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1) Oligarchy
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the author of The Seed Collectors comes a darkly comic take on power, privilege, and the pressure put on young women to fit in—and be thin—at their all–girls boarding school
It's already the second week of term when Natasha, the daughter of a Russian oligarch, arrives at a vast English country house for her first day of boarding school. She soon discovers that the headmaster gives special treatment to the skinniest...
It's already the second week of term when Natasha, the daughter of a Russian oligarch, arrives at a vast English country house for her first day of boarding school. She soon discovers that the headmaster gives special treatment to the skinniest...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
A darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want to
At forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She’d quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She’d had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick right around the time she realized...
At forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She’d quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She’d had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick right around the time she realized...
Author
Series
Worldquake volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Effie and her school friends are pulled in different directions but must find a way to reconnect if they are to stop the Diberi from destroying the worlds.
Author
Series
Worldquake volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Post-worldquake, when electricity is infrequent and the Internet is extinct, but magic is flourishing, five students at the Tusitala School for the Gifted, Troubled and Strange pool their resources and magical abilities to defeat an evil publisher who intends to use the power bound up in books to destroy the universe.
Author
Series
Worldquake volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"The first book in a middle grade series about three young heroes who go on a quest to save a collection of magical books from an evil villain who plans to dominate the world"--