Montbertrand, CarineOverview
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Carine Montbertrand
Flipped
by Wendelin Van Draanen
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9 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 835 libraries worldwide In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
Trouble at Fort La Pointe
by Kathleen Ernst
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6 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 821 libraries worldwide In the early 1700s, twelve-year-old Suzette, an Ojibwa-French girl, hopes that her father will win the fur-trapping contest so that he can quit being a voyageur and stay with his family year-round, but when he is accused of stealing, Suzette must use her knowledge of both French and Ojibwa ways to find the real thief.
The Yokota Officers Club a novel
by Sarah Bird
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide Having grown up at the Yokota Air Base in Japan, and having moved six times in the last eight years, Bernadette "Bernie" Root and her five siblings are quintessential military brats. It's 1968, and eighteen-year-old Bernie is returning to the regimented life at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa after her first year away at college.
Murder in the rue de Paradis
by Cara Black
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7 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 730 libraries worldwide When her ex-lover returns from Egypt, Aimée accepts his marriage proposal. The next day he's found dead, and she begins tracking clues pointing toward an international conspiracy.
Canaan
by Donald McCaig
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5 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 689 libraries worldwide This sequel to Donald McCaig's Civil War novel "Jacob's ladder" delivers a saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn. McCaig follows the changing fortunes of a diverse ensemble of characters, including Edward, a wartime top sergeant for the 38th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Travelling west as a scout, trail cook, cattle driver, and sharpshooter, he marries a Santee Indian.
The absence of nectar
by Kathy Hepinstall
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5 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 675 libraries worldwide Eleven-year-old Alice and her saintly brother Boone are anxious for a man to come along and cheer up their mother Meg who has been in a funk since being abandoned by her husband, but when Simon Jester enters their lives, Alice is immediately on alert and it soon becomes clear that this new man poses a danger to them all.
How to be lost
by Amanda Eyre Ward
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4 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in English and held by 671 libraries worldwide The Winters family seemed to have it all: a grand home, a trio of radiant daughters, and a sense that they were safe in their affluent corner of America. But when five-year-old Ellie disappears, the fault lines within the Winters family are exposed. Fifteen years later, Caroline, now a New Orleans cocktail waitress, sees a photograph of a woman in People Magazine. Convinced that it is Ellie all grown up, Caroline embarks on a search for her missing sister.
Neptune's children
by Bonnie Dobkin
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9 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 667 libraries worldwide When a biological terrorist attack kills all adults on Earth, children stranded at an amusement park work together to survive, led by Milo whose father was an engineer there, but when new threats arise and suspicions grow, rebellion erupts.
Family tree
by Katherine Ayres
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7 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 665 libraries worldwide While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.
The spy wore shades
by Martha Freeman
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4 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 652 libraries worldwide Eleven-year-old Dougie, living in California's Calaveras County, teams up with twelve-year-old Varloo, an emissary from a culture living in underground caves, and tries to help her people.
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
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11 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 628 libraries worldwide Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Marie, dancing
by Carolyn Meyer
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9 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 622 libraries worldwide A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opéra ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer."
Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld
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10 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 583 libraries worldwide Tally Youngblood never felt like the other Pretties--she almost didn't become one. But Tally isn't the only one who feels like she's missing a part of herself. After uncovering sinister clues about the Pretty surgery, she stumbles upon a possible cure for Pretty-mindedness and a possible escape from the city. But the cure could have deadly consequences.
Heir apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
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3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 582 libraries worldwide While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
Murder in the Latin Quarter
by Cara Black
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5 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 567 libraries worldwide Two weeks after Princess Diana's death in Paris in 1997, an illegal Haitian immigrant named Mireille walks into Aimée Leduc's office, claiming that Aimée's late father was also her father. Before Aimée can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a cryptic note with an address in the Latin Quarter where the indomitable Parisian detective finds the corpse of a well-dressed black man with his ear cut off.
All rivers flow to the sea
by Alison McGhee
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2 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 550 libraries worldwide After a car accident in the Adirondacks leaves her older sister Ivy brain-dead, seventeen-year-old Rose struggles with her grief and guilt as she slowly learns to let her sister go.
Murder in Passy
by Cara Black
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3 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 549 libraries worldwide Aimée Leduc is faced with her most daunting challenge yet. Her godfather and mentor Commissaire Morbier is accused of murder, and it's up to Aimée to clear his name. But as she investigates, she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy involving police corruption and Basque terrorists.
Murder in the Palais-Royal
by Cara Black
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5 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 548 libraries worldwide When suspicion falls on Aimée Leduc after her partner is shot, the beleaguered sleuth must race to prevent more violence.
Murder in the Sentier
by Cara Black
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5 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 534 libraries worldwide Set in Paris's historic Sentier district, Aimée Leduc is called into investigate when members of a 1960s Red gang leave a trail of bodies as they search for their hidden loot--a gang that may include Aimée's long-lost mother.
Specials
by Scott Westerfeld
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12 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 528 libraries worldwide Tally never wanted to be a Special, but some talents cannot be denied. Specials keep the Pretties happy and naive, keep the Uglies wishing to be Pretty and--most importantly--keep the Smokies powerless. But their latest mission is to end the New Smoke forever, and there is still a little part of Tally that is telling her to think for herself--that remembers when Tally lived happily among the Smokies. Maybe the Specials aren't really protecting anyone but themselves. more
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