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961) The truth project
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020].
Edition
[First edition.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
[387 pages ; 22 cm]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig intended to breeze through her senior project. While her peers stressed, Cordelia planned to use the same trace-your-roots genealogy idea her older sister used years prior. And getting partnered with her longtime crush, Kodiak Jones, is icing on the cake. All she needs to do is mail in her DNA sample, write about her ancestry results, and get that easy A. But when Cordelia's GeneQuest results reveal that her father...
962) The secrets of us
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Foster sisters Krystal and Nichole have always been there for each other, so when Nichole is committed to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill her husband, Krystal drops everything to defend her. Scarred by a hard upbringing, Nichole and Krystal managed to construct comfortable lives for themselves. Krystal became a respected lawyer, and Nichole was happily married to an architect-until Nichole starts raving that her husband isn't her husband,...
963) The memory eater
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow must save her town from a memory-devouring monster.
For generations, a monster called the Memory Eater has lived in the caves of Whistler Beach, Maine, surviving off the unhappy memories of those who want to forget. And for generations, the Harlows have been in charge of keeping her locked up--and keeping her fed. After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow inherits the family business. But there's...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición: septiembre de 2020.
Physical Desc
377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
UNA MALDICIÓN CENTENARIA En la familia de Clara existe una leyenda: una maldición acecha la vida de todos sus miembros. Cuando decide indagar sobre el origen desconocido de esta oscura herencia, se embarca en una búsqueda que le llevará hasta el siglo XVIII y la historia de su antepasada, la IX Duquesa de Osuna. UN JARDÍN REPLETO DE SÍMBOLOS OCULTOS Ensombrecida por la muerte de varios de sus hijos, la duquesa se refugia en el diseño de su...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Second House from the Corner centers on the story of Felicia Lyons, a stay-at-home mother of three drowning in the drudgeries of play dates, lost pacifiers and potty training who occasionally wonders what it would be like to escape the demands of motherhood. But when an unexpected phone call threatens to destroy her life, Felicia is forced to return to her childhood home where she must wrestle with an ex-lover and long buried secrets to save the...
966) My wife is missing
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a woman disappears with her two children, one husband will do anything to find them--even confront the secrets of his own past--in D. J. Palmer's My Wife Is Missing, a twisty thriller from the author of The New Husband"--
967) El palacio de papel
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición: septiembre de 2021.
Physical Desc
457 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Una historia de verano, secretos, amor y mentiras: en el transcurso de un singular día en Cape Cod, una mujer debe tomar una decisión que cambiará su vida y que se ha estado gestando durante décadas. Situado en los bosques y playas de verano de Cape Cod, The Paper Palace se desarrolla durante 24 horas y 50 años, mientras décadas de legado familiar, amor, mentiras, secretos y una tragedia infantil indescriptible llevan a la esposa y madre Elle...
968) Miss Austen
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
x, 270 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sister's reputation. Now in her sixties and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of Kintbury, family of her long-dead fiancé, in search...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición: Abril de 2022.
Physical Desc
425 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
En la ciudad de Nueva York en la década de 1910, Luella y Effie Tildon se dan cuenta de que incluso como mujeres jóvenes ricas, sus libertades tienen límites. Cuando las hermanas descubren un secreto impactante sobre su padre, Luella, la descarada hermana mayor, se anima a hacer lo que le plazca. Su rebelión tiene consecuencias y Effie sospecha que su padre ha enviado a Luella a la "Casa de la Misericordia". Effie se compromete a salvar a su hermana,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic tale of love, loyalty, and war from the acclaimed author of Monkey Bridge Half a century after it began, the Vietnam War still has a hold on our national psyche. Lan Cao's now-classic debut, Monkey Bridge, won her wide renown for "connecting . . . the opposite realities of Vietnam and America" (Isabel Allende). In her triumphant new novel, Cao transports readers back to the war, illuminating events central to twentieth-century history through...
Author
Series
39 clues volume 8
Publisher
Destino
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1a. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
201 pages
Language
Español
Description
As they continue their search for the 39 Clues in China, fourteen-year-old Amy is faced with a terrible dilemma when her eleven-year-old brother Dan suddenly disappears--should she keep on searching for the next Clue or try to find her brother?
972) La pareja de al lado
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Nunca se sabe lo que ocurre en la casa de al lado. Dos parejas, dos casas y un montaña rusa de mentiras, traición y secretos entre maridos y mujeres. La vecina nos ha invitado a una pequeña fiesta en su casa pero prefiere que mi hija de seis meses no vaya. Nada personal, es solo que no soporta la idea de que llore. Y mi marido está de acuerdo. Después de todo, dice, es la casa de al lado. El plan que me propone es que nos llevemos el monitor...
973) The Long-Lost Home
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 CDs (10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons from their accursed fate.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
466 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
353 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Francis "Gil" Gilheaney is a sculptor of boundless ambition. But bad fortune and his own prideful spirit have driven him from New York into artistic exile in Texas just after World War I. His adult daughter, Maureen, serves as his assistant, although she has artistic ambitions of her own and is beginning to understand how her own career--perhaps even her life--has become hostage to her driven father's "wild pursuit of glory." When Lamar Clayton, an...
Author
Publisher
Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
319 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"No sé cómo comenzar a contaros esta historia, la de la caja azul. Mi madre tenía una vida secreta que solo la conocían mi abuela y tía Teresa, nadie más en la familia. Durante años buscaron a mi abuelo Antonio, padre, marido y hermano, soldado del ejército Republicano desaparecido en combate en la Batalla del Ebro. Tan secreta fue esta búsqueda que solo un par de días antes de morir mi madre se atrevió a compartirlo conmigo, a hablar de...
977) The third sister
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"The riveting conclusion to the Family Secrets trilogy picks up right where the cliffhanger ending of Her Father's Secret left off with the astonishing revelation that Ilka's father is actually still alive. Reeling from the news, Ilka sets off for her father's last known location, where she is faced with a formidable task: to confront a man who abandoned her as a child--then pulled her as an adult into a frightening, violent world--and finally get...
978) Incensed
Author
Series
Taipei Night Market volume 2
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When 25-year-old Jing-nan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, asks a favor, Jing-nan can't exactly say no, especially because two goons are going to follow him around to make sure he gets it done right. The favor is this: Big Eye's 16-year-old daughter, Mei-ling, has a biker boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks--in Big Eye's gangster opinion--and Big Eye wants Jing-nan to bring her...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (6hrs. 51 mins) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The harrowing backstory of Olivia Winfield as she is wooed by the debonair Malcolm Foxworth. After a whirlwind romance, Olivia discovers the twisted truths lurking inside Foxworth Hall, and the fairytale life she expected becomes a nightmare, one that leads to her notorious decision to lock her grandchildren in the attic." --container.
Author
Series
Cynster next generation novels volume 13
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 CDs (12 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gentleman wishing to buy a horse, a Thoroughbred stallion called the Barbarian, meets its owner, a lady set on protecting her family. Suddenly, they must pursue a thief who upsets the plans of both.
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