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"Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan--and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn't bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself....
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English
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When Cornelia joins Napoleon's army as a traveling naturalist with the power to heal, she meets the sister she never knew existed on the opposite side of the battlefield and together, they must use the magic of flowers to solve the mystery of their mother's death, while fighting for their survival.
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2003], c2003
Language
English
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Reminded of what life was once like by the opening of a first-grade time capsule, seventeen-year-old Alexis now faces the pressures of senior year in high school, her parents' total focus on work, and the recurrence of her twin brother's leukemia.
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 5
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Marina and her sister Kai, entrusted with managing Summer Beach's one-hundred-year celebration, navigate treacherous waters. Age-old grudges and family secrets soon resurface. Their grandmother's hidden past casts a shadow, forcing them to confront dangerous truths. While Marina's daughter Heather grapples with boyfriend troubles, she discovers her new husband Jack is harboring secrets of his own. As tensions rise and love is tested, the bonds of...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Five girls played together in the Smith Sisters Orchestra: Irene on trombone, Erma on vibraphone, Edwina on trumpet, Mildred on violin, and Lila on saxophone. But what of the littlest sister? When Viola's time came, almost every instrument was taken...except one. When she first sat behind a drum kit, she lost the beat, made a terrible racket, and had more fun than she'd ever had before. Viola took to the road with her family, learned from the greats,...
9) Hard girls
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Series
Jane and Lila Pool thriller volume 1
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two estranged twin sisters hunt down their elusive mother-and face down the darkness they tried to escape.
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Nia's spent her whole life taking a back seat to her older sister, Maeve, who's expected to inherit their mother's Seer powers: the ability to see the future through dreams, passed down to one woman in each generation. But when Nia, a trans girl, starts having visions of the future, she must suppress her powers to protect her relationship with her sister. Soon Nia's dreams become impossible to ignore, and she has no choice but to distance herself...
13) Call forth a fox
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Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The western wood is where Ro's father built their garden, taught her to forage, and told her tales of the faeries who live there how to summon them, how to protect herself, and warnings of what they are capable of. Now, her father is gone, the garden has withered, and their family is struggling. Her mother and sister want to move into town, but Ro doesn't want to give up the memories of her father and his stories or the charming village girl who...
14) Unstuck
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Lyla sets out to write the perfect fantasy novel in her creative writing class, but discovers some unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page. Includes twenty-five ways to overcome writer's block.
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Series
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The future of the Seabreeze Inn hinges on one gala event, but will the history of the beachside inn threaten its survival? When Ivy Bay's historic Seabreeze Inn requires critical repairs, a benefactor offers help, and the announcement ripples through the art world and beyond. However, the aution of an incomparable Victorian necklace attracts people Ivy never expected. Soon, a host of characters descend on quiet Summer Beach and the beachside inn...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.