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Ten-year-old Freddie Musgrave's services were in great demand as a runner for those whose business along the Victorian Tyne involved…
evading the Customs and Excise. One night, Freddie rescues an infant, and in turn, Maggie Hewitt, a local businesswoman, rescues them both. A romance set in 19th century England. Some strong language. 1989.
At twelve, Tommy Frazer suddenly finds himself with a new mom, a new house, and a new school. In hopes…
of making friends, he volunteers to be on the decoration committee for the school dance. Everything is going just fine until Tommy has to make a trip to the art room on the third floor where he begins hearing voices. Sequel to "Deep Trouble II". Followed by "Werewolf Skin". Grades 4-7. c1997. (Goosebumps ; 59)
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)
Black Dow, ruler of the North, clashes with the Union Empire, which is desperate for any decisive battle. Their forces…
fight for three bloody days over an insignificant hill, while old warrior Curnden Craw struggles to do what is right. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2011.
Josie Douglas came to the isolated country cottage with her research, a good alibi, and a gun, hoping to have…
enough time to unravel the facts behind the tragedy that, years before, had shattered her life. Instead, a series of strange coincidences, a ghostly visitor, and a mysterious brass key provide another mystery: a house haunted by its own dark past. There's also Marc Westbrook, a landlord who embodies the meaning of the term drop-dead handsome, but can Josie trust him with the secret that drove her into seclusion? 2008, c1994.
John Singer, a deaf-mute whose only friend has been committed to an insane asylum, is forced to listen and not…
"talk." He becomes the confidant of several people, but they do not recognize his problems.
Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her "psychic visions" are helping the police find the…
town's missing golden girl. It's no challenge: her readings have always been faked, and she's involved in the kidnapping. It was supposed to be easy--no one would get hurt and she'd get the money she needs to start a new life. When the harmless prank turns dark, Skye realizes the people she's involved with are willing to kill to get what they want. Now she must discover their true identity-- before it's too late. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2018 John Spray Mystery Award. 2017.
Have you ever heard of the famous Hindenburg blimp that crashed and burned in New Jersey on May 6, 1937?…
Learn about the history of airships (also called zeppelins after the man who invented them, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin), and the Hindenburg, and about what happened the day of the crash - how sixty-two people managed to survive, and that it’s still not known why the crash took place. Also includes facts about the blimps of today, statistics, and a timeline. Grades 3-6. 2011.
Greece as seen through the eyes of a sensitive traveller - English classicist, archaeologist, and former Jesuit priest, whose poetic…
observations about the land and its people are interspersed with personal narrative. c1981.
Depicts the struggle for human rights, from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. Chapters are structured…
around questions such as: What are the origins of human rights? Why did the European vision of human rights triumph over those of other civilizations? Has socialism made a lasting contribution to the legacy of human rights? Is globalization eroding or advancing human rights? 2004.
Thaniel, a 17-year-old wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to destroy the terrible creatures that infest the alleys…
of London's Old Quarter. Their lives become entwined with that of Alaizabel Cray, a woman who may be either mad or possessed. Murderous, nonhuman creatures and power-hungry villains abound in this alternative London of the past. Descriptions of violence and some strong language. For junior high and older readers. 2004.
Seven tales of recently deceased persons who are not quite ready to give up Earth and enter Heaven. God places…
these embodied spirits in the Heavenly Village, a wayside where they can "finish their stories" before ascending to perfect happiness. Junior and Senior High and older readers. c1999.
Comic novel of the London art world of the 1960s and 1970s, featuring an artsy couple whose love-hate relationship results…
in their daughter’s mysterious disappearance. The characters include a wealthy villainess, eccentric grandparents, and assorted lovers and mates. Includes strong language and sex. 1987.
Cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley finds a silver lining in her golden years as an amateur sleuth in her small English…
village of Barrington, teaming up with mysterious newcomer Gus and her own cousin to solve the murder of Gus's elderly neighbor. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2010. (Ivy Beasley mysteries ; 1)
A frustrated young comic, Dwayne Feller, is tending bar; but his true love is standup comedy and he longs to…
be famous. As events begin to spiral, the lives of Dwayne and Monigan, his dad who abandoned the family years ago, unexpectedly collide. 1998.
Carter Graham is a successful, financially secure London lawyer in her mid-thirties, a partner in her firm -- she has…
it all. However, she slowly begins to learn that her husband, Kim, is not what he seems, with hints of serious occult involvement and Nazi ties. Carter plunges into a darkness and terror she has never dreamed possible. 1999.
Nothing could be more serene than the life of Brother William, a young Benedictine monk who had turned his back…
on the world ten years earlier to retreat to a monastery in upstate New York. But then Lauren Wolfe, a troubled young poet, comes to use the library to research a book on Heloise and Abelard; one sight of the faint scars from a failed suicide attempt on Lauren's wrist is enough to turn the monk's life upside down. Every suppressed impulse rises to the surface: his desire to rescue and soothe her trumps his vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. Soon he is simply Peter, a gentle young man who has followed his beloved to New York City because he needs to look out for her, as sincerely as he once pursued his calling. Bestseller. 2015.