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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but...
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Series
My weird school specials volume 9
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The My Weird School kids engage in an epic week-long prank war--the likes of which Ella Mentry School has never seen--against their teachers to win a super sweet prize"--
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English
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"When L.A.-based real estate developer Bella Ross arrives in the sleepy mountain town of Maple Falls, she has one mission: to acquire the local failing Christmas shop, Always Noelle, securing the promotion of her dreams. Nothing can get in her way. Except the shop owner's stubborn grandson, Jesse Harrison. Both refuse to budge, until an unlikely wager is struck: Bella and Jesse will compete in the Maple Falls Holiday Games, an annual tradition of...
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English
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"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan...
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Terrified of her magical power after a horrifying incident resulting from her lack of control, teenage runaway, Vesper Montgomery, enters a dangerous tournament for a chance to rewrite the past and reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
Author
Series
Rogues to lovers volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A talented architect, heiress Miss Kitty Beckett, who has a penchant for trouble, enters Bellehaven Bay's first-ever architectural design contest and convinces her childhood rival to help her in exchange for tutoring him in the nuances of fashion, flirtation and seduction"--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In order to resurrect her sister, seventeen-year-old Bly must win a competition held by warring vampire and witch kingdoms, but things get complicated when she starts to fall for the vampire she is supposed to hand over.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
What happens when climbing the ladder of success means compromising everything you believe inincluding yourself? This debut novel by an actress and pageant title holder gives a window into the hidden rungs of that ladder, and on the pain that comes with slipping and falling. Cleo is young, beautiful, talented and-until lately-lucky in love. But in the cut-throat world of international beauty competitions, she has to make the biggest decision of her...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Ramón Villafuerte es un exitoso productor de televisión, pareja de Felipe y un fan declarado de las cirugías plásticas y los postres, pero, sobre todo, es la mente creadora del programa que -está seguro- cambiará la historia de la pantalla chica: el reality Muérete y gana, donde todos los concursantes son enfermos desahuciados y el que muera primero obtendrá un jugoso premio. "Inscríbete si tienes un pie en el más allá y dales un bonito...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous-and painful-moments of their lives. Though they don't know it yet, each will profoundly and unpredictably change the others, forever. Aya was a child prodigy who abruptly gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is now trying for a comeback;...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A year after forest fires sweep through the town of Crow Valley and claim the life of Dale Jepson-karaoke legend, local prison guard, and "all-around good guy"-the community holds a karaoke competition. But when a convicted arsonist escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, the residents learn there's more on the line than a trip to the National Karaoke Championships. Marriages are at stake, jobs are jeopardized, sobrieties threatened, and second...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Holly and Robert Barron are attractive young real-estate investors and contestants in a competition run by To the Manor Build, the nation's most popular home renovation app. With millions in product endorsements and online followers at stake, they're rehabbing a Vermont home they scored at a bargain price into a chic hilltop estate ideal for entertaining.It's all camera-ready laughs and debates over herringbone tile until Holly and Robert go missing...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A former prodigy refuses to believe her best years are behind her in this sparkling debut about second chances, unexpected joys, and the miraculous healing power of art and connection. It's a lot of pressure being compared to Mozart. Especially when you're only five. Prudence Childs was once the most famous kindergartner on the planet. She played at the White House, appeared on talk shows, and inspired a generation of children to take up piano. But...
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Series
Pizza and Taco volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Pizza y Taco son mejores amigos. Ambos aman los toboganes gigantes. Ambos tienen cantidad de ingredientes Pero solo uno de ellos puded ser el mejor.
"Best friends Pizza and Taco agree on nearly everything until Pizza declares himself the best of all, leading to debating, voting, competing, and finally defining what being the best really means." --
Author
Series
Flesh and false gods volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty...and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa's forces...
16) Trading places
Author
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the outside looking in, socialite Lexi North's life looks decadently perfect, right down to her diamond-dusted nails. But you know what they say about glass houses... When one night goes horribly wrong-with the whole world watching-she's challenged to swap lives with the salty, albeit gorgeous, man she rear-ends with her car. For mechanic Evan Bailey, life is definitely not a party. There's no "daddy's credit card" for fixing up his family's...
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