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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, a suspenseful new novel about an idyllic town in Maine dealing with the suspicious death of one of their own--and her best "summer" friend, who is trying to uncover the truth...before fingers point her way"--
2) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Description
One choice can transform you -- or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable...
4) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Description
In dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue -- Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice Prior, the decision is between staying with her family and being...
6) The familiar
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Appears on list
Description
"In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men, and frauds. With the pyres of the Inquisition...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1055 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
Description
America's "peerless observer" (People) uncovers college life-from jocks to mutants, dormcest to tailgating-plus race, class, sex, and basketball. Dupont University-the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition... Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from North Carolina, who has come here on full scholarship. But...
12) Someone to care
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
372 pages : genealogical table ; 18 cm.
Description
Once the countess of Riverdale, widowed Viola decides to run off with Marcel, the Marquess of Dorchester, but they soon find themselves victims of the age's ideas of respectability.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Description
In the early 1900s, Sylvie Pelletier leaves her family's Colorado mountain cabin to start work at a wealthy mine-owner's manor house and is fascinated by he luxury around her until she discovers the family's philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.
17) The one
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies--and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown"--
18) The crown
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Events at the palace force Eadlyn to make an important and impossible choice, knowing that her Selection might not lead her to the fairytale ending her parents found.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Sixteen-year-old Persis Blake struggles to balance her life as a socialite and a secret spy in a future where Regs, or regular people, have power over the Reduced--those genetically engineered or drugged into physical and mental impairments.
20) Someone to trust
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
369 pages : illustration ; 17 cm.
Description
Widow Elizabeth Overfield and Colin Handrich know there can never be a relationship between them, but an agreement to share a waltz at each ball they attend leaves them questioning what they are willing to sacrifice for love.
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