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In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars' Club and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman's searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in...
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"A moving illustrated biography of the late Joe Delaney, an NFL star in the making who valued helping others above all else On the football field, Joe Delaney possessed all the qualities of a great running back. He was fast with keen instincts, a burst of red and gold as he sprinted toward the end zone for the Kansas City Chiefs. Off the field, he embodied the qualities of a great person: generous, hard-working, humble, and honest. Helping people...
43) The water room
Author
Series
Bryant and May mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Language
English
44) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
45) The drowned ones
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Series
Thomas Potts mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
46) Firefly summer
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English
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The close-knit Quinn siblings enjoyed the kind of idyllic childhood that seems made for greeting cards, spending each summer at Whit's End, the family's home on Cape Cod. Then comes the summer of 1964, warm and lush after a rainy spring -- perfect firefly weather. Sisters Birdie, Remy, Sailor, Piper, and their brother, Easton, delight in catching the insects in mason jars to make blinking lanterns. Until, one terrible night, tragedy strikes. Decades...
47) Near water
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Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Teaches children the different ways to keep safe when in or near the water.
49) Secrets so deep
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Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Avril Vincent returns to an exclusive theater camp to uncover the truth of what happened when her mother drowned there twelve years ago.
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Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"A seemingly idyllic Midwestern college town turns out to be a nexus of horror in this spellbinding novel--emotionally and psychologically complex, at once chilling and deliciously dark--from a thrilling new voice in fiction. When Emily Ryan is found drowned in the family pool, pumped full of barbiturates and alcohol, a series of events with cataclysmic consequences ensues. Emily's lover, a college professor, finds himself responsible for her twin...
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A novel in which a successful art dealer confesses the story of his rise to a former classmate in an airport bar--a story that begins with his rescue and resuscitation of a drowning man with whom he becomes inextricably and disturbingly linked.
53) Below
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
54) Lake Mungo
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns in Lake Mungo, her parents experience paranormal activity in their house and try to discover the truth about their daughter's life and death.
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Series
Baby Ganesh Agency investigations volume 1
Publisher
Redhook/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
56) O' artful death
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Series
Sweeney St. George mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martins
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Renowned writer Kogito Choko returns to his home village in search of a red suitcase rumored to reveal the details of his father's drowning death during World War II, but when the contents fail to reveal anything new, he begins to flounder professionally.
58) Dog Island
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath...