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21) Betrayal
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Kate and Alex Rocket are blessed with a wonderful, though childless marriage. Sara and Emily, the affectionate daughters of the Rocket's good friends seem part of the family until Sara accuses Alex of a heinous act. Alex is convicted and sent to prison. But, an even greater tragedy strikes and Kate has no choice but to turn her grief into anger against those who destroyed everything she and Alex shared.
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Judy Moody volume 7
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When Judy meets Amy she finds they are so alike they are practically clones. Will Amy Same-Samey turn out to be Judy's new best friend? Will Judy remember her old best friends?
23) In plain sight
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For years Myra Rutledge and Annie de Silva, founding members of the Sisterhood, have funded an underground network run by former Supreme Court Justice Pearl Barnes to help women escape abusive relationships. When two of Pearl's clients fail to report for their weekly check-in, the Sisterhood and their allies begin a search for French model Amalie Laurent and her one-time maid, Rosalee Muno. Amalie's estranged husband, Lincoln Moss, is a distant cousin...
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George and Martha volume 4
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Present three stories about how two hippos, George and Martha, experience the trials and tribulations of friendship.
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With the publication of her first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twenty-three, became a literary sensation. With its profound sense of moral isolation and its compassionate glimpses into its characters' inner lives, the novel is considered McCullers' finest work, an enduring masterpiece first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1940. At its center is the deaf-mute John Singer, who becomes the confidant for various types...
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When they meet as girls on a beach in Nantucket, Maggie McIntyre and Emily Porter become fast friends--though Emily's well-heeled mother would prefer that she associate with the upscale daughters of bankers and statesmen rather than a child of the local seamstress. Even as Emily falls for Maggie's brother, Ben, and the young women's paths diverge, the duo remain close friends. Then the unthinkable happens: a lifelong friendship is pushed to its breaking...
27) The kite runner
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The 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration...
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Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as "the end of the world." Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all...
33) Vendetta, book 3
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Sisterhood series volume 3
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In the final volume of the author's "Revenge of the Sisterhood" series, founder of the Sisterhood Myra Rutledge has her turn at vengeance as she prepares to avenge the murder of her daughter by the playboy son of a former Chinese ambassador to the United States, who was deported to his native China after the crime.
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When the will of a recently deceased ladies' man mandates a summer-long reunion for his daughters from different marriages at his posh Nantucket house, the three sisters are forced to confront long-festering resentments and misunderstandings as well as challenges in their private and professional lives, a situation that is complicated by a shocking revelation and the arrival of their mothers.
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Sisterhood series volume 20
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Presents the latest book in the Sisterhood series.
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Secret language of girls trilogy volume 2
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Well, except for last year when they weren't friends anymore....... And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don't know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are becoming more and more unalike. And that's becoming harder and harder to deal with.
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Underland chronicles volume 2
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In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.
40) The other side
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Two girls, one white and one African-American, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.