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1) Damned
Author
Series
Damned Trilogy volume 1
Description
As thirteen-year-old Madison tries to figure out how she died and ended up in Hell, she learns how to manipulate the corrupt system of demons and bodily fluids.
2) Tucker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
Once, impressed by their tales of gunplay and thievery, Shell Tucker had been eager to call them his friends. Then he saw the men in Bob Heseltine's gang rob his father of twenty thousand in hard-earned money.
Author
Series
Riley Bloom series volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After crossing the bridge into the afterlife, a place called Here where the time is always Now, Riley's existence continues in much the same way as when she was alive until she is given the job of Soul Catcher and, together with her teacher Bodhi, returns to earth for her first assignment, a ghost called the Radiant Boy who has been haunting an English castle for centuries and resisted all previous attempts to get him across the bridge.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
This memorandum addresses abuse of corpse laws in the 50 states. While the vast majority of states have enacted abuse of corpse or other related laws, they differ in definition and crime classification. For example, some states outline penalties for mutilating or defacing a corpse, while others more broadly define it as "outraging family sensibilities." Over half of the states (29) have classified this crime as a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
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Formats
Description
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty-a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre-took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her lifes work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age...
9) Sublime
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Lucy and Colin discover they have a connection on the grounds of the private school they attend, but Lucy has a startling secret"--
10) Shimmer
Author
Series
Riley Bloom series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over.
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 19
Description
"Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan ... must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cell phone number"--
12) The cardturner
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
14) Between
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 15
Description
By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 148
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Focuses on the social and organizational processes at work in the management of the mass casualties and victim identification following the collapse of the World Trade Center towers (WTCT) with a special emphasis on how the unique circumstances of this disaster affected victim recovery and the identification processes.
18) Before I fall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Description
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
19) Anamorph
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A detective haunted by the work of a serial killer that turns his victims into works of art finds himself confronting his own dark past the more he works on the case
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