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461) A far country
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
267 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When 14-year-old Isabel is sent by her poverty-stricken parents to live with relatives in the city, she finds that her brother has disappeared and the city is far from the paradise she had envisioned.
Author
Series
Waverley family novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Featuring characters from her 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. Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beat-up suitcase. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women...
463) Legend: bk. 1
Author
Series
Legend volume 1
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds,...
Author
Series
Waverley family volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
290 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Waverleys have always been a curious family, endowed with peculiar gifts that make them outsiders even in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even their garden has a reputation, famous for its feisty apple tree that bears prophetic fruit, and its edible flowers, imbued with special powers. Generations of Waverleys tended this garden. Their history was in the soil. But so were their futures. A successful caterer, Claire Waverley prepares...
465) The alternatives
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Flattery sisters, four brilliant and very different girls raised in a small town south of Dublin, were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in a tragic accident. Now, in their thirties--each unmarried, each holding a PhD--they are striving to make an impact on an increasingly volatile world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to fancy catering gigs in London's Notting Hill, until one...
Author
Series
Knockemout volume 1
Publisher
That's What She Said Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
554 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: alone--unless you count his basset hound Waylon. Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn't just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way: with fists and beer. Usually...
Author
Series
Caroline Ferriday volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
516 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sunflower Sisters is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real : As we roamed the neat brick streets of Charleston, past filigreed fences and palmetto trees, the atmosphere so gentle and refined, we never dreamed we'd stumble headlong into hell. Mother, my sister Georgy and I had come from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
712 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oathbound: Introduces Tarma -- swordswoman trained by elite warriors in all forms of deadly combat -- and Kethry, former noblewoman whose magical skills were shaped by a powerful school of sorcery. United by the Goddess and armed with a magical sword drawing them to those in need, Tarma and Kethry swore a blood oath to fight against evil.
Oathbreakers: When Idra, leader of the Sunhawk mercenaries, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
534 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Determined to save her sister's life, Kristen drops everything to guide Sherri on her harrowing cancer treatment journey. When she's unable to balance the strain of caring for her patients, being a wife and mother, and her frantic efforts to save her sister, Kristen's carefully balanced life crumbles, starting with her marriage. Desperate to regain her footing, she vows to rebuild her broken relationships . . . as soon as she's sure Sherri will beat...
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