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English
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"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
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English
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Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children's book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
Author
Series
Bill Hodges volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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"A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes" --
""Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a...
4) Lake season
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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"Carrie Slayton is a successful gossip columnist, but her dream is to become a serious journalist. Finnegan Dalton is a notorious recluse whose book about living in the Alaskan wilds skyrocketed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Recognizing a golden opportunity, Carrie uses a little guile in tracking down Finn's whereabouts in the snowy Alaskan wilderness outside of Fairbanks, only to discover that he truly is as mysterious and withdrawn...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Juliet Ashton, a thirty-year-old author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life.
Author
Series
Treehouse volume 6
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows.
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Olivia Limoges agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers to break her writer's block and make a few friends, but the Book Writers are all suspects when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by their bodies.
Author
Series
Treehouse volume 4
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Continuing their efforts in the ever-expanding treehouse, Andy and Terry tackle the mystery of their missing publisher, Mr. Bignose, whose disappearance has made completing their next book rather difficult.
Author
Series
Harbrace paperbound library volume HPL 54
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1961]
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a broke British writer as he works as a dishwasher in Paris and stays in homeless shelters in London.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her friend, fellow Bayside Book Writer Laurel, is arrested for the murder of her husbands lover, Olivia protests her arrest, and with her fellow Bayside Book Writers divided, must race against time to prove Laurels innocence before her story ends in tragedy.
Author
Series
Treehouse volume 7
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When their over-the-top ideas expand their amazing treehouse to include a giant submarine sandwich shop and a human pinball machine, Andy and Terry find themselves babysitting Mr. Big Nose's three troublesome grandkids.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises and in a house he hates, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would like out of his present circumstances and into the American dream. But when the twin calamities of the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along to compound his troubles, his dreams dwindle further, and an infinite past...
Author
Series
Treehouse volume 5
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Andy and Terry travel through time trying to save their treehouse from highly talented, angry ants and Inspector Bubblewrap the building inspector while rushing to meet their publisher's deadline.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a Mormon historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book--and find it. The Infinite Future is a mindbending novel that melds two page-turning books in one. First, we meet three broken people, joined by an obsession with a forgotten Brazilian science-fiction author named Eduard Salgado-MacKenzie. There's...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Andy and Terry recount the story of how they first met, an adventure marked by emergency shark operations, giant storms, and wooden pirate heads.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
"In her fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the expectations placed on women, she...
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Series
Medlar mystery volume 4
Language
English
Description
Bestselling novelist Sara Medlar is skilled at sharing stories about other people, but she hoped the truth about her own family would never surface. Her home in Lachlan, Florida, is her refuge and she loves having her niece Kate and dear friend Jack Wyatt together under her roof. The Medlar Three, as they are known around town, have sworn off getting involved in any more murder investigations. When the sheriff unexpectedly leaves on vacation, Jack...