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IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
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Sense and Sensibility is a captivating tale that unfolds amidst the picturesque landscapes of early 19th-century England. At its core, the story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, whose lives take unexpected turns as they navigate the complexities of love, societal expectations, and personal resilience. Upon the death of their father, the Dashwood sisters find themselves thrust into a world of financial uncertainty, as the...
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Ever since the death of his father, poor Fellworth Dolphin has slaved away as a waiter to support his miserly, cold-hearted mother. When his mother suddenly dies, Fellworth is shocked to discover that she has left him a sizable inheritance. Confused, Fell teams up with Maggie, a plain girl with a similar background, to investigate the source of the riches. But what they find is a closet full of skeletons … Is it really possible Fell's father was...
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Edilean volume 1
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Jocelyn Minton is a woman torn between two worlds. Her mother grew up attending private schools and afternoon teas, but she married the local handyman. After her mother died when Joce was only five years old, her father remarried into his own class, and Joce became an outsider -- until she met Edilean Harcourt. Although she was sixty years Joce's senior, Miss Edi was a kindred soul who understood her like no one else ever had. When Miss Edi passes...
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Jennifer and Catherine-sisters who have inherited equal shares of power in Pegasus Satellite Services, one of the biggest communications empires in the world-could not be more different. While Catherine is an extraordinary beauty whose looks attract the most handsome and powerful men, her sister is a plain-Jane, no-nonsense gal who prefers running the company to walking the red carpet.
But Jennifer's aversion to the spotlight becomes secondary after...
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When tragedy strikes on his son's wedding day, Lord Manfred believes it is a foreboding omen, and will do whatever it takes to stop it-no matter how immoral.
Set in the 18th century, The Castle of Otranto begins on the day Manfred's son, Conrad, was meant to be married. Known for his sickly nature, Conrad is the eldest child of two, and is set to marry Princess Isabella, a union that would reap strong benefits for the noble family. However, when...
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"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
13) Legacies
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Forge
Pub. Date
1998
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English
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Dr. Alicia Clayton, a pediatrician who works with children who have AIDS, turns to the mysterious Repairman Jack for help when she inherits a house that her repulsive half-brother wants desperately to take away from her.
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St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Kate Duncan agrees to help her young cousin land a husband though she draws the line when she learns the foolish girl wants to use an apothecary's love potion to snag the notorious Marcus Pelham! To prove the elixir a fake, Kate drinks it herself-and experiences the most erotic moment of her life when she stumbles upon Marcus in a most compromising position. Every nerve in Kate's body sings as she watches from the shadows, but is her response a result...
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"Enlightenment meets On the Road in this witty, insightful novel." -The Boston Sunday Globe
When his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a confirmed skeptic, is not amused. Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy man who answers every question with a riddle is not what he'd planned. But in an effort to westernize his passenger-and amuse himself-he decides to show the monk some "American...
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
17) The Westing game
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003, c1978
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
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Master storyteller Sidney Sheldon weaves a tale of secrets, lies, blackmail, and murder!
Cruising on his yacht off the rugged coast of Corsica, Harry Stanford-one of the world's wealthiest men-drowns under mysterious circumstances. In a chain of events that reverberates around the globe, a beautiful young woman appears at Stanford's funeral, claiming to be the tycoon's daughter and thus heir to a share of his estate. As the Stanford family seeks...
19) Amethyst dreams
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Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Hallie Knight is invited to Topsail Island by the ailing Nicholas Trench who wants her to try and find out what happened to his grandaughter Susan, a dear college friend of Hallie's who disappeared two years earlier, but there are people who are not pleased to have Hallie around and soon she begins to fear her own life is in danger.
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This classic tragicomic tale from George Barr McCutcheon transforms everyone's favorite caviar-and-champagne dream into a soul-shaking test of mistrust and reckless spending Popular, good-looking, and enterprising, Montgomery Brewster is the toast of New York. While celebrating his twenty-fifth birthday among friends, Monty receives word that his grandfather has died. Before long, New York is abuzz with the news. When Monty inherits $1 million from...
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