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By Barbara Cohen. 1974
By Wendy Wax. 2011
Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common: they each discover their…
life savings have vanished, along with their trusted financial manager, leaving them nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle beachfront house. Throwing their lots in together, they take on the challenge of restoring the historic property. But just as they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of friendship, secrets threaten to tear down their trust and destroy their lives a second time. Some strong language. c2011.By Daniel Kirk. 2014
Pig is writing a thank-you note to his grandma when his friend Rabbit comes over to play. Eager to get…
in on the action, Rabbit writes one of his own . . . and another . . . and another . . . until his flurry of thank-you notes has Pig in a tizzy. Pig just wants to finish writing his note in peace! Fortunately, Rabbit’s last thank-you note reminds Pig how lucky he is to have Rabbit as a friend. Grades K-3. 2014.By Paulo Coelho, Jean Orecchioni. 1995
Deux amis d'enfance espagnols, un garçon et une fille, se retrouvent à l'âge adulte. Le héros, devenu séminariste, hésite entre…
l'amour de Dieu et celui de la femme. Cadre principal: un village médiéval des Pyrénées où se trouve un monastère. 1995.By Gayle Forman, Marie-France Girod. 2010
Mia a 17 ans, un petit ami que toutes ses copines lui envient, des parents un peu excentriques mais sympas,…
un petit frère craquant, et la musique occupe le reste de sa vie. Et puis... Et puis vient l'accident de voiture. Désormais seule au monde, Mia a sombré dans un profond coma. Où elle découvre deux choses stupéfiantes : d'abord, elle entend tout ce qu'on dit autour de son lit d'hôpital. Ensuite, elle a une journée seulement pour choisir entre vivre et mourir. 2010. Titre uniforme: If I stay.By Téa Stilton, Béatrice Didiot. 2010
Les Téa Sisters, ce sont cinq étudiantes venues des quatre coins de la planète qui ont fondé leur club de…
journalisme au collège de Raxford: Nicky, l'aventurière écologiste, Colette la jolie blondinette passionnée de mode, Violet, la musicienne caressant le rêve de devenir violoniste, Paulina, la passionnée de voyages, et Paméla, une mécanicienne accomplie. Chaque opus de la série relate l'une des enquêtes qu'elles sont amenées à conduire afin d'élucider les mystères pimentant leur vie d'écolières. Sous ce titre: afin de souligner les 600 ans du collège de Raxford, les professeurs décident de monter la pièce de " Roméo et Juliette ". Bien entendu, tous les élèves souhaitent être de la distribution, les Téa Sisters y compris. Or, des rivales sans scrupules sont bien décidées à tout faire pour ruiner leurs chances. Années 3-6. 2010. (Le collège de Raxford ; 1) Titre uniforme: L'amore va in scena a Topford!By Chantel Simmons. 2007
Mara Brennan is about to unravel - her boyfriend has just dumped her, her job is a nightmare, and her…
friends have all gotten ahead of her in the game of life. So she devises the OM List, a personal pathway to perfection, but instead of getting the perfect job, body and boyfriend, Mara tries and fails at all the things she thinks will make her the sophisticated grown-up she wants to be. Some strong language. c2007.By Bernice L McFadden. 2001
Sugar arrives in the small town of Bigelow, Arkansas like an ominous storm. She saunters down the street in a…
blonde wig and spiked heels. Without even speaking to her, the women in town hate her. But when she moves in next door to Pearl, a woman who tragically lost her daughter 15 years earlier, the two women bond over tragic pasts. 2017, c2001.By Elizabeth Berg. 1994
Ruth and Ann met at a party, and it was hate at first sight, until a chance encounter in the…
bathroom led to an alliance of souls. For five years they shared everything, including truths about marriage, mortality and love, but then Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ann, a former nurse, puts her own life on hold to help Ruth cope with the debilitating illness and face the approach of death. In the last poignant months, as they socialize with Ruth's friends and talk about their friendship, the sharing becomes even more profound. Strong language.By Julian Barnes. 1991
Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a…
picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite, a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married, but it is not long before a tentative friendship between the three evolves into something far different. Strong language. 1991.By Robyn Carr. 2010
This novel follows the trials of four women who've been friends since seventh grade. As they teeter on the brink…
of 30, they learn that life can change in an instant - and having old friends to lean on may never be more important. Includes strong language. 2010.By Wendelin Van Draanen. 2004
By Ben Clanton. 2017
Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. In the first story, Narwhal reveals…
his superhero alter-ego and enlists Jelly to help him figure out what his superpower is. Next, Narwhal uses his superpower to help a friend find his way back home. In the third story, Jelly is feeling blue and Narwhal comes to the rescue. Grades K-3. Sequel to "Narwhal: Unicorn of the sea". 2017.By Holly Chamberlin. 2011
Returning to Ogunquit, Maine, for an extended visit, successful businesswoman Maggie Weldon reunites with her best friend growing up, native…
Mainer Delphine Crandall, and together they reflect on their choices and compromises, the girls they were and the women they've become. c2011.By Marian Keyes. 2000
Who will have the nervous breakdown? Will it be Clodagh who awaits her beautiful husband's homecoming, or Lisa, hard and…
brittle and recently demoted? Or perhaps it will be Ashling who is so normal that she is actually weird. Descriptions of sex. 2000.By Janet Hickman. 1998
Fourteen-year-old Susannah and her widowed father have joined a Shaker frontier settlement, where children are kept separate from adults. Susannah…
finds her new life oppressive and befriends young Mary, whose outsider mother aims to remove her daughter from the community. Both girls hope for rescue. Grades 5-8. 1998.By Danielle Steel. 2002
During a traditional New Year's Eve dinner, Diane and Eric Morrison, Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith…
talk about their plans to rent a villa in southern France the following summer. When Robert suffers a sudden loss two weeks later, the others rally around, insisting he join them on the Riviera. But the villa they rented is not what they expected, and neither is the woman Robert brings along. 2002.By Judy Blume. 1998
Santa Fe sixth-grader Vix is thrilled when new classmate Caitlin asks her to spend the summer with her on Martha's…
Vineyard. The summers go on for six years, during which Vix falls in love with Bru, an island resident. Now, years later, Caitlin calls to say she is marrying Bru. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998.By Andrew M Greeley. 1997
The lives of three friends change in the summer of 1948 when, during their usual vacation at a lake, two…
other friends are killed in an auto accident. Thirty years later they gather again at the lake, but it is an unsettling reunion. There had been a cover-up and a vicious scandal after the car accident that haunt them still. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." 1997.By Mary Kay Andrews. 2011
Unemployed banker Ellis, model Julia, and teacher Dorie--once childhood friends in Savannah, Georgia--rent a beach house in Nags Head, North…
Carolina, for a month. The women, now in their thirties, share hopes and disappointments and shelter a stranger on the run from her husband. 2011.