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By Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.By Andrea Spalding. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Rowan is sent to spend a summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia while her…
parents are on assignment in Africa. In an attempt to keep herself busy she decides to camp out on a near-by island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist Rowan fights for the protection of the otters. Grades 5-8. 1998.By Regina M. Hansen. 2021
Music, myth, and horror blend in this romantic, “eerie…atmospheric” (Publishers Weekly) fantasy debut about a teen girl who must fight…
a powerful evil that’s invaded her Prince Edward Island home—perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens.There’s a certain wild magic in the salt air and the thrum of the sea. Beet MacNeill has known this all her life. It added spice to her childhood adventures with her older cousin, Gerry, the two of them thick as thieves as they explored their Prince Edward Island home. So when Gerry comes up the path one early spring morning, Beet thinks nothing of it at first. But he is soaking wet and silent, and he plays a haunting tune on his fiddle that chills Beet to the bone. Something is very, very wrong. Things only get worse when Marina Shaw saunters into town and takes an unsettling interest in Gerry’s new baby. Local lore is filled with tales of a vicious shape-shifting sea creature and the cold, beautiful woman who controls him—a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Marina. Beet is determined to find out what happened to her beloved cousin, and to prevent the same fate from befalling the handsome new boy in town who is winning her heart, whether she wants him to or not. Yet the sea always exacts a price…By Laura Ruby. 2019
1940s. Frankie's father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, but she is not prepared to be…
abandoned by him again. Soon, Frankie and her sister carve a new life for themselves. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2019By Kiera Cass. 2014
As the Selection competition approaches its finish, America and Prince Maxon must decide if they are truly meant for each…
other. Sequel to The Elite (BR 21116). For senior high and older readers. 2014By Kiera Cass. 2015
After her parents had a successful match, in The Selection Series (DB 79319), Princess Eadlyn, the heir to the throne,…
must go through her own Selection process. However, Eadlyn remains unenthusiastic about the prospect of having thirty-five strange boys vying for her attention. For senior high and older readers. 2015By Kiera Cass. 2016
Events at the palace force Eadlyn to make an important choice, knowing that her Selection might not lead her to…
the fairytale ending her parents found. Sequel to The Heir (DB 84199). For senior high and older readers. 2016By Kiera Cass. 2012
When Prince Maxon comes of marrying age in the caste-divided nation of Illéa, thirty-five single young women compete in the…
Selection--a chance to win the prince's heart. America Singer reluctantly enters the contest and is chosen as a candidate, but loves another. For senior high and older readers. 2012By Madeleine L'Engle. 2008
After graduating from college in 1946, Elizabeth pursues her dream of acting and lands an apprenticeship in a summer theater…
company. She falls in love with an aspiring director, not realizing how much her friendship with a fellow apprentice means to her. For senior high and older readers. 1950By Ann Turnbull. 2007
England, 1665. Cast out by his father for becoming a Quaker, Will spends three years in London saving money to…
marry Susanna. But when the plague paralyzes the city, the couple must postpone their reunion. Sequel to No Shame, No Fear (BR 16263). For senior high readers. 2007By Karen Wallace. 2005
England, nineteenth century. Teenaged sisters Ellen and Lucy Spangle star in a horseback-riding act in their father's circus until tragedy…
strikes. Ellen's plans to leave the ring change when she discovers true love and realizes that the circus is her true calling. For junior and senior high readers. 2005By Kathleen Duey. 1999
San Francisco, 1906. Chambermaid Sierra O'Neille works in the hotel where rancher Joseph Harlan and his family are staying. While…
rescuing others when disaster strikes, the two are thrown together and fall in love. For junior and senior high readers. 1999By C Archer. 1996
When Christy receives an offer to teach in her hometown of Asheville, she makes a decision that stands to affect…
her entire future. During a train wreck on her return to Cutter Gap, Christy experiences a life-changing insight that clarifies her destiny. Sequel to The Proposal (BR 10900). For grades 5-8By K. B. Laugheed. 2013
