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1) Rebecca
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
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Description
"The only hardcover edition of the beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. The unassuming young heroine of Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Rescuing her from an overbearing employer, de Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish...
2) Angel falls
Author
Language
English
Description
Liam will do anything to break his wife out of her coma, even if it involves locating the first love of her life--the man she married before him--and bringing him to her bedside.
Author
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
An innocent young girl who is caught between her divorced parents attempts to understand life and its injustices. Shuttled between her parents, who value her only as a means for provoking each other, Maisie is drawn into an entangled adult world of intrigue and sexual betrayal.
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edith Wharton’s lacerating satire on marriage and materialism in turn-of-the-century New York features her most selfish, ruthless, and irresistibly outrageous female character.
Undine Spragg is an exquisitely beautiful but ferociously acquisitive young woman from the Midwest who comes to New York to seek her fortune. She achieves her social ambitions—but only at the highest cost to her family, her admirers, and her several
9) Howard's End
Author
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life.
10) Rebecca
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
12) The young widow
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young detective sergeant with Scotland Yard, Jack Gibbons investigates the poisoning death of Geoffrey Berowne, in a case that takes a strange turn when the prime suspect, the victim's young wife, turns her attentions on Jack.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After someone breaks into her home and tries to assault her, Alexis Roberts, who is hearing impaired, believes the intruder is her husband, who, after she made a horrifying discovery, disappeared without a trace, and finds herself trapped in a nightmare of fear and uncertainty.
Alexis Roberts is asleep one night when someone breaks into her home and tries to assault her. Escaping serious harm, the invasion leaves her scared and shaken. Hearing impaired...
18) Dead to her
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Remarrying years after the death of her first husband, scientist Nance challenges her personal demons by tracking rattlesnakes in Idaho, unaware of factors from her new husband's past that challenge her relationship with her younger sister.
20) What Maisie knew
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Maisie, a captivating little girl struggling for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through her eyes, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit.