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Flame in the mist volume 2
Language
English
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"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
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Series
Hundred Oaks volume 1
Language
English
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What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though. She leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there's a new guy in town who threatens her starting position ...suddenly she's hoping he'll see...
3) The Lie Tree
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth.
Author
Language
English
Description
A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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"Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a domestic in the royal household and fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales are challenge enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder in an opium den -- and scandal threatens the royal family -- Mary learns that the accused killer may be someone very close...
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Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Miri returns to Asland and calls upon all of her knowledge of rhetoric and other useful lessons learned at the Princess Academy when she and the other girls face strong opposition while working for a new, fair charter.
8) Just Ella
Author
Series
Palace chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
9) Wildthorn
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove is locked away in the Wildthorn Hall mental institution, where she is stripped of her identity and left to wonder who has tried to destroy her life.
Author
Series
Bloody Jack adventures volume 3
Language
English
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Description
In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer.
11) Trevor
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Bullied at school, dumped by his friends, and pressured at home, an artistic teenager struggling with his sexuality and identity makes a desperate attempt to end his loneliness.
12) Scarlet
Author
Series
Scarlet novels (A.C. Gaughen) volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.
14) Vengeance road
Author
Series
Vengeance road volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"When her father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers--and justice"--
16) The Corpse Queen
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is eager to start a new life in her aunt's lucrative business selling corpses to medical students, but she quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.
17) Girls can't hit
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After not being allowed to take a boxing class at her school because she is a girl, Fleur deals with bullying and disapproval in her quest to set things right and ensure equal opportunity for all students.
18) Maid of secrets
Author
Series
Maids of honor volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1559 England, Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard, but her loyalty is tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Laurel-Leaf
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In early twentieth-century China, Ailin's liberal father allows her to avoid the tradition of foot-binding, but a broken engagement makes her family fear for her future. Ailin's intelligence and hard work--and a lot of luck--lead her to a new life in America.
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