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Author
Series
Designing debutantes volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A young military widow, Eliza Pierce is enjoying both freedom and financial success as part of Elegant Occasions. When her late husband’s best friend, Nathaniel Stanton, the Earl of Foxstead, hires Elegant Occasions to help another young widow of an officer become part of high society, Eliza wonders why. Is the woman a relative? Or is she the earl’s mistress and her adorable toddler his child? If so, why does he take Eliza in his arms every chance...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony’s parents, a huge extended family that lives and works, eats and plays together. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no one to rely on in this still-new country. Though her ties...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Real Americansn begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn’t be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Wagon Master Clayton Scofield has led countless families across the dusty, wide-open territories of the West, helping the brave, sometimes reckless pioneers settle into new lives brimming with the promise of good lives. Accompanied by his nephew Clint Buchanan riding as scout and cook Spud Williams, Scofield’s latest trail finds him guiding a train of thirty wagons from Independence, Missouri, to the distant dream of Oregon. It isn’t long before...
Author
Series
Publisher
Brave Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Little Mobi isn't like other cubs, but to Mother Bear, he means the world. Life is hard for Mobi and his mother, but love carries them through -- until a vulture named Culture seeds a new idea: 'Why don't you just live for yourself?' Follow Mobi as he learns the value of life at all stages, and experience the lessons with your own family through the games and discussion questions included in The BRAVE Challenge at the end of the book."--Cover.
Author
Series
Rica Baptista volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Rica Baptista is living the good life. Grampy, the best Grampy of all Grampies, is coming to visit, and Adventure Week, the best week of all weeks, is finally here. Rica doesn't yet know if they will bounce on trampolines, go horseback riding, or even tour Fenway Park and watch the Red Sox play, but she knows they will have the best time ever. When Grampy hobbles into the house on crutches, however, Rica worries that this year's Adventure Week will...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The multi-award-winning pre-school animation, loved by children and their families around the world, returns for its highly anticipated third series. Bluey and her little sister Bingo love coming up with hilarious, elaborate games based on their interpretation of the world around them. They enjoy nothing more than roping Mum Chilli and Dad Bandit and all their family, friends, and neighbors into their daily fun. Series 3 brings more of the authentic...
9) Mater 2-10
Author
Publisher
Scribe UK
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"International Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story -- an epic tale that threads together a century of Korean history. In contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-story factory chimney. During the long and lonely nights, he talks to his ancestors, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down the generations. Through the lives of those ancestors, three generations...
10) Make Them Pay
Author
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lucy Kincaid and Sean Rogan are finally tying the knot. Two weeks before their wedding, a surprise visitor shows up at their door: Eden, Sean's estranged sister from Europe. She claims she's in town for the wedding and wants to mend fences. Lucy invites Eden to stay with them-after all, family is family-but her boss, SSA Noah Armstrong, knows far more about Eden's sketchy past than he's let on.
While Lucy is focused on her investigation tracking down...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life - from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 17
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Approached in the park by a shadowy figure, Angus Lordie is mistaken for a journalist and becomes privy to some controversial plans of the Scottish Parliament - but just what is he meant to do about it? At school, a new member of Bertie's class, Galactica MacFee, quickly comes between Bertie and Olive, leaving him no choice but to skip town. And the indomitable Irene finds herself yet again in Edinburgh . . . but this time there might be romance...
Author
Publisher
Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
All around the world, there are little animals who are convinced that moving to a new, exciting place will make them happy -- but will it really? Rachel Cruze's beloved cast of characters is back in a brand-new story that will capture the imagination and spark conversations about gladness, gratefulness, and the gift of home. As your child follows the animals through their adventures in the ocean, forest, and the African plain, they'll see how each...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An innovative look at the life of fictional Mafia Capo Tony Soprano, this serial is presented largely first person, but additional perspective is conveyed by the intimate conversations Tony has with his psychotherapist. We see Tony at work, at home, and in therapy. Moments of black comedy intersperse this aggressive, adult drama, with adult language, and extreme violence.
16) Nowhere special
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation. As John struggles to find the right answer to his impossible task, he comes to accept the help of a young social...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or OZ. As run by Tim McManus and overseen by Warden Leo Glenn, Em City is about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. No matter how hardened a criminal or killer, whether you're in for a few years or in for life, you have a role to play. Once inside, choose your friends carefully.
18) Coraline
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. The parallel reality is eerily similar to her own life but only much better. When the adventure turns dangerous, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home and save her family. Includes 2-D version only.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Daphne always loved the way her fiance Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but...