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English
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"Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female students for the first time. Even though most of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Investigating a kidnapper who is murdering the children of wealthy New York families, Detective Michael Bennett and FBI agent Emily Parker discover that the killer has hatched an elaborate plot to decimate the entire city.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st U. S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Forced into a humbler life with relatives in Ireland after the sudden death of her father, spoiled sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin discovers a diary of future entries written in her handwriting that she hopes will reveal the truth about her mother's troubling health.
Author
Series
Heirs of Acadia volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Historical drama and romance set in Venice and the English countryside of the 1800s. Two lives become intertwined despite the burdens of their past. A place that once seemed only a dreaded detour becomes a sacred venue for the unveiling of God's Providence"--Provided by publisher.
6) Gun games
Author
Series
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus volume 20
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
LAPD lieutenant detective Decker and his wife, Rina, have willingly welcomed fifteen-year-old Gabriel Whitman, the son of a troubled former friend, into their home. While the enigmatic teen seems to be adapting easily, Decker knows only too well the secrets adolescents keep--witnessed by the tragic suicide of another teen, Gregory Hesse, a student at Bell and Wakefield, one of the city's most exclusive prep schools. Gregory's mother, Wendy, refuses...
Author
Series
Raisin volume 15
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
233p. 21cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs volume 2
Publisher
Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The second Maisie Dobbs mystery
Jacqueline Winspear's marvelous debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from around the world and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature's favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather, its follow-up, finds psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in London "between the wars." It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After wasting away in a mental institution for a year and a half, Ariana Osgood is finally back where she belongs. She has a new look, a new name, and a new life--all thanks to her former friend Briana Leigh Covington. Now enrolled as a junior at the exclusive Atherton-Pryce boarding school just outside of D.C., Ariana sleeps in Frette sheets, flirts with the captain of the crew team, and gossips with the most beautiful girls on campus. She killed...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and...
15) The pickup
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
391p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Doubleday Large Print Home Library ed.
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.
17) The deadly dance
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frustrated by a series of small jobs after opening her own detective agency, Agatha Raisin places the fledgling agency's reputation on the line by alienating her friends and flirting with a chief suspect.