Nancy Allen
Author
Publisher
Witness Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the Missouri Ozarks, some things aren't talked about even abuse. But prosecutor Elsie Arnold is determined to change that. When she is assigned to prosecute a high-profile incest case in which a father is accused of abusing his three young daughters, Elsie is ready to become the Ozarks' avenging angel. But as Elsie sinks her teeth into the case, everything begins to turn sour. The star witness goes missing; the girls refuse to talk about their...
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever eaten a bug? How about a caterpillar or a tarantula? Believe it or not, kids in other parts of the world eat these tasty treats every day. Learn all about different countries and the sometimes unusual and creepy things people eat. Get out your spoon and fork and get ready to learn about what everyone eats! This title will allow students to identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
• Multicultural
• Text based questions
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Author
Publisher
Witness Impulse
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In rural McCown County, Missouri, a young pregnant woman is found beaten to death in a trailer park. The only witness to the murder is Ivy, her six-year-old daughter, who points to her mom's boyfriend - father of the unborn child. County prosecutor Madeleine Thompson promises the community justice, and in the Ozarks, that can mean only one thing: a death sentence."
Author
Series
Publisher
Witness Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A gripping story with dramatic twists, and a memorable heroine." -James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
McCown County assistant prosecutor Elsie Arnold is prepping an assault case when a girl is found beaten and bloodied at a roadside no-tell motel. Elsie tries to convince the teen to reveal who attacked her, but Mandy is too scared-and stubborn-to cooperate… and then she disappears. Elsie's positive a predator is targeting the...
Author
Publisher
Bridge Works Pub
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In this highly personal, no-holds-barred account of life aboard a modern cargo vessel, the author takes us through the stormy North Pacific, to the remote Aleutian Islands, and on to the teeming harbors of East Asia and the South China Sea. Her experiences, told in personal-journal style, give an intimate, insider's picture of what life is like for the men and women who ply the trade routes of the world. The author examines the rising role of women...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Blake is in love with his best friend's sister, Sophia Elliot. But his plans to court her are put on hold when he is forced to resume his role as an undercover spy for the Crown. A secret document listing the names of the entire network of British spies-including his own has been stolen. To protect Sophia, Anthony cuts off all ties to her and exchanges his life as an honorable earl for the facade of a flirtatious playboy. Heartbroken and...
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Language
English
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"Photographer Eva Caldwell and Detective Nathan Winston fall in love while working together to capture a criminal at Nathan's mother's summer matchmaking party"--
"Seaside, England, 1886: Eva Caldwell is an accomplished and well-known photographer who often works with the local constabulary to assist in documenting crime scenes, which means she also often works alongside the handsome and charming detective, Nathan Winston. She appreciates his intellect...
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English
Description
"Dr. Isla Cooper must travel to Port Lucy in Jamaica to locate the witch that placed a spell on her--one that puts her into a death-like sleep every night--before the spell becomes permanent"--Provided by publisher.
Doctor Isla Cooper is cursed: each night at midnight she falls into a death-like sleep and cannot be awakened for six hours. After a year, it becomes permanent. And the year is almost up. Desperate to find Malette, the witch who cursed...
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English
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"Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic who offers relationship advice to individuals who place "lonely hearts" ads in The Marriage Gazette. She is swept up in mystery, intrigue, and romance when a handsome detective requests her help to catch a killer who may be using the newspaper to find his next victim"--
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English
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A retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. When Lucy, a botanist famous for her research on ways to counter vampires, arrives at Blackwell Manor to tend to her sick cousin, she finds that mysteries abound. A restless ghost roams the hallways, and Lord Miles is clearly hiding a secret. Working together, Miles and Lucy attempt to restore peace to Blackwell Manor.
12) Juror #3
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar--and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defense counsel in a racially charged felony. The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby's client is a college football star who has returned...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The jailhouse lawyer: A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch...
16) The #1 lawyer
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation, Stafford Lee Penney, Mississippi's #1 lawyer who has never lost a case, when his wife is scandalously killed, spirals into a legal and personal legal streak, ruining his career, and making him the nation's #1 suspect."--
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English
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Hazel Hughes has a strange ability to heal the sick and injured. She also suffers from a reoccurring dream of someone who looks almost exactly like her. Sam MacInnes hires Hazel to assist him with his medical practice, and is drawn to her intelligence, wit, and beauty. Then a Romanian count arrives in London and reveals that Hazel was abducted at birth-- and her twin sister has fallen dangerously ill. Count Petrescu has many secrets, and as the trio...
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English
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"A steampunk retelling of Cinderella. Emmeline O'shea has been an outspoken advocate for the shapeshifter community, which has come under unjust attack from a political body known as the PSRC (Predatory Shifter Regulations Committee), and her robust efforts have landed her a prestigious position as the spokesperson for the International Shifter Rights Organization. She has been selected to give the final address in Scotland before they vote on legislation...