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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Between taking night classes for her MBA and her demanding day job at a cruise line, marketing manager Henley Evans barely has time for herself, let alone family, friends, or dating. But when she's shortlisted for the promotion of her dreams, all her sacrifices finally seem worth it. The only problem? Graeme Crawford-Collins, the remote social media manager and the bane of her existence, is also up for the position. Although they've never met in...
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Language
English
Description
On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship. Milo--The front-runner. Natalia--The brain. James--The rule follower. Sydney--The athlete. Duffy--The cowboy. Emily--The social justice warrior. The six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded part of...
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Language
English
Description
A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring...
5) Nyxia
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Series
Nyxia triad volume 1
Language
English
Description
The number of zeroes on the Babel Corporation's contract has Emmett Atwater boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family-- forever. But it turns out he's one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home. Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden-- a planet that Babel has kept hidden. There they will mine a substance called Nyxia...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair, both overachievers, have been bitter rivals for all of high school. When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. Learning that a group of seniors is out to get them, the two reluctantly decide to team up. They'll play until they are the last players left-- and then...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Alicia is a tech giant, wealthy beyond compare. Kelly is a stay-at-home mother and Stanford legacy. Maren makes three: single, broke, and out of place among the rich and elite. All their daughters are natural choices for Stanford: except the school can only recommend one student. As the competition heats up, an attempt is made on one of the girl's lives and the community spirals into panic. Now the mothers have to decide if one of them is capable...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
The last interstellar colony ship is down to its final batch of humans after the robots in charge unhelpfully deleted the rest. But rebooting a species and training them for the arduous task of colonisation isn't easy - especially when the planet below is filled with monsters, the humans are more interested in asking questions than learning, and the robots are all programmed to kill each other. But the fate of humanity rests on creating a new civilization...
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English
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"Anita Bedford needs to face reality. It's time to decaffeinate the dream that she and Tanner will ever be more than friends. Growing up in small-town Maple Falls, she's had a crush on Tanner for years. But he'll only ever see her as good, old, dependable Anita. Now she's finally ready to make her own goals a reality. In fact, that deserted building next door to Sunshine Diner looks like a promising location to open her own cafe. Tanner Castillo may...
12) Love à la mode
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Radeke believes happiness can be found at the bottom of a mixing bowl. Henry Yi grew up in his dad's restaurant. Neither expected to be accepted to celebrity chef Denis Laurent's school in Paris, the most prestigious cooking program for teens in the world. But life in Paris isn't all cream puffs for two kids from the Midwest. Faced with a challenging curriculum, a nightmare professor, and a determination to prove themselves, Rosie and Henry...
13) Another Faust
Author
Series
Another series volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"On a single night, five children suddenly vanish from their homes in Paris, Glasgow, Rome, and London. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers make an impressive entrance at an exclusive New York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess, Madam Vileroy. Rumor and intrigue follow the Faust children to the elite Manhattan Marlowe School, where their very presence brings unexplainable misfortune..."--dust cover flap.
14) As if on cue
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives. When they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war. When it backfires; they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical. Not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, it leads to their having feelings for each other. -- adapted from run-on sentence provided....
15) Blazewrath games
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lana Torres has always preferred dragons to people. In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World Cup appearance, and when Puerto Rico's Runner--the only player without a dragon steed--is kicked off the team, she's given the chance. But when she discovers that a former...
16) Class mothers
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Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After acing every academic challenge Allison Avery has finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she's admired for years. Then she discovers her ex-boyfriend, Colin Benjamin, has also been accepted. When they're both assigned to TA for the same professor, the game is on after their professor announces a career-changing research trip opportunity-- with one spot to fill....
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple: survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms; conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall; marry the prince. Only the yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits, are not eligible to compete. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress -- but she is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. Her fate collides with that of Taro,...
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