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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us--whose writing is "emotionally wrenching and utterly original" (Sarah Shepard, New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series)--delivers a tour de force novel about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it. Quinn and Graham's perfect love is threatened by their imperfect marriage. The memories, mistakes, and secrets that they...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Promising to be the debut novel of the season, The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive ... Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. In the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. She has produced a monster of stick and snow who will do her bidding-- and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, fled to the human world and lives in the woods. When she is chased through the streets by the hag Bogdana, Suren is saved by Prince Oak, the heir to Elfhame-- and the boy...
Author
Series
Glittering Court volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else -- the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea. After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as...
Author
Series
Glittering Court volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she gains entry into the Glittering Court, war refugee Mira continues to endure persecution while learning skills that help her earn anonymity, forging friendships that inspire her to hatch a daring but dangerous plan.
Author
Series
Queen of babble novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lizzie Nichols stuggles to find a New York City apartment with her seemingly reluctant boyfriend, fantasizes about her ideal job, and inadvertently endangers her boyfriend's career.
8) Haveli
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives.
9) Matched
Author
Series
Matched trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Princess Annika has lived a life of comfort--but no amount of luxuries can change the fact that her life isn't her own to control. The king, once her loving father, has gone cold, and Annika will soon be forced into a loveless marriage for political gain. Miles away, small comforts are few and far between for Lennox. He has devoted his life to the Dahrainian army, hoping to one day help them reclaim the throne that was stolen from them. For Lennox,...
11) Homeless bird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Gloria Whelan's National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry. In prose both graceful and unflinching, this powerful novel...
12) Wither
Author
Series
Chemical Garden trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.
Author
Series
We set the dark on fire volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband's household or raise his children. Both paths promise a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class. Daniela Vargas is the school's top student, but her pedigree is a lie. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent back...
14) Gay rights
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Examines the issues surrounding gay rights and provides an overview of the topic.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place. She may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her twin brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.
Author
Series
(Mary E.)Remnant chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions seventeen-year-old Princess Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance. Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia steals ancient documents and flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive, unaware...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
Two years after losing her husband of twenty-five years, Lisey looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their marriage, her husband's successes as a novelist, and his secretive nature that established Lisey's supernatural belief systems.
Author
Series
Traitor's trilogy (Erin Beaty) volume 2
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Training completed, and comfortably situated as the royal tutor, the spy Sage Fowler only longs to be reunited with her betrothed: Captain Alex Quinn. As a way to be near to him again, she accepts a secret mission only to continuously clash with Quinn's gruff demeanor, until they are separated and she ends up in enemy territory.
Author
Series
Foul lady Fortune volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging--and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune. But when the Japanese...
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