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Runaway Retriever (Pet Trouble, Book #1)
By Tui T. Sutherland. 2009
Fifth-grader Parker hadn't considered getting a dog, but when playful Merlin, a golden retriever, comes into his life, Parker is…
thrilled. The two are inseparable from day one, because whenever Parker tries to leave, Merlin escapes his fence or cage and follows him! Can anything make this lovable dog sit and STAY?A Wreath Of Roses (Vmc Ser. #648)
By Helen Dunmore, Elizabeth Taylor. 2011
Elizabeth Taylor's darkest novel . . . She writes with a sensuous richness of language that draws the reader down…
the most shadowy paths . . . Extremely beguiling. Taylor makes the living moment present, touchable, disturbing, enchanting - Helen DunmoreSpending the holiday with friends, as she has for many years, Camilla finds that their private absorptions - Frances with her painting and Liz with her baby - seem to exclude her from the gossipy intimacies of previous summers. Anxious that she will remain encased in her solitary life as a school secretary, and perhaps to spite of her friends, Camilla steps into an unlikely liaison with Richard Elton, a handsome, assured - and dangerous - liar.Elizabeth Taylor's darkest novel is a skillful exploration of the danger we'll go to to avoid loneliness. Taylor is increasingly recognised as one of the best writers of the twentieth century, and this little-known novel displays her range admirably.Adorkable
By Sarra Manning. 2012
Jeane Smith's a blogger, a dreamer, a dare-to-dreamer, jumble sale queen, CEO of her own lifestyle brand and has half…
a million followers on Twitter.Michael Lee's a star of school, stage and playing field. A golden boy in a Jack Wills hoodie.They have nothing in common but a pair of cheating exes. So why can't they stop snogging?A Stitch in Time (Quilt Trilogy #1)
By Ann Rinaldi. 1994
Hannah had always been the strong one. The one who cared for her brothers and sisters after her mother died…
and while her father was out at sea. Now everything is changing. Her father has become distant and her siblings are planning lives of their own. Hannah comes up with the idea for a quilt -- the quilt she hopes will help bring her family together again.At Mrs Lippincote's (Vmc Ser. #650)
By Elizabeth Taylor, Valerie Martin. 1945
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all…
the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF. Although she can accept the pomposities of service life, Julia's honesty and sense of humour prevent her from taking her role as seriously as her husband, that leader of men, might wish; for Roddy, merely love cannot suffice - he needs homage as well as admiration. And Julia, while she may be a most unsatisfactory officer's wife, is certainly no hypocrite.The Sleeping Beauty (Vmc Ser. #666)
By Elizabeth Taylor, David Baddiel. 1982
INTRODUCED BY DAVID BADDIELA subtle love story by one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th centuryVinny Tumulty is…
a quiet, sensible man. When he goes to stay at a seaside town, his task is to comfort a bereaved friend. Vinny is prepared for a solemn few days of tears and consolation. But on the evening of his arrival, he looks out of the window at the sunset and catches sight of a mysterious, romantic figure: a beautiful woman walking by the seashore. Before the week is over Vinny has fallen in love, completely and utterly, for the first time in his middle-aged life. Emily, though, is a sleeping beauty, her secluded life hiding bitter secrets from the past.Thomas and Friends: Railway Rhymes
By R. Schuyler Hooke. 2005
A fun collection of more than 30 original poems featuring 35 different friends from the Island of Sodor. Travel all…
over the island, at all times of year in this wonderful first book of poems with the Thomas touch.Walking Naked (Vmc Ser. #556)
By Nina Bawden. 1992
Laura is happily married, a mother and a successful novelist. Although she is prey to night terrors, she is adept…
at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. Walking Naked telescopes the whole of Laura's life- childhood, marriages, triumphs and disappointments- into a day in which the past and present converge. It begins with a game of tennis played for duty rather than amusement and progresses, via an afternoon party of old friends and jaded emotions, to a bewildering visit to Laura's son, imprisoned on a drugs' charge. At its close, the possibility of death within the family hauls unresolved conflicts centre stage and Laura strips herself of the posturing and self-deceit with which she has cloaked her vulnerability.Mask of Light (Bionicle)
By Catherine Hapka. 2003
Six heroes have come to the island of Mata Nui, to rescue the land from its evil overlord, Makuta. They…
have protected the islanders from the vicious fighters unleashed by Makuta to destroy Mata Nui. But the mighty heroes have been unable to defeat Makuta -- and their greatest challenge is yet to come. Now the fate of the island lies in the hands of an irresponsible young villager. Will he accept his destiny, or will the island of Mata Nui lie in darkness forever?Anderby Wold (Vmc Ser. #681)
By Winifred Holtby. 2011
Mary Robson is a young Yorkshire woman, married to her solid, unromantic cousin, John. Together they battle to preserve Mary's…
neglected inheritance, her beloved farm, Anderby Wold. This labour of love - and the benevolent tyranny of traditional Yorkshire ways - have made Mary old before her time. Then into her purposeful life comes David Rossitur, red-haired, charming, eloquent: how can she help but love him? But David is a young man from a different England, radical and committed to social change. As their confrontation and its consequences inevitably unfold, Mary's life and that of the calm village of Anderby are changed forever.Tortoise By Candlelight (Vmc Ser. #555)
