Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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2013, copyright2011., Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On the day Cassie was born, the mayor flipped a lever and everyone cheered as Old Lower Grange was submerged beneath five thousand swimming pools' worth of water. Twelve years later, Cassie is drawn to the mysterious manmade lake and is joined by her scarred classmate, Liam, in forbidden daily swims which begin to uncover her town's dark secrets.
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Ã2011, Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Cassie is drawn to the manmade lake that drowned her hometown years ago. As the water level drops during the hot summer, Cassie and her classmate Liam discover powerful secrets below the surface that someone wants to keep buried.
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Ã2011., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Cassie is drawn to the manmade lake that drowned her hometown years ago. As the water level drops during the hot summer, Cassie and her classmate Liam discover powerful secrets below the surface that someone wants to keep buried.
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c2002., Ballantine Books Call No: 823 .914 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A spinsterish gentleman's gentleman; and the fierce, fair-haired Murdo Hesketh, who inspires in Billie equal amount of rage and passsion.
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By Bunting, Evec1999, Juvenile, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.
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2000, c1999., Juvenile, HarperTrophy Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.
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2000, c1999., Pre-adolescent, Joanna Cotler Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st Harper Trophy e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.
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2023., Adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: FANTASY FIC LAC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Teen mage Emory must unravel the truth behind the secret society that may have been involved in her classmates' deaths.
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c2000, Doubleday Call No: 813 .6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Oprah's book clubSummary Note: Unable to deal with her problems, Amanda Starkey flees to her sister's farm, but when she her sister drowns in a mysterious accident, Amanda is forced to take charge of her young niece, and she soon realizes that she has not left her problems behind, she has merely brought them with her.
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By Ng, Celeste2014., The Penguin Press Call No: MYSTERY F NG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue--in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest of the family--Hannah--who observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened. A profoundly moving story of family, history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another"--
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By Ng, Celeste2015., Penguin Books Call No: Mystery Fic Ng Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every party. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together tumbles into chaos, forcing them to confront the long-kept secrets that have been slowly pulling them apart. James, consumed by guilt, sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to find a responsible party, no matter what the cost. Lydia's older brother, Nathan, is certain that the neighborhood bad boy Jack is somehow involved. But it's the youngest of the family-Hannah-who observes far more than anyone realizes and who may be the only one who knows the truth about what happened. A profoundly moving story of family, history, and the meaning of home, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, exploring the divisions between cultures and the rifts within a family, and uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another"--
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By Ng, CelesteÃ2014., Penguin Books Call No: MYSTERY FIC NG Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: The daughter of a Chinese American family is found dead, turning the family's lives upside down.
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2021., Adolescent, Graphix, An Imprint of Scholastic Call No: GN OST Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become friends and suddenly life on the island doesn't seem so stifling anymore. But Keltie has some secrets of her own. And as the girls start to fall in love, everything they're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface...whether Morgan is ready or not."--Page [2] of cover.
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[2013]., Adolescent, Findaway World, LLC Call No: SCIENCE FIC NES Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Candlewick on BrillianceAudio.Summary Note: A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is this possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he here? And where is this place? The street seems familiar, but everything is abandoned, overgrown, covered in dust.
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c1986., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: FIC BAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
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2020., Scholastic Inc. Call No: [Fic] Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A bully named Samantha seeks revenge on her former friend Rachel, pushing her into lake and leaving her to drown. However, her friend resurfaces at school the next day as if nothing happened, tormenting Samantha about her crime. Samantha comes to realize that whatever is inhabiting Rachel, is not her friend and it is seeking to destroy her.
