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Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
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McKinney March Madness
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Womens History Month - MID
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Staff Recommends- MID/JF
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 6
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family 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.
5) 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.
7) Fireborne
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Two dragonriders must go head-to-head for the top position in the Callipolan fleet, and protect the new regime from those who lost power"-- Provided by publisher.
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
Boxcar children volume 35
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The Alden children suspect someone of trying to sabotage the local dog show.
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 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
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
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.
15) Mandy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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Description
Longing for a place of her own, a ten-year-old orphan creates a secret home in a deserted cottage in the village of St. Martin's Green.
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.
19) 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...
20) Slathbog's gold
Author
Series
Adventurers wanted volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old orphan Alex Taylor sees an odd sign in a shop window and goes inside to investigate, he is sent on a quest to defeat an evil dragon, and in the process he confronts his fears and learns about his future and his past.
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