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1641) Song of the sea
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land
Author
Series
Montague twins volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Teen: 2023 Summer Reading
Teen: Graphic Novels and Manga
Teen: Nevermore Academy Required Reading
Teen: Spellbinding Books
Teen: Graphic Novels and Manga
Teen: Nevermore Academy Required Reading
Teen: Spellbinding Books
Description
"Orphaned teens Pete and Al Montague and their adopted sister, Charlie, already known for solving mysteries in their small New England town, begin studying magic as they investigate a disappearance connected to a seventeenth-century witch."--Provided by publisher
1643) The Lost Girls
Author
Language
English
Description
The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter
Khandalyce and how the case was cracked
In August 2010, the bones of a young woman were found in Belanglo State Forest, where, years earlier, Ivan Milat had tortured and slain seven young backpackers. Dubbed Angel, her remains lay unidentified for years. Who was she, how did she die, and at whose hand?
Then, in July 2015, the bones of a child were found in a...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Blank Page, the voices of ten brave survivors of the horrors of human trafficking celebrate hope-and call out for change. Their inspiring stories, together with concise research and practical explanations that span borders and decades, paint a clear picture of the human trafficking reality that affects not only the United States and Mexico, but the world. Rosi Orozco explores the causes, extent, and urgency of the problem, along with the steps...
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of an executive snatched from his suburban driveway-and the hunt for the husband and wife who took him hostage.
On a spring morning in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1992, authorities discovered a car idling in a driveway with the door open and the driver missing. After they learned the driver was Sidney Reso, the president of Exxon International, the FBI joined the investigation.
Over the next two months, law enforcement received cryptic...
Author
Language
English
Description
Schlitzie was one of the performers who managed to cement himself as a part of the movie industry and he became a very famous character that was known throughout the United States, as well as the world. It was all thanks to the controversial movie called Freaks. His life wasn't a happy one but he did make the best of his situation. He didn't allow his disabilities to stop him from having a fulfilled life. While little is known about his beginnings,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?...
1648) The Mitford vanishing
Author
Series
Mitford murders (Jessica Fellowes) volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already rages in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile, their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her policeman husband, Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford, requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister, Jessica, in Spain....
Author
Language
English
Description
A mother recounts her interactions with the US government as she struggled to bring home her abducted daughters from Saudi Arabia.
Patricia Roush's girls were kidnapped more than 16 years ago and taken by their Saudi father, who they hardly knew, to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They were three and seven at the time. At Any Price is the story of her fight to get them back from a father with a documented history of severe mental illnesses and violent...
1650) The undoing
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling mini-series from HBO about a successful New York therapist who's life begins to spin out of control
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a mysterious powder on some clothing and a very special show ticket leads Sherlock Holmes to believe a patient isn't the only victim of a grand conspiracy. Indeed, it seems the strange disappearance of Londoners can be explained by the performances of a Chinese magician. When other tickets are found, the detective's suspicions are confirmed..
1653) The Clementine Complex
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Unremarkable legal assistant Gary Thorn goes for a pint with his coworker Brendan, unaware his life is about to change. There, Gary meets a beautiful woman, but she leaves before he catches her name. All he has to remember her by is the title of the book she was reading: The Clementine Complex. And when Brendan goes missing, too, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Clementine to get some answers. And so begins Gary's quest, through the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Facing prison time for libel, discredited journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired by a reclusive industrialist to investigate an unresolved family disappearance. Aided by the mysterious computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander, the two soon discover a brutal trail of murder, deception and dark secrets" -- Page [4] of cover
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, local Protestant martyrs were betrayed--then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church. Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife...
1656) Space dumplins
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is big and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad has been swallowed by a giant, planet-eating whale. With her father's life on the line,...
1657) For the love of Mike
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"A woman ahead of her time, Molly Murphy is determined to be a private detective. Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Riley, she's following philandering husbands, tracking down a runaway Dublin debutante, and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. None of her jobs seem dangerous...at first. When a woman's body is fished out of the East River, Molly fears it's the missing society girl. Then Molly's...
Author
Language
English
Description
The gripping true crime story of a child abducted by his father from his mother, and the international race to rescue him against dangerous odds.
Two close encounters with death convince Darren Franklin that his career in global private security is not the healthiest. Meanwhile Scottish nurse Diane is on a life-changing journey of her own after a Shirley Valentine-style romance on a Greek holiday island. As she moves to Australia to marry her Greek...
1659) Hurricane child
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1985 and things in Ethan's life are going pretty well ... until a missing woman shows up in the background of an old B-movie, and Ethan is drawn into Hollywood's secret occult underbelly as he hunts for her among the wreckage of the wild days of the '70s."--
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