Valerie Martin
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"A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly. In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late-...
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A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time.Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander...
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Anton and Cecil volume 1
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2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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-- Anton and Cecil: Cats on Track.
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Anton and Cecil volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Orange Prize winner Valerie Martin teams up with educator Lisa Martin for a rip-roaring, high-seas adventure about two very different cat brothers. Illustrations.
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[2024]
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"It's 1954 on far-flung Verona Island, a tropical paradise with a fragile economy and a rising crime rate. Prostitution is legal and Lila Gulliver is proud of her business, a high-end brothel where her clients are guaranteed privacy and discretion. When Carità Bercy, a young, destitute, and beautiful blind woman arrives at her door seeking employment, Lila decides to give her a chance. Carità proves a valuable asset to the house, as well as a psychological...
8) Property
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[2003]
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Tensions between Manon Gaudet, a fiercely discontent Louisiana plantation wife, and her young slave Sarah who has been forced into a sexual relationship with Manon's husband, come to a head in the 1820s when a slave rebellion touches all their lives.
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Anton and Cecil volume 3
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2016.
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"Cat brothers Anton and Cecil team up with a police dog to search for missing puppies at the Chicago World's Fair in the thrilling final installment to the series"--
11) Mary Reilly
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[2000]
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The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.
12) Cats on track
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Anton and Cecil volume 2
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[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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When cat brothers Anton and Cecil receive a message of distress from Hieronymus, they set out to rescue their rodent friend, catching a train going West--and on the way they will encounter huge bison, chattering prairie dogs, hungry coyotes, and the most dangerous creature of all, a boy who wants to make Cecil his pet
13) Mary Reilly
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c1996
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The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.
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