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Good girl's guide to murder volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past
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Heartstopper volume 5
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IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Nick and Charlie are in love. But what happens next?
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship soon follows, and that soon develops int something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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A haunting coming of age novel told in a series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the life of Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. It's a story of what it's like to grow up in high school, tracing a course through uncharted territory in the world of first dates, family dramas and new friends
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Way I used to be volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"After fourteen-year-old Eden is raped by her brother's best friend, she knows she'll never be the way she used to be"--
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Andrea Oliver novels volume 2
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English
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Forty years after Emily Vaughn was murdered on her prom night, U.S. Marshal Andrea Oliver picks up the cold case to find justice
Who killed Emily Vaughn? The stunning new standalone thriller from international No. 1 bestseller Karin Slaughter. A girl with a secret ... Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead. A...
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 29
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<b>Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of <i>My Sister's Keeper</i> and <i>Small Great Things</i> pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy.</b><br><br>Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the...
7) Kill joy
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"Pip is not in the mood for her friend's murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920s fancy dress and pretending that their town is an island called Joy. But when the game begins, Pip finds herself drawn into the make-believe world of intrigue, deception and murder. But as Pip plays detective, teasing out the identity of the killer clue-by-clue, the murder of the fictional Reginald Remy isn't the only case on her mind"--
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IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 19
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From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could.
Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk...
Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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A member of the Bayview Crew disappears and everyone feels like they could be next, but the situation suddenly worsens when someone unexpectedly returns to Bayview
Ever since Simon died in detention, life hasn't been easy for the Bayview Crew. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren't killers. Then a new generation had to outwit a vengeful copycat. Now, it's beginning again. At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad joke: Time for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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"Throughout the years both Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be their graduating class's valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours left they have as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry"--
It's the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair, both overachievers, have been bitter rivals...
11) Catching Jordan
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Hundred Oaks volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though. She leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starting position ...suddenly she's hoping he'll see...
12) Kate in waiting
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IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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Best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker share a love of theater and crushes on the same guys, but when one of their long-distance crushes shows up at their school, real feelings might end their friendship
13) My fair Brady
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"Wade Westmore is used to being in the spotlight. So when he's passed over for the lead in the spring musical, it comes as a major blow--especially when the role goes to his ex-boyfriend, Reese...Shy sophomore Elijah Brady is used to being overlooked. Forget not knowing his name--most of his classmates don't even know he exists. So when he joins the stage crew for the musical, he seems destined to blend into the scenery. When the two have a disastrous...
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2008
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“The night they killed our neighbors, we never heard a thing.”
In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in a house only one door away, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. And you think to yourself: It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next?
Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of No Time for Goodbye, brings terror closer than...
In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in a house only one door away, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. And you think to yourself: It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next?
Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of No Time for Goodbye, brings terror closer than...
15) Zom-B
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Zom-B volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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From Darren Shan, the Master of Horror, comes the first book in the Zom-B series that will have you on the edge of your seat and questioning what it means to be a human or a monster.
When news reports start appearing of a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B's racist father thinks it's a joke— but even if it isn't, he figures, it's ok to lose a few Irish.
B doesn't fully buy into Dad's racism, but figures it's easier to go along with it...
When news reports start appearing of a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B's racist father thinks it's a joke— but even if it isn't, he figures, it's ok to lose a few Irish.
B doesn't fully buy into Dad's racism, but figures it's easier to go along with it...
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Ruby Redfort volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
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Thirteen-year-old Ruby Redfort is an undercover agent and genius codebreaker
17) Sloppy firsts
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Jessica Darling novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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The first book in the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series
When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls...
When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef." --
Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. She dreams of working as a chef after...
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"When a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging, in this intimate novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. A new beginning in charming Oceanside, Washington is exactly what Hope Godwin needs after the death of her twin brother. There are plenty of distractions, like her cozy cottage with the slightly nosy landlords next door, and a brewing drama among her students...
20) Downers Grove
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Chrissie Swanson, a paranoid high school senior, struggles to take control of the events that are shaping her life
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