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This Teen guide collects various types of information of benefit and interest to students at a high school age.
1) My True Mate
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After everything they've been through, after the wars and fights, after the lies and alliances, Sarah and Lucas are finally together. They fought for each other's love, and they won.
There's still much to heal from, but this new chapter offers them new surprises and new allies, fairies, a group of people they never expected to meet. Sarah and Lucas, and their son Fergus, are delighted by the fairies' friendship and the magic they bring.
But the...
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As an Omega, 17-year-old Sarah is used to being at the bottom of the pecking order, even in her new pack and new high school. But her usually-boring life changes when she turns 18. She expects to shift, and nothing happens.
Now, as if being an Omega isn't bad enough, Sarah is also human.
But Sarah, to her surprise, soon finds her mate: in the pack's handsome and compassionate Alpha. And the lowly Omega finds herself rocketing to the top of her pack's...
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When Isabel is kidnapped by the arrogant and handsome demon king, she proves to be a rebellious prisoner. But even as she is determined to see him only as a villain, she can't help but feel her heart soften against the powerful demon king. However, amidst twists and turns, deception and truth, the wolf shifter begins to realize that all may not be as it seems. It might be only the demon who can keep her safe from her true enemies.
Isabel has finally...
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The Devil's Foot is a classic Sherlock Holmes tale written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the most popular and chilling stories in the series, with its spooky tone and thrilling plot. Set in the old port town of Cornwall, England, the story begins when Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson are invited to stay at a remote house by their friend, Colonel James Barclay. The Colonel's two brothers have suddenly died under mysterious...
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The story is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".[2] In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. "The Black Cat", which also features questions of sanity versus insanity, is Poe's strongest warning against the dangers of alcoholism.
In the story, an unnamed narrator...
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Der Student Malcolm Malcolmson möchte sich in der Abgeschiedenheit einer fremden Stadt in aller Ruhe auf die anstehenden Abschlussprüfungen vorbereiten. In Benchurch findet er ein geeignetes Mietobjekt: ein altes, gewaltiges Gebäude mit mächtigen Giebeln. Der Makler ist nur zu gerne bereit, es ihm zu vermieten vor allem, um zu beweisen, dass das in schlechtem Ruf stehende Haus des Richters tatsächlich bewohnbar ist
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I admit it; I'm a long time gaming geek. When I started gaming in 1984, I was using a Compaq DeskPro with an 8 MHz 8086 CPU and a brilliant monochrome display adapter... I said I was a geek, remember? During the golden age of computer gaming (also known as the 1990s), every month brought quantum innovations that inspired many creative game designs. For me, the pinnacle was reached with the invention of the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing...
8) Nigrum Lux
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Die Ereignisse in Smokestack spitzen sich zu. Während Solomon Crompton einen Staatsputsch auf das britische Empire verübt, zeigt sich endlich, ob der Plan des Meisterdiebs Wayne McLair Früchte tragen wird. Seine Mitstreiter tun alles, um das große Ziel zu erreichen: den Schatz der Iron Rose. Doch was sie auf ihrem Weg dahin entdecken, mag noch hundertfach bedeutsamer sein. Es ist eine alte Erfindung von Abraham Whittaker, das schwarze Licht, oder...
9) Needed Again
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Gertrude had been retired for years when she decided to move from her home to a nursing home of her choosing. What she didn't expect was that she would never get there. Did she die? No. She was rescued against her will by a powerful being who calls himself the Spirit of Isekai. Isekai, for short. Gertrude thinks of him as a rude, immature brat, but it's too late to turn back now.
And so Gertrude begins her new life in the same old, aged body as always,...
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Gertrude had been retired for years when she decided to move from her home to a nursing home of her choosing. What she didn't expect was that she would never get there. Did she die? No. She was rescued against her will by a powerful being who calls himself the Spirit of Isekai. Isekai, for short. Gertrude thinks of him as a rude, immature brat, but it's too late to turn back now.
And so Gertrude begins her new life in the same old, aged body as always,...
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A mysterious suit of armour. A man in search of redemption. A butterfly tattoo. Can Shinobu regain his lost samurai sword and, with it, his family's honour? Can 10-year-old Sonny and his grandmother help Shinobu while keeping the peace in their community? Find new historical and cultural context in this full-colour edition.
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Quirk Books
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[2018]
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"Every twenty- or thirty-something woman knows these books. The pink covers, the flimsy paper, the zillion volumes in the series that kept you reading for your entire adolescence. Spurred by the commercial success of Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club, these were not the serious-issue YA novels of the 1970s, nor were they the blockbuster books of the Harry Potter and Twilight ilk. They were cheap, short, and utterly beloved. Paperback crush...
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In the story, the brilliant consulting detective Sherlock Holmes is asked to investigate the disappearance of the ten-year-old son of the Duke of Holdernesse. The boy went missing from a prestigious private boarding school in the north of England a few days earlier. A teacher is known to have gone missing from the school at the same time, although what connection he has with the boy's disappearance is unclear. The case is further complicated when...
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The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” in 1905. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of “The Adventures...
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by John Hector McFarlane, a young lawyer from Blackheath who has been accused of murdering one of his clients – builder Jonas Oldacre. McFarlane explains to Holmes that Oldacre had come to his office the day before and asked him to draw up his will in proper legal form. To his surprise, Oldacre was making him the sole beneficiary to a considerable bequest. Later, McFarlane went to Oldacre's house in Lower...
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One wretched November night, Inspector Stanley Hopkins visits Holmes at 221B Baker Street to discuss the violent death of Willoughby Smith, secretary to aged invalid Professor Coram. Coram had dismissed his previous two secretaries. The murder happened at Yoxley Old Place near Chatham, Kent, the fatal weapon being a sealing-wax knife belonging to the professor. Hopkins can identify no motive for the killing, with Smith having no enemies or trouble...
18) Stephenie Meyer
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Lucent Books
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c2012
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A biography of Stephenie Meyer, a best-selling, world-famous author.
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Themes: High School, Neighborhoods, Family, Loyalty, Friendship, Urban Teen Fiction, Jealousy, Sportsmanship, Class Elections, Family Dynamics, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Written for young adults, the Urban Underground...
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