Nancy Werlin
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Series
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
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Description
Phoebe, a member of the wealthy Rothschild family, befriends Mallory, an awkward new girl in school, and the two become as close as sisters, but Phoebe does not know that Mallory is a faerie, sent to the human world to trap the ordinary human girl into fulfilling a promise made by her ancestor Mayer to the queen of the faeries.
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Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
Recently acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David has moved to Massachusetts to complete his senior year of high school. His aunt and uncle have offered him shelter-escape from the media's questions and from the uncertain glances of his neighbors and ex-friends. His attic apartment doesn't feel much like a shelter, though. He sees ghostly shadows at night, his aunt is strangely cold, and his eleven-year-old cousin, Lily, is downright hostile....
4) Double helix
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Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
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Description
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering. Eli has lucked into a job at Wyatt Transgenics. The salary is substantial, the work is interesting, and Dr. Wyatt seems to be paying special attention to Eli. It's almost too good to be true. Is there a catch?
5) Black Mirror
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English
Description
Frances Leventhal refuses to look in the mirror; she can't bear to face her reflection. She has hidden from herself and everyone around her for such a long time, and now that her brother Daniel has committed suicide, she can't help thinking that it's somehow her fault. If she hadn't been so caught up in her own pain, maybe she would have noticed her brother's. It's time to stop hiding-to reach out to Daniel's friends at their private school. Daniel...
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English
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Thrilling suspense from New York Times bestselling and Edgar award winner Nancy Werlin. Five teens are students at Rockland Academy, and they're the only ones summoned to a meeting in an old building-when the roof caves in on them. They survive, but barely. It was a terrible accident. Or was it? Saralinda: "I'm a huge burden to my mother."Caleb: "I'm a monster."Kenyon: "My grandfather hates me."Antoine: "My mother has already tried to kill me twice."Evangeline:...
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English
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Though fourteen-year-old Alison Shandling is a brain, her twin brother, Adam, is autistic. All of her life, Alison's parents have focused on Adam and what he needs, while Alison has always felt she had to be perfect.
When the rabbi's son, Harry Roth, begins taunting Alison about her brother, she does her best to stand up for herself. But when Harry is injured in a diving accident, Alison senses that he's hiding something that he wants to share with...
8) Unthinkable
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English
Description
Fenella was the first Scarborough girl to be cursed, hundreds of years ago; and she has been trapped in the faerie realm every since, forced to watch generations of daughters try to break the elfin curse that has enslaved them. But now Fenella's descendant, Lucy, has accomplished the impossible and broken this curse, so why is Fenella still trapped in Faerie? In her desperation, she makes a deal with the faerie queen: If she can accomplish three acts...
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English
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As the daughter of the wildly successful inspirational singer-author Skye-who died in a plane crash when Marnie was young-Marnie Skyedottir stands to inherit great wealth. But until she is old enough, she must survive a dreary life in private boarding school. She endures by escaping into an online role-playing game as much as possible, and steering well clear of the other girls.
So, when Marnie is kidnapped by someone who also claims to be Skye's...
11) Healer and witch
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their French village at the end of the Middle Ages, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mère deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they're a bit...witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use her untrained magic to heal her mother's grief yields tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves in search of a teacher. Accompanied by Martin, the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Planning is Zoe Rosenthal's superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list and avoids unnecessary risks. Her mental checklist goes something like this: 1) Meet soulmate: Done! 2) Make commitment: Done! 3) Marriage: To come! (after college). She isn't sure which college yet, but it will have a strong political science department, since her perfect boyfriend, Simon, plans to "save the country," as his sister puts it, "and the planet and...