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Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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...
2) The believer
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A New York City trendspotter returns to her Stockholm borough home to discover the truth about her missing brother's alleged ties to ISIS, while a human rights researcher, Klara Walldeen, discovers she may be unwittingly contributing to the dark agendas of powerful forces.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts: imaginative, oppositional, increasingly obsessed with the lore and legend of the island's sinister past and their absent mother, whom their father refuses to speak of. As the girls come of age, and the...
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Big sisters are the best! Neither rain nor a series of setbacks can put a damper on a young girl's day spent with her big sister. A picture book that captures the love between siblings! A young girl is thrilled to spend the day with her big sister, but things don't go as planned. It's so hot outside-legs-stick-to-the-seat hot-that her ice cream melts and then it rains. Their plans must change, and then change again as the library closes just before...
Author
Series
Heart of Cheyenne volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Invited by a friend to help establish the newly formed town of Cheyenne, Edward Vogel is prepared to leave the haunting memories of his wife and son's deaths behind him. The only problem is the corrupt new railroad town wants family men who can establish law and order, and desperation leads Edward to his friend Marybeth with a proposition of marriage. After her father's death leaves her with no means of support, Marybeth Kruger has no choice but...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Rose Tillman and Marvina Nash haven't spoken in decades--not since Rose sent Marvina $40 to register their business and Marvina spent it on something else. Rose begins a long career at the post office and Marvina spends her weekends cooking chicken dinners for the church fundraiser. Marvina never leaves the canister of their mama's special spice mix in the church kitchen, and she shares the recipe with no one. Rose never forgave Marvina...
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Orphaned during the Second World War, Aelish and Isabel McGuire--known as the twins of Belfast--are given over to the austere care of the Sisters of Bethlehem. Though they are each all the other has, the girls are propelled in opposite directions as they grow up. Rebellious Isabel turns her back on the church and Ireland, traveling to Newfoundland where she pursues a perilous yet independent life. Devout Aelish chooses to remain in Northern Ireland...
Author
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Cami and Isa are very different sisters. Cami always wants to be perfect. She worries about it every single day! She follows all the rules, does all her homework on time, and never makes a fuss. Isa, on the other hand, is confident everything she does is perfect, even when it's most definitely not. Her drawing on the wall? Perfect. Her bowling ball bouncing into the other lane? Perfect-er. When the two sisters face their own challenges at the first...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth (Emmy?-Award-winner Blanche Baker of HOLOCAUST). But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever. William Atherton (DIE HARD), Catherine Mary Stewart...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Amelia and Kylee, two young sisters, were found unharmed in their upstairs bedroom the night their teenage cousin Grace, who was babysitting them, vanished from the farmhouse in rural Missouri, leaving behind evidence of a violent struggle. Grace had been on the verge of escaping their dead-end town, the first in their family to go to college instead of getting married and going to work at the meatpacking plant. Her disappearance is a warning to...
11) Hotel Magnifique
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
Español
Description
A duras penas sale adelante con un trabajo en la curtiduria y se ha resignado a llevar una vida monotona en la ciudad portuaria de Durc, cuidando de su hermana pequena, Zosa. Hasta que el legendario Hotel Magnifique llega a la ciudad.
Seventeen-year-old Jani and her little sister Zosa secure jobs at a glamorous magical hotel, but when Jani realizes that their staff contracts are unbreakable, she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the...
Author
Publisher
bKensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of the Fortune sisters, three young women each at a crossroads when they boarded the RMS Titanic in the spring of 1912 -and how that maiden voyage would transform their lives in profound and unexpected ways."--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, the Peacock sisters were little girls who combed each other's tangled hair. But decades of secrets have led them to separate lives--and to telling lies, to themselves and to one another. Sylvie is getting married. Again. A librarian and widow who soothes her grief by escaping into books (and shelving them perfectly), Sylvie has caught the attention of an unlikely match: Simon Rampling, a mysterious, wealthy man from Northern England....
14) The red grove
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community. What kind of world might we have, who might we become, if everyone were truly safe? What price would we pay for that kind of freedom? There are secrets beneath every community—even those founded with the purest of intentions—secrets as strong and reaching as the roots that keep us connected to one another and anchored to home. The Red Grove is a special...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 3.
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Mystery arises at Secondhand Blessings when Martha promises to hold a unique crazy quilt for her late mother’s best friend Anne, who says it is a family heirloom. But then an elderly Amish customer comes along and demands that she be allowed to buy the quilt, claiming that it belonged to her family. Do the two share some connection the Classens don’t know about? Can Amish neighbor Rachel Fischer help the sisters uncover the clues they need from...
Author
Series
Demon seekers volume 3
Publisher
Blackfin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Earth, 2171. In a matter of days, the War for Earth will end. As her enemies plot to destroy her planet, seventeen-year-old Tasia must confront her darkest fears while trying to gather the last great human army. Though her powers have grown, so too has the determination of the demons who hunt her. Assailed by human detractors and her own doubts, Tasia struggles to stay one step ahead of her foes. In a desperate attempt to force a decisive battle,...
17) Shanghailanders
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2040, and wealthy real estate investor Leo Yang- handsome, distinguished, a real Shanghai man- is on the train back to the city after seeing his family off at the airport. His sophisticated Japanese-French wife and their two eldest children, Yumi and Yoko, are headed to Boston, though one daughter's revelation will soon re-route them to Paris. 2039: Kiko, their youngest daughter and aspiring actress, decides to pursue fame at any cost,...
Author
Series
Demon seekers volume 2
Publisher
Blackfin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Earth, 2171. The War for Earth has raged for a century. Swept up in its currents, seventeen-year-old Tasia has fulfilled her quest to save her brother. But Tasia's fate remains her foe. Imprisoned by the demons she's vowed to seek out and destroy, Tasia finds herself at the edge of the world--alone and afraid. Tormented by her captors, she struggles to survive. In a desperate effort to escape, she forges a daring alliance with a fellow prisoner....
Author
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton, who is just days from retirement from Sussex Police when the discovery of the bones of a young woman takes her back to a tragic unsolved case she worked on as WPC in the 1970s: the disappearance of a teenage girl from a notorious local children's home, not long after another young resident died in suspicious circumstances. Jo is determined track down the victim's sister, convinced that re-opening...
Author
Publisher
Bermlord Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Elise and her younger sister Wylla haven't spoken to one another in almost a year. Wylla refuses to forgive Elise for everything that happened last fall, but when they both win an all-expense paid trip to ten of the best amusement parks in the country to ride rollercoasters, Elise thinks it could be a way for them to finally reconnect. As the pair set off with a ragtag group of misfits, ... Elise hopes the hours of confinement...