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The Red Pony

by John Steinbeck

Tells a story of a young boy and life on his father's California ranch, raising a sorrel colt.

They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three. Her father was supposed to be locked up until Meredith turned eighteen. She thought she had time to grow up, get out, and start a new life. But Meredith is only fifteen, and today her father is coming home from prison. Today her time has run out.

The Mediator: Book 1

Shadowland

or, Love You to Death

by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot ghost haunting her bedroom, doesn't seem to need her help. Which is a relief, because Suze has just moved to sunny California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the... (more)

The Mediator: Book 3

Reunion

by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them--since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead. As Suze desperately fends off each attempt on Michael's life, she finds she can relate to the Angels' fury. Because their... (more)

Twilight Saga: Book 4

Breaking Dawn

by Stephenie Meyer

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her... (more)

Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists: The Calabiyau Chronicles-book 1

Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists: The Calabiyau Chronicles-book 1

by Diana S. Zimmerman

What if everything you loved was suddenly taken away . . . And everything you feared became your only hope? Still a teen in human years, Kandide is spoiled, vain, and the personification of perfection. She is also heir to the throne of Calabiyau and keeper of The Gift , the key to survival for all Fae. When a tragic accident leaves her less than perfect, her own mother casts her away to a treacherous world... (more)

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature’s most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde’s most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.

Innocence: A Novel

by Karen Novak

Innocence unravels the mysterious tale of a small town's dark past and a current tragedy, which threatens to open old wounds and awaken old ghosts. Leslie Stone is a private investigator whose specialty is missing children. Her experience has left her haunted by hallucinatory echoes of kids who are not coming back. But when Leslie's own thirteen year-old daughter, Molly, attempts to hire her to find a... (more)

Maximum Ride: Book 4

The Final Warning

by James Patterson

"Three cheers! Max is one of the smartest, strongest, funniest heroines around." - Diane Garrett, Diane's Books In this breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson, a girl has to save herself from an army assembled just to capture her-and maybe save the planet while she's at it. Maximum Ride is a perfectly normal teenager who just happens to be able to fly , the result of an... (more)

The Simple Truth

by David Baldacci

Rufus Harms is rotting in a Virginia military prison. As readers learn in the terse opening of The Simple Truth, he was convicted 25 years ago of the brutal killing of a young girl. Readers also learn that Rufus did not commit the crime; out of a haze of memories and with fragments of evidence, he has reconstructed the truth about the horrid event that ruined his life. He knows his discovery could cost him his... (more)

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

A fictional account of the young lives of Mirabal sisters Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, otherwise known in the Dominican Republic as Las Mariposas, describes their suffering and martyrdom in the last days of the Trujillo dictatorship. Reprint. Tour. PW.

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Great Episodes)

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Great Episodes)

by Ann Rinaldi

Kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, Phillis Wheatley--as she comes to be known--stuns her adopted country by becoming America's first published black poet. Includes a reader's guide.

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

by Oliver Goldsmith

Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play concludes happily. This edition based on an authoritative edition published in 1773. Notes.

A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials

A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials

by Ann Rinaldi

Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should she keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or should she "break charity" with the group--and risk having her... (more)

The Quickie

by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiraling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour. In a further twist of fate, Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything she stands for. Now,... (more)

The Boar Stone

by Jules Watson

Roman England, 366 AD: Minna, a Roman serving girl, is flung out into the brutal world to fend for herself. Desperate to reach her soldier brother at the northern frontier, she falls in with acrobat Cian, a tribeless youth with no loyalty to anyone but himself. A terrible mistake sees them thrust into the wilds of barbarian Scotland, a land in chaos. The Romans have sent scouts north from their frontier, seeking... (more)

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The Red Pony

by John Steinbeck

Such a Pretty Girl

by Laura Wiess

Shadowland

or, Love You to Death

by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

Reunion

by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

Breaking Dawn

by Stephenie Meyer

Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists: The Calabiyau Chronicles-book 1

by Diana S. Zimmerman

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Innocence: A Novel

by Karen Novak

The Final Warning

by James Patterson

The Simple Truth

by David Baldacci

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Great Episodes)

by Ann Rinaldi

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

by Oliver Goldsmith

A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials

by Ann Rinaldi

The Quickie

by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

The Boar Stone

by Jules Watson