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If you could see me now...
Lizzie and Bea Harris were always very close. They were sisters and nothing could tear them apart. Until Bea dies, leaving her sister twelve letters, one for every month.
Alone for the first time Lizzie is left trying to pull together the pieces of a life she has for so long ignored and find a place for herself...out from under the shadow of her sister.
But the letters are revealing a sister Lizzie isn't sure she recognises,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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From TV stars Tia and Tamera Mowry comes Double Dare, the third book in their popular Twintuition series about the super-special-and sometimes supernatural-bond between sisters!
Identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters may be able to see into the future, but with a teacher who suspects they have powers waiting to catch them midvision and the grandmother they just met in town to teach them how to better control what they foresee, the last thing they...
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The planning.
The dress shopping.
The wedding ceremony.
When Rachel and Joe decide on a winter wedding, the planning gets underway. They pick their officiant, they have the place, and they make their guest list.
Rachel, Kathy, Abby and Marilyn make it a girl's night away and go shopping for dresses in the city. As fate would have it, the very bridal shop where Rachel finds her dream dress is owned by Joe's biological mother, who he hasn't seen...
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Summary of Debbie Macomber's Last One Home is a novel about persevering through tough times. It also shows how strong the bond between sisters can be.
Sisters Karen, Cassie, and Nichole have a happy childhood. They play hide-and-seek and other games with the children in the neighborhood. This changes when Cassie, at the age of eighteen, goes against the advice of her family and marries Duke Carter. She leaves her family after a terrible argument with...
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She swore to hunt vampires. But can she kill her own flesh and blood?Talented witch Kori is a seasoned vampire hunter – but she never agreed to kill her own family. When her beloved younger sister, Grace, is turned by the powerful vampire Alaric de Carnac, her family begins to tear apart at the seams.Torn between sisterly love and sworn duty, Kori finds herself caught in the middle of a struggle between the vampire world and her witch coven. Rejected...
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From New York Times bestselling author Shirley Jump comes a heartwarming tale about friendship, family, and the unbreakable bond between sisters.
THE SECRET INGREDIENT FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE
Nora has always been the sister who binds the O'Bannons together. No matter what crisis hits, smart, dependable Nora knows how to fix it. But for Nora, the pressure of perfection is taking its toll.
Nora's marriage is in trouble, and she has been reluctant to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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English
Description
From actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry comes the second book in their delightful Twintuition series about the superspecial-and sometimes supernatural-bond between sisters!
In Double Trouble, identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters have adjusted to small-town life in Aura, Texas, but they're still not used to seeing visions of the future. And their Sight is only getting stronger as their twelfth birthday nears! But even with this new gift, neither...
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"A lovely writer, far superior to the average memoirist. . . . A curious mind, a perceptive observer with an artist's eye, a seeker of truth and beauty." -Irish Independent
From the moment I crossed the mountain, I fell in love with the place, which was more beautiful than any I'd ever seen. And with a way of looking at life that was deeper, richer and wiser than any I'd known before. . . . From the first day I came here I always knew I'd...
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In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her. Then an enemy's iron bullet kills her mother, Venus's life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister...
11) The club
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Publisher
DCB
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Jaxson is the only child of a single mom, but he's never been short on family. His best friend Logan, who has five sisters, claims Jax as a "brother." Jaxson enjoys the chaos of Logan's home, but he also loves the calm of his own. Between hanging with Logan, going to the movies with his first girlfriend, Samantha, and being the star trumpet player in the school orchestra, eighth grade is sure is looking up for Jaxson! But then Liv, the new girl at...
12) Calling of light
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Shamanborn volume 3
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Queen Meilyr is dead, and a tenuous peace has settled over Evewyn. King Meilek's acension has ended his sister's oppression of the shamanborn, marking a new start for the country where Sirscha, once a prisoner, has been elevated to a position as the King's Shadow. Yet, beneath the surface, tensions between shamanborn and other citizens remain high. Conflicts rage at Evewyn's borders. The Soulless still lurks in the darkness. And while some might call...
13) Queerceañera
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it. And while he knew his dad and sister, Carmen, would be super supportive, he wasn't quite ready for them to surprise him with a queerceañera, a coming out party to celebrate him. Between all the talks of tastings and venues, and the chirping of his family's RSVP texts, the question of who will be his chambelán is on everyone's minds. What Joaquin is decidedly trying to not think about is whether his mom is going...
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Unicorn legacy volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Olivia Hayes is excited to finally unlock her magic and attend the new Unicorn Academy, but quickly finds herself caught between embracing her magical abilities, clearing her sister's name of unicorn poaching, and unraveling dark secrets to protect the unicorns and Arden's future.
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"It's been two years and two months since trauma shattered hospital chaplain Isabel Myles's world. Since that day she has stopped answering calls. She's shut out her family, friends, and coworkers. Even her faith seems to have faded. Except for her connection with her younger sister, Chantel, Isabel copes by forgetting. Then she takes on a summer job as a home caregiver for Opal, a dementia patient who is struggling to remember. The more invested...
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Sophia Institute Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"'The world is too small,' Saint Frances Cabrini (1850-1917) once declared. 'I would like to embrace it all, to reach every corner.' This compelling, authoritative biography chronicles the astounding life of a petite Italian-born religious sister who, with the heart of a missionary, conquered all odds to become the first American citizen canonized a saint. Theodore Maynard traces Cabrini's journey from her humble beginnings in northern Italy to her...
17) Clarion call
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Ravensong (Cayla Fay) volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Having failed to prevent her vengeful cousin from breaching the Veil, demi-god Neve attempts to prevent more havoc and destruction in the mortal world while she also grapples with old memories, a new family member's emergence, and the delicate balance between past, present, and an uncertain future.
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Biblioasis international translation volume 45
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists. A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he's there or how he arrived. When a local woman offers to reunite him with her sister, he realizes he's lost not only his bearings, but his memory as well: he doesn't recall either sister, nor their mother, the woman buried beneath the stone. As their stories...
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The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"For fans of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a poignant, stirring graphic memoir--both heartbreaking and darkly funny--that perfectly captures the grief, nostalgia, and chaos of traveling home to care for an elderly parent in crisis"--
"What do you do when your mother can't remember who you are? You catch the first flight from your adopted home of London to your original hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she's hospitalized, injured,...
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Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture. Guiding our eye to the minutiae of subject and symbolism, authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen allow even the most familiar of pictures to come alive anew through their intricacies and intrigues....