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Series
I survived volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Sent with her younger brother to Godøy Island to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans bomb Norway in 1940, ten-year-old Merit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, she resents even more the Nazis' presence and her grandfather's refusal to oppose them. Includes historical facts and glossary.
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Language
English
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"My investigation of Minnesota murders over the years revealed no new motives for killing anyone. The old ones are perfectly satisfactory. . . . I hope you will find these murders interesting. I regret that I could not report the most ingenious and remarkable ones. They looked like accidents or natural deaths and were never discovered."—Walter N. Trenerry
Murder in Minnesota features some of the state's most infamous criminals—a collection...
Murder in Minnesota features some of the state's most infamous criminals—a collection...
Author
Series
Rogues redeemed volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After shirking his title and great wealth, Will Masterson is hoping to wrap up his military years, spent fighting the French, until he meets fiercely loyal Athena Markham in the tiny mountain stronghold of San Gabriel.
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but he does not suffer fools gladly. When pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, the two enter a war of words, and satirical cartoonist A.J. Quill skewers them both. When the clergyman is found slain in a church, Wrexford is the chief suspect. Quill is really artist Charlotte Sloane, using the non de plume of her late husband. When Wrexford discovers...
Author
Series
Canadian West series volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry--a Canadian Mountie like his father--struggles between the call of duty and the call of his heart. When he informs a young logger's wife of her husband's death, the memory of that loss haunts him for years. Assigned to a new beat five years later, he rediscovers Amber and gains her trust...and eventually her heart.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Dupont assists her father in his studio, and in private paints the picturesque north Devon coast -- popular with artists like handsome Wesley Overtree, who's more interested in Sophie than the landscape. Captain Stephen Overtree is accustomed to taking on his brother's responsibilities. Sent to bring Wesley home, Stephen is stunned to learn he has sailed for Italy and left his host's daughter in trouble. Feeling duty-bound, he proposes to...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you were kissed by the most handsome stranger you'd ever seen? And what if that man was a Cynster?
Every girl-even convent-educated ones-dreams of forbidden kisses. So when a man literally falls at Helena's feet as she's walking through the courtyard one moonlit Christmas Eve, the pretty, young comtesse d'Lisle knows he's up to no good. He's clearly a bit dangerous... and obviously caught in the middle of a clandestine rendezvous....
10) Refining Emma
Author
Series
Candlewood trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
When tragedy befalls the village of Candlewood, Emma Garrett graciously opens the doors of her boardinghouse to those in need. But two guests prove so disagreeable, Emma wonders how she can turn the other cheek--and what will become of the rest of her guests. Adding to the turmoil are the legal problems threatening the title to her house. And when Zachary Breckenwith makes a most surprising--and troubling--announcement, Emma's once-sure foundation...
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
Author
Series
Canadian West series volume 6
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Christine is recovering from a broken heart. Is she willing to give up her dreams of living in the North and let God help her choose a lifelong love?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Lord John Grey novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade--fights for his crown, his honor, and his own secrets. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century during the Seven Years' War.
Author
Language
English
Description
Determined to help her widowed father when his academy fails, Emma Smallwood travels with him to the distant Cornwall coast, to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But after they arrive and begin teaching the younger boys, mysterious things begin to happen. The older sons remember Emma from their days at her father's academy -- and one of them finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her. When the suspicious acts escalate, can a clever...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
Priscilla knew God wanted her to be a missionary, not a wife. The missionary board declares the only way she can serve is to be married, and so she embarks on a marriage in name only... a marriage that will test her spirit... and the new longings of her heart...
17) Winds of change
Author
Series
American century series volume 5
Language
English
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Description
The close-knit Stuart clan becomes personally involved in WWII when several members of its younger generation go off to fight. Will and Clint are strongly rooted in their Christian heritage, but Adam's life has been aimless and bitter. While he fights his toughest battle within himself, he endangers the men under his command. The three cousins' military exploits take them from the Arkansas hills to the jungles of Guadalcanal, from Hollywood to the...
18) Not by sight
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With all of Britain's attention on the front lines of WWI, Jack Benningham, dashing heir to the Earl of Stonebrooke, has declared himself a conscientious objector. Wealthy young suffragette Grace Mabry hands Jack a white feather of cowardice at a posh masquerade ball -- never anticipating the danger set into motion by her actions.
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Language
English
Description
"Laura Callaway daily walks the windswept Cornwall coast, known for many shipwrecks but few survivors. And when a man with curious wounds and an odd accent is washed ashore, she cares for him while the mystery surrounding him grows. Can their budding attraction survive, and can he be returned to his rightful home when danger pursues them from every side?"--
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Series
Red River of the North volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle. After their own fields are harvested, Haakan and the neighboring men take the steam...
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