Rachel Hawkins
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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...
2) The villa
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English
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"From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end...
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"A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off...
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When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She's also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off...
5) Hex hall
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Hex Hall novels volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father—an elusive European warlock—only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium,...
6) Spell bound
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Hex Hall novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away and leaves her alone, defenseless, and at the mercy of her enemies the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium.
7) Demonglass
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Hex Hall novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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After learning that she is capable of dangerous magic, Sophie Mercer goes to England with her father, friend Jenna, and Cal hoping to have her powers removed, but soon she learns that she is being hunted by the Eye--and haunted by Elodie.
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Royals volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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An American girl goes to an exclusive Scottish boarding school where she becomes the roommate, best friend, and girlfriend of a royal princess.
10) Miss Mayhem
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Rebel belle volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When the Ephors recruit Harper Price's enemy-turned-boyfriend, David, Harper must survive a dangerous ancient trial that will either increase her power or claim her life in this sequel to 'Rebel Belle.' Rebel Belle series, 288pp.
11) Rebel belle
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Rebel belle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who's an Oracle"--
12) Lady renegades
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Rebel belle volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Harper Price must embark on a road trip with her best friend and her nemesis, Blythe, to rescue David, whose Oracle powers are spinning out of control"--
13) Beatrix Greene
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Beatrix Greene has made a name for herself in Victorian England as a reputable spiritual medium, but she's a fraud: even she knows ghosts aren't real. But when she's offered a lucrative job by James Walker-a scientist notorious for discrediting pretenders like her-Beatrix takes the risk of a lifetime. If her séance at the infamously haunted Ashbury Manor fools him, she will finally have true financial freedom. If she fails, her secret will become...
15) Ruby & Olivia
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Quiet Olivia and brash Ruby are paired at a summer camp for troublemakers. When their volunteer service at an old mansion turns spooky, they must work together to find the cause.
16) Journey's end
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Faced with a mysterious, deadly fog bank in a seaside Scottish village, new friends Nolie and Bel look for ways to stop it--coming across an ancient spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice.
17) Grim
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today:
Ellen Hopkins
Amanda Hocking
Julie Kagawa
Claudia Gray
Rachel Hawkins
Kimberly Derting
Myra McEntire
Malinda Lo
Sarah Rees-Brennan
Jackson Pearce
Christine Johnson
Jeri Smith Ready
Shaun David Hutchinson
Saundra Mitchell
Sonia Gensler...
Ellen Hopkins
Amanda Hocking
Julie Kagawa
Claudia Gray
Rachel Hawkins
Kimberly Derting
Myra McEntire
Malinda Lo
Sarah Rees-Brennan
Jackson Pearce
Christine Johnson
Jeri Smith Ready
Shaun David Hutchinson
Saundra Mitchell
Sonia Gensler...
18) Defy the Dark
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English
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The seventeen original stories in Defy the Dark, an eerie, mind-bending YA anthology, could only take place in darkness.
Open the pages and discover: A creepy guy who stares too long. The secrets of the core of the earth. Dreams of other people's lives. A girl who goes mad in the darkness. Monsters in Bavaria. A generational spaceship where night doesn't exist. And other mysteries and oddities.
The contributors to the enthralling
19) Grim
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist.