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3) Hollow city
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends, who possess supernatural abilities, must journey to London (circa 1940), the 'peculiar' capital of the world. There they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner"--
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Series
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English
Description
"One day, after leaving Lockwood & Co. to become a freelance operative, Lucy receives a surprise visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment--to locate and remove the Source for a legendary cannibal ghost. Throughout this very dangerous task, tensions remain high between Lucy and her former colleagues. What will it take to reunite the team?" -- Page [4] cover.
6) 1984
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Series
Language
English
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Framingham 2024 Reading Bingo Suggestions
Medfield - Fantasy & Sci-fi for Adults - Dystopian
Wayland Library Staff Picks - Classics
Description
A chilling portrait of a totalitarian society under the ever-watchful gaze of Big Brother, where love, privacy, and individuality are banned. The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's nightmare vision from 1949 of the world we are becoming is timelier that ever. 1984 is the great modern classic of a 'negative utopia' - a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing
7) Tunnels
Author
Series
Tunnels volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.
8) Un Lun Dun
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English
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Description
Stumbling into an alternate funhouse version of her home city, twelve-year-old Londoner Deeba finds herself trapped in a world of killer giraffes, animated umbrellas, and ghost children, and must take on the role of savior to prevent utter destruction.
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 3
Language
English
Description
"A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he's diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying...
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Series
Dodsworth volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Despite a dart-throwing episode at a local pub and a case of mistaken identity, Dodsworth and his mischievous duck companion receive a royal invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace during their trip to London.
11) Get smart-ish
Author
Series
League of Unexceptional Children volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Utterly average twelve-year-olds Jonathan Murray and Shelley Brown, agents with the League of Unexceptional Children, travel to the United Kingdom to help MI5 capture a rogue teenage spy"--
12) Lost in London
Author
Series
Lost in-- volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"A tween's foreign exchange experience lands her in London luxury--and some hot water as well!"--Information from amazon.com, viewed Oct. 21, 2013.
14) Night and day
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Language
English
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Description
Katharine Hilbery, the beautiful grand-daughter of a great Victorian poet, must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney and her attraction to Ralph Denham, with whom she feels a more profound and disturbing affinity.
15) The empty grave
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Series
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English
Description
"With the help of some unexpected, and rather ghostly, allies, Lockwood & Co. must battle their greatest enemy yet, as they move ever closer to the moment when the earth-shattering secret of 'the problem' will finally be revealed"--
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Series
The Uncommoners volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ivy Sparrow and her big brother Seb discover a city beneath London where ordinary objects have magical powers.
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Series
The Bolds volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay!"--
18) The Bolds
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
19) The fear
Author
Series
Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
In London, after a worldwide sickness infects adults, turning them into zombie-like creatures, DogNut and his crew embark on a deadly mission to find missing friends, as hungry, bloodthirsty grownups lie in wait.
Author
Series
Sally Lockhart quartet volume 3
Language
English
Description
In London in 1881, twenty-four-year-old Sally finds her young daughter and her possessions assailed by an unknown enemy, while a shadowy figure known as the Tzaddik involves her in his plot to defraud and exploit the hordes of Jewish immigrants pouring into the country.
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