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81) Happy place
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English
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"A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college--they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now--for reasons they're still not discussing--they don't. They broke...
Author
Language
English
Description
"No husbands allowed. Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
346 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three friends who grew up in the same orphanage head off to college together, but as tensions rise around the world on the brink of World War I, the friends' differing aspirations and opinions begin to divide them.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When celebrated couple Isa and Ethan Bailey become the victims of a murder in which no evidence is left at the scene, Lindsay Boxer begins an investigation, while reporter Cindy Thomas probes the killing of a preacher who may not have been as saintly as he appeared.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Escaping an abusive marriage, Ivy Peterman takes her kids and settles in historic New Bern, Connecticut and finds a job working part time in a quilt shop, but when a popular quilting TV show is taped at the store, Ivy's finds her life in jeopardy after her ex-husband sees her on television.
86) A thread so thin
Author
Series
Cobbled Court volume 3
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
All seems well after Cobbled Court Quilt Shop owner Evelyn Dixon's son, Garrett, proposes to his girlfriend, Liza, until Liza gets cold feet and finds herself torn between a rare career opportunity and her love for Garrett.
87) Buddy and Earl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Buddy does not know what is in the box that Meredith carries into the living room. But when the small, prickly creature says he is a pirate -- and that Buddy is a pirate too -- the two mismatched friends are off on a grand adventure."-- Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
xii, 349 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having lost touch with each other over the years, Carmen, Lena, and Bridget are surprised when they receive plane tickets to travel to Australia for a reunion with Tibby, but after tragedy strikes their lives are changed forever.
Author
Series
The One and Only Ivan volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives that introduces an unforgettable cast of characters.
It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds...
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Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival imagines the inner life of Julia Grant, beloved as a Civil War general's wife and the First Lady, yet who grappled with a profound and complex relationship with the slave who was her namesake-until she forged a proud identity of her own. In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S Grant. Four years passed before their parents...
95) Fly away
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Series
Language
English
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A follow-up to "Firefly Lane" returns readers to the world of Tully, Kate, and Tully's mother, who explore their understandings about love, family, loss, and redemption while turning to each other in the hopes of salvaging their lives.
96) Aftermath
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"A childhood friend and the faith she taught him got Dustin through his childhood. But friendship might be what destroys him now, and his faith is slipping away"--
97) Big little lies
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
114 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice.
99) The archer
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This is an inspiring fable about the importance of taking risks and overcoming difficulty. It is told from the perspective of Tetsuya, a famous former archer, and his apprentice"--
100) Faithful
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After walking away from an accident that robs her best friend of her future, Shelby Richmond struggles to fight her way back to her own future.