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1) East of Eden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
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English
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"Whiskey and Charlie might have come from the same family, but they'd tell you two completely different stories about growing up. Whiskey is everything Charlie is not--bold, daring, carefree--and Charlie blames his twin brother for always stealing the limelight, always getting everything, always pushing Charlie back. By the time the twins reach adulthood, they are barely even speaking to each other ... When Charlie hears that Whiskey has been in a...
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Series
Pain and the Great One volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting
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English
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"Cal has always lived in the shadow of his brother, Frank, a complicated narcissist who was doted upon by their mother and beloved by the girls in their hometown-including Cal's own girlfriends. In an attempt to escape Frank's insidious presence, Cal pursues a different kind of freedom in the world's wild spaces, prospecting for gold and precious minerals everywhere from the heat of the desert at the Mexican border to the Alaskan chill to the suffocating...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Floey Packer, jealous of her attractive and popular older sister, shares her home with two younger cousins and experiences a summer vacation filled with embarrassing events, with herself as the star.
8) Undertow
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
John Munn and his two sons live on a solitary farm in rural Georgia. When John's brother arrives, fresh from prison and with a sea of rage and envy simmering beneath his skin, their isolated world becomes one marked by violence, greed and murder
9) Wizardmatch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Lennie Mercado's grandfather, the current Prime Wizard of Pomporromp, is retiring and decides to host a tournament for Lennie and her cousins to compete to win his title, land, position, castle, and unlimited magical powers, but when Poppop introduces new rules to eliminate sibling rivalry, Lennie decides the games are unfair and makes plans to sabotage the event.
10) Dance of death
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
"FBI Special Agent Pendergast is pitted against his most personal foe: his brother, Diogenes, has planned a horrendous crime and is framing Pendergast for a series of terrible murders."--Provided by the publisher
11) Crazy blood
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English
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"The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie's father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A novel that looks at marriage, sibling rivalry, and the lies we tell others and ourselves"--
Stan and Joy Delaney are killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they've finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. The four Delaney children-- Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke-- were tennis stars in their own right. None of them...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways ... until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as...
14) Stairs of sand
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Language
English
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Adam had gone into the desert to atone for a mighty sin. He had killed his brother and lost Ruth Virey, the one woman he'd ever love. Now, years later, he's found his lost woman once more. But she is married to the brother who hadn't died after all - and Adam has to face his hatred again. And this time the desert water rights and the railroad right-of-way are at stake as well.
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English
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"Hank, Leland, Kip and Ronny were all born and raised in the same Wisconsin town--Little Wing--and are now coming into their own (or not) as husbands and fathers. One of them never left, still farming the family's land that's been tilled for generations. Others did leave, went farther afield to make good, with varying degrees of success; as a rock star, commodities trader, rodeo stud. And seamlessly woven into their patchwork is Beth, whose presence...
16) True colors
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Series
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English
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The Grey sisters, of a small town in Washington, have just buried their mother. Their father is devastated by her death, decides to bury his pain in the bottom of a liquor bottle. Moving forward 13 years, the author delves into the lives and hearts of these young women, their families, and the unusual bonds that make up this family
18) Once a witch
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny
19) The stepsisters
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Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage's mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn't have Daisy's smarts - she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters' rivalry continued until the final,...
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
Can FBI Special Agent Pendergast stop a cursed Egyptian tomb from terrorizing New York City — or will he stay trapped in a maximum security prison, punished for a murder he didn't commit?
An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit...
His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime...
A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown...
An...
An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit...
His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime...
A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown...
An...
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