Valerie Martin
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1954 on far-flung Verona Island, a tropical paradise with a fragile economy and a rising crime rate. Prostitution is legal and Lila Gulliver is proud of her business, a high-end brothel where her clients are guaranteed privacy and discretion. When Carità Bercy, a young, destitute, and beautiful blind woman arrives at her door seeking employment, Lila decides to give her a chance. Carità proves a valuable asset to the house, as well as a psychological...
3) Property
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Tensions between Manon Gaudet, a fiercely discontent Louisiana plantation wife, and her young slave Sarah who has been forced into a sexual relationship with Manon's husband, come to a head in the 1820s when a slave rebellion touches all their lives.
Author
Series
Anton and Cecil volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Orange Prize winner Valerie Martin teams up with educator Lisa Martin for a rip-roaring, high-seas adventure about two very different cat brothers. Illustrations.
Author
Series
Anton and Cecil volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When cat brothers Anton and Cecil receive a message of distress from Hieronymus, they set out to rescue their rodent friend, catching a train going West--and on the way they will encounter huge bison, chattering prairie dogs, hungry coyotes, and the most dangerous creature of all, a boy who wants to make Cecil his pet
Author
Series
Anton and Cecil volume 3
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Cat brothers Anton and Cecil team up with a police dog to search for missing puppies at the Chicago World's Fair in the thrilling final installment to the series"--
8) Mary Reilly
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.
9) Mary Reilly
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.