Bahni Turpin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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English
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Rendered a single parent by his ex's accidental death, a former Navy SEAL moves to San Diego to start over only to see his daughter associating with a bad crowd before going missing, a situation that leads to a frantic search and a promising romance with a resourceful neighbor.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.
10) On the come up
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Bri hopes to become a great rapper, and after her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, must decide whether to sell out or face eviction with her widowed mother.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A follow-up to Homegoing finds a sixth-year PhD candidate grappling with the childhood faith of the evangelical church in which she was raised while researching the science behind the suffering that has devastated her Ghanaian immigrant family.
16) The conductors
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Series
Murder and Magic volume 1
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English
Description
Having used her wits and magic to help dozens of slaves escape, a former Underground Railroad conductor settles down among the Black elite of Philadelphia with her husband, where they investigate cases that white authorities refuse.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Risk everything . . . for love with this #1 New York Times bestseller.
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest...
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest...
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Series
Legacy of Orisha volume 2
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick
"Adeyemi has sparked magic once again." —The New York Times
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry,
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Series
Rogues and remarkable women volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Smart and witty . . . the perfect historical read." —Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author
New York Public Library, Bookriot, Vulture, Time Out, and Overdrive Featured Book to Read After Bridgerton!
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New York Public Library, Bookriot, Vulture, Time Out, and Overdrive Featured Book to Read After Bridgerton!
Featured in Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bustle, and Bookish!
An Amazon Best...