Julie Gilbert
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Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it...
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It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the...
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Spending the summer in Maine with her grandfather, fourteen-year-old India Finch is still exploring her new healing powers as one of the merpeople, and still trying deal with the conflicts between the two Mer tribes--so when she and her friends find out that the Fire tribe is searching for a powerful weapon called Neptune's trident which they will use against humans, they decide that they had better find it first.
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Sent to Maine to spend the summer with her grandfather, India Finch has just learned that she is part-mermaid, and met her kin among the Ice Tribe, so when she finds out that someone is harming sea creatures she wants to help--but discovering the truth can be dangerous, especially when the threat comes from the Mer themselves.
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Bored and impatient because her mer-family only seems to summon her when they need her healing abilities, fourteen-year-old India Finch decides to ignore her grandfather and visit them without being called--but when she and her mermaid friends decide to entertain themselves by combining their powers the result is a disaster that exposes the existence of the merpeople to human eyes.
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Morgan, a sea witch, has a deep hatred for the merpeople whom she blames for her lover, India Finch's father, leaving her--she hopes to use a hurricane to destroy them, and when fourteen-year-old India warns the mer, Morgan summons a giant squid to attack India, India's grandfather, and any of the mer who get in the way.
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"In November 1909, thousands of factory workers walked off the job to protest the terrible working conditions in New York City factories. Joining the picket lines was dangerous, with thugs and police officers harassing picketers, but the protests stirred action. Many factory owners finally agreed to some of the workers' demands and improved conditions. But nothing changed for workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and those workers would pay...
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Poignant and uplifting, Cemetery Songs is a compelling YA about a girl, a ghost, and the graveyard that sends them both on a journey of self-acceptance.
When Polly Stone's birthmother dies, she feels lost and adrift. How do you mourn someone you never knew? Even the dead, whose final thoughts Polly can hear, offer no advice.
Instead Polly fails her classes, alienates her friends, gets fired from her summer job, and accidentally sets fire to the...
10) Innova
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Churches are banned. Religion is outlawed. Freedom is dead.Found guilty of "spreading dissent," Jenna and David Hall are sentenced to re-education at the Innova Center.Their home is forfeit. Their marriage is dissolved.Once a famous actress, Jenna is afforded immunity from the most aggressive forms of therapy because they want something from her, but David is not so lucky.He's a hostage. Cooperation will keep him alive, but at what cost?
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Captured. Sold. Enslaved. Displayed.Keio's dream of seeing the Golden City turns into a nightmare. He and his friend, Clara, get swept up by Fire Fairies along with the other youths in their village. They're quickly sold to the local lord.The man seeks something very special that only certain young people possess, and he's willing to threaten anyone to get it. But his daughter has other plans.Like it or not, Keio and Clara land in the middle of a...
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Being the Chosen One could kill her and others ...
Join Victoria Saveron and her friends as they fight to save Aeris from the Dark Man's evil schemes.
Awakening: Vic discovers her powers, her gift, and her calling.
The Holy War: Vic and company race to stop an all–out war between the two magical races.
Reclaim the Darklands: One by one, Vic's family and
...13) El Caso Collins
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Dos agentes del FBI en busca de una familia secuestrada. Trabajar para el FBI ciertamente no es un trabajo "normal", pero la agente especial Julie Ann Davidson nunca se había encontrado con un caso tan personal como este. A pesar de no estar oficialmente asignada al caso, Ann y su compañero, Patrick Duncan, asumieron la tarea de hallar a Rachel, Jason, y Emily Collins. Como si esa tarea no fuera suficiente, Ann and Patrick tienen también que investigar...
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One man's vision created seven Gifted children.One can read minds, another can shape dreams, and still another can heal battle wounds. The list goes on.Join Jillian and her siblings as they navigate the dangers of living life as genetically Gifted people. Some, like Danielle, want to help them. Some, like Devya, want to control them. And many others just want to own them.Ashlynn's Dreams: The kidnapping awakens Jillian's extraordinary dream shaping...
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Jillian Blairington, 12 ans, n'est qu'une fille ordinaire, brillante, courageuse et parfois un peu trop têtue pour son propre bien. Elle n'a jamais pensé qu'elle était particulièrement spéciale ou différente des autres.
Elle avait tort.
Tout change le jour o elle et sa baby-sitter, Danielle, sont kidnappées et emmenées dans une installation scientifique secrète. Là, Jillian apprend qu'elle a un nouveau nom, Ashlynn, et un lien étrange...
17) Malia's Miracles
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How much is one life worth?Danielle Matheson faces a difficult decision: helplessly watch Christy's mother die of cancer or ask Jillian and her genetically Gifted siblings to risk their freedom to save her.Once committed to the cause, Jillian, Malia, and Michio turn their full attention to fighting the cancer, but more danger awaits them. Defeating the disease and dodging government agents soon become the least of their worries when measured against...
18) Thin Black Road
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This is the first inspirational Christian poetry collection. It's followed by Just like You and My Champion. The combination book Made to Praise contains all three collections.
Thin Black Road
There's a thin black road
I have traveled many times.
It leads to peace
In so many ways.
It's kind of hard to describe
For the road's oft unclear.
It unfolds to me
Like a lovely gift
One word at a time.
Then, music fills in the gaps,
Making worries...
19) Varick's Quest
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Genetically altering humans is illegal …But Varick and his siblings-Devya's Children-exist.He's been born and bred to be the perfect soldier, but he can't be everywhere. If one counts each of his siblings plus Danielle Matheson, the list of people Varick wants to protect stretches from coast to coast. The more he gets to know Danielle, the more she comes to mean to him.Meanwhile, somebody has captured Nadia and wants to sell her to the highest bidder....
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¿Hasta dónde llegarías para salvar a alguien que amas?
Mientras aprendía a usar su Regalo Moldeador de Sueños, Jillian Blairington conoció a una hermana llamada Nadia que tiene el poder de hablar dentro de la mente. Jillian se ha encariñado bastante con ella.
Ahora, ella se ha quedado en silencio.
Jillian recurre a su amiga, Danielle Matheson, y juntas traman un loco plan para llevar a Jillian al lado de Nadia para que pueda despertarla...