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21) Holly: a novel
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English
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"Stephen King's HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy and reclusive (but also brave and ethical) homebody in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers and End of Watch to a full-fledged, smart and occasionally tough private detective on her own in The Outsider and If It Bleeds. In this new novel, Holly once again claims the spotlight,...
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Kat Kinkaid's only son, Ethan, goes missing on a class field trip, while Stefanie Huntington's son is being threatened. As the police investigation unfolds, Ethan's disappearance has earth-shattering consequences for Stef. With the clock ticking, the desperate search for answers reveals dangers behind the everyday smiles of those they trust the most. But is the culprit an anonymous stranger or someone the women trust?
23) Still here
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English
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Christian Baker, a young New York journalist from The Chronicle, gets assigned to a social story about the disappearance of Monique Watson, a twelve-year-old African-American girl from Brooklyn. Trying to get the assignment behind him, he quickly and poorly researches the story and goes with the first lead. This brings down a series of pains. Christian with guilt decides to finally do his work properly finding himself in a race against time to help...
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English
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A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, a bond forged as residents of Savior House, an abusive group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down, after the disappearance of several kids, the three were split up. Though the trauma of their childhood has never left...
26) Abducted
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Series
Pacific Coast justice volume 2
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English
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After solving the mayor's murder and exposing corruption among the top brass in Las Playas, Carly is on a desperate chase to find her partner's baby who was kidnapped. As she chases down every lead, her newfound faith is pushed to its limits.
27) Far cry
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English
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While on a camping holiday in Cornwall with her best friend, Heather Pierce goes missing and is found dead in a mine several days later. With no other evidence and only suspicions of foul play, her death is ruled accidental. Years later, Heather's mother has remarried, and her daughter from her second marriage nearly the same age as Heather goes missing. Is it a coincidence or is there a connection?
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Publisher
Ismae Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Under the dirty streets of Ismae's greatest port city, an old nightmare waits for Sylandair and Aliara, one that is stealing Dockhaven's children, one only they can end. When the pair escaped their owner and abuser years ago, they left him behind in a ball of blue flame, but as more children disappear near the city's desalinization plant, their suspicions turn to the predator they believed dead. Accompanied by their less-than-reliable puka scout...
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"1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth, is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when's she home with her cherished grandchildren, Vi and Eric, she's just Gran-teaching them how to take care of their pets, preparing them home-cooked meals, providing them with care and attention and love. Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Iris-silent,...
30) Good bad girl
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
Description
"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith...
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Series
Buddy files volume 1
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
While searching for his mysteriously lost human family, Buddy the dog is adopted by another family and helps solve the mystery of their missing boy.
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Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.
33) Little sister
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English
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After 16 years apart sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. With the past now behind them, the warmth they once shared quickly returns and before long, Jess has moved into Emily's comfortable island home. Life couldn't be better. But when baby Daisy disappears while in Jess's care, the perfect life Emily has so carefully built starts to fall apart. Was Emily right to trust her sister after everything that happened before?
35) I'm big!
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Publisher
Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Sauropod encounters friends and foes while searching for his pack, who left while he was oversleeping.
37) Worth dying for
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Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 15
Language
English
Description
In the corn country of Nebraska, ex-police officer Jack Reacher runs afoul of the local Duncan clan--and its criminal connections--when he investigates a decades-old, unsolved case of a missing child.
38) American woman
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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Series
Where are the children? volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"More than four decades since readers first met Nancy Harmon and her children, comes the thrilling sequel to the groundbreaking book that set the stage for future generations of psychological suspense novels. A lawyer turned successful podcaster, Melissa has recently married a man whose first wife died tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. While Melissa and her brother, Mike, help their mom, Nancy, relocate from Cape Cod...
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