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c2004., Soho Press Call No: 823 .92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: London Private investigator Maisie Dobbs is hoping for some relaxation after a busy year, but in the early spring of 1930, Maisie is summoned to Dulwich to find a runaway heiress whose disappearance seems to be linked to the Great War.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: ROMANCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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 a servant to join the crop of impoverished girls he promises to transform into proper ladies. But her familiarity with upper class life comes with a price: she must hide her identity from her new friends, mysterious refugee Mira and fiery former laundress Tamsin, and most importantly, from Cedric himself-even though she's falling in love with him. Everything begins to crumble when Cedric discovers Adelaide's ruse, and she catches the eye of a powerful young governor, who wants her for a wife. She didn't leave the gilded cage of her old life behind just to become someone else's property. But nothing is as daunting-or as wonderful-as the potent, forbidden attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. One that, if acted on, would make them both outcasts in a wild, dangerous, uncharted world, and possibly lead them to their deaths."--Amazon.
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2005., Juvenile, Simon Pulse Call No: Historical fiction FIC MOSES Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae is sustained by her dreams of escaping Rich Square, North Carolina, and moving to Harlem when her Uncle Buddy is under arrest for attempted rape of a white woman and her grandfather is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.
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2012., Adult, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC ADI Edition: First Algonquin paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive. Not until Kambili and Jaja are sent away from home for the very first time to visit their loving aunt, does Kambili's world begin to blossom. But when a military coup threatens to destroy the country, the tension in her family's home escalates, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.
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2012., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC STIEFVATER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Raven cycle Volume: bk. 1.Summary Note: Blue Sargent, the daughter of the town psychic in Henrietta, Virginia, has been told for as long as she can remember that if she ever kisses her true love, he will die. But she is too practical to believe in things like true love. Her policy is to stay away from the rich boys at the prestigious Aglionby Academy. The boys there--known as Raven Boys--can only mean trouble.
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[1996]., Signet Classic Call No: Historical FIC Fitzgerald Genre: Classic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the coming-of-age of privileged Princeton student Amory Blaine as he journeys from prep school to World War I.
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2013., Riverhead Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Thea Atwell is sent to a private girls school called the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls after her mysterious role in a family tragedy and while there she grapples with her responsibility for the events of the last year.