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1) The pursuit
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Sherring Cross series volume 3
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English
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What was to be a grand adventure for Melissa MacGregor - an escape from the wilds of her Scottish home into the whirl of the London social scene - seems to pale before the promise in the passionate gaze of Lincoln Ross Burnett. Though they exchange but a few words before parting after a chance encounter on her grandfather's lands, Melissa instantly knows this bold stranger is her destiny, while Lincoln realizes his heart has been claimed forever and...
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It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained to just one book!
Abby and Peter are staying with Uncle Jonathan in an eerie old village. Their uncle knows a lot about Egypt, and his living room even looks like an ancient tomb. Do other secrets lurk inside the house? MUM's the word! Next, Abby and Peter will get all WRAPPED up in a terrifying mystery. Slappy the Dummy...
3) Seconds Away
Author
Series
Mickey Bolitar novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Mickey and his loyal new friends, sharp-witted Ema and adorkably charming Spoon, once again find themselves in over their heads on the hunt for missing pieces to a puzzle they have yet to understand. As the mystery surrounding Mickey's dad's death unfolds, he soon learns that they may be in more danger than they could have ever imagined.
4) Found
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It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets, and unanswered questions. Mickey's sophomore year brings on its own set of troubles: Ema surprises with news that she has an online boyfriend, and he's vanished. As he's searching for Ema's missing boyfriend, Mickey and his friends are pulled deeper into the mysteries of the Abeona Shelter, risking their lives, until Mickey finally comes...
5) Shelter
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English
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After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that reveals she is not what she seems to be.
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Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 1
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English
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Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true....
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As part of his thirteenth birthday Jimmy Benge is spending a week ice fishing with his friend, Ryan, in northern Minnesota at his Cherokee family's lakeside home; one day they get permission to go out further on the lake to try for Northern pike, and Jimmy catches a beauty--but a sudden snow squall turns the situation dangerous and as the boys pack up to make their way back, Uncle Kenny's ATV flips over and he is injured, and it is up to the boys...
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Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Language
English
Description
"'Dear Uncle Herbert, You€ve never met me, but I€m your niece Kate, and since it is my birthday tomorrow and you are super-rich could you please send me a present?' Kate and her younger brother Tom lead dull, uninteresting lives. And if their dull, uninteresting parents are anything to go by, they don€t have much to look forward to. Why can€t Kate have thrilling adventures and save the world the way people do in books? Even her 11th birthday...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
"Manchester by the Sea is a deeply affecting and wickedly funny masterpiece showcasing the maturation of men, from the broken man and his nephew at its heart to the drama's phenomenal filmmaker."--USA Today.
"A beautifully textured, richly enveloping drama about how a death in the family forces a small-town New Englander to confront a past tragedy anew."--Variety.
"A...
13) Secondhand lions
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
Description
To the rest of the world, Garth and Hub are mysterious old men hiding millions. But to Walter, they are family - and now they're about to lead him on an adventure he'll never forget.
It's the summer of 1960 and introverted 14 year old, Walter, is unceremoniously dumped by his single mother, Mae, at the Texan farm of eccentric great uncles, Hub and Garth. Walter has never met them before, but the legend has it, they were bank robbers, mafia hitmen...
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Madrigal family does NOT talk about Bruno, Mirabel's uncle who can see into the future. But why not? Find out in this fun and colorful book featuring the lyrics to the hit song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Disney's Encanto, as well as art from the movie." --