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Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
4) Phobic
Publisher
Kreative Digital Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After Joey Walters sees the brutal slaying of his sister, he becomes an agoraphobic, terrified to leave the safety of his house. But the killer has not finished his work and is determined to come back and take care of the only witness to his crime.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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"--
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Agoraphobic Laura Kove discovers that the apartment she has locked herself in is haunted. She enlists the aid of Elizabeth Dean, a scam artist who passes herself off as a ghost hunter. Elizabeth doesn't buy Laura's story, but soon becomes a believer.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can't step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can't leave the house, but can she let someone in? 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...
Author
Series
Gray Man novel volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Court Gentry is back in action. This time he's working on behalf of a well-connected group of Syrian expats to secure the Syrian president's mistress so they can use her to bring down the president's regime. But the expats' plan goes awry when it's discovered the mistress has a baby--the Syrian president's only male heir--hidden away in a Damascus safe house. Court goes after the baby, a decision that comes at the price of the mistress's life. The...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
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 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 kid in a...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The author of Nine Women, One Dress delivers a charming, unforgettable novel about four women, one little lie, and the big repercussions that unite them all. 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...
15) Siberia
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Clint tends bar at a snowbound roadhouse whose patrons speak a language he doesn't understand, and things may not be what they seem. Desperate for answers, he drives a sled team to a nearby cave, but finds no peace. Are the spirits that confront him mere figments of his imagination, or will they slowly tear his body and soul to pieces?
16) Kimi
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As a "voice stream interpreter," Angela listens to thousands of anonymous audio streams from smart speaker owners, the perfect job for an agoraphobe like herself. While listening to a stream, she overhears a murder taking place and must leave the comfort of her home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
830L
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.
18) Tell me no lies
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Mousy and shy to the point of agoraphobic, Em Moore is the writing half of a celebrity biography team. Her charismatic partner, Teddy, does the interviewing and the public schmoozing. But her dependence on Teddy runs deeper than just the job. Teddy is her bridge to the world and the main source of love in her life. So when Teddy dies in a car accident, Em is devastated, alone in a world she does not understand. The only way she can honor his memory...
20) Momma's man
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Bumped from a flight back to Los Angeles and his life, Mikey returns to his childhood home, a cluttered Manhattan loft presided over by his bohemian parents. His mother tells him he may stay as long as he wants. What begins as a respite from adult responsibility becomes a premature mid-life crisis. Re-installed in a house saturated with two generations of bric-a-brac evoking days gone by, Mikey starts to regress and drift back to an awkward youth...