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The Secret of Skeleton Island (Ken Holt, # #1)
by Bruce CampbellIn one of the most tense and exciting series books ever written, the young Ken Holt must elude the clutches of a dangerous ring of car thieves and at the same time rescue his kidnapped father. The action begins in Chapter 1 when Ken Holt is kidnapped, and doesn't let up a bit until the last chapter. This is one of the best Ken Holt books and is an example of why many think so highly of this series.
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
by Kaleb NationOccurrences have long surrounded fourteen-year-old Bran, who learns of his link to a curse created by his murdered mother and strives to make things right, hindered by the ban on magic in the city of Dunce and pursued by his mother's former masters.
The Crib and the Cross: A Student's Guide Through the Life of Christ
by P. J. MeduriBack Cover: “WHO IS JESUS? WHAT IS HIS LIFE ABOUT? If you want to understand the life that changed the course of history, but find it difficult to understand the Bible and how it relates to us, The Crib and the Cross can provide this link. The Crib and the Cross takes the unique approach of telling the Biblical story in everyday language. Key Bible verses will come alive as you see Jesus as those who lived and walked with him did... ‘P.J. has a very unique ministry. He is a teacher and coach by day and pastor and author by night. He has put together a book that takes a look at Jesus Christ in a way anyone could understand. This book will help anyone gain an understanding and a deeper love for Jesus Christ.’” At the end of each chapter, the author provides his insights gained from the message of the chapter and relates them to modern day circumstances. Further, the author gives his testimony and explains to his readers how they, like him, can enter into the Christian faith.
The Missing Link (Missing Link Trilogy #1)
by Kate ThompsonThe new tenant turns out to be Craig, who also just emerged from an unpleasant divorce.
It Chicks (It Chicks #1)
by Tia WilliamsWelcome to Louis B. Armstrong, New York City's most prestigious performing arts school, where the gifted, wannabe starlets and It chicks are all on the rise. This fast-paced, drama-filled tale is YA glam lit at its best.
Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis CarrollThis 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects.
Woman From Hiroshima
by Toshio MoriWoman from Hiroshima takes you into a lifelong journey of an Issei woman (first generation Japanese American) from the time she left Japan as a young mother and wife to join her husband in a new land, to the weathered sojourned grandmother that almost speaks to you as if you were her own. <P><P> Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
Sue Barton, Student Nurse (Sue Barton #1)
by Helen Dore BoylstonYoung, eager-- and more than a little frightened-- Sue Barton embarks on the career she's always dreamed of. Although she knows her first year of nurse's training will be challenging, Sue has little idea of how exciting, action-filled-- and romantic-- the months ahead will be! Millions of readers have shared Sue's enthusiasm, energy and boundless good humor. Now you, too, can follow the adventures of America's favorite nurse in the Sue Barton series.
The Road to Agra
by Armiee SommerfeltThe Road to Agra is a children's novel, written by Aimée Sommerfelt and published in Norwegian in 1959 as Veien til Agra. It is her most famous work and has been translated into 17 other languages. It is a tender story of the love between thirteen-year-old Lalu and his younger sister, Maya, who is seven. Lalu protects his sister and takes care of her needs. His concern for Maya's failing eyesight, the result of a contagious disease called trachoma, prompts Lalu to take his sister on a perilous, three-hundred-mile journey on foot to seek medical help. Lalu's desire to better his situation in life and his unwavering commitment to his goal will inspire young readers.<P><P> <b>Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner</b>
Champions of Peace
by Edith Patterson Meyer"A sequel to the author's Dynamite and Peace, this book is a collection of short biographical studies of those men and women who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Jean Dunant, Passy, Bertha Kinsky, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, Nansen, Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler, Norman Angell, Carl von Ossietzky, Ralph Bunche, Schweitzer, Lester Bowles Pearson, and three committees--The International Committee of the Red Cross, he British Friends Service Council, and the American Friends Service Committee--are selected here in that they are winners who most conspicuously devoted their talents toward the pursual of peace. Necessarily condensed and ocasionally dry, but an interesting, useful and factual tribute to those individuals who so eloquently served the cause to which the Nobel fortune is dedicated." -- Kirkus Review<P><P> Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
Twelve: A Novel
by Nick Mcdonell"Twelve" was one of the most significant literary debuts of the year. A chilling novel of urban adolescence that is "both an indictment of excess and a cry of teenage loneliness", it has appeared on multiple bestseller lists.
Stolen Pony
by Glen Rounds(from the book jacket): Stolen! Locked in a swaying truck, the little blind pony snorts with terror. Horse thieves captured him in the dead of night. And now he is being carried farther and farther from home. What will happen when the thieves find out he is blind? Will they turn him loose? But how can a blind pony find his way home?
