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" Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and...
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Series
Baby Ganesh Agency investigations volume 1
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved. And the second is a baby elephant. As his search for clues takes him across the teeming city of Mumbai, from its grand high rises to its sprawling slums and deep into its murky underworld, Chopra begins to suspect that there may be a great deal more to both his last case and his new ward than he thought. And he soon learns that when the going gets tough, a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school.
5) Blackwater
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Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.
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Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Young Karl Gustav is sent to live with his grandmother following the drowning of his older brother, Alexander, in the North Sea. People around Karl Gustav don't want to talk about the tragedy, and he becomes increasingly concerned about death and the role of his grandmother's God.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Even though running Crewel World keeps Betsy plenty busy, a little extra cash on the side doesn't hurt. So when the local senior complex, Watered Silk, asks her to teach a class on the tricky punchneedle technique, Betsy jumps at the opportunity to win over some new customers. Unfortunately, the business that Betsy drums up is not of the needlework variety. A young woman is found floating in Watered Silk's therapy pool, and Betsy's sleuthing skills...
8) The wave
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Publisher
RedDoor Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It should have been a relaxing day at the beach for Dr. Clair Mercer and her family. But an argument with husband Adam distracts her from watching their four-year-old autistic son, and tragedy strikes when a sneaker wave sweeps him away. Clair's well-ordered life is plunged into madness, and after attempting to murder her husband, she walks into the ocean. Arrested, charged, and awaiting trial on a locked psychiatric unit, can she discover a path...
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Series
Drowned gods duology volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
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Teen mage Emory must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates' deaths.
Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best--until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should...
10) The almanack
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Series
Tabitha Hart novels volume 1
Publisher
Severn House Publishers LTD
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
During the midsummer of 1752, following a desperate summons from her mother, Tabitha Hart departs London for her home village of Netherlea - only to discover that her mother has drowned. Determined to discover the truth about the Widow Hart's death, Tabitha consults her almanack and uncovers a series of cryptic notes describing her mother's terror of someone she names only as 'D'. Teaming up with young writer Nat Starling, Tabitha begins a race against...
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English
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When Michael Provost, the successful and popular owner of a medical supply company, is found floating in the waters of the Chelsea Vestry Wharf, Inspector Gerald Witherspoon enlists the able assistance of his sleuthing housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, to find out who had wanted the man dead and quickly discover that his death may have links to an earlier crime.
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Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Caring for an abandoned infant during the summer of 1896, Emma Cross uses her connections to search for the child's family and discovers a link between the baby and a textile magnate who drowns under suspicious circumstances.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it's just another one of her sister's episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother's estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister's things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family...
14) The invitation
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Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The first time Jemma and Matt were invited to Polskirrin -- the palatial ocean-view home belonging to Matt's old friend Lucas Jarrett -- it was for an intimate wedding that ended in tragedy. Jemma will never forget the sight of the girl's pale, doll-like body bobbing listlessly toward the rocky shore. Now, exactly one year later, Jemma and her husband have reluctantly returned at Lucas's request to honor an anniversary they would do anything to forget....
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