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Out of the rain: Umbrella series, book 2 (Umbrella)
By V. C. Andrews. 2021
Following the events of The Umbrella Lady , young Saffron Faith Anders searches for family and love in this spine-tingling…
gothic fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, thirteen-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. But when she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. Desperate for her father's love, she goes along with the farce, but it soon becomes clear that perhaps it is better to face the world alone than trapped in a toxic and potentially dangerous familyMinutes of glory: and other stories
By Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo. 2019
Collection of short stories from across the author's career that cover the period of British colonial rule and resistance in…
Kenya to eventual independence. Women fight for their space, men inherit power, and rebels embody the fighting spirit of the downtrodden. Includes two new stories. 2018A man in love: a novel
By David Dollenmayer, Martin Walser. 2019
1823. Seventy-three-year-old Goethe meets nineteen-year-old Ulrike von Levetzow. They form a connection that has Goethe infatuated with the young woman.…
When another man courts her, he falls apart. Translated from the original 2017 German edition. 2019My name is Truth: the life of Sojourner Truth
By Ann Turner, Ann Warren Turner, James Ransome. 2015
Car trouble: a novel
By Robert Rorke. 2018
Nicky Flynn is a boy coming of age in 1970s Brooklyn, His alcoholic father, Pat, who Nicky calls "himself" picks…
up used cars at the police auction. Like them, he cleans up nice on the outside, but on the inside, he can only hold himself together for so long. Nicky always wonders when his father's addiction will raise its head and damage the family again. UnratedNot without laughter
By Langston Hughes. 1995
Reapers of the dust: a prairie chronicle
By Lois Phillips Hudson. 1984
Reminiscences of the author's early life in Wyoming and North Dakota and, when the dust storms drove them west, the…
family's existence as migrant pickers near Seattle. Despite drought, depression, changing schools and the other uncertainties of life, the child was not without hope or securityJust behave, Pablo Picasso!
By Jonah Winter, Kevin Hawkes. 2012
Pablo Picasso may have been a world-famous artist, but that doesn't mean no one ever called his artwork "ugly." Any…
kid who's been told what to draw, or heard mean things about something they made, will relate to this story about how Pablo faced down his critics and made something truly original. Ages 3 to 8, for grades K-3. 2012The Silent Brigade: the true story of how one woman outwitted the night riders
By Ron Elliott. 1995
Uncle Tom Andy Bill: a story of bears and Indian treasure (Library of Indiana Classics)
By Charles Major. 1993
Originally published in 1908, Uncle Tom Andy Bill relates the boisterous boyhood adventures of the narrator, Thomas Andrew William Addison.…
Young Tom Addison--fighting the forest, the elements, and the ferocious animals of rural Indiana--is the quintessential hero of early twentieth-century boys' lore of action and suspense. Unrated.. For high school and adult readersEvergreen: A novel
By Rebecca Rasmussen. 2014
When Eveline is left with her son Hux in the Minnesota wilderness, she expects life to be uneventful. But a…
stranger leaves her pregnant. So that her husband won't find out, she gives the child away. Some strong languageStillwater
By Nicole Lea Helget. 2014
At the time of the Civil War, Stillwater is a town of pioneers, nuns, fur trappers, loggers, runaway slaves and…
freedmen, outlaws and people of conscience. In that town, Clement and Angel, separated at birth, get to know different types of the residents. Some strong languageThe invisible wall: a love story that broke barriers
By Harry Bernstein. 2008
In a small English town on the eve of WWI, Harry's family struggles to make ends meet. His father spends…
his low wages on drinking on gambling. His mother, devoted to her children survives on her dreams. His older sister does the unthinkable; she falls in love with a Christian. They are separated by an "invisible wall". When Harry discovers the affair, he must choose what he knows to be true in his heartThe dry grass of August
By Anna Jean Mayhew. 2011
In her debut novel, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation, what…
it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood--and for the woman who means the world to herBecoming my sister
By V. C. Andrews. 2022
Two sisters face love, rivalry, and a shocking disappearance amidst the luxury of Palm Springs from the #1 New York…
Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. Like everyone else in Palm Springs, Gish idolizes her smart, beautiful, kind older sister. Even their parents compare Gish unfavorably to Gloria—threatening to send her to boarding school once the more perfect sister leaves for college. But Gloria has an unwavering love for Gish, even if that connection belies a weariness with her own accomplishments. Wanting a better life for her overlooked sibling, Gloria teaches Gish how to talk to boys, embrace her femininity, and finally develop a life of her own. And just as life is looking up for Gish, Gloria meets a handsome, mysterious boy. Obsessed with the stranger, Gloria closes off her life to her sister—then disappears without a trace. A police search yields nothing. Their father's manic investigation proves fruitless. And their already starstruck mother becomes increasingly lost in daydreams of the celebrities who partied in their house decades ago when the town was a Hollywood getaway. Untethered from the weight of her sister's presence—but also missing her sister's love—what will Gish do with this new terrible freedom, with this sense she could become anything ?Author of The Kennedy Curse (DB 56880) assesses the New York senator and her aspirations for the presidency. Comments on…
Mrs. Clinton's successes and failures as First Lady and her ambitions for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Covers the Lewinsky scandal. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004Woman Chief: The Federalist
By Garry Wills, Benjamin Capps. 1979
A ten-year-old Atsina Indian girl is mistakenly captured by Antelope Man, a Crow horse raider who wanted a son. Refusing…
to be a typical slave, she learns a man's skills. After killing three Blackfeet warriors, she steadily gains respect from her adopted people. Based on a true story. 1979Lust for life
By Irving Stone. 1984
Fictional biography of the passionate and beleaguered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Based on the three volumes of van…
Gogh's letters to his brother, Theo. Basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. 1934A gesture life
By Chang-Rae Lee, Chang Rae Lee. 1999
Now in his seventies and retired, Doc Hata still resides in his large home of thirty years in Bedley Run,…
New York. A polite and unassuming man, he harbors secrets of his past as a medic in the Japanese Army during World War II. Some strong language. 1999