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Author
Publisher
C. Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1953
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Step into the Roaring Twenties with "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This iconic novel immerses you in the glitz and glamour of the Jazz Age, where mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby hosts extravagant parties in pursuit of lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, the story unravels, revealing the dark underbelly of wealth and privilege. With lyrical prose, Fitzgerald explores the American Dream, love, and obsession. A...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010], p2009
Language
English
Description
"Conroy takes aim at our darkest emotions, lets the arrow fly and hits a bull's-eye almost every time." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
This is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult man to please, and even harder to love. This is also the story of Ben Meecham, Bull's oldest son. A gifted athlete whose best never satisfies his father,...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
When Annie's husband tells her that he is in love with another woman, Annie chooses to go home to Mystic Lake to try and rebuild her life, and while she is there, she is reunited with an old friend who needs as much help rebuilding his life as Annie needs with hers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010], p2001
Language
English
Description
"Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them--which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her--and though she tries hard to hide them, she can't get them under control. Distraction soon arrives in the handsome form of MacAllister...
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"These involving stories, along with Macomber's familiar characters, continue the Blossom Street themes…that readers find so moving." -Booklist
Come back to Blossom Street, where you'll find everything you're looking for, from yarn and flowers, to friendship… Enjoy again the beloved series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.
There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street-a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right...
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful Seattle bookstore, creates a list of twenty wishes, and, while acting upon her wishes, encounters an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list--with unexpected results.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Seeking more peaceful pastures in North Carolina, Cam Richter buys a 700-acre plantation and immediately finds himself the target of a killer, and he must deal with all the entanglements of a place suddenly alive with secrets of a bloody past.
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia Goetz and her sister, Margaret, start a "Knit to Quit" group in their Blossom Street yarn store in Seattle, bringing in an assortment of customers for weekly self-help sessions. It's for people who want to quit something -- or someone! and start a new phase of their lives. The group includes a local baker who wants a baby as much as Lydia does, a chocolate magnate who needs a way to deal with the stresses of running his...
12) Hannah's list
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon [distributor]
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
On the anniversary of his wife's death, Dr. Michael Everett receives a letter in which she, making one last request, implores him to marry again and asks him to consider three women--a lonely chef, a divorced oncology nurse, and an eccentric artist.
13) Home in Carolina
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
"Annie Sullivan had always envisioned returning to her hometown and starting a life with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But the Ty pursued a career in professional baseball and committed numerous infidelities--including an affair that ended with a three-year-old son on his doorstep. His betrayal cost her the family and the future they'd once planned. Now Annie is committed to her career as a physical therapist at the Corner Spa, the all-female...
Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2010], c2001
Language
English
Description
Claire, Elizabeth, Karen, and Julia meet every Thursday for breakfast to share the events that are happening in their lives, from a painful divorce to an unexpected pregnancy, and to offer each other undying support, love, and encouragement.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
When 13th century knight Garron of Kersey returns home from the king's service to claim his title as Baron Wareham, he's shocked to find Wareham Castle very nearly destroyed by a man called the Black Demon. Together with the enigmatic Merry, the bastard child of the castle's priest, Garron brings Wareham back to its former splendor--and hunts for the Black Demon who sought his brother's cache of gold.
16) Eve
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan zeros in on the kidnapper and serial killer who years earlier abducted and murdered her seven-year-old daughter, Bonnie.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
A high school football coach with a history of losing games faces not only the pressures from a group of fathers wanting him fired but also the possibility that his wife can never have children. When he turns to God, will his prayers be answered?
Author
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
"In the middle of the year, in the middle of her life, Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. They're driving to Florida for Ruth's 50th high-school reunion. A longtime widow, Ruth would like to reconnect with Royce, the love of her teenage life. She's heard he's alone, too. Bethanne needs time to reflect on a decision she has to make - whether or not to reconcile with her ex-husband, Grant...
20) First frost
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring characters from her beloved novel, Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen's new novel picks up ten years after that eventful summer when Claire Waverly's wild half-sister Sydney returned to Bascom and Claire met her now-husband Tyler. Things have settled down and Claire finds she has slipped back into a place of tightly sequestered sameness. It's comfortable. She likes it. But when her father Russell shows up he brings with him information...
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