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"It isn't paranoia if it's really happening... Anna Fox lives alone--a recluse in her New York City home, drinking too much wine, watching old movies... and spying on her neighbors. Then the Russells move next door: a father, a mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna sees something she shouldn't, her world begins to crumble--and its shocking secrets are laid bare. What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control?...
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English
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After Rachel Childs, a former journalist, suffers an on-air mental breakdown, she lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel's marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer...
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English
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Calling her late husband's phone number just to hear his old voicemail greeting, Anna is shocked when someone answers and so begins a relationship with the man who inherited his cell phone number who shows her how to smile, laugh and hope until a secret is revealed.
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English
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"Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst. She's also a loner who prefers a safe and familiar path. Until her mother disappears in the wake of a brutal murder, leaving behind a cryptic warning of threats to come. Forced out of her safe zone, Salem embarks with her best friend, Bel, on a dangerous quest that reaches back centuries into America's hidden history. Drawn into a labyrinth of messages encrypted by Emily Dickinson and hidden in the legendary...
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Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Bell has spent his whole life -- all eleven years of it -- on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell -- a regular...
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English
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Chris Jennings' job with the Field County Sheriff's Department allows him to follow his passions--upholding the law and keeping one woman safe from harm, until agoraphobic Daisy Little witnesses a crime from her bedroom window that places her in imminent danger.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
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Agoraphobic sixteen-year-old Solomon has not left his house in three years, but Lisa is determined to change that-- and to write a scholarship-winning essay based on the results. Lisa thrusts herself into his life, introducing him to her boyfriend Clark. Soon all three teens are far closer than they thought they'd be. When their facades fall down, their friendships threaten to collapse, as well.
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Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. When Eliza Hunt created The Hudson Valley Ladies' Bulletin Board fifteen years ago she was happily entrenched in her picture-perfect suburban life with her husband and twin preschoolers. Now, with an empty nest and a crippling case of agoraphobia, the once-fun hobby has become her lifeline. So when a rival parenting forum threatens the site's existence, she doesn't think twice before fabricating a salacious...
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English
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"When Tim Ellison finds a cheap room to rent in his dream location, it seems nothing more than a wonderful stroke of luck. Despite the fact that the owner of the house, the mysterious Anna London, is unfriendly and withdrawn, he takes it. But when strange and terrifying things start happening in the house at night, Tim wonders if renting the room has been a terrible mistake--until his feelings for Anna start to change. But as Tim falls for Anna, her...
10) Tell me no lies
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Physical Desc
329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tessa and Eric are forced out of hiding when pop star Dorian Grey is found alive, intimate photos appear on Eric's biggest fan account, and Tessa becomes a suspect in a murder.
11) Follow me back
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told through police transcripts, tweets, direct messages, and two voices, pop sensation Eric inadvertently falls in love with his biggest fan, agoraphobic Tessa, through deception, leading to a real-life meeting with dire consequences.
12) Forever is now
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Sadie, a Black bisexual recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.
On a perfect summer day, wrapped in her girlfriend's arms. Sadie feels safe. She's been struggling to manage her chronic anxiety, and is hopeful better times are ahead. When her girlfriend reveals some unexpected news, and the two witness a violent incident of police...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. She meets Luke when her groceries are left on the porch, and she can't even step out to get them. As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn't so screwed up. Can she let him go, or will she find the strength to face her demons?
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Required to complete a celebrity biography on her own after the suspicious death of her charismatic partner, agoraphobic ghost writer Em Moore struggles through the job's required interviews with alluring film director Garrett Malcolm, who alludes to dark family secrets and trouble with a fellow star.
15) The safest lies
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Kelsey's agoraphobic mother disappears after years of claiming the kidnappers she escaped from were coming back for her, Kelsey quickly discovers that her mother isn't who she thought she was--and she's not the abductor's only target" --
16) Fresh air
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Lucinda Hunter has been a virtual recluse in a Connecticut farmhouse for 27 years. Katanya Taylor is a nine-year old from Harlem who is staying with a host family for two weeks and meets Lucinda while admiring her garden. Lucinda's acquaintance with Katanya prompts the older woman to reexamine her life.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a quirky family, a wonderful best friend, and a head full of worrying questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Will's mother is a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their world is rich and loving, full of art, experiments, and music--but confined to their small house. When Will finally ventures outside--clad in a protective helmet and unsure of how to talk to other kids--he is pulled far from the confines of his closed-off world and thrust headfirst into the throes of early adulthood...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school; take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital; and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--
20) A cryptic clue
Author
Series
Hunter and Clewe mystery volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixty-year-old Jane Hunter, forced into early retirement from her job as a university librarian, is seeking a new challenge to keep her spirits up and supplement her meager pension. But as she's about to discover, a retiree's life can bring new thrills--and new dangers. Cameron "Cam" Clewe, an eccentric 33-year-old collector, is also seeking something--an archivist to inventory his ever-expanding compendium of rare books and artifacts. Jane's thrilled...