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1) The Giver
Pub. Date
[2014]
Summary
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Summary
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind, but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Summary
The Sohma family is cursed. When a member of the family is embraced by a person of the opposite gender, they transform into an animal of the Chinese Zodiak. The Sohma family has kept this curse private for generations, but when a young girl stumbles upon their secret, life at the Sohma house changes forever.
Pub. Date
2008
Summary
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter, impressed with Deke's cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
Elizabeth, a beautiful young newlywed, arrives at the palatial estate of her brilliant scientist husband Henry. Ensconced in modernist luxury with an obedient, if slightly unsettling, house staff, she has seemingly everything she could want. But one mystery tantalizes her: what is behind the locked door to Henry's laboratory that he has forbidden her to enter? When an inquisitive Elizabeth dares to find out, everything she thought she knew about her...
12) Darlin'
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin' is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns where she is to be tamed into a 'good girl.' However, Darlin' holds a secret darker than the 'sins' she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman, equally fierce and feral, who raised her is ever present and is determined to come for her no matter who tries to step in her way.
13) Geography club
Pub. Date
[2014]
Summary
Sixteen-year-old Russell is going on dates with girls while nurturing a secret relationship with star quarterback Kevin, who will do anything to prevent his teammates from finding out. Min and Terese tell everyone that they're just best friends. And then there's Ike, who can't figure out who he is or who he wants to be. Finding the truth too hard to hide, they decide to form a Geography Club, thinking nobody else would want to join. However, their...
14) Love, Simon
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Formats
Summary
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying, and life-changing.
15) Vesper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Set after the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem, VESPER follows the titular headstrong 13-year-old girl (Raffiella Chapman), who uses her survival skills to subsist in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Richard Brake). When Vesper finds a mysterious woman, Camellia (Rosy McEwen), alone and disoriented after an aerial crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage to the...
16) The Switch
Pub. Date
2011
Summary
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby. She is determined to get what she wants, even if it means doing it by herself with a little help from a charming sperm donor. Unbeknownst to her, a last-minute switch occurs that isn't discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
17) Coyote Lake
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Ester and her mother run a small bed-and-breakfast near the border of the US and Mexico. One night, two unwelcome guests arrive, threatening the safety of all. But the two women are hiding a secret, one that may prove the most treacherous of all.
18) Roadkill
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
Peter Laurence is a political outsider who is very popular with the people. Fresh from a successful libel case against a journalist printing stories alleging corruption, he's a man on the rise. But Peter has plenty of skeletons in his closet. And soon he discovers another - an illegitimate daughter serving a prison sentence. It's a secret that could ruin him. And one, apparently, that his Prime Minister already knows.
19) Hellbender
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
Locked away from the world by her mother who has convinced her she has a chronic illness, teenaged Izzy finally escapes into town for some expected rebellion. A night of drinking and high school cruelty unleashes a new kind of hunger within her, but when she goes to her mother for answers, she keeps them tightly guarded, not knowing Izzy's true nature is about to burst forth and devour everything.
20) Dry blood
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Brian Barnes returns to his mountain cabin to sober up one final time. His attempt to get clean is soon interrupted by a sadistic local Sheriff and ghastly visions of ghosts (hallucinations brought on by his withdrawal). Brian embarks on a terrifying quest to discover the horrible secret past of the cabin. As he pulls at the threads to the mystery, it may be his sanity that unravels first.