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1) Razor girl
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an innocent accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the offending car is Merry Mansfield--the eponymous Razor Girl--so named for her unique, eye-popping addition to what might be an otherwise unexciting scam. But, of course--this is Hiaasen!--the scam is only the very beginning of a situation that's going to spiral crazily out...
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A lovable con woman and a disgraced detective team up to find a redneck reality TV star in this raucous new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me.
“Carl Hiaasen’s irresistible Razor Girl meets his usual sky-high standards for elegance, craziness and mike-drop humor.” —The New York Times
Merry Mansfield, the eponymous Razor...
“Carl Hiaasen’s irresistible Razor Girl meets his usual sky-high standards for elegance, craziness and mike-drop humor.” —The New York Times
Merry Mansfield, the eponymous Razor...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
4) Blame
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott BLAME The crash that killed him ... Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia. At first, everyone was sympathetic. Then they found Jane's note: I wish we were dead together. A girl to blame ... From that day the town turned against her. But even now Jane is filled with questions: Why were they on that road? Why was she with...
Author
Series
Heaven volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie's life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood...
7) Duma Key
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 31
Physical Desc
611 p. Hardcover ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
When a horrific chairlift accident leaves seventeen year old competitive skier Lily Thomas paralyzed, she must come to grips with the fact that she'll not only be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life, but will never fulfill her lifelong dream of winning Olympic gold. But just as all hope seems lost, Lily meets Teddy, a young man even more badly injured than she, but as doggedly determined to live an enriching life.
10) The kiss
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a loveless marriage, Frenchwoman Isabelle cares for her daughter and dangerously ill son while pursuing a secret friendship with American power broker Bill Robinson, until a car accident tests their growing love.
11) I let you go
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Berkley hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1960, Jennifer Stirling wakes in the hospital and remembers nothing--not the car accident that put her there, not her wealthy husband, not even her own name. Searching for clues, she finds an impassioned letter, signed simply "B," from a man for whom she seemed willing to risk everything. In 2003, journalist Ellie Haworth stumbles upon the letter and becomes obsessed with learning the unknown lovers' fate--hoping it will inspire her own happy ending....
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her fiance Mike is left paralyzed following a tragic accident, Carrie Bell begins to question her familiar world, from her everyday life in Wisconsin to her relationships, as she sets out to rediscover her own identity.
Author
Series
Heaven volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
440 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The hardest part of love is moving on... It's been a year since Ellie Kendall's husband, Jamie, was killed in an accident, but she's still haunted by his memory. In fact, she finds herself talking to him regularly. At the urging of Jamie's successful actor father Tony, Ellie moves to London's glamorous Primrose Hill, where nobody knows her past... But even in her new home-and with her hardworking new boss, Zack McLaren; and Jamie's best friend Todd...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
A regular at the #1 spot on the New York Times best-seller list, Jodi Picoult crafts stories about family, love, and redemption. Here Picoult tells the tale of Edward Warren, an estranged son who faces a monumental decision when his father is left comatose after a terrible car accident. Edward wants to terminate life support, but his sister Cara wouldn't think of it. As the dilemma tears the family apart, Edward must examine whether his decision is...
18) Kiss
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Shauna McAllister returns to her childhood home to recover from a car accident that wiped out six months of her memory and left her brother severely brain damaged, she struggles to sort out what happened that night.
19) If she only knew
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
447 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Killed in a tragic accident, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had an uninspired life, awakens in the afterlife, where he discovers that heaven consists of having five people explain the meaning of one's life.