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The Cuckoo Sister
by Vivien Alcock[From the back cover:] "BABY SNATCHED FROM CARRIAGE IN FRONT OF DRESSHOP The headlines blared two years before Kate was born, when her mother had left her first baby, Emma, in her carriage outside a shop. When she came out, the baby was gone! For years Kate has fantasized about her sister, and suddenly a girl turns up on the doorstep with a note saying she's Emma. Now could this strange, streetwise character be her long lost sister? Is she truly Emma or is she like a young cuckoo bird, who will take over the nest, pushing away the real offspring?"
Eva Luna
by Isabel AllendeBorn in the back room of the mansion where her mother toils, and herself in service from an early age, the enchanting and ever-enchanted Eva Luna escapes oppression through story telling.
The Word Eater
by Mary AmatoLife is miserable for sixth grader Lerner Chanse at her new school, where the MPOOE (Most Powerful Ones on Earth) Club ruthlessly rules over the SLUGs (Sorry Losers Under Ground). It looks like Lerner is destined to be a SLUG, until she finds a magical worm that eats printed words instead of dirt. If Fip eats a word, that item simply disappears from the world-forever. Now that Lerner knows about Fip's magic, she has some big decisions to make. Should she eliminate crime? Or simply wipe her school off the face of the earth? Or will destroying anything cause effects that she can't imagine or predict? Lerner discovers that extraordinary power brings extraordinary responsibility...but will she learn her lesson too late? This is a story about making friends, being grounded, feeling left out, being ganged up on and blamed unfairly, getting sent to the principal's office, scoring a candy bonanza, making friends, and learning small things we do can have big consequences. Find the huge difference it can make to change just one letter in a word. Imagine what you would do with a worm who made the things for the words it ate, disappear.
There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings
by Kenn AmdahlThis book explains electricity in ways that the least scientific-minded of people will understand.
Early Dawn (Kendrick/Coulter #10)
by Catherine AndersonA "New York Times"-bestselling author lights up the Old West with an emotionally riveting new historical romance--a tale of love, danger, and redemption, featuring the ancestors of the beloved Coulter family.
Here to Stay
by Catherine AndersonMandy Pajeck had a tough childhood. Now 28, she feels responsible for the accident that took her younger brother's sight. But his complete reliance on her care is making them both miserable. When she meets handsome Zach Harrigan and his mini guide horse, she thinks she's found the ticket to her brother's happiness--and maybe her own.
Lucky Penny
by Catherine AndersonTo support her orphaned niece, impoverished Brianna O'Keefe accepts work with a Colorado rancher. To guard herself from unwanted attention, she resorts to a harmless little lie: that she's married to a Denver gold miner named David Paxton. But when her "husband" shows up, Brianna is stunned--not the least by her desire. . .
Star Bright (Kendrick/Coulter #9)
by Catherine AndersonFaking her own death to escape her murderous husband, Rainie Hall takes refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, where she finds work as a bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by dangerously good-looking Parker Harrigan. But as their initial attraction blossoms, Rainie fears she can never escape retribution from the man who has sworn to kill her and that her mere presence could jeopardize everything the Harrigan family holds dear.
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson<P>I am clanless. I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn't go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with. <P>From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows she's an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops-a major infraction in high-school society-so her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't know glare at her. <P>She retreats into her head, where the lies and hypocrisies of high school stand in stark relief to her own silence, making her all the more mute. <P>But it's not so comfortable in her head, either-there's something banging around in there that she doesn't want to think about. Try as she might to it won't go away, until there is a particular confrontation. <P>Once that happens, she can't be silent-she must speak the truth. In this powerful novel, an utterly believable, bitterly ironic heroine speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while learning that, although it's hard to speak up for yourself, keeping your mouth shut is worse.
Summer Rental
by Mary Kay AndrewsSometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction. Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia--whose caustic wit covers up her wounds--has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure she feels about her looks, her brains, her life. And Dorie has just been shockingly betrayed by the man she loved and trusted the most in the world though this is just the tip of the iceberg of her problems and secrets. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what they each of them needs. Ty Bazemore is their landlord, though he's hanging on to the rambling old beach house by a thin thread. After an inauspicious first meeting with Ellis, the two find themselves disturbingly attracted to one another, even as Ty is about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Maryn Shackleford is a stranger, and a woman on the run. Maryn needs just a few things in life: no questions, a good hiding place, and a new identity. Ellis, Julia, and Dorie can provide what Maryn wants; can they also provide what she needs? Five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life. Five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness. Five people who each need a sea change, and one month in a summer rental that might just give it to them.
The Invasion (Animorphs #1)
by K. A. ApplegateