Carrie Jones
3) Need
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Need series volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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In this first book in a YA fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones, Zara discovers that magic is stirring in her sleepy Maine town . . . and herself.
Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since she's had a pretty rough life. Her father left when she was a baby, and her stepfather just died. Her mother's pretty much checked out—in fact, Mom's sent her...
Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since she's had a pretty rough life. Her father left when she was a baby, and her stepfather just died. Her mother's pretty much checked out—in fact, Mom's sent her...
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED AND CAPTIVATE Winner of the 2008 Maine Literary Award! It isn't every day that my high school boyfriend, Eastbrook High School's Harvest King, tells me he's gay. It's not every day that the Harvest Queen is dumped in the middle of a road with the stars watching the humiliation and the dogs barking because they want to come help tear my heart out and leave it on the cold gray ground. It isn't every...
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED AND CAPTIVATE People keep changing who they are & defining themselves by their own choices, and that's cool most of the time, but not all the time. No, it's not cool all the time at all. Belle is closing in on her last few months of high school and things are much better than they were before. Well, almost. Belle's not too sure about all the sureness that other people seem to have about things like...
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Sometimes the best things happen in the most unexpected places... Lilian, a curvy Brazilian brunette, is about to get her Master's degree in the States when a job position opens in a large local company. She decides it's worth trying and sends them her resumé. When they call her for an interview, Lil can barely believe her luck! But the best is yet to come, and the surprises are just starting... Alec Wolfe is the Chief Director of Wolfe Enterprises,...
7) Girl, Hero
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English
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED AND CAPTIVATE After landing a lead role in the high school musical, freshman Liliana Faltin is hoping for some stability and happiness in her life. But her mom's live-in boyfriend has a thing for booze, touching, and telling dark family secrets. And the other people in her world aren't exactly role-model material, either. Her unreliable father cries a lot, wears blue tights, and drives a little beige...
8) Flying
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Flying volume 1
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones introduces sassy alien-hunting cheerleader Mana in Flying, the launch of a sparkling new YA Science Fiction series.
People have always treated seventeen-year-old Mana as someone in need of protection. She's used to being coddled, being an only child, but it's hard to imagine anything could ever happen in her small-town, normal life. As her mother's babying gets more stifling than ever, she's looking...
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Las mejores cosas a veces surgen en los lugares más inesperados. . . Lilian, una brasileña morena y curvilinea, hace su maestría en los Estados Unidos. Cuando surge una vacante de empleo importante en una gran empresa local, decide que no cuesta nada probar, y manda su currículo. Después que combina la entrevista, ¡apenas puede creer en su suerte! Pero todavía no vió nada, y las sorpresas solo están comenzando. . . Alec Wolfe es el director...
10) Enhanced
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Flying volume 2
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English
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Cheerleader-turned-alien-hunter Mana is back
Seventeen-year-old Mana has found and rescued her mother, but her work isn't done yet. Her mother may beout of alien hands, but she's in a coma, unable to tell anyone what she knows.
Mana is ready to take action. The only problem? Nobody will let her. Lyle, her best friend and almost-boyfriend (for a minute there, anyway), seems to want nothing to do with hunting aliens, despite his love of Doctor Who....
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An authentic brand community is more than just people buying your product or working alongside one another. This book articulates the critical roles of mutual concern, common values, and shared experiences in creating fiercely loyal customer and collaborator relationships.
Smart organizations know that creating communities is the key to unlocking unprecedented outcomes. But too many mistakenly rely on superficial transactional relationships as...
12) Time stoppers
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Time stoppers volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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372 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Foster child Annie Nobody discovers a new world of magic, power, and scary creatures in a hidden, magical town, Aurora, where she and her new best friend Jamie Hephastion Alexander learn it is up to them to protect their new home from those who want to misuse the great power, even if it means diving headfirst into magical danger.
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Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
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English
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Moe Berg is not a typical baseball player. He's Jewishvery unusual for the major leagues in the 1930shas a law degree, speaks several languages, and loves traveling the world. He also happens to be a spy for the U.S. government. When World War II begins, Moe trades his baseball career for a life of danger and secrecy. Using his unusual range of skills, he sneaks into enemy territory to gather crucial information that could help defeat the Nazis. But...
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Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
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1 online resource.
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English
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Sarah Emma Edmonds started pretending at a very early age. Her father only wanted sons, so Sarah pretended to be one. Unlike most kids, though, Sarah never really stopped pretending. In 1861, during the U.S. Civil War, Sarah pretended her way into the Union Army, becoming a male nurse named Frank Thompson. Being a nurse didn't quite satisfy "Frank," though. She wanted to keep her fellow soldiers from getting hurt. So when the Union Army needed a spy,...
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