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What'd That Girl Do?
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Updated April 19, 2023
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The girl who fell from the sky : a novel
Durrow, Heidi W.
Paper Book
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time...
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Larsson, Stieg
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Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government....
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The girl who lied
Fortin, Sue
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USA Today bestselling author 'Sue Fortin writes with skill and pace, filling her pages with tension. With great characters and a gripping storyline, I was immediately pulled in and found myself desperate to turn the pages' - Amanda Jennings Sometimes the...
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The girl who survived
Jackson, Lisa
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In this deviously volatile, deliciously creepy thriller from the #1 New York Times bestseller, the lone survivor of a brutal family massacre must uncover the awful truth about the fateful night that left her forever marked... Has she already had her last chance to be the...
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The girl who lived : a thrilling suspense novel
Greyson, Christopher
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Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered-one girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right-but did she see the killer? Best...
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The girl who died
Ragnar Jo nasson
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THE NAIL-BITING NEW STORY FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "Is this the best crime writer in the world today? If you're looking for a mystery to get lost in during lockdown..." --The Times, UK "A world-class crime writer.....
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The girl who came home : a novel of the Titanic
Gaynor, Hazel
Paper Book
Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic--a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy's impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.<...
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The girl who wrote in silk
Estes, Kelli.
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A historical novel inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut is a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, highlighting the power of our own stories. The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets... While exploring her...
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The girl who disappeared twice
Kane, Andrea.
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She couldn't stop it.Not then.Not now. If she'd only turned her head, she would have seen the car containing her daughter, struggling to get out. Struggling to escape her kidnapper. Despite all her years determining the fates of families, veteran family court judge Hope...
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The girl who loved Tom Gordon
King, Stephen
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From international bestseller Stephen King, a classic story that engages our emotions on the most primal level, a fairy tale grimmer than Grimm but aglow with a girl's indomitable spirit. What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the woods were full of everything...
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The girl who fell
Parker, S. M.
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In this gripping debut novel, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet--and into an intense and volatile relationship--by the new boy in school. His obsession. Her fall. Zephyr Doyle is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state...
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The girl who stopped swimming
Jackson, Joshilyn.
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Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother make sure the literal family skeleton stays in the closet or turning scraps of fabric into nationally acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister Thalia, an impoverished Actress with a capital A, is her polar opposite...
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The girl who lived twice
Lagercrantz, David
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Lisbeth Salander must face the most important battle of her life, and will finally put her past to rest in this Milliennium series thriller that will "leave Salander's legion of followers clamoring for more" (The Wall Street Journal). Mikael Blomkvist...
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The girl who married an eagle
Myers, Tamar.
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Based on actual events in Tamar Myers's life, The Girl Who Married an Eagle is a beautiful addition to her Belgian Congo mystery series When Julia Elaine Newton, a young, pretty Ohio girl, volunteered to go on a mission to the Belgian Congo, she knew it was going to be a huge...
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The girl who reads on the métro
Féret-Fleury, Christine
Paper Book
"With a cast of characters reminiscent of the French film Amélie, Féret-Fleury creates a world that is delightful and enchanting...Light and sweet as a bonbon, this little confection of a book is delicious." --Kirkus Reviews For fans of Amélie and The...
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The girl who was supposed to die
Henry, April.
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"Take her out back and finish her off." She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that she must run. In her riveting style,...
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The girl who knew too much
Quick, Amanda
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Amanda Quick, the bestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes, transports readers to 1930s California, where glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins... At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of...
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The girl who could move sh*t with her mind
Ford, Jackson
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Full of imagination, wit, and random sh*t flying through the air, this insane adventure from an irreverent new voice will blow your tiny mind. For Teagan Frost, sh*t just got real. ...
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The girl who chased the moon : a novel
Allen, Sarah Addison.
Paper Book
In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world-no matter how out of place they feel. Emily...
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The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
Larsson, Stieg
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Lisbeth Salander--the heart of Larsson's two previous novels--lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial...
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The girl who slept with God
Brelinski, Val
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"Fine, carefully wrought . . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience." --The New York Times Book Review "Brelinski's page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent." ...
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The girl who stole an elephant
Farook, Nizrana
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Inspired by the lush terrain of Sri Lanka, this fun tale of friendship, risk, and reward is just right for middle grade fans of fantasy and page-turning adventure. Chaya, a nobleman's rebellious, outspoken, no-nonsense daughter, just can't resist the shiny temptations the king's...
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