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7401) The songbird
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
"When Tim confides in Mattie that he needs a sabbatical from work and a fresh place to live, she suggests he move into one of the cottages at her family's home in the beautiful English countryside. She senses there's something he's not telling her, but she has faith that he'll fit right in with the eccentric but affectionate crowd at Brockscombe. As he gets to know the warm jumble of family who share their lives, Tim discovers that everyone there...
7403) In Good Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Dan is in advertising and a dedicated family man. He seems to have it all, until a younger man is hired to replace him. Before long, he is forced to be deferential to his new boss, not only in the office but also when Carter begins dating his daughter.
7405) A Christmas carol
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c2001
Description
"Retold in verse and accompanied by Caroline Pedler's evocative illustrations, this [Christmas carol] is a story to provoke thought about the meaning of Christmas and leave the reader with a warm Christmas glow."--Cover back.
7406) The comeback
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a charming, manipulative film director and the moment when she decides his time for winning is over. At the height of her career and on the eve of her first Golden Globe nomination, teen star Grace Turner disappeared. Now, tentatively sober and surprisingly numb, Grace is back in Los Angeles after her year of self-imposed exile. She knows the new private...
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Joining other students and their parents for family field day at PITS, Mia joins in potato sack races, a game of tug-of-war and a hula hoop ring toss that becomes increasingly dangerous as the region's most skilled superheroes compete to win.
7408) A family from Japan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Describes the activities of a Japanese family living in Tokyo, providing brief information about daily life and customs.
7409) The Originals
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Seventeen-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsy Best are clones, raised as identical triplets by their surrogate mother but living as her one daughter, Elizabeth, until their separate abilities and a romantic relationship force a change.
7414) Perfectly nice neighbors
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place. Soon after they move in, Salma spots her white neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning, she...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
7416) Half wild
Author
Series
Half bad trilogy volume 2
Formats
Description
In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, but he is on the run with the Hunters close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.
7417) Little Cub
Author
Description
A young bear cub, who is alone in the world, and Old Bear, who is grumpy and tired of living alone, meet and discover what they have been missing.
7418) Dora's Christmas parade
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Dora and her friend Boots, having both received instruments for Christmas, decide to take their show on the road to Dora's grandmother's house, gathering participants as they go along.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Abby and Theo have the coolest family. Rather than gather at barbeques or plan beach vacations, the Winstons investigate the spooky stories and unsolved mysteries of their town, Murky Creek. Grandpa Winston started the tradition, and now he's passing it on to Abby and Theo! When odd goings-on and suspicious happenings plague the citizens of Murky Creek, it's up to the two kids to dig up clues and crack the case before things get any creepier.
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
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