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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage....
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Where there's smoke there's fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum. The bail bonds office has burned to the ground, and bodies are turning up in the empty construction lot. To make matters worse, Stephanie is working out of a motor home she shares with a dancing bear, and Joe Morelli's old-world grandmother has declared a vendetta against her. And just when Stephanie decides it might be time to choose between...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents...
4) The Stranger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
" #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Harlan Coben delivers his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life-- and a secret has the same explosive power to destroy it. The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and...
Author
Series
Christmas Box volume b.k. 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An inspirational Christian tale of a dying woman who convinces a busy shopkeeper in Utah to devote more time to his family because their love is God's greatest gift. Includes new introduction by the author.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers- Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah's increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen's boss, as a US marshal...
9) The help
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 50
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an invisible force field seals off Chester's Mill, Maine, from the rest of the world, it is up to Dale Barbara, an Iraq veteran, and a select group of citizens to save the town, if they can get past Big Jim Rennie, a murderous politician, and his son, who hides a horrible secret in his dark pantry.
12) "P" is for peril
Author
Series
Kinsey Millhone volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kinsey Millhone trusts her life to her instincts as her investigation into the disappearance of a renowned physician takes her into a dark and dangerous world of duplicity, betrayal, and double-dealing.
13) The chance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Vowing to meet eleven years after sealing letters they wrote to each other in an old metal box, best friends Ellie and Nolan both have reservations about seeing each other again as loneliness, personal tragedies, and a lack of faith haunt both of them.
14) Look again
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, the child looks exactly like her adopted son, Will, which prompts Ellen to launch an investigation that ultimately threatens both of their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of short works is comprised of pieces that previously appeared in "The New Yorker," "Playboy," and "McSweeney's," in a volume that includes such tales as "The Gingerbread Girl" and "N."
16) Elevation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together--a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs...
17) Every now & then
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sheriff's deputy Alex Brady, who still grieves his father's death on September 11, concentrates on fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the worst fire season in California history sends him in pursuit of environmental terrorists.
Author
Series
It Ends with Us volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life--and Atlas Corrigan is the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
20) Hold tight
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Worrying about their sixteen-year-old son Adam in the wake of a friend's suicide, Tia and Mike Baye install an activity monitor on their son's computer and are alarmed to learn that the suicide victim's mother believes Adam may have been involved.