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1) Rescue
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657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazis, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's...
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Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Anna's romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly goes, and meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact that they both want something more.
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Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 6
Publisher
Viking Kestrel
Pub. Date
c1985
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
"It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but when Madeline finds help from a magical merchant, the girls embark on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles and sneezes."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Isla has had a crush on classmate, Josh, since their freshman year at the School of America in Paris. After a chance encounter over the summer in Manhattan, they return to France for their senior year, where they are forced to confront challenges every young couple in love must face.
7) Die for me
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Series
Revenants trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbor a mysterious and dangerous secret.
8) The magician
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
455 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
9) Paris!
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Series
Recipe for adventure volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
Siblings Alfie and Emilia are magically transported to Paris, where a case of mistaken identity finds them caught up in the behind-the-scenes drama at a traditional French cooking school.
10) One for all
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl.” But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father―a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret...
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Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
336 pages
Description
"It's August in Paris, but 17-year-old Khayyam-American, Desi, Muslim, the only child of Chicago-based academics with a summer apartment on the Ile de la Cite-is at a crossroads. Uncertain of her relationship with Zaid, the boy back home, she can't hold on to the past. Stung by her dream college's rejection of the essay she wrote to apply early, she doesn't see a clear future. Khayyam is alone in her belief that the mysterious "raven-tressed lady"...
12) Point Blank
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Alex Rider adventures volume 2
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Alex, a fourteen-year-old spy, has been assigned by the British MI6 to investigate a series of mysterious deaths. He ends up in a boarding school in the Swiss Alps, and finds many strange things are happening to the students.
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
425 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
A mysterious postcard leads Lisa and Nilly from Oslo to Paris in search of Doctor Proctor but, once there, all they find of their missing friend is a time-traveling bathtub powered by a special soap and several sinister individuals determined to do all they can to locate the eccentric inventor.
14) Eagle strike
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Alex Rider adventures volume 4
Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
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Grim lovelies volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
437 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Ever since she discovered her affinity for magic, seventeen-year-old Anouk has been desperate to become a witch. It?s the only way to save her friends who, like Anouk, are beasties: animals enchanted into humans. But unlike Anouk, the other beasties didn?t make it out of the battle at Mont?limar in one piece. With her friends now trapped in their animal forms, Anouk is forced into a sinister deal involving a political marriage with her sworn enemy,...
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Series
Dodsworth volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
When Dodsworth and the duck vacation in Paris, they have a grand time despite running out of money and accidentally riding their bicycles in the Tour de France.
18) Allies
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It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates pop star Damian Cray, whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the drug trade.
20) A lion in Paris
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Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 39 x 29 cm.
Description
This oversized picture book, revealing the sights and sounds of Paris from Montmarte to the Eiffel Tower, tells of a young lion seeking excitement and opportunity in the City of Light.
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