Kate Allen
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Liv has lost everything. She now has no family, no college education, no direction, and no plan. Well, she does have a plan, to dull her pain with alcohol and pull herself together long enough to make a trip to Scotland to scatter her aunt's ashes.
A chance encounter on the flight to Europe leads to a lasting friendship that Liv comes to rely on above all else. But as Liv grapples with the tragedies of her past, is there room in her broken life for...
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When Evi Wald was a young girl, she learned the art of shepherding from her mother by day and listened to her mother's fairy tales at night. Now she shepherds her own flock with the help of her dogs, Bric and Brac. But strange sights and sounds are coming from the Black Forest near her hut, and she's beginning to wonder if there is more to her mother's fairy tales than she once thought...
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Medley Blunt is a former Little Leaguer playing for the first time on an all-girls softball team, and she's got some, things to learn. Going from the star of her state championship-winning baseball team to barely making the starting lineup of her softball team, her world has turned topsy-turvy. Add to that the revelation that her adoptive parents are having a baby the old-fashioned way. Who is she if not a star ball player? Who is she if not an only...
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Crystal Winters has always stood out among the other kids, sporting blue hair, a razor-sharp mind, and a craving for adventure. On her tenth birthday, her parents give her permission to ride her bike beyond their immediate neighborhood. She rides far and finds a spooky mansion abandoned in the woods. Will she dare to cross the threshold and explore what lies within?
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Nik and his family have just moved to Phoenix, home to dry heat, prickly plants, and bugs straight out of nightmares. Everyone back in Greenville knew him, but only his parents and his dogs know him here.
The house next door is barely visible, its secrets hidden by layers and layers of bamboo. Nik's curiosity grows by the minute, but he hesitates. Will he be brave enough to face what lies within?
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Michelle Lobos is thrilled to be at summer camp at last, even though Terry Groulx just won't leave her alone. In a moment of solitude, however, she discovers something shocking about the labyrinth on the floor of the camp lodge. Later on, the mystery of the labyrinth deepens. Is what her mother told her about labyrinths true? Does she have the courage to find out?
10) The line tender
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"Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier"--
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First published in 1829 at the beginning of Victor Hugo's literary career, "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" is one of the author's first mature works of fiction. It recounts the thoughts of a condemned man as the day of his execution draws near. Inspired by the sight of an executioner preparing the guillotine for another scheduled public execution, Hugo quickly wrote this moving and eloquent work describing the condemned man's final thoughts as he...
14) I Am Human
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2021.
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By 2029, scientists predict that approximately one million people will have implantable technology in their brains. This film follows the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring journeys of three early pioneers - Bill, Anne, and Stephen. As these unlikely cyborgs grapple with the realities of their implantable brain technology, scientists face pressing technical and ethical quandaries: will the same technology that heals the sick soon lead to super human abilities,...
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