Aimee Lilly
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Boxcar children volume 80
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When a professional hockey player comes to Greenfield with plans to build an ice skating rink, the Alden children suspect that someone in town wants to stop the project.
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[2022]
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The Aldens join in the effort to save a species of big cat.
After helping clean up an oil spill in Connecticut, the Aldens are heading to a much cooler climate, where scientists are working to conserve the snow leopard population. With only hundreds left in the world, the Aldens know each animal is important. Can the Aldens do their part to help save this elusive and important animal? The Aldens join in the effort to save a species of big cat.
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Jessie files volume 4
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[2023]
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Jessie always manages to find a scoop―even when she's in the woods.
When Jessie and her friends decide to go camping as part of the Weekend in the Woods event, it doesn't take long for them to start discovering strange clues that could have something to do with a hiker who went missing years ago. Soon after they begin their investigation, they start receiving threatening messages from someone who wants them out of the woods―immediately. Could...
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2022.
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The Aldens travel to Australia to learn about protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the animals that live there.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are going down under. Off the coast of Australia, they dive in to explore the Great Barrier Reef. With the help of their conservationist guide, Kayla, they learn about ways to help rebuild the damaged reef. But coral reefs take a long time to take shape. Can the Aldens find ways to help the animals that...
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Boxcar children volume 78
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[2003]
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The Aldens are playing a test version of their favorite game: Ringmaster. But, the characters in the game are giving them strange clues! Is someone using the computer game to tell them something is wrong?
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2022.
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The Aldens travel to Sumatra to learn about saving the rain forest and its animals.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are off to the rain forests of Sumatra, where a protected piece of land is home to endangered animals such as orangutans, elephants, and tigers. But when part of the forest gets cut down, the Aldens have to figure out who is responsible, not only to protect the rain forest, but also the animals within. The Aldens travel to Sumatra...
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Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 11
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Held hostage in a camp of bandits, Ariana's emotions swing between terror and boredom as days stretch into weeks. Will she ever see her mother and father again, the two who had so lovingly adopted her as an infant and raised her as their own? Will she ever wear the wedding dress so carefully saved for her, her one link with her birth parents, now long dead?
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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
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Two young women, Amish Grace Byler and graduate student Heather Nelson, stand as counterpoints in parallel plots involving two secrets. Grace's mother is troubled; Heather, whose mother has died of cancer, tells no one in her circle of her own diagnosis of terminal illness, which drives her to Pennsylvania Amish country in search of healing. Grace's mother makes a decision that painfully complicates the action and drives it forward. Grace, her family...
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Annie's people volume 3
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Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two world. LIving with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see him again.
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Annie's people volume 1
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"Annie Zook--the preacher's eldest daughter--is expected to join the Amish church, but at 20 she is 'still deciding.' Because of the strict rules that guide the Plain community, she must continually squelch her artistic passion, although it has become her solace"--Provided by publisher.
13) The Longing
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Although she still thinks of Caleb Yoder, Nellie Mae Fisher has broken up with her beau, choosing instead to follow the ways of the New Order. Yet her yearning for a husband remains, and new possibilities beckon, taking her heart by surprise. A tragic accident binds Caleb once more to the father who so opposed his affection for Nellie and to the farm that will no longer be his. As he longs for freedom, Caleb soon discovers he cannot forget the only...
14) The Forbidden
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Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her New Order family. Can she and her beloved satisfy the expectations of the People while remaining true to their hearts?
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Lonestar (Colleen Coble) volume 1
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Allie Siders is desperate to help her 5-year-old daughter, Betsy, speak again. But with a stalker out for revenge, all Allie can think about is the safety that awaits them at the peaceful Bluebird Ranch, nestled deep in Texas Hill country. Not only is the ranch a sanctuary for abused horses, but also for troubled youths. And Allie is determined to get Betsy, who hasn't spoken a word in nearly a year, all the help she needs - and find a safe haven...
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 1
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[2013]
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Boxcar Children #1 -- Henry, Jessie, Violet and Bennie are orphans. Can they find a home where they can stay together as a family?
Boxcar Children #2 -- The Aldens spend the summer on their own private island. There they meet a new friend with an amazing secret!
Boxcar Children #3 Years ago, a man vanished from the yellow house on Surprise Island. Why? The Aldens have found a clue to the mystery!
17) The parting
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The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile,...
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 55, 56, 57
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p2015.
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While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
The Alden children draw upon their resourcefulness to save the neighborhood firehouse from being torn down, while they also face a series of mysterious incidents connected with it.
While sightseeing in San Francisco, the Boxcar children uncover a mystery involving fishing boats and sabotage.
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"After years spent following their father and his wanderlust, the three Gallatin sisters begin to fashion a life for themselves in the Montana wilds, operating a roadhouse at the crossroads of two stage lines. When their father is accidently killed, however, the oldest sister, Gwen, reasons that she's cursed. Death seems to haunt her every step. As the sisters work to maintain the roadhouse, an unexpected visitor arrives, sending Gwen into turmoil....
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 86
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2007.
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When the Alden children go camping on Bizzard Mountain, a place said to be inhabited by a ghost looking for buried treasure, they begin to think someone or something is trying to scare them off.