life in the foreboding Southerland mansion. Her only companion, her enigmatic cousin, Simon, may be a wolf in sheep's clothing and is not to be trusted. But when Caroline's estranged father suddenly resurfaces with news of a new wife and stepchildren in Hawaii that she'll finally be allowed...
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Random House
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285 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
4) Finding Papa
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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Young Mai and her mother embark on a long, perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa, who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family.
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Housemaid volume 2
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English
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"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
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Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: they are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own.
Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world--and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and...
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Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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First edition.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought Bob home from the car dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family.
Bob has taken them all over, from powwows to vacations to time spent with faraway family. Bob has been there in sad and scary times and for some of the family's most treasured memories.
But after many miles, it's time for the family to say goodbye to Bob...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Shaindy Goodman feels awkward, over-looked. Across the street and in another league, elegant Gayil, lives the life of a queen bee, gorgeous, liked and admired, the perfect Bais Yaakov Middle School girl. Even her school uniform looks chic. So it's more than a shock when Shaindy sees Gayil in the window looking at her and holding a sign with five little words: want to know a secret?
Gayil's found a way to break into their school after hours; and asks...
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
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288 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...
10) Two New Years
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For this multicultural family, inspired by the author's own, two New Years mean twice as much to celebrate! In the fall, Rosh Hashanah offers an opportunity to dip apples in honey, cast away mistakes, and lift voices in song at the synagogue. In the spring, Lunar New Year brings a chance to eat dumplings, watch dragon dances, and release glowing lanterns that light up the sky.
With joyful prose and luminous illustrations, Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield...
12) It had to be you
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way--handsome, intelligent, popular--until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together? Years later, they may finally be ready to clear one name at the expense of the other and turn to Laurie Moran and her team to...
13) We still belong
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--