Kimberly McCreight
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English
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"When Amanda, the gorgeous wife of start-up millionaire Zach Grayson, is discovered dead at the bottom of the stairs in her stately Brooklyn brownstone, her husband is immediately fingered as the primary suspect. Zach calls Lizzie, his law school classmate, hoping their shared history will convince her to come to his aid. A former U.S. Attorney with no violent crime experience, Lizzie reluctantly agrees to represent him, though the two haven't seen...
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English
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"A novel about a daughter racing to uncover the truth about her mother in the wake of her disappearance. When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose "out of control" emotions and "unsafe" behavior have created...
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English
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Five college friends meet up in the Catskills ten years after graduation, bringing their shared past, betrayals, and secrets with them in the new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia.
Everyone has friends that it doesn't matter how badly they've behaved, or how late it is when that call finally comes, you show up. No questions asked. When five friends from college end up in the Catskills ten years later, they have...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter--now. But Kate's stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it's already...
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English
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"At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of an infant is discovered in the woods near the town's prestigious university campus. No one knows who the baby is, or how her body ended up out there. But there is no shortage of opinions. When freelance journalist, and recent Ridgedale transplant, Molly Anderson is unexpectedly called upon to cover the story for the Ridgedale Reader, it's a risk, given the severe depression...
6) The outliers
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasńt heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesńt matter. Cassiés in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself. But figuring out where Cassie is goes from difficult to dangerous, fast. As Wylie and Jasper head farther and farther north into the dense woods of Maine, Wylie struggles to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Wylie escaped the camp in Maine but is still far from safe. Her best chance to protect herself is to understand her ability -- and fast. Is her bond with Jasper strong enough to overcome demons from the past? And can she find it in herself to do whatever it takes to help not just friends but complete strangers who may be just like her?
8) The collide
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Outliers trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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While searching for the unknown predator that is hunting the Outlier girls, Wylie uncovers long buried secrets and a dangerous conspiracy.
9) Extraños
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Español
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Cuando Cassie desaparece dejando tras de sí una serie de crípticos mensajes, Wylie tiene que superar sus miedos y hacer lo que mejor se le da: salvar a su amiga de sí misma. Acompañada de Jasper, el chico que las ha distanciado, Wylie se lanza a la desesperada a una misión de rescate, que pronto se revelará sumamente peligrosa. Cuanto más se adentran en los frondosos bosques de Maine, más tiene que esforzarse Wylie por apaciguar la creciente...