By Nina Bawden. 1989
With the ferocity of a mother tiger defending her cubs, fourteen-year-old Emmie Bean watches over her household: her amiable drunken…
father, her gaunt, evangelical old grandmother, her beautiful, wayward sister Alice and most precious of all, eight-year-old Oliver, who has the countenance of an angel and the ethical sense of a cobra. But with the arrival of new neighbours, the outside world intrudes into the isolated privacy of family life and Emmie's kingdom is no longer secure. Combining the guile of a young child with the desperation of adolescence, Emmie fights to stave off the changes- and the revelations- that growing up necessarily brings. Powerful, heart-rending, but never sentimental, Tortoise by Candlelight is a captivating excursion into the landscape of youth.Poor Caroline (Vmc Ser. #694)
By Winifred Holtby. 2011
Caroline Denton-Smyth is an eccentric, dressed in trailing feathers and jangling beads, peering out from behind her lorgnette. Sitting alone…
in her West Kensington bedsitter, she dreams of the Christian Cinema Company - her vehicle for reform. For Caroline sees herself as a pioneer, one who must risk everything for the 'Cause of the Right'. Her Board of Directors is a motley crew including Basil St Denis, upper crust but impecunious; Joseph Isenbaum, aspiring to Society and Eton for his son; Eleanor de la Roux, Caroline's independent cousin from South Africa; Hugh Macafee, a curt Scottish film technician; young Father Mortimer, scarred from the First World War; and Clifton Johnson, a seedy American scenario writer on the make. Winifred Holtby affectionately observes the foibles of human nature in this sparkiling satire, first published in 1931.Mascot Madness! (Schooling Around #3)
By Andy Griffiths. 2009
The Academy's mascot is a pit bull, and its students have taken its lead when it comes to fierceness, strength,…
and desire to win. But never, ever underestimate the power of a banana. A banana? Yes Northwest Southeast Central's new mascot is a banana. And it's about to show the pit bull and its owners a thing or two. If it can only figure out where the field day is being held.... Once again, Andy Griffiths brings his laugh-a-minute sensibility to the corridors of grade school in a winning combination of super storytelling and hilarious humor.The Missing Shade Of Blue
By Jennie Erdal. 2012
When translator Edgar Logan arrives from his home in Paris to work in Edinburgh he anticipates a period of enlightenment…
and calm. But when he is befriended by the philosopher Harry Sanderson and his captivating artist wife, Edgar's meticulously circumscribed life is suddenly propelled into drama and crisis. Drawn into the Sandersons' troubled marriage, Edgar must confront both his own deepest fears from the past and his present growing attraction to the elusive Carrie.Moving, witty and wise, The Missing Shade of Blue is a compelling portrait of the modern condition, from the absence of faith to the scourge of sexual jealousy and the elusive nature of happiness.The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed
By Bruce Coville. 1991
From the moment Nina and Chris set foot in Miss Watson's run-down mansion, they sense that it's haunted -- even…
before they discover the tower room with its big brass bed and grieving little girl ghost! But the tower room isn't the only place holding secrets. In the parlor there's a gruesome painting, which seems to have a terrible hold over Nina. Could there be a connection between it and the ghostly child crying upstairs? As Nina and Chris begin investigating, a second ghost puts in an eerie appearance. The girls realize this could be the biggest ghost-busting adventure of their lives -- if they survive!The Land of Green Ginger: A Virago Modern Classic (Vmc Ser. #701)
By Winifred Holtby. 2011
Joanna Burton was born in South Africa but sent by her missionary father to be raised in Yorkshire. There she…
dreams of the far-off lands she will visit and adventures to come. At eighteen, tall and flaxen-haired, she meets Teddy Leigh, a young man on his way to the trenches of the First World War. Joanna has been in love before - with Sir Walter Raleigh, with the Scarlet Pimpernel, with Coriolanus - but this is different. Teddy tells her he's been given the world to wear as a golden ball. Joanna believes him and marries him, but the fabled shores recede into the distance when, after the war, Teddy returns in ill health. The magic land turns out to be the harsh reality of motherhood and life on a Yorkshire farm. Yet still she dares to dream.A Single Pebble
By John Hersey. 1984
A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching…
for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance (Vmc Ser. #518)
By Winifred Holtby. 1935
Mandoa is a small African state. At its head a virgin princess conceives (immaculately) further princesses. The old traditions are…
undisturbed until the Lord High Chamberlain visits Addis and discovers baths and cocktail shakers, motor cars and telephones. This is 1931.Popularity Contest (The Friendship Ring Series #5)
By Rachel Vail. 2000
Zoe's running for class president again. Only this year, everything's going wrong. Tommy, the boy she has a crush on,…
has nominated someone to run against her. And Morgan is still mad at her for stealing her best friend. But the election isn't supposed to be a popularity contest, right?What Are Friends For? (The Friendship Ring Series #4)
By Rachel Vail. 1999
New cover art and packaging bring a fresh look to this acclaimed series. Olivia is confident and not afraid to…
speak her mind. But then she develops a crush on Lou Hochstetter. Olivia's new friend Morgan thinks Lou is a total nerd.