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Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Womens History Month - MID
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Womens History Month - MID
Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 4
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
6) The end
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 13
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 8
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author
Series
White rabbit chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a sneak attack by Anima Industries that kills four of her friends, Alice "Ali" Bell must fight harder than ever to bring down Anima--even sacrificing her own life for those she loves.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 12
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others.
Author
Series
Darkness before dawn trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Before their world is destroyed completely, seventeen-year-old Dawn must convince the vampires to unite with humans against the evil Day Walkers.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 68
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.
16) My plain Jane
Author
Series
Lady Janies volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester-and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander...
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 10
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
18) Eve
Author
Series
Eve trilogy (Anna Carey) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
In 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus has wiped out most of the earth's population, Eve discovers the terrible fate that awaits students when they graduate from their all-girls school, and she sets off on a treacherous journey into the wilds of The New America, searching for a place where she can survive.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 17
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
A young Canadian visitor helps the Alden family solve a mystery involving a lost coin collection.
20) Orphan Island
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
On the island, everything is perfect. The sun rises in a sky filled with dancing shapes; the wind, water, and trees shelter and protect those who live there; when the nine children go to sleep in their cabins, it is with full stomachs and joy in their hearts. And only one thing ever changes: on that day, each year, when a boat appears from the mist upon the ocean carrying one young child to join them-and taking the eldest one away, never to be seen...
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