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No place like home No place like home Mary Higgins Clark I cannot believe I am standing in the exact spot where I was standing when I killed my mother...When she was ten Liza Barton shot her mother dead, trying to protect her from her violent stepfather. T… OL13066W
Absolute brightness Absolute brightness James Lecesne In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing. OL15841333W
War & watermelon War & watermelon Rich Wallace As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tens… OL16261056W
Miss you, Mina Miss you, Mina Denene Millner Mina is thrilled to be spending the summer in New York City living with her cool aunt and attending the art camp that her aunt works for, but she misses her best friends and some of the girls in her … OL16538864W
Dead letter Dead letter Jane Waterhouse True-crime writer Garner Quinn is receiving letters from an obsessed fan. They arrive by the sackful in the daily mail, addressed to her remote, unlisted Jersey shore estate, where she lives with her… OL1832509W
Then Again, Maybe I Won't Then Again, Maybe I Won't Judy Blume Unable to accept or explain his family's newly acquired wealth, his growing interest in sex, and a friend's shoplifting habit, a thirteen-year-old finds the pains in his stomach getting worse and wor… OL1838412W
The Barrens The Barrens Rosamond Smith "Joyce Carol Oates (writing as Rosamond Smith) turns her literary skills to the startling, complex tale of a serial killer and the stories of the people that his ghastly crimes touch - and transform.… OL1947853W
Hardcore twenty-four Hardcore twenty-four Janet Evanovich "Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter who often runs into trouble on the job, but she has family, friends, and several men to help her out of sticky situations. There's Lula, a plus-sized former hooker … OL19720191W
Nemeses (Everyman / Humbling / Indignation / Nemesis) Nemeses (Everyman / Humbling / Indignation / Nemesis) Philip A. Roth "Published together for the first time as the author intended, Nemeses is a quartet of novels whose terrain is the human body and whose subject, the common experience that terrifies us all"--Publishe… OL19964364W
Nicotine Nicotine Nell Zink The conventional one in a non-conventional family, Penny Baker inherits her father's childhood home in New Jersey. She finds the property not overgrown and abandoned, but occupied by a group of frien… OL20038355W
Outfoxed Outfoxed David Rosenfelt Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter spends as much time as he can working on his true passion, the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs. Lately, Andy has been especially involved in a count… OL20045987W
The secret within The secret within Theresa Martin Golding Carly Chambers spends her summer days delivering mysterious packages for her harsh father but when she sneaks out at night to find some freedom, she faces danger from all sides. OL2040016W
George Washington's smallest army George Washington's smallest army R. Dennis Middlemist George Washington's smallest army is a fanciful, feel good tale of three critters who live around Miller's Pond in Pennsylvania, and how they help George Washington at a critical time in the Revoluti… OL24266894W
Captain Grey Captain Grey Avi "A robust pirate adventure with a neat twist." -- -- The New York Times Book Review OL265939W
Center field Center field Robert Lipsyte Mike has his junior year well under control. He's got a solid group of friends. He's dating Lori, one of the hottest girls in school. And Coach Cody has all but given him the starting spot as the Rid… OL2704556W
Bobby's girl Bobby's girl Rochelle Ratner Growing up in Atlantic City in the 1950s and 1960s, trapped in a suffocating family and suffering the agonies of being unpopular, Gina lives in a fantasy world peopled with figures from pop culture, … OL4099028W
Amber Brown is green with envy Amber Brown is green with envy Paula Danziger Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own. OL464843W
Four to score Four to score Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum is back, and this time she's on the trail of Maxine Nowicki, an ex-waitress accused of stealing her ex-boyfriend's car. Helping Stephanie is former-prostitute-turned-backup Lula, puzzl… OL48018W
High five High five Janet Evanovich In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle-- and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmot… OL48024W
Plum spooky Plum spooky Janet Evanovich Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey. According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops i… OL48076W
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