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Everyman's library volume no. 172
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
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"Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated novel is a memory drama about the intense entanglement of the narrator, Charles Ryder, with a great Anglo-Catholic family. Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world Waugh knew in his youth and vividly recalls the sensuous plea-sures denied him by wartime austerities; in so doing it also provides a profound study of the conflict between the demands of religion and the desires...
3) Misfit
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Seattle sixteen-year-old Jael must negotiate normal life in Catholic school while learning to control the abilities she inherited from her mother, a demon, and protect those she loves from Belial, the Duke of Hell.
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Series
Red Blazer Girls volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago.
Author
Series
Effie Maloney books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Even though her father is in prison for embezzlement, ten-year-old Effie considers herself pretty lucky until her mother's old friend, Father Frank, comes to stay with them, Effie's friend Aurora decides to quit their Catholic school to attend public school, and her contrary sister begins to transform herself into "Saint Maxey."
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Pub. Date
2011.
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Español
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Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago.
Sophie, Margaret y Rebecca son una especie de detectives de uniforme del colegio que acuden en ayuda de una dama un poco extréna que vive al lado de la escuela.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old Ellie Magari's mother left shortly after Ellie was born, and her father has raised her, but Ellie always figured that one day she would meet her mother and ask her some pertinent questions--but now her mother has died, and Ellie does not know exactly how to feel about that, but she is determined, with the help of her friends in the St. Francis of Assisi's Howling Wolves marching band (where she plays the glockenspiel), to make some...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Jimmy Murphy's sixth grade teacher, Sister Angelica Rose, is out to get him. She humiliates him in class and punishes him when he hasn't done anything wrong. She even forces him to perform onstage with second-graders, wearing a giant green banana costume. A classic underachiever with a talent for trouble, Jimmy wants revenge, and with his friends he plans a prank that will embarrass Sister Angelica in front of the whole school. What could possibly...
12) P.S. I miss you
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister, Cilla, away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to come back. Forbidden from speaking to Cilla, Evie secretly sends her letters. Evie writes about her family, torn apart and hurting. She writes about her life, empty without Cilla. And she writes about the new girl in school, June, who becomes her friend, and then...
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Pub. Date
2012.
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Español
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"Sophie, Margaret, Becca y Leigh Anne has sido contratadas para resolver el misterio que asola el colegio: alguien se está colando por las noches para limpiar y reparar la escuela?... Pero es que aparte, hay más cosas que las tienen ocupadas, como descubrir quién les está enviando complicadísimas pistas y jeroglíficos para localizar un violín robado, vengarse de la pesada de Livvy, formar un grupo de rock, montar en moto con cierto chico? (vale:...
Author
Series
Gideon Falls volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Norton becomes more immersed in his quest for the Black Barn and a washed-up Catholic priest, Father Fred, uncovers the secrets behind a series of grisly murders.
15) Safe House
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Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Northern Ireland. In 1999, one year after the Good Friday peace accord, sectarian violence still runs rampant in Belfast and the hatred between Protestant and Catholic runs deep. Liam O'Donnell's father is a peacemaker to the Catholic community. When 12-year-old Liam's parents are brutally murdered in front of him, he is frozen in place. But when he sees the face of one of the attackers, he is forced to run for his life. Escaping, he finds shelter...
Author
Series
Gideon Falls volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn-an otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake.
17) Bless me, Ultima
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English
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Tony faces the daunting prospect of growing up amidst constant religious and cultural uncertainty. His mother is a devoted Catholic, but her influence is challenged by Ultima--a woman with magical healing powers. As Tony follows his own path toward adulthood, he relies on Ultima's wisdom. With her guidance, he is able to forge his unique identity.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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helby Black has spent the past six months training to be an exorcist. Her great-uncle Roy-a Catholic priest-has put her through exorcist boot camp hell, hoping to develop her talent, but ohmygod, he still doesn't trust her to do an exorcism on her own. High school is hard enough without having to explain that you fight demons for a living, so Shelby keeps her extracurricular activity to herself. The last thing she wants is for her crush, Spencer,...
19) We own the sky
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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It's Maine, 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan is on the rise. Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative-a famous aviator-they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes. The KKK is on the rise in in Maine that summer, inspired by the racial...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: The day the train fell in the lake, Cassie stopped believing in much of anything, despite growing up in a devout Catholic family. Then she set her mind to forgetting the strange boy named Elias who was with her when it happened. When Elias comes back to town after many years away, Cassie finds herself talked into sneaking out at night to follow him ghost-hunting-though she knows better than to believe they will find any spirits....
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