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1) The proving
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Language
English
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Having left the Amish life for the English world, Amanda Dienner is shocked when she learns that her mother has passed and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. The catch is she has to run it herself for one year, acting as hostess. Amanda accepts the terms, but coming home to people she left behind won't be easy.
3) Dicey's song
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
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Series
Fablehaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
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Series
Language
English
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One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five year old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note: I hope you enjoy it. Also included are a bag of starter, instructions on how to make the bread herself, and a request to share it with others.
6) The covenant
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Series
Abram's daughters volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Book 1 of Abram's Daughters series from bestselling author Beverly Lewis. Years of secrecy bind the tiny community of Gobbler's Knob together more than the present inhabitants know, and the Plain folk who farm the land rarely interact with the fancy locals. So when Sadie is beguiled by a dark-haired English boy, it is Sadie's younger sister, Leah, who suffers from her sister's shameful loss of innocence. And what of Leah's sweetheart, Jonas Mast,...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Fablehaven volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"At the end of the school year, Kendra and her brother Seth find themselves racing back to Fablehaven, a refuge for mythical and magical creatures. Grandpa Sorenson invites three specialists -- a potion master, a collector of magical relics, and a trapper of mystical creatures -- to help protect the property from the Society of the Evening Star, an ancient organization determined to steal a hidden artifact of great power. Time is running out. If...
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Series
Ramona Quimby volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Beezus Quimby tries very hard to be patient with her little sister, but four-year-old Ramona has the habit of doing the most unpredictable, annoying, embarrassing things in the world.
13) The river
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Series
Language
English
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"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
c.2011
Language
English
Description
Hannah has done everything right: marriage, a baby, a high-level job. Her sister Holly is the college dropout, an aspiring songwriter working at a coffee shop. Then one day perfect Hannah leaves her baby with Holly and disappears. Holly knows nothing about babies, but she takes little Mason to the empty family homestead where she meets Wyatt Clark, a handsome cowboy who is mysteriously good with babies. And then, just as Holly can no longer imagine...
Author
Series
Spiderwick chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Oceanside volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters facing challenging odds must rely on each other more than ever before ... Inseparable since the sudden loss of their mother as teenagers, Willa and Harper Lakey are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of fearlessness and adventure, but enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their quaint, coastal hometown of Oceanside, Washington. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges...
17) Obsession
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English
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Katherine Lawrence is in real trouble. Two men have bound her and her friend with duct tape in the kitchen of her upscale Washington, D.C., townhouse. They keep asking about the location of a safe she knows nothing about, and they seem willing to kill. When Katherine regains consciousness, her neighbor, Dr. Dan Howard, is in the hospital room. Her memories are vague. She recalls that her boyfriend, Ed, a very powerful and scary man, is also her boss...
18) Arthur's baby
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Arthur is not sure he is happy about the new baby in the family, but when his sister asks for his help in handling the baby, Arthur feels much better.
19) My Secret Sister
Author
Publisher
Independently Published
Pub. Date
September 11, 2011
Language
English
Description
“I can’t imagine not having a sister— not having you.”
We both know it’s a lie. So many times, I’ve had to imagine it. What will it be like to see her lying there, her body empty, her spirit gone?
I take her hand and squeeze it hard. “Are you scared?” I say.
“Yeah… I am.”
MY SECRET SISTER
Two women, two secret heartbreaks…
San Francisco – Claire is living every mother’s worst nightmare. Her daughter, Jess, is suffering...
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Language
English
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When the will of a recently deceased ladies' man mandates a summer-long reunion for his daughters from different marriages at his posh Nantucket house, the three sisters are forced to confront long-festering resentments and misunderstandings as well as challenges in their private and professional lives, a situation that is complicated by a shocking revelation and the arrival of their mothers.