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Casey Ellis has arrived at a lonely place in her life. Her mother remains in a comatose state several years after a terrible accident - and now her father has died. Although Casey never met him, she held an oblique hope that someday her father might acknowledge her. She watched from afar as the illustrious Dr. Cornelius Unger became a celebrated psychologist and teacher. Through it all, she clung to the illusive dream that someday he might take notice...
4) Family linen
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In Family Linen, with a remarkable economy of description and dialogue, Smith sketches eccentric, yet familiar characters moving through a family drama that resonates with both tension and humor. Sybil Hess, a polished, Southern apartment manager has visited a hypnotist in a desperate attempt to discover the source of her blinding headaches. But in one session, a mysterious, Gothic childhood memory plays before her eyes. Now Sybil is racing against...
5) The river
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River novels volume 1
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"The River is a story that will transform how you see yourself and the world." -Andy Andrews, New York Times best-selling author of The Noticer, The Traveler's Gift, and How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
"You were made for The River . . ."
Gabriel Clarke is mysteriously drawn to The River, a ribbon of frothy white water carving its way through steep canyons high in the Colorado Rockies. The rushing waters beckon him to experience freedom and adventure.
But...
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This novel provides an examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, it's an exploration of psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing.
8) Blood memory
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2005
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496 p. ; 24 cm.
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Experiencing panic attacks and blackouts at murder scenes, forensics expert Cat Ferry is suspended from her task force and returns to her Mississippi hometown, where she discovers disturbing information about her father's murder.
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When her husband announces he's fathered twins with another woman, Joan books a last-minute trip to Paris as an art courier where she, after the priceless drawings are stolen, is led on a treasure hunt all over the city hoping to recover the lost art, and her own sense of adventure.
11) Upstate
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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In jail after being charged with his father's murder, seventeen-year-old Antonio finds his love with sixteen-year-old Natasha tested and engages in a ten-year correspondence with her from behind bars.
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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195 pages ; 22 cm
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Referring to his late father's journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules and manage without superpowers.
13) Divine evil
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2004
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439 p. ; 24 cm.
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Returning to the Maryland hometown where her father died under mysterious circumstances, Clare Kimball finds herself falling in love with town sheriff and former bad boy Cameron Rafferty before a dangerous evil from the past returns to haunt her.
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"Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers--a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father's death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia's loyal customers have become like family, and she can't imagine breaking...
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Wayland Maynard is just eight years old when he sees his father kill himself, finds a note that reads I am not who you think I am, and is left reeling with grief and shock. Terrified, Wayland keeps the note a secret, but his reasons for being afraid are just beginning. Eight years later, he makes a shocking discovery and becomes certain the note is the key to unlocking a past his mother and others want to keep buried.
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"Reeling from her parents' deaths, Lucy Claremont discovers an artifact in their London flat, leading her to a seaside estate. Aided by her childhood friend Dashel, a forensic astronomer, they start to unravel a history of heartbreak, sacrifice, and love begun 200 years prior--one that may heal them both"--Provided by publisher.
18) Revolver
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Pub. Date
2010, c2009
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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204 p. ; 22 cm.
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Fourteen-year-old Sig is stranded at a remote cabin in the Arctic wilderness with his father, who died just hours earlier after falling through the ice, when a terrifying man arrives, claiming Sig's father owes him a share of a horde of stolen gold and that he will kill Sig if he does not get his money.
19) Girls like us
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[2019]
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276 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the celebrated and bestselling author of The Banker's Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island that raises the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your father?"--
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Cotton Malone novels volume 4
Pub. Date
c2008
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509 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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A mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton Malone on a perilous international quest that takes him and twin sisters with their own agenda from an ancient German cathedral to the harsh, unforgiving world of Antarctica in pursuit of the truth about the death of his father on a classified sub mission beneath Antarctica.
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