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A handful of dust (Everyman's library #252)
By Evelyn Waugh. 2002
Satirical novel about London society. Tony Last, a young English squire, has a romantic love for his home, his wife,…
and his small son. When his wife has an affair and his child dies on a hunt, Tony seeks solace in the jungles of Brazil. 1934The honorary consul
By Graham Greene. 2008
Argentina. A British consul is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador. A local physician…
with his own divided loyalties negotiates between the rebels and the authorities. A tale of political chaos, love, faith, and betrayal. Includes 2008 introduction by Mark Bosco. 1973The golden bowl (Penguin English library)
By Henry James, Gore Vidal. 1985
London. Maggie, daughter of an American millionaire, weds Amerigo, an Italian nobleman who is in love with her friend Charlotte.…
Despite Charlotte's later marriage to Maggie's father, Amerigo and Charlotte continue their affair--of which Maggie learns from a shopkeeper selling a gilded bowl. Includes 1984 introduction by Gore Vidal. 1904The Anne of Green Gables cookbook
By Kate Macdonald. 1988
Step-by-step recipes for teatime fare from egg-salad sandwiches and old-fashioned lemonade to macaroons, raspberry tarts, vanilla ice cream, chocolate caramels,…
cakes, and puddings. Inspired by passages from the books about Anne of Green Gables. Adult assistance recommended. For grades 3-6. 1985Junie B. Jones smells something fishy (Junie B. Jones Ser. #No. 12)
By Barbara Park. 1998
Disappointed because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B.…
Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, or a dead fish. For grades K-3. 1998Mary Poppins in the kitchen: a cookery book with a story (Mary Poppins Ser. #No. 6)
By P. L Travers. 1975
On Cherry-Tree Lane, nanny Mary Poppins teaches the Banks children some of her favorite recipes from A to Z. Starting…
with Apple Brown Betty, she progresses through Irish Stew, Jam tarts, Shepherd's Pie, and Zodiac Cake. Includes a week of stories. For grades 4-7. 1975The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2)
By Jeanne Birdsall. 2008
Four years after their mother's death, the Penderwick sisters--Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty--are appalled when their aunt Claire arranges a…
date for their father. Desperate to avoid having a stepmother, the girls hatch their own plan. Sequel to The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale...(DB 61553). For grades 4-7. 2008One thousand and one nights: a retelling
By Hanan Al-Shaykh. 2013
Reimagining of nineteen stories from the classic Arabic folk-tale compilation. Includes "Shahrayar and Shahrazad," "The First Dervish," and "The Fourth…
Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor." Foreword by Mary Gaitskill, author of Veronica (DB 61634). Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Crime and punishment: A Collection of Short Stories (Vintage classics)
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Bill Meissner. 1993
An impoverished student, Raskolnikov, convinces himself that he is above the law and murders an elderly pawnbroker. But his subsequent…
guilt is overwhelming. Acclaimed 1992 translation into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky from the 1866 Russian original. Some violence. 1993Avon the snail decides to become a writer with the help of his friend Edward the ant. This project leads…
them to close encounters with an anteater, a tree frog, and a hungry fish. Sequel to The End of the Beginning (BR 15790). For grades 2-4. 2008The wings of the dove (The Modern Library classics)
By Henry James. 2003
Wealthy young American Milly Theale, doomed by illness to an early death, remains determined to experience life, however brief. Londoners…
Kate Croy and Merton Densher, impoverished lovers, conspire to dupe the charming but naive heiress and obtain her fortune. But fate intervenes. Includes a 2003 introduction. 1902Further chronicles of Avonlea (Children's Continuous Ser.)
By L. M Montgomery. 1920
Anne of Green Gables lives near Avonlea, a town on the seaside hills of Prince Edward Island. In this second…
volume of stories about Anne's neighbors, a girl risks losing her mother to find her long-lost father, and a ghost leads a woman to her dream. For grades 5-8. 1920Chronicles of Avonlea (Avonlea Ser. #No. 3)
By L. M Montgomery. 1993
Twelve stories about residents of Prince Edward Island, home to Anne Shirley and Green Gables farm. Includes the tales of…
Old Lady Lloyd's deep secret and the fifteen-year courtship of shy Theodora Dix. Companion to the Anne of Green Gables series. For grades 5-8. 1912The mayor of Casterbridge: the life and death of a man of character (Penguin classics)
By Thomas Hardy. 2003
Michael Henchard, an English farm worker, gets drunk at a country fair and sells his wife and child to a…
sailor for five guineas. His wife and daughter reappear eighteen years later, after Henchard has become the wealthy and respected mayor of Casterbridge. 1886Far from the madding crowd (Penguin classics)
By Thomas Hardy. 2000
Bathsheba Everdene becomes a woman of means when she inherits her uncle's farm. Her presence attracts three very different suitors:…
womanizing soldier Francis Troy, shepherd Gabriel Oak, and gentleman-farmer William Boldwood. The attention complicates Bathsheba's life and brings a tragedy that threatens the entire community. First published in 1874. 2000Prince Caspian: the return to Narnia (Chronicles Of Narnia Ser. #4)
By C. S Lewis. 1979
Four English children--siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy--help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from…
evil. Sequel to The Horse and His Boy (BR 13946). For grades 4-7. 1951The railway children
By E Nesbit. 2007
England. When the father of a happy family in a comfortable London home is mysteriously called away on business, the…
mother and three children move to a small country cottage near a train station, where the railway becomes an important part of their lives. For grades 4-7. 1906Charlotte's web
By E. B White. 1952
Fern, a young girl with a unique understanding of animals, shares a special friendship with her uncle's pig and Charlotte,…
a wise spider who weaves encouraging words in her web. For grades 3-6. 1952Tess of the d'Ubervilles: a pure woman
By Thomas Hardy. 2006
Victorian England. When her impoverished family discovers its noble heritage, young Tess appeals to wealthy, supposed relatives, the D'Urbervilles, and…
falls victim to Alec. Later, Tess marries the vicar's son, Angel Clare. But Angel rejects Tess for her scandalous past, forcing her back to Alec--with tragic results. 1891Missee Lee: the Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2001
The Walker and Blackett children and Uncle Jim are shipwrecked during their voyage around the world. Cast ashore on the…
China coast, they become captives of Miss Lee, a Chinese pirate's daughter. Sequel to The Big Six (DB 32695, BR 17528). For grades 4-7. 1941