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2) Promise me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Beth Cardall's life was falling apart: her six-year-old daughter, Charlotte, was suffering from an unidentifiable illness; her marriage transformed from a seemingly happy and loving relationship to one full of betrayal and pain; her job was increasingly at risk; and she had lost her ability to trust, to hope, or to believe in herself. Then, on Christmas day, Beth encountered Matthew.
Author
Series
Mistletoe Collection volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Lonely divorcee Elise Dutton accepts a man's proposition to pretend for eight weeks--until the evening of December 24-- to be a couple. As the charade progresses, the safety of her fake relationship begins to mend her badly broken heart. But just as she begins to find joy again, her long-held secret threatens to unravel the emerging relationship. But she might not be the only one with secrets.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family to Utah; and his parents separate. When Richard is run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies. Richard becomes fast friends with the man who inspires Richard's love for books and whose dog becomes...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A holiday tale inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors follows the modern story of Joe, who after being forced out of the family business by jealous siblings becomes the chief adviser to the CEO of another company and his own family's savior in the face of a troubled economy.
7) The walk
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
What would you do if you lost everything -- your job, your home, and the love of your life -- all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts. A bottle of pills in his hand and nothing left to live for, he plans to end his misery. Instead, he decides to take a walk. But not any ordinary walk. Taking with him only the barest of essentials, Al leaves behind all that he's known and...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lindy Carmichael isn't feeling particularly joyful when she returns home to Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas. The man she thought was 'the one' has cheated on her with her best friend and she feels completely devoid of creativity in her graphic-design job. Not even carollers or Christmas cookies can cheer her up - but Lindy's mother, Ellen, remembers an old tradition that might lift her daughter's spirits. Reading through a box of childhood letters...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of "big box" stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface--and possibly love. Twenty-four-year-old Holly Zook lives a unique life for a young Amish woman. Years ago, her bishop allowed her to continue her education and become the lead technician for Greene's Pharmacy,...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
15) Winchester 1887
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
On the American frontier, every gun tells a story. A boy in Texas waits for a Christmas present he chose from a Montgomery Ward catalog. The present, a brand new, lever action Winchester 1886 and a box of its big .50-caliber slugs, never makes it there. Instead, the rifle is caught up in a train robbery and starts a long and violent journey of its own--from the hands of a notorious, kill-crazy outlaw to an Apache renegade to a hardscrabble rancher...
Author
Language
English
Description
Thematic presentation for early childhood education divided by months of the year. Subjects include pets, apples, worms, fall, community places, senses, Halloween, colors, self-concepts, children of the world, Thanksgiving, Mother Goose, shapes, winter holidays, Christmas, snowmen, bears, birthdays, monsters, shadows, groundhogs, Valentine's Day, time, dinosaurs, pigs, nutrition, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, spring, farm ,frogs, butterflies, mice,...
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