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1181) Canary girls: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War I, April Tipton, a nineteen-year-old former maid, takes a job at Thornshire Arsenal filling shells, where she befriends the wife of a star footballer and the decides to join the ladies' football club.
1182) I did it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe...
1184) The Beatryce Prophecy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
1185) A calamity of souls
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
Author
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to choose love, no matter how hard it may be. Gemma thought she had her future all mapped out-a wonderful husband, a cute apartment, plans to start a family. But just months after her wedding, illness took her husband from her. And now she's trying to think up new dreams, when all she really wants are her old ones back. Across town, Dan's also rethinking...
1188) Day One: a novel
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marty seems to do no wrong. Trent can't seem to get things right. When they are thrown together by tragedy, they find their futures may be defined by more than just their good intentions. Stonesmere is an English seaside suburb, defined by poignant traditions passed from generation to generation. Marty is a golden girl here, albeit one who quietly chafes against the legacy of her father's accomplishments and the care of her saintly mother - an outsider...
1189) Midnight Sun
Author
Series
Twilight saga volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
The story of Bella and Edward from "Twilight" told from Edward's point of view takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading...
1190) Love, unscripted
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This escapist, summery beach read about a woman who scripted her perfect boyfriend but hates the actor playing him in the on-screen adaptation is perfect for fans of romance, women's fiction, and Hallmark movies"--
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
1192) Long time gone
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, she discovers she's "Baby Charlotte," who had mysterious disappeared in 1995 along with her family, and, led to the site of her disappearance, soon realizes no one is happy about her return.
1193) The paradise problem
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam "West" Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she'd signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the...
1194) Owly: 3,Flying lessons
Author
Series
Owly volume 3
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition ; [New edition].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
136 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Owly and Wormy love making new friends, and when they spot an unfamiliar animal flying through the trees, they can't wait to meet her! Unfortunately, Shadow the flying squirrel doesn't want to be friends with Owly because she's afraid of him. Wormy tries to convince Shadow that she can trust Owly, but she's still scared... When Wormy gets stuck high up in a tree, Owly's own fear of flying keeps him grounded. Can Owly overcome his fears? And will...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 307 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration has come to town, and even among local artisans, athletes, and marching bands, Hannah attracts fans of her own while serving lip-smacking pink lemonade desserts. But the mood sours when a body turns up, leading revelers to wonder if the festivities mark both the longest day of the year and the deadliest... A retired professional MLB player has met a terrifying end--and, considering the rumors swirling about...
1196) All fours: a novel
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey"--
1197) While we were burning
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of control--so much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeth's life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the...
1198) Tourist season
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Trapped alone in her fianc�e's family 'cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family-especially her fianc�e.
1199) Jessi's secret language
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club) volume 12
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jessi recently moved to Stoneybrook and is one of the newest members of the Baby-sitters Club. She's getting ready to start regularly sittings for the BSC's newest charge, Matt Braddock. Matt has been deaf since birth and uses sign language to communicate, so Jessi has to use it, too. It's a secret language"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Enola Holmes mystery volume 7
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.