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202) Miles to go
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Alan Christoffersen, a once-successful advertising executive, wakes one morning to find himself injured, alone, and confined to a hospital bed in Spokane, Washington. Sixteen days earlier, reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan left everything he knew behind and set off on an extraordinary cross-country journey. Carrying only a backpack, he planned to walk to Key West, the farthest destination on his map. But a...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the power of forgiveness and love! Penniless and homeless, Meg's family seeks refuge amid An Amish Christmas in Pennsylvania. What will they discover about life? And in A Plain & Fancy Christmas, young widowed Amish mother Rachel and corporate executive Ellie discover they were accidentally switched at birth. Where do they really belong?
204) Animal: a novel
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child--that has haunted her every waking moment--while forging the power to finally strike back. Animal is a depiction...
205) The view from here
Author
Series
Eureka Colorado volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When newly divorced Maggie Carter inherits a gold mine from the father she never knew, she leaves Houston and travels to the small town of Eureka, Colorado. There, she hopes to solve the mystery of the man who abandoned the family when she was three. In Eureka, Maggie meets people who touch her life in different ways, bitter librarian Cassie Wynock, town mayor Lucille Theriot; and Jameso Clark, whose love-hate relationship with her father intrigues...
206) The strawberry thief
Author
Series
Chocolat volume 4
Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend. But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette and a written confession to Reynaud, the life of the sleepy village...
Author
Publisher
WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Kate Burrows has a life many would envy--a good job at a design firm, a huge house, beautiful memories of the late husband who gave her everything, and two grown kids doing well for themselves. But it's all begun to ring hollow as she wanders around a house that's too big for her. So when she gets caught up in binge watching a show all about tiny homes, something clicks--something that soon has Kate embarking on a whole new life. -- Cover.
Author
Publisher
Zack Zombie Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? Being a teenage Zombie is no easy feat, especially when you're going through some major changes. No-one told Zombie that mutating is a normal part of growing up. Now Zombie is doing everything crazy thing he can think of to get back to normal. But that isn't the only major change in Zombie's life - all of a sudden, a giant volcano has appeared and is threatening to blow Zombie's town...
209) Otherwise engaged
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Life is sweet for New Yorkers Molly and Gabe: They're young, in love, and newly engaged. But when Gabe sells his first novel--a thinly-veiled retelling of his wild love affair with ex-girlfriend Talia--and it becomes a national sensation, Molly can't help but feel like the third wheel. To make matters worse, Talia reappears in Gabe's life, eager to capitalize on the book's success and to rekindle what she had with Gabe... at least, that's how it...
Author
Series
Diary of a Minecraft zombie volume Bk. 15
Publisher
Zack Zombie Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Just when Zombie's life seems to be getting back to normal, it gets turned upside-down again. Adorable little gnomes are appearing on everyone's lawns, but nobody knows where they came from or why they're there. But they seem pretty cute, so Zombie doesn't mind. At the same time, people are mysteriously vanishing into thin air and no-one knows where they've gone. Can Zombie and his friends uncover where the gnomes are from? Will they find out where...
211) Lo & behold
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When you're named after a 250-year-old tortoise, you grow up believing life is full of possibilities and wonder. But ever since Addie's family got turned upside down, those things have been harder for her to see. The last thing Addie wants to do is make a new friend, but when her dad's summer job takes them across the country, she meets Mateo and finds herself caught up in an exciting project. With the help of a virtual reality headset, she's suddenly...
212) Miss Janie's girls
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Miss Janie is at the end of a long and full life, but she has no intention of crossing that finish line until she's found her girls . . . It's been ten years since Teresa and Kayla shook off the dust of Birthright, Texas, went their separate ways, and never looked back. Apart from their foster mom, Miss Janie, they don't have many fond memories of their hometown. Or of each other. Still, neither can forget the kind woman who opened her home and heart...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press ; a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-oldVeronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists...
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