Berries Goodman
by Emily Cheney NevilleThe Goodman family move to the suburbs and nine-year-old Berries finds his nearest playmate is a girl, Sandra. She is a year older than Berries, feels superior in many ways, and undertakes to teach him prejudice against Jews.<P><P> Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
The Odyssey (An Adapted Classic)
by Homer Henry I. ChristThe most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Henry I. Christ's adaptation. Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Includes a list of Greek gods and goddesses, and their Roman equivalents, along with suggested activities and an extensive list of reading comprehension questions.
Fireworks (Ocean City #3)
by Katherine ApplegateChelsea loves Conner, Kate loves Justin. David loves Grace as much as her drinking is out of control. He believes he can help her with the alcohol addiction. Some questions are: When the summer ends: Will Chelsea and Conner get married? Will Justin sail away with Kate? And will Grace recover from drinking and will it help love to keep going?
Through Otis's Eyes: Lessons from a Guide Dog Puppy
by Patricia Burlin Kennedy Robert ChristieFrom the book jacket: "This admirable little puppy helps us to see past our busy daily lives and to focus on what's enduring and important. guiding eyes for the blind enthusiastically recommends this work..." RICHARD ABBOTT, VICE PRESIDENT Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc. This delightful book is not completely accessible to those with print disabilities with the aid of picture descriptions.
Hyland of the Hawks
by R. G. EmeryJohnny, Hawks relief pitcher, has to change his game when his knuckler becomes ineffective. He also has to grow up along the way and learn to deal with an uncooperative teammate.
Sue Barton, Visiting Nurse (Sue Barton #3)
by Helen Dore BoylstonHaving finished her course in a metropolitan hospital, Sue moves on to New York where she and her friend Kit are fortunate enough to secure positions with the Visiting Nurse Service of the Henry Street Settlement - a service made famous by Lillian Wald. The city is new to them and the test of their skill is absorbing. Their assignments take them to the most colorful slums in the world. They work with newborn babies and obstinate old people, with immigrants who can hardly speak English, and with people in Harlem. Their uniforms are their passports wherever they go, but more than once they have to rely on the friendly assistance of Sergeant O'Day. The girls find quarters for themselves in a tiny frame house in Greenwich Village, and at the outset their days are so crowded that they have almost no time for themselves. Gradually the suspicion dawns upon them that either their house is haunted or someone else is living in it when they are away. As if this were not enough to worry about, along comes Dr. Bill Barry, who was an intern when Sue was in training, and now urges her to step out of the ranks and marry him. Sue ultimately has to make a choice between the work she loves and the man who loves her.
Sue Barton, Rural Nurse (Sue Barton #4)
by Helen Dore BoylstonAt twenty-three, high-spirited and courageous young Sue Barton goes to practice in the White Mountains - working with Dr. Bill Barry. Bill had proposed persistently and at last, gladly, Sue decides to marry him and help him with his country practice. But fate, in the form of personal tragedy, a typhoid epidemic, and the hostility of the town to Bill as a doctor, step in to complicate their lives. It is a wonder that a hurricane could lead not to further tragedy but to a potentially exciting future for Sue, Bill, and all of Springdale.
Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse (Sue Barton #6)
by Helen Dore BoylstonRedheaded Sue Barton left her position as Superintendent of Nurses at the Springdale, New Hampshire, Hospital, in order to raise a family. Now she and Dr. Bill have three children: six-year-old Tabitha and the four-year-old twins, Johnny and Jerry. Sue is happy in her job as wife and mother until she goes to a reunion of her class in nursing school, where the accomplishments of others make her feel as if she is "stagnating." This Sue Barton story tells how Sue discovered the importance of her own job. She nurses the neighborhood; she finds work for a crippled farmer; she pinch-hits for the visiting nurse; she helps bring the artist Mona Stuart and her teen-age daughter Cal together. And always something is happening at home for Sue and Bill and their faithful Veazie Ann to cope with--Jerry's strange tantrums, Johnny's disappearance in the woods with his little friend Anne, Tabitha's attempt to run away. Are Sue's training and abilities wasted on all these daily and personal small problems? Her customary humor and warm good sense help her decide.
Love Shack (Ocean City #2)
by Katherine ApplegateLove burns down the house. The question is: will Justin ever forget how much Kate hurt him?
Ocean City (Ocean City #1)
by Katherine ApplegateA summer that will change their lives forever. The experience at the beach as friends and strangers share a beach house is one they will never forget.
Witch’s Canyon (Supernatural)
by Jeff MariotteSam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it.