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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time--she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media--so when Drue asks if she will be her maid of honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless." -- dust jacket....
Author
Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 18
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An embarrassing rumor about Lucy spreads at school and she thinks Bruce is behind it so Heidi gets involved and uses some magic to bring the trio of friends back together.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shows that the process that gives rise to national rumors is fundamentally the same as those that arise around the company watercooler. Why do some rumors persist even in the fact of well-publicized facts to the contrary? Why do we pass on information without verifying that it's true?
Author
Series
Olive books (Tor Freeman) volume 1
Publisher
Templar: Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Olive has been told a big secret and she tells someone else until it eventually reaches the person who first talked to her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a young Amish man is brutally murdered with a crossbow, police chief Kate Burkholder's investigation isn't easy. Aden Karn was a hardworking young man, beloved by his parents and many in the community. Emily, who hoped to marry him, knew her parents approved. But a violent killer intended Aden to suffer before he died. When Burkholder hears rumors that Aden hung out at a local bar because he was on rumspringa, she didn't think she'd learn anything...
6) Easy A
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in 'The Scarlet Letter, ' which she is currently studying in school. Hoping to become popular, she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. When Eliza Hunt created The Hudson Valley Ladies' Bulletin Board fifteen years ago she was happily entrenched in her picture-perfect suburban life with her husband and twin preschoolers. Now, with an empty nest and a crippling case of agoraphobia, the once-fun hobby has become her lifeline. So when a rival parenting forum threatens the site's existence, she doesn't think twice before fabricating a salacious...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl ignores her best friend James after she hears rumors that he has been talking about her, but soon realizes that she misses his friendship.
Author
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ariel Baxter has just moved into the neighborhood of her dreams. However, the chaos of domestic life and the loneliness of motherhood moved with her. Then she meets her new neighbor Justine Miller. Justine ushers Ariel into a world of clutter-free houses, fresh-baked bread, homemade crafts, neighborhood playdates, and organization techniques designed to make marriage better and parenting manageable. Soon Ariel realizes there is hope for peace, friendship,...
11) Every single lie
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beckett's boyfriend Jake keeps hiding texts and might be cheating on her. Her father lied about losing his job before his death. And everyone in school seems to be whispering about her and her family behind her back. On the day Beckett finds the body of a newborn baby in a Jake's gym bag on the floor of her high school locker room, rumors that Beckett is the mother take off like wildfire. As the police investigation unfolds, she discovers that everyone...
12) Royal blood
Author
Series
Royal blood volume 1
Language
English
Description
"As the King of England's illegitimate daughter, 17-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. But when she's forced to spend the summer in London with her father and the royal family, who aren't exactly thrilled she exists, her identity is mysteriously revealed, and suddenly the world is dying to know every juicy lie the press prints about her. After a fun night turns deadly and Evan becomes the primary suspect in a murder investigation,...
13) Ellie Ever
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After losing her father and all their possessions in a hurricane, nine-year-old Ellie and her mother move to a small apartment on a horse farm in Virginia, where her new classmates think that she lives in a mansion and is a princess.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
High-school seniors Kimberly Landis-Lilley and Teddy Lin have been together since kindergarten, but then someone starts a rumor that they have broken up, and suddenly the whole William Henry Harrison High School is taking sides, somebody is putting up posters supporting Kim and criticizing Teddy, there are incidents of artistic vandalism, people are talking about having separate proms, and even teachers and parents are getting involved--and nobody...
Author
Series
Newspaper Club volume 1
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after Nellie Murrow, named for one of the fiercest journalists who ever lived and daughter of two (former) newspaper reporters, move to sleepy Bear Creek, Maine, rumors of vandalism and attacks at the only park in town are keeping Nellie saddled to the house. Some townspeople say the attacks are gang recruitments. Others blame a vagrant spotted on the hiking trails around town. But when Nellie thinks like a reporter, none of those explanations...
16) Cheat sheet
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
96 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's the annual statewide history test challenge, and Joyce Kilmer Middle School has never had a finalist until now! This year, there are two finalists, and they're both Jenny's friends. But one finalist isn't known for finishing at the top of the class, and The Pops figure someone must have cheated. The next day, the word is out all over the school! Could it be true? Is one of Jenny's friends a cheater?
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 17
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Katie learns that her mother's new boyfriend is her math teacher, Jeff Green, Katie is accused of getting special treatment in class, and it's the Cupcake Club to the rescue to help Katie deal with the rumors and the changes in her life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a wild treasure hunt that almost got Gina, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin killed in a secret vault hidden in an abandoned amusement park, the GEEKs thought life would go back to normal. They'd saved their town from ruin and secured their friendship forever, right? Man, were they wrong. The only thing that returned to normal was middle school lunch."--
19) Daffodil season
Author
Series
[Melinda Foster] volume 9
Publisher
Fremont Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
No one is exempt from the winds of change, and that includes the residents of little Prosper. Between debate about the fate of a vacant property and the rush to open the community center, new ideas are taking root all around town. But it's a season of secrets, too. Someone seeks a chance to start over, while others are too proud to ask for a helping hand. And as Melinda searches for answers to a decades-old rumor, she discovers the past is never far...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To fix the town's pipes, vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor Signor Speranza must come up with 70,000 euros, and, to boost revenue, spreads a harmless rumor about a famous actor who will be filming his new movie nearby, which spins wildly out of control.
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