Central Kansas Library System

The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items -- but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear....

A high-speed chase gone wrong leaves Cal exposed to Oriana's thugs. If captured, all hope of solving the Ormond Singularity and having a normal life again disappears. He has to get away, but how can he leave an innnocent man to drown?

"Chris Kingsolver has always been especially close to his aunt. He's heartbroken when she dies in a car accident--and shocked to get a coded letter in the mail after her death. Elsie left Chris clues to the location of a lost treasure ship as an inheritance--if he, his cousin Carrie, and their new friend Maddison can find it. But that might be difficult, what with the mysterious people stalking them, and the strange behavior of the new archivist....

"Clara Starling lives a life of dull rules, deadly routine, and flavorless meals under her cold uncle's strict regime--until the day Uncle disappears, leaving Clara alone in his old mansion. When streetwise orphan Peter and his rescue cat arrive unexpectedly, the children seize the chance to live by their own rules. But when the pair's wild romps through the halls of Braithwaite Manor reveal a single, worn ballet slipper, they are hurled into a mystery...

How can Cal find out more about Piers Ormond's will if he is stuck on a fishing boat after becoming indebted to the captain. If he can find his great-aunt Millicent he may have a better chance of finding the will. But should he expose another relative to danger?

Young Carolyn walks an emotional tightrope knowing what really happened to her best friend, Jimmy, the day his Uncle Ted chose to teach him a lesson that left Jimmy brain-damaged. But when Uncle Ted threatens his beleaguered family with even more abuse and the loss of their home, Carolyn must find the courage to match wits with him and to speak out, using the truth as her only weapon.

"Lucy Acosta's mother died when she was three. Growing up in a Victorian mansion in the middle of the woods with her cold, distant father, she explored the dark hallways of the estate with her cousin, Margaret. They're inseparable--a family. When her aunt Penelope, the only mother she's ever known, tragically disappears while walking in the woods surrounding their estate, Lucy finds herself devastated and alone. Margaret has been spending a lot of...

"Todo empez�o en Londres, la noche en que nuestro padre hizo explotar el Museo Brit�anico con un extra�no conjuro. Fue entonces cuando nos enteramos de que, adem�as de un reconocido arque�ologo, era una especia de mago del antiguo Egipto. Rodeado de valiosas antiguedades, empez�o a entonar extra�nas palabras. Algo debi�o de salir mal porque la sala qued�o reducida a escombros; Set, el dios del caos, apareci�o de la nada envuelto...

Sixteen-year-old Katelyn, who has been subjected to her mother's "wanderlust" all her life, discovers that Mom might not be who she says she is, and that someone is hunting them both.-- When Katelyn decided to surprise her widowed mom with an online dating profile, it seemed like a good idea. It isn't. Katelyn's mom hasn't just been acting overprotective all these years-- she's been hiding something. And now that anyone can find them online, Katelyn...

"The Cahills thought they were the only ones who knew about Gideon Cahill and his Clues. The Cahills were wrong. Powerful enemies--the Vespers--have been waiting in the shadows. Now it's their time to rise and the world will never be the same."--Provided by publisher.