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English
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In 1384 England, seventeen-year-old Evangeline, ward and cousin of King Richard II, tries to escape from an arranged marriage, dreaming of a life outside Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics, but when she runs away and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village, she finds herself embroiled in a tangled web that threatens England's monarch.
5) Prepped
Author
Language
English
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Description
Raised among doomsday preppers, Becca Aldaine's life has centered on planning for the worst, but when her escape plan is jeopardized, she turns to the boy she is expected to marry and hopes for the best.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with marriage prospects but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting an arranged marriage with him.
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
374 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After proving her worth as a deft spy, Sage Fowler is positioned in high society as the royal tutor, but a secret mission leaves her vulnerable in enemy territory and separated from her fianc,̌ Captain Alex Quinn.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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In an alternative past where the Franco-British Empire controls the world's only source of magic, Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the throne, and Aelwyn Myrddyn, a bastard mage, rekindle their childhood friendship as they plot to save Marie from a loveless, political marriage.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Treated with scorn and fear in her father's kingdom because of a formidable horoscope, 16-year-old Maya commits herself to her education only to land in an arranged marriage that culminates in her sudden elevation to the throne, a situation that is threatened by dark secrets and Otherworldly magic.
10) The web
Author
Series
Fianna trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Grace discovers that she must fulfill an ancient prophecy and choose between two groups of Irish warriors, the Fomori and the Fianna.
11) Red string
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
v. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When high school student Moharu Ogawa discovers that her parents have arranged a marriage between her and Kazuo Fuijwara, whom she has never met, she must decide whether she will comply or keep looking for her soulmate.
13) The shadows
Author
Series
Fianna trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her family falls into ruin in Victorian New York, Grace Knox must enter into a loveless marriage with Patrick Devlin to save them all, but everything changes when she falls for the mysterious and magical stableboy Diarmid.
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Language
English
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Escaping from an arranged marriage, sixteen-year-old Khadija finds an unlikely ally in a poor young glassmaker's apprentice, and as a deadly revolution exploits forbidden magic, threatening their friendship, they must choose what kind of world they want to live in.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' nineteen-year-old Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead"--
17) The emerald sea
Author
Series
The Glittering Court volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 24
Physical Desc
479 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tamsin Wright will do anything to reach the Glittering Court's top ranks and, even after a shipwreck exposes her to new cultures and beliefs, holds tight to the secret that would unravel everything if uncovered.
18) Our wayward fate
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ali is simultaneously swept up in a whirlwind romance and down a rabbit hole of family secrets when another Taiwanese family moves into tiny, predominantly-white, Plainhart, Indiana.
Author
Series
[Castles in their bones volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
514 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old triplets Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz, each with her own secret skill and wish, begin arranged marriages to princes of neighboring nations to fulfill their mother's intention to reign over the continent.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana--but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
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