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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early 20th century, Harley recounts that after his father's sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida--mere miles away from what would become Disney World--to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith, and charity,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest...
9) The sea
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author--now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career--a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family's life. "It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two...
11) The Gift
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
Picture Story; unpaged
Language
English
Description
Although some in town consider the Fish Woman a witch, a young boy goes fishing with her and not only catches, and gives away, his first salmon, but gets to see a pod of whales close up.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While enjoying autumn weather and activities, Mr. Putter, realizing how much he misses going to school, takes his cat Tabby, their adventurous neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her cake-loving dog Zeke to "Show and Tell."
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
People 50-plus today face distinct challenges and have different goals than people in their 30s and 40s. They're at a different place in their lives and are motivated by different things. They see the world through a lens that is shaped by the wisdom gained from their experiences, and by the comfort that comes from having a better understanding of who they are as individuals and what they want from life. Jenkins chronicles her own journey, as well...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, and Mrs. Teaberry and her good dog, Zeke, head for the sledding slope for the wildest ride ever. Maybe winter is not so slow after all!"--
18) Valentine queen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kylie Jean's grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, and the whole family is planning a surprise party--but Kylie also wants her class to spread valentine cheer to Oak Manor, the local assisted living facility.