This is the account of Katie O'Toole, late of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, removed from her family by savages on March…
the 2nd in the year of our Lord 1747 The thirteenth child conceived of miserable Irish exiles, Katie O'Toole dreams of a different life. Little does she know that someone far away is dreaming of her. In 1747, savages raid her family home, and seventeen-year-old Katie is taken captive. Syawa and Hector have been searching for her, guided by Syawa's dreams. A young Holyman, Syawa believes Katie is the subject of his Vision: the Creature of Fire and Ice, destined to bring a great gift to his people. Despite her flaming hair and ice-blue eyes, Katie is certain he is mistaken, but faced with returning to her family, she agrees to join them. She soon discovers that in order to fulfill Syawa's Vision, she must first become his Spirit Keeper, embarking on an epic journey that will change her life--and heart--forever. Ideal for fans of The Son and Empire of the Summer Moon, this riveting novel will transport and enchant readers.By Judith Kinghorn. 2013
An absorbing, evocative and rich period drama of buried secrets and lost love. When a mysterious countess arrives late in…
life to live at a large, deserted house on the edge of a sleepy Hampshire village, the local tongues start wagging. No one is more intrigued than Cecily Chadwick, idling away the long, hot summer of 1911 with nothing much to do. Cecily is fascinated by the exotic elderly lady and, as she gets to know her, is riveted by her tales of expatriate life on the continent, and of whom she once knew. But the countess is troubled: by her memories, her name, and by anonymous threats to reveal a ruinous secret. . . It is, she has decided, up to her close friend, a successful novelist who has come to stay for the summer, to put the record straight. For aspiring writer Cecily, the novelist's presence only adds to the intrigue and pull of the house. But it is the countess's grandson, Jack, his unanswered questions about his grandmother's past and his desire to know the truth, that draw Cecily further into the tangled web of the countess's life, and the place known asTemple Hill.By Kate Noble. 2010
Lady Jane Cummings expects her summer at Merrymere Lake to be hum-drum compared to London, but when rumors of a…
local highwayman lead her to discover the handsome gentleman Byrne Worth, nothing can keep her from Merrymere's most wanted.By Claudia Dain. 2009
If Lady Amelia Caversham is to marry before another Season passes, she'd better find help-namely, that of the infamous courtesan-turned…
matchmaker Sophia Dalby. But even Amelia is shocked when Lady Dalby informs her that they will hold interview for the position. And most shocking of all? Only Dukes need apply.By J. P. Francis. 2014
Like Snow Falling on Cedars, a stirring tale of wartime love April, 1944. The quiet rural village of Stark, New…
Hampshire is irrevocably changed by the arrival of 150 German prisoners of war. And one family, unexpectedly divided, must choose between love and country. Camp Stark is under the command of Major John Brennan, whose beautiful daughter, Collie, will serve as translator. Educated at Smith and devoted to her widowed father, Collie is immediately drawn to Private August Wahrlich, a peaceful poet jaded by war. As international conflict looms on the home front, their passion blinds them to the inevitable dangers ahead. Inspired by the little-known existence of a real World War II POW camp, The Major's Daughter is a fresh take on the timeless theme of forbidden love.By Terri Brisbin. 2015
What if the standing stones and stone circles across the old Celtic world had a secret origin and use?What if…
some opened into another world?What if the goddess of fire was trapped beneath one? Lovely and innocent Brienne of Yester has always been able to manipulate fire, but when her powers suddenly surge, the simple life she once knew explodes.Handsome, fearless, and commanding William de Brus has been summoned by the king to investigate a nobleman rumored to have powers linked to the fabled fire goddess. When he chances upon Brienne, his desire for her is immediate. But as his mystical quest unfolds, William realizes that she is at the center of it--for Brienne possesses the very power he has been sent to vanquish....As their attraction deepens, William attempts to free Brienne from the dark force beginning to control her--even when his duty demands that he treat her as an enemy. With emotions flaring, fire rising, and evil threatening at every turn, can the two lovers survive the coming battle and save all of humanity?By Claudia Dain. 2008
An unrequited love who is in possession of her family s pearls leaves Lady Louisa Kirkland no choice She…
must call on Lady Sophia an ex-courtesan cleverer than all the other ton matrons combined