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1) The keep
Author
Language
English
Description
Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank whose devastating consequences changed both their lives, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe, a castle steeped in blood lore and family pride. Built over a secret system of caves and tunnels, the castle and its violent history invoke and subvert all the elements of a gothic past: twins, a pool, an old baroness, a fearsome tower. In an environment of extreme...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
The English countryside is ravaged by wolves, but their sinister presence is felt more around Willoughby Chase than anywhere else. When Bonnie's parents go abroad, she is left with scheming Miss Slighcarp, and this proves an even greater threat than the wolves.
3) The island
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
It's the perfect summer getaway-- but some secrets are hard to escape ... When her elder daughter abruptly cancels her engagement, and her lavish wedding, Birdie takes both daughters and her cousin to Tuckernuck Island. There dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemi knows little about the region. Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited...
Author
Series
Dragon keepers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" that Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch.
6) Dark harbor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Investigating the unlikely murder-suicide case of his cousin, who secretly worked for the CIA, Stone Barrington is surprised to learn that his cousin had named him the executor of his estate just prior to his death.
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novel volume 57
Language
English
Description
Stone Barrington is settling in for a stretch in New York when he receives news that demands immediate action. An old family matter has unexpectedly resurfaced, and Stone must decamp to the craggy shores of Maine to address the issue head-on. There, Stone finds that a dual-pronged threat is hiding in plain sight among the stately houses and exclusive coastal clubs, and the incursion isn't easily rebuffed. These enemies have friends in high places,...
8) Lifeguard
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Everything is going right for lifeguard Ned Kelley. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and what's more, a million dollars is within touching distance; his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art. All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. But when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. He has been set up.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Young Mary Lennox is left an orphan when her parents die of illness while living abroad. In their absence, Mary is sent to stay under the care of her Uncle in Yorkshire, England. It's there in Misselthwaite Manor that she meets two young boys--a servant named Dickon and her cousin Colin, who lives locked away in the manor due to a disability that leaves him bound in a wheelchair. The trio discover a secret garden hidden in the manor grounds and work...
10) Dandelion fire
Author
Series
100 cupboards volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Presents the continuing adventures of Henry York, who has been living in Kansas with his cousins, where he discovers doorways leading to other worlds and becomes involved in a multi-world struggle between good and evil.
11) The cousins
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family history has some deadly secrets.
12) 100 cupboards
Author
Series
100 cupboards volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open onto other worlds.
14) Gone-Away Lake
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shore of a swampy lake.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A collection of childrens mysteries.
"Follow Bradley, Brian, Lucy, and Nate as they track down a sick rabbit's owner, locate a missing statue, find out who stole the golden eggs, and save a strawberry patch. Along the way they also celebrate Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, and Father's Day"--Container.
Author
Language
English
Description
Theresa is the town's most sought-after babysitter but she must cope with the challenges presented by the neighborhood's waiflike children, the tumultuous households of her employers, the mysterious compelling attention of an aging painter, and her young cousin's transition from child to woman.
18) The cliff's edge
Author
Series
Bess Crawford mystery volume 13
Language
English
Description
"Restless and uncertain of her future in the wake of World War I, former battlefield nurse Bess Crawford agrees to travel to Yorkshire to help a friend of her cousin Melinda through surgery. But circumstances change suddenly when news of a terrible accident reaches them. Bess agrees to go to isolated Scarfdale and the Neville family, where one man has been killed and another gravely injured. The police are asking questions, and Bess is quickly drawn...
19) Dig
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.
20) The match
Author
Series
Wilde volume 2
Language
English
Description
Harlan Coben returns to Wilde, the man with a past shrouded in mystery who appeared one day in the Ramapo Mountains with no memory of how he got there or the mother and father who abandoned him. Wilde uncovers a major break in the case that may hold the key to revealing the truth of his origins. But the discovery links him with a present-day disappearance and presumed suicide that is much more than at first it appears.