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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A rebellious youth turned L.A. art queen confronts her twilight years, family secrets and a fiery late-life romance as past demons and the thirst for revenge resurface in the form of her drug-addled grandnephew Michael.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When her former best friend Maddie disappears after coming to her for help, Jo-Lynn, an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked, finds a way back inside the clique where she is forced to confront everything she'd rather forget to find the girl who betrayed her.
3) Malas
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1964, when Jaime Sonoro, Mexico's most renowned actor and singer, discovers a book telling of the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors, he must pay for their crimes unless he can uncover the truth about his grandfather, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old River Lang struggles after the death of his best friend and reluctantly joins a research study for struggling teens where he confronts his complex relationship with Dylan's ex, develops feelings for a charismatic jock, and uncovers unsettling truths about the study.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When her mom disappears from their small Texas town, paleontology-loving Haven is determined to find her. But as she uncovers truths about her mom's identity, Haven also uncovers a monstrous family secret. Her mom can take the shape of a human and, in the right environment, also turn into an amphibious creature known as a kitskara. And now that she's growing up, Haven is discovering she has this ability, too. This newfound identity is her only clue...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society--brazen and rebellious. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two young Latina ladies will be held to, so she secures them coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school. Younger sister Isla is back home within a day, but older sister Renata stays. When she returns months later, she's unfailingly pleasant, unnervingly polite, and, Isla discovers, possibly murderous. And...
10) Swift River
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she’s never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When TV producer Kit O'Neill discovers her late grandmother was Mercy Welles, an Oscar-nominated actress who disappeared just as her career was taking off, she puts her investigative skills to good use, which leads her to Martha's Vineyard-the island that holds the key to the fateful summer that changed everything forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Language
English
Description
""You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way... I used to clean other people's houses - now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
407 pages illustrations 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power"--
For generations the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements-- books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While on her family's yearly escape to Cape Cod, Rocky, sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, relives the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers, coming face-to-face with her family's history and future and accepting she can no longer hide her secrets from the people she loves.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
536 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the youngest Thaumas sister, Verity, leaves Salann for the lush Bloem on a painting commission, she quickly discovers that the intriguing Laurent family isn't as perfect as they appear"--
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Olympia leaves her small Virginia town, she doesn't expect to look back, much less ever come home. But after a year on the road, her sister's engagement pulls Olympia into everything she left behind: her family, her husband, and the grief she's been trying to forget. She's determined to stay a few days, maybe a week-just enough time to visit gravestones and sign off on the divorce her husband, Spencer, asked for. But he's reeling from their...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Channeling her frustrations into email drafts--ones that she'd never send--seemingly perfect Sadie Wen finds her carefully crafted, conflict-free life turned upside down when the email is sent out accidentally, and the only person growing to appreciate the 'real' Sadie is the only boy she's sworn to hate"--
Author
Series
Summer Beach volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
n this awakening, spirited novel, Sunny Hostin celebrates family, friendship, and community and reminds us of the importance of the legacies of our collective past and finding one’s way in the world.
Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones’s legacy.
But...
19) Bad Like Us
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
325 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered
Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her BFFs had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since Miles' academic career took a turn for the worse (they don't talk about it), so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won’t admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper’s constant...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America's Playground" and move into the apartment above their bakery. The apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and, despite the cramped quarters, it still feels like home. Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again...