accidents

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accidents

The ravenous

The Cane family's idyllic facade covers a dysfunctional family headed by an absentee, military father and a depressed, addicted mother. And though the five beautiful, teenage sisters who round out the family put on a good show, behind closed doors, they can't stand one another. But when the youngest and most beloved sister, Rose, dies, their mother abandons them and the remaining sisters band to together. You see, Rose comes back from the dead with a need to feed on human flesh in order to remain undead, and her sisters are determined to keep her with them--dead or alive.

Hidden truths

2023
Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade--until one summer when everything changes.

A year to the day

2023
A year after her sister Nina's death and still unable to imagine a world without her, Leo forms a friendship with Nina's boyfriend East based on their shared grief, only to discover he knows more about the accident that killed Nina than he is letting on.

The drift

a novel
2023
"Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careened off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They'll need to work together to escape. . . . Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She's in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board. . . . As the temperature drops and tensions mount, Meg realizes they may not all make it there alive. Carter is gazing out of the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, the threat of something lurking in the chalet's depths looms larger. . . . The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater threat--one that threatens to consume all of humanity"--Provided by publisher.

Mendel's Hanukkah mess up

2022
When the rabbi asks him to drive the Mitzvah Mobile through the streets of New York's Lower East Side and invite everyone to the Hanukkah Bash, Mendel, who constantly messes up, learns that mistakes can happen and sometimes that's not so bad.

Catch me if I fall

2023
"In a future Australia ravaged by climate change, twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour have always promised to protect and be there for each other, no matter what. Their privileged upbringing and loving, wealthy parents leave them with little to worry about. But when Aiden is seriously injured during a school trip, the twins' entire world begins to unravel. Back home from the hospital, something about Aiden seems different and Ashleigh's quest to find out why will uncover dark truths about the world they thought they knew, challenge their bond as twins and push how far they are willing to go to keep their promises"--Provided by publisher.

A year to the day

2022
A year after her sister Nina's death and still unable to imagine a world without her, Leo forms a friendship with Nina's boyfriend East based on their shared grief, only to discover he knows more about the accident that killed Nina than he is letting on.

Meet me in the middle

2022
When a tragic accident tears Truman and Eden apart, setting them on different paths, grief-stricken Eden must decide whether or not to let Truman back into her life when he returns home.

Nicole's secret

2023
"Nicole's robot threw a ball right through a classroom window. No one knows how the window got broken, and Nicole decides to keep it a secret. Will she change her mind when she realizes the broken window has upset her classmates?"--Back cover.

Turning

2022
Before the 'accident' Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing friendship Genie realizes that she has to confront the things around her: like the booze her mother is hiding, or the fact that maybe her fall was not entirely accidental.

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