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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 19
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1170L
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English
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Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a suitable match from a good family, when May's cousin, the beautiful and exotic Countess Ellen Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of perceived scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her worldliness, disregard for society's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Washington Square (1881), by Henry James, tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the plain, obedient daughter of the widowed, well-to-do Dr. August Sloper of Washington Square. When a handsome, feckless man-about-town proposes to Catherine, her father forbids the marriage because he believes the man to be after Catherine's fortune and future inheritance. The conflict between father, daughter, and suitor provokes consequences in the lives of all three...
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Plum Sykes's beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhatten in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan aquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fiance [from jacket].
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An orphan whose wealthy uncle saved him from a life of poverty, Pete Sorenson has lived a fairy-tale life - complete with a sweet princess named Annie who provides the emotional support that Pete needs to launch his career as a high-powered attorney. But then Maddie Stern enters ZPete's life. Maddie was a foster child, too, and her breathtaking beauty and mysterious allure entrance Pete. Together they plan a wonderful future. But just days before...
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Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father's 'museum,' alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River. The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen. When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind...
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Pride stories volume 1
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English
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One of the hottest new voices in paranormal romance delivers a pair of wickedly funny, action-packed stories featuring two wildly sexy shape-shifting heroes who can unleash every woman's animal side.
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Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless crime. This is Peabody's first case as primary detective, but she soon stumbles upon a tricky situation. Alone in the locker room after a workout, she overhears two officers arguing and realizes that both are guilty of corruption and murder and willing to kill to keep their secrets.
8) Vanished
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In the 1930s, Marielle Patterson, the wife of a successful New York City businesman, is plunged into a nightmare when her son is kidnapped and a former lover is arrested for the crime.
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Eve Dallas, a police lieutenant in near-future New York, is assigned to track a serial killer who poses and photographs his victims after they are dead, while at home, trouble brews in her marriage when Roark learns a startling truth about his parents.
After a tip from a reporter, Eve Dallas finds the body of a young woman in a Delancey street dumpster. Just hours before, the news station had mysteriously received a portfolio of professional portraits...
10) The wicked city
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Moving into the building that once hid a speakeasy, Ella Hawthorne uncovers the Jazz Age story of a scandalous love triangle involving redheaded flapper Gin Kelly, a rugged Prohibition agent, and a wealthy debonair Princetonian.
"In the first book of a breathtaking new trilogy by bestselling author Beatriz Williams, two generations of women are brought together inside a Greenwich Village apartment --a flapper hiding an extraordinary past, and a modern-day...
11) Holiday in death
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Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces a serial killer who is murdering according to the twelve days of Christmas, but the only link between the victims is Personally Yours, an exclusive, upscale dating service.
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They're gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful—but the lives of these three New York City "It Girls" are about to be turned upside down. . .
With her career as an attorney on the rise, and her millionaire boyfriend about to propose, Tamia has it all. Then she meets Malik, a sexy Harlem brother who makes her second-guess everything. Love struck, Tamia's on a mission to convince Malik to stop playing hard to get and come along for the ride....
With her career as an attorney on the rise, and her millionaire boyfriend about to propose, Tamia has it all. Then she meets Malik, a sexy Harlem brother who makes her second-guess everything. Love struck, Tamia's on a mission to convince Malik to stop playing hard to get and come along for the ride....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, eighteen-year-old Evie Jones is poised to be Hollywood's next big star. That is, until a close friend's betrayal leads to her being blacklisted... Fortunately, Evie knows just the thing to save her floundering career: a public appearance with America's most beloved actress--her grandma Gigi, aka the Evelyn Conaway. The only problem? Gigi is a recluse who's been out of the limelight for almost...
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Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance. She is bound for Manhattan with a few francs, one suitcase, her sewing machine and a dream: to have her own atelier. Fast forward to 2015. Australian curator Fabienne Bissette journeys to the annual Met Gala for an exhibition of her beloved grandmother's work - one of the world's leading designers of ready-to-wear. But as Fabienne learns more about her grandmother's...
18) Time and again
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he jumps at the chance to leave his 20th-century existence and step into New York City in January 1882. Aside from his thirst for adventure, he has good reason to return to the past—his friend Kate has discovered a mysterious, half-burned letter dated from that year, and Si has good reasons to want to trace its origins....
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Gabriella Harrison, psychologically scarred by the almost constant beatings she got as a child from her mother, is given a reprieve from the abuse when she is sent to live at a convent school, but even as an adult her life does not go smoothly, and she finds she must confront her past before she can deal with the future.
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Confessions (James Patterson) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.
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