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After the death of her mother, a college student discovers she was adopted. When she goes in search of her…
biological family, she finds a shocking lineage. Carlson's tale of loss, recovery, and acceptance will captivate current fans and create new ones. 2004.
Born in Newgate prison and abandoned, Moll's drive to find a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery,…
bigamy, prostitution and a career as a thief before she is apprehended and returned to Newgate. Moll is an embodiment of the virtues and vices of her eighteenth-century contemporaries. 1722, 1989. Uniform title: Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders
As a thirteen-year-old Roman boy living in Judaea returns home at night after having done an errand for his mother,…
he sees a sight he never forgets -- a man and his pregnant wife are turned away from an inn, and are preparing to spend the night in a stable. Grades 3-6. 1994.
The McBride sisters all have different reasons for finding the holiday season challenging, but their adoptive mother is determined this…
year will be different. Will they be able to make this the magical family Christmas their mother has always dreamed of? 2018.
That summer - more than ten years ago, while they were still in high school - Noelle McDowell and Thomas…
Sutton fell secretly in love. Secretly because their mothers had been locked in a bitter feud for decades. But despite the animosity between Sarah McDowell and Mary Sutton, Noelle planned to elope with Thom. Until he jilted her. This Christmas Noelle McDowell is home to celebrate the holidays with her family. After all, December 25 is also her birthday. Unfortunately, Noelle's feelings about home - or rather, her hometown of Rose, Oregon - were changed forever the day Thomas Sutton broke her heart. This Christmas the feuding mothers find themselves working together to fill Christmas baskets for charity. What irony! And what an opportunity for reconciliation ... if only they could see it. This Christmas Noelle and Thom discover they're still in love. Regardless of their mothers' reactions, they want to be together. Is that possible? Can old rivalries be set aside? 2015.
Steve Boswell thought that Carly Beth's Halloween mask was great. This year he goes to the store where Carly Beth…
got her mask. His mask is a creepy old man, definitely the scariest mask around. But soon Steve himself is feeling old -- and creepy. Grades 4-7. c1995. (Goosebumps ; 36)
Jeanie Deans, a peasant girl, is the heroine of this eighteenth-century novel that revolves around a Scottish prison. Jeanie treks…
from Edinburgh to London to gain a pardon for her sister Effie, falsely accused of child-murder, but Effie escapes with her lover. Meanwhile, when John Porteous, a guard condemned for murder, is reprieved by the queen, a mob takes justice into its own hands. 1982, 1830.
The brilliant adventuress Ethelberta disguises her humble origins and brings her family to London, installing them incognito in her town…
house as servants, happily exploiting the attentions of four different suitors in a plot rich in schemes. 1996, c1876.
A charming story of poverty's hardships dispelled in time for Christmas, set in Britain soon after World War II. Tilly…
and her widowed mother are supported by the mother's sewing. When her mother falls ill and a leaky roof ruins an unfinished wedding dress, Tilly looks for a solution. Grades 3-6. c1992.
This novel measures the agricultural seasons against the human cycle of birth, marriage and death. Describes the harsh struggles of…
a farming community to look after their land and control their sometimes wayward society. 1980. Uniform title: Terre.
Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium and Prime Minister of England, attempts as a widower to launch his grown children into…
life. All three of the high-spirited children come near to breaking their father's heart. Sequel to "The Prime Minister". Sixth and last in the series of Palliser novels. 1991.
Victimized by callous owners, Asinus, a stubborn donkey, plots escape and enjoys fleeting victories until he is sold to a…
guileless carpenter, Joseph of Nazareth. Bewildered by Joseph's goodness, Asinus becomes the protector of the vulnerable couple. c1984.
Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, certainly tries. Natasha…
may have stolen the spotlight - and Sophie's husband - but Sophie is determined to rob her of the prize for the Stupendous Stuffing Shakedown. But then Sophie stumbles across a corpse, and when the police find her name and photo inside the victim's car, Sophie will have to solve the murder - or she'll be serving up prison grub. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.
The story is set against the background of the political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III…
and the Second Empire in 1870, in particular the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan and the Paris Commune. 1972.
This deluxe volume brings all Beatrix Potter's 23 Peter Rabbit tales and verses together in one book. The texts are…
complete and unabridged. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published. Each story stands alone but several are linked together by events and characters. Grades P-2. 1997.
Will Martin has returned to his childhood home during the holidays to settle his grandfather's estate. When Will asks his…
grandmother her Christmas wish, she shows him her husband's journals, which include notes of a yearly visit to Lillian. Will's efforts to identify Lillian result in a surprising discovery. c1998.
Charleston, South Carolina. Ninety-three-year-old matriarch Theodora lives in her ancestral house, where her malcontented family gathers for the holidays. Theodora…
longs for a peaceful celebration similar to the events in her 1920s childhood that the family's Gullah housekeeper Pearl created. But then Pearl's ghost returns and restores harmony. 2007.
Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of "The Canterbury Tales" follows a party of travelers as they tell…
stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, satire, and humour, the tales help pass the time during their journey. 2011.