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1) Lucky
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Language
English
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When talented grifter Lucky Armstrong discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, she must find a way to cash in the winning ticket without the police arresting her for her past crimes.
Author
Series
Andrea Oliver novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a woman who has wanted nothing more than a quiet life in her small beachside home embarks on a desperate search for answers when she discovers the explosive truth about her mother's true identity.
6) The walk
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Richard Paul Evans is well known for his moving, best-selling novel The Christmas Box. In The Walk, the first in a planned series of five books, Evans pens a touching story about one man's journey to find hope. After losing all that is dear to him, Alan Christoffersen decides to take a walk—from Bellevue, Washington, all the way to Key West, Florida.
7) Little Bee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.
10) The leavers
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When his undocumented immigrant mother disappears, eleven-year-old Deming Guo is adopted by a family that attempts to make him over as an American teen while he struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of the family he left behind.
12) Dear child
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a kidnapping victim who struggles to escape her abductor and prove her identity to doubting relatives 14 years after her disappearance.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The fig tree in her parents’ garden, which unbeknownst to her bore witness to their secret meetings decades ago, is her only knowledge of a home she has never known as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Newly divorced, Iris Prince moves to a new neighborhood where she, a proud second-generation Mexican American, is plunged into a climate of fear and hate-fueled violence after the launch of a mandatory identification wristband, forcing her to confront how far she’ll go to protect what matters to her most when second-generation immigrants become second-class citizens.
17) Shadow woman
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Language
English
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Waking up to discover that she has lost two years of memories and that she now has a different face, Lizette Henry teams up with the mysterious Xavier, who helps her to investigate disturbing flashbacks and uncover a conspiracy that threatens both of their lives.
18) Born of Fury
Author
Series
The League volume 6
Language
English
Description
A founding member of the Sentella organization that has declared war on the League, Hauk ruthlessly protects his brethren only to meet his match in Sumi Antaxas, a determined League assassin.
19) Born of shadows
Author
Series
The League volume 4
Language
English
Description
After she uncovers a plot to kill her mother and overthrow the royal government, Desideria must seek the help of Caillen, a smuggler with divided loyalties.
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Language
English
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"Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's...
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