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Shieldwall
By Justin Hill. 2012
A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Justin Hill's Shieldwall . . . superbly evoked the wordplay of the period's…
poetry as it unfolds a compelling story of Earl Godwin's battles against the Norse'The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of boyhood and destined to become one of his country's great warriors.When Ethelred's son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed, he plucks Godwin from domestic peace to be right-hand man in his loyal shield wall. Godwin must traverse the meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England, raising armies of monks, ploughmen and shepherds against the Viking invader. With epic courage and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel the butchering Danes in three great battles. But an old enemy, the treacherous Earl Eadric, dogs Godwin's footsteps, and as the final battle approaches, around the valiant English the trap begins to close.Girl Underwater
By Claire Kells. 2015
An adventurous debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer’s harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a…
major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her—only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness. Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water. Growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts, she took swim lessons at her community pool and captained the local team; in high school, she raced across bays and sprawling North American lakes. Now a sophomore on her university’s nationally ranked team, she struggles under the weight of new expectations but life is otherwise pretty good. Perfect, really.That all changes when Avery’s red-eye home for Thanksgiving makes a ditch landing in a mountain lake in the Colorado Rockies. She is one of only five survivors, which includes three little boys and Colin Shea, who happens to be her teammate. Colin is also the only person in Avery’s college life who challenged her to swim her own events, to be her own person—something she refused to do. Instead she’s avoided him since the first day of freshman year. But now, faced with sub-zero temperatures, minimal supplies, and the dangers of a forbidding nowhere, Avery and Colin must rely on each other in ways they never could’ve imagined.In the wilderness, the concept of survival is clear-cut. Simple. In the real world, it’s anything but.Pool Boys
By Erin Haft. 2006
The Search for Snout (Rod Allbright and the Galactic Patrol)
By Bruce Coville. 1995
Somewhere Snout is waiting.Rod Allbright and his alien friends face the biggest mystery of their lives: Where in the wide,…
wide galaxy is their missing friend Snout, the Master of the Mental Arts? Their death-defying search for their friend leads them across the stars to the Mentat, the mysterious home of the Mental Masters. But the clues they uncover there only deepen the mystery -- and the danger. For Rod and his friends have stumbled into something far bigger and more dangerous than any of them had ever dreamed. At stake are their honor, their lives, their sanity, and (just possibly) the fate of the universe.Fill in the Blank (The Friendship Ring Series #6)
By Rachel Vail. 2000
Tommy has been friends with Zoe forever. Being with Zoe is sort of like being with one of the guys,…
only better. Zoe loves to play sports, crack jokes, and she doesn't act all stupid and giggly around boys like most of the other girls in seventh grade. But lately Tommy's friends have started teasing him about being in love with Zoe. It's so ridiculous. So annoying. Still, when Zoe asks him who he likes, Tommy suddenly realizes there is only one name that would fill in the blank...Pony Parade (Animal Ark Pets #7)
By Ben M. Baglio. 1996
Mandy's new neighbor, Paul, wants to adopt a sad, abused pony from the animal shelter. But Paul must convince everyone…
that he has the time to give the pony the care it so desperately needs.Truth (Chasing Yesterday, Book Three)
By Robin Wasserman. 2007
J.D. can't run from her past any longer. She knows the truth now: that she's dangerous, a weapon. If she…
can't learn to control her powers, there's no telling what or who she'll destroy next. To finally unlock the secrets in her mind, she will have to return to the Institute that created her. But returning to the Institute won't be easy. Almost nobody goes in and no one ever gets out.Mystery of the Bear Cub
By Tamra Wight, Carl DiRocco. 2017
The boys are down in the dumps—literally! Someone is dumping trash on the Wilder Family Campground’s property. It’s bad for…
the campground, and bad for the wildlife there, too. When Cooper, Packrat, and Roy find a fox in the woods with its head stuck in a jar, they know it’s time to investigate. But when the boys start digging, they stumble headlong into the path of a garbage truck and a hungry black bear. Tamra Wight keeps the adventures coming in Book 4 of the award-winning Cooper & Packrat series.The Lost And Found Girl
By Catherine King. 2011
PromisesBeth thought marrying gentleman farmer Edgar Collins would rescue her from a life of endless servitude, but her future would…
be bleaker than she could ever imagine . . . PainWhen the legitimacy of her twin babies is questioned, the tiny infants are sent far away. James is adopted by Edgar's uncle, the very wealthy Lord Redfern, master of Redfern Abbey. But Daisy is sent to a cold-hearted childless couple who raise her to be a maid, rather than a daughter.PassionWhen Daisy, at sixteen, finally escapes her hard life with her adoptive brother Boyd, they arrive at the Abbey to seek work. Little does Daisy know that her flesh and blood is the next in line to be lord of the Abbey. There is a strange connection between Daisy and James, something they can neither explain nor ignore. But will the truth be discovered in time?Suspicious Minds
By Mary Larkin. 2013
To her neighbours in Belfast, Maura Brady looks like she has it all - an attractive husband, a comfortable home…
and a gorgeous little boy, Danny. But behind closed doors, things are far from idyllic. Maura has long harboured doubts that her husband Adam only married her because he was quickly trying to mend a broken heart. Years ago, Adam's childhood sweetheart Evelyn suddenly left town to marry a rich, older man and left Adam shocked and shaken. But now that Evelyn has returned, as gorgeous and provocative as ever, can Adam keep his unresolved feelings for her in check? As Maura's suspicions grow, she turns to her good friend Francie for support - but will her own innocent feelings spill into something more with him? As the date of young Danny's birthday party draws near, the future of Adam and Maura's marriage hangs in the balance . . .The Final Battle (Bionicle Legends #11)
By Greg Farshtey. 2008
When this final battle is over, everything in the BIONICLE universe will have changed forever. The Toa Nuva face off…
against the Brotherhood of Makuta in a final battle to awaken the Great Spirit Mata Nui.Spaniel in a Stocking (Animal Ark #49)
By Ben M. Baglio. 2006
When Mandy Hope and her dad meet Lauren, a young artist, walking her elderly cocker spaniel, Tarka, it's clear that…
the dog needs special attention. Lauren doesn't know how to care for Tarka so Mandy must teach her how to tend to her aging pet.Magnificent Bastards
By Rich Hall. 2010
Comic genius Rich Hall introduces a series of magnificent bastards and lost souls in this hilarious collection of tall tales.…
Meet the man who vacuums bewildered prairie dogs out of their burrows; a frustrated werewolf who roams the streets of Soho getting mistaken for Brian Blessed; a smug carbon-neutral eco-couple; a teenage girl who invites 45,000 MySpace friends to a house party; the author of a business book entitled Highly Successful Secrets to Standing on a Corner Holding Up a Golf Sale Sign and a man whose attempts to teach softball to a group of indolent British advertising executives sparks an international crisis.Cat Crazy (Animal Ark Pets #13)
By Ben M. Baglio. 1998
While on vacation, Mandy and James discover a houseboat filled with cats. Mrs. Browne and her son live there and…
take care of the town's abandoned felines -- but they're in danger of losing their home.Rescuing Raisin (Pet Finders Club #4)
By Ben M. Baglio. 2004
The Pet Finders are at their wits' end when a Dalmation disappears without a trace. The clues lead to the…
train station. They can only hope he didn't get on a train - or he could be anywhere by now.Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society
By Rich Hall. 2004
The memoir of Otis Lee Crenshaw, Rich Hall's Perrier Award-winning alter ego'My Old Man's name was Jack Daniels Crenshaw. No…
surprise what he liked to drink. As a very small child I remember teething - cryin' out savagely for relief. Eventually he would appear over my crib and rub Jack Daniels on his gums until he fell asleep.' Married six times, all to women named Brenda, Otis Lee Crenshaw's bourbon-fuelled odyssey takes him from the high mountains of East Tennessee to the bottom of the music charts. A man not above faking his own death to sell more records, this is his not quite true story of romance, recidivism, country music, and an unshakeable belief in Marriage at First Sight.Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express
By Kristiana Gregory. 1994
Wolf at the Window (Animal Ark Hauntings #7)
By Ben M. Baglio. 2000
On a short vacation in Scotland, Mandy and her friend James visit the local wildlife park to see the star…
attraction -- two young wolves. Though the wolves are beautiful, some of the townspeople are scared and determined to have them sent away.The Waiting Room
By Mary Morris. 1989
Mary Morris, the acclaimed author of Nothing to Declare, the remarkable journal of a woman traveling alone, now brings us…
an absorbing and evocative novel of healing and forgiveness, love and war. THE WAITING ROOM is the intricate tale of three generations of women whose lives have been shaped by the essential experience of all women, that of waiting—for love to grow stronger, for wars to end, for life to move ahead. In its richly woven texture, its movements through time and space, the novel introduces us to the unforgettable members of the Coleman family: Zoe, who returns home after years away to confront her brother Badger’s break with reality—the result of taking too many drugs in Canada, where he fled to avoid the Vietnam War; June, Zoe’s mother, who first suffered a deep estrangement from her husband when he returned from World War II; and Naomi, the grandmother, who fled the pogroms of Russia. From the Home on the Road Motel to Badger’s residence at the austere Heartland Clinic, from the plains of the Midwest to the swamps of Florida, three women confront men, madness, dreams, and ultimately one another. Filled with humor and the wisdom of generations, THE WAITING ROOM is a novel of hope in the face of loss, of war and its casualties. It is also about freeing oneself from the dark side of waiting, and escaping into the light of love. Written in a magical, almost fablelike manner, and with the inimitable humor that informs the fiction of Mary Morris, THE WAITING ROOM fulfills the promise of Morris’ earlier work, which, from the start, has distinguished the author as a unique American voice.The Orphan Child
By Catherine King. 2011
Little Sarah is found in the snow: an orphaned new-born baby. She is taken in at Meadow Hall in South…
Riding, Yorkshire, to be trained as a scullery maid. Feisty and headstrong, at fourteen Sarah decides to run away. Dressed as a boy, she meets good-hearted Aidan and impulsive Danby, forming an unlikely but happy trio.When Sarah is found out, Aidan knows she can not live with two young men and reluctantly takes her to the workhouse. He plans to rescue Sarah just as soon as he can, but something keeps Aidan from his promise . . .Reunited as adults, but now strangers, Sarah holds a secret about Danby, Aidan and her unborn child. But can she do what is right for her baby, even if it means losing the love of her life?