Eileen Stevens
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This biography is an excellent and accessible introduction for youngsters to learn about one of the world's most influential luminaries. Helen Keller's poignant narrative is beautifully captured in this unforgettable portrait of a woman whose vision for innovation and progress changed America and the world forever.
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Series
Embassy Row volume 1
Language
English
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There are many powerful people along Embassy Row who want Grace to block out all her unpretty thoughts. But Grace will not stop until she finds out who killed her mother and make the killer pay.
Author
Series
Embassy Row volume 3
Language
English
Description
Desperate to protect her younger brother Jamie, Grace Blakely, her brother, and her friend Alexei are on the run from the forces in Adria who threaten them because Jamie is the true heir to the throne--but it is hard to hide from Prime Minister Alexandra Petrovic and the the secret society that is part of Grace's family heritage, and even harder to know who to trust.
Author
Series
Embassy Row volume 2
Language
English
Description
Grace Blakely believed that finding the truth about her mother's murder would finally give her peace, but now she knows that it is only the beginning of the secrets that will dominate her life--and make her a target on Embassy Row in Adria.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Ghost meets The Bold Type in this sparkling adult debut about a disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, from nationally bestselling author Ashley Poston. Florence Day is a ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem-after a terrible break-up, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man,...
11) Dumplin'
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Series
Language
English
Description
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked... until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In her rural Appalachian holler, ten-year-old Misty's closest friends are the crawdads. Misty can speak to them, to the birds, to the creek, to everything outside, and she understands how they think. She knows that if she could just speak to her parents in the same way, she could stop all the fighting. But it's too hard. When her only friend William takes their friendship too far, Misty doesn't know how to get help. This is the story of one tough-as-nails...
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Language
English
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A fantasy about a dark forest besieged by monsters--and the wild queen who has sworn to drive them out. A fierce young queen, neither human nor lynx, who fights to protect a forest humans have long abandoned. An exhausted young soldier, last of his name, who searches for the brother who disappeared beneath those trees without a trace. A Golden Dragon, fearsome and vengeful, whose wingbeats haunt their nightmares and their steps. When these three paths...
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Language
English
Description
When an injured peacock takes shelter in the barn on Paige's family farm, she hopes she has time to nurse it back to health before Paige's mom sells the farm. Paige promised her dad before he died that she would take care of the farm, but there's only so much a 12-year-old can do alone. She'll have to learn that sometimes it's okay to let go of something good if it means holding on to something better.
16) In a blink
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English
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When four friends are whisked out of their ordinary lives to Never Land, home to fairies and mermaids, Queen Clarion and Tinker Bell have to figure out a way for them to get home.
17) Wait for it
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Twice-divorced Annabelle Martin is offered her dream job as creative director at a cutting-edge graphic design studio in Phoenix. She jumps at the opportunity to leave Boston and start over. Intrigued by the the cranky, handwritten notes her landlord, Nick Daire, leaves her, she assumes he is an old, rich curmudgeon. She discovers that Nick is her age and uses a wheelchair: he suffered a stroke a year ago. While there's no physical reason for him...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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The New York Times–bestselling memoir by Steve Jobs' daughter: "This sincere and disquieting portrait reveals a complex father-daughter relationship." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents—artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs—Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely...
Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents—artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs—Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely...
19) A dandelion wish
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Mia and her friends have discovered a magical passageway to Never Land! But when her little sister Gabby goes to Never Land alone, the passageway closes up, with a fairy stuck on the Main Land side, too"--
20) From the mist
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Series
Language
English
Description
Mysterious mist horses have come to Pixie Hollow. Kate befriends one, but Silvermist finds an old legend that says they might be dangerous.