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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
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The move from New Jersey to Hilton Head, South Carolina, wasn't easy for the Russo family-difficult enough for Big Al and Connie, but even harder for their daughter Maria Graziella, who insists on being called Grace. At thirty-one and still, shockingly, unmarried, Grace has scandalized her staunchly traditional Italian family by moving in with her boyfriend Michael-who, though a truly great guy, is agnostic, commitment-phobic, a scientist, and (horror...
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Internationally bestselling author John Connolly takes readers into the dark world of private detective Charlie Parker, whose deadly fight against evil begins when the daughter of a South Carolina millionaire is raped and murdered.
In South Carolina, a young black man faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of Marianne Larousse, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the state. It's a case that nobody wants to touch, a case with its roots...
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Caroline Wimbley Levine never expected to assume the role of her late mother, a force of nature who ruled Tall Pines Plantation in South Carolina's Lowcountry, but with her son taking up with an older single mom, her sister-in-law indulging in alcoholic binges, her brother in love with another woman, and her nieces behaving like heathens, she knows someone has to take control.
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Sweet magnolias volume 3
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English
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Forty-two-year-old matrimonial attorney Helen Decatur finds her decision to have a child complicated by her two best friends, her attraction to a man who doesn't want a family, and love.
6) Charleston
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Charleston follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the Bells -- saints and evil-doers mingled in one unforgettable family -- from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the Civil War and the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Delving into our country's history as only he can, Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guarded their privilege and position, harboring dark family...
7) One summer
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Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
Jack, terminally ill, is helpless when his wife Lizzie is killed in a car accident and his three children separated, sent to live with family members across the country, but a miraculous turn of events puts Jack on the road to recovery and he sets out to put his family back together over the course of a summer spent at Lizzie's childhood home in South Carolina.
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"Wedding season has arrived in New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's next novel in the "distinct, complex, and endearing" (Charleston Magazine) Lowcountry Summer series, set against the romantic, charming Charleston Lowcountry. Nothing could be more enchanting than a summer wedding--or two!--in Charleston's fabled lowcountry. A centuries-old plantation, an avenue of ancient oaks dripping moss, a storied ballroom, a sand dune at sunset......
9) Hope Creek
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English
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Returning home to Hope Creek, South Carolina, to bury her mother, Kit Teague finds her remaining family divided and her twin sister working for a rival fishing business.
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2014.
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English
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Tragedy tore the Girls of August apart, but new marriage will bring them together as the women who shared summertime friendships while their husbands went to medical school reunite on a remote island, where shocking truths will forever change these Girls of August.
12) Beautiful chaos
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Beautiful creatures novel volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 18
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English
Description
Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire.
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USA TODAY bestseller from the author of The Mountain Between Us, now a major motion picture!A sleepy rural town in South Carolina. The end of summer and a baby about to be born. But in the midst of hope and celebration comes unexpected tragedy, and Dylan Styles must come to terms with how much he's lost. Will the music of his heart be stilled forever-or will he choose to dance with life once more, in spite of sorrow and heartbreak?The Dead Don't Dance...
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Revisit the popular Charleston Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods in this heartwarming story of love, loss, and family rejuvenation.
The moment Amanda defied her rich and powerful father to marry Bobby O'Leary, Big Max disowned her. Even now, with Bobby dead and Amanda mired in debt, he refuses to forgive her.
But Caleb, the new man in Amanda's life, is determined to mend fences between father and daughter. He also has...
16) Home in Carolina
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"Annie Sullivan had always envisioned returning to her hometown and starting a life with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But the Ty pursued a career in professional baseball and committed numerous infidelities--including an affair that ended with a three-year-old son on his doorstep. His betrayal cost her the family and the future they'd once planned. Now Annie is committed to her career as a physical therapist at the Corner Spa, the all-female...
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Although she feels that the holidays are a season of misery, Jeanette Brioche is pushed into working on the town's annual Christmas festival with the sexy new town manager, Tom McDonald. But with romance in the air, Jeanette and Tom take a fresh look at their painful pasts and a hopeful look into the future.
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The Safe Haven volume Book 2
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English
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A cop and his ex team up to reunite a separated family in this clean & wholesome romance by the author of Low Country Hero.
Yasmin Tanner has devoted her life to making other people's dreams come true. But between running Safe Haven's women's center and caring for her brother, the long days-and lonely nights-are catching up with her . . . until Officer Liam O'Dwyer knocks on her door. She had good reasons for breaking Liam's heart all those years...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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"The story follows Hetty 'Handful' Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go...
20) Sweet Caroline
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English
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Caroline serves others with little time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life. Until her old boyfriend returns to town—and she's given a second chance at first love.
Life hasn't always been so sweet for Caroline Sweeny.
She's sacrifice her desires for others—unlike her mother who abandoned their family years ago. But when a friend challenges her to accept an exciting job adventure in Spain, Caroline says "yes"
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