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81) The great Gatsby
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, whom he met when he was penniless. Now rich, he is determined to win her as his mistress, even though she has married another man for his money. When Daisy causes a fatal accident and Gatsby covers for her, a disaster results which reveals the failure of money to buy love or happiness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Description
When her reluctance to treat the newborn of a white supremacist couple results in the child's death, a black nurse is placed on trial and is aided by a white public defender who urges her not to bring up race in the courtroom.
83) The women
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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NYT - Audio Fiction
NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
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NYT - Audio Fiction
NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
NYT - Hardcover Fiction
Description
"Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
85) The edge
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The 6:20 Man is back. Sent to a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA operative who was in possession of countless state secrets, ex-Army ranger Travis Devine, with no one to trust, must unravel a long history of secrets while evading those who want him dead.
86) Rogue lawyer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
A nomadic lawyer because of frequent death threats, Sebastian Rudd takes on a case involving a brain-damaged young man accused of murdering two little girls.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, is out on bail and has missed his date in court--and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city's hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer's whereabouts. To top things off, Ranger--resident security expert and Stephanie's greatest temptation--has...
88) Sycamore Row
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a controversial trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.
89) The choice
Author
Series
Dragon heart legacy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. But portals allow for passage in and out-and ultimately, each must choose their place, and choose between good and evil, war and peace, life and death... Breen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking losses. Her grandfather, the dark...
Author
Series
Atlee Pine novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Devoting her life to bringing criminals to justice after her twin is murdered in childhood, FBI agent Atlee Pine investigates a missing persons case in the Grand Canyon that may be tied to a string of disappearances.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal in 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin, where he endures life in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Amelia wins a free weekend getaway to a remote venue in the Scottish highlands, she views this as the perfect opportunity to reconnect with her husband Adam, but the trip has the opposite effect as she no longer recognizes the person she married.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'
As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now
Author
Series
Blossom street novels volume 9
Language
English
Description
Three women--Bethanne Hamlin, her daughter Annie and her former mother-in-law Ruth--go on a road trip across the country, in an adventure that changes all of their lives as they each contemplate taking different paths in their romantic lives.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A mystery with a paranormal twist, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lizzy and Diesel series from Janet Evanovich, and new co-author Phoef Sutton. Lizzy and Diesel are back for more, with a new problem to solve. Ever since Diesel came into Lizzy's life, things have been anything but quiet, and this is no exception--Lizzy must help Diesel protect the Seven Stones of Power, again!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 22
Language
English
Description
When Jack Reacher finds a woman's West Point class ring in a pawn shop in Wisconsin, he starts searching for Major Serena Sanderson and fights his way through a biker gang and a South Dakota gangster to Wyoming.
98) Curious minds
Author
Series
Knight and Moon novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Uncovering an embezzlement scheme linked to the highest levels of power at her mega-bank, junior analyst Riley Moon forges an unlikely alliance with the bank's famously eccentric client, Emerson Knight, a financial whiz who helps her uncover one of the century's biggest crimes.
100) Yellowface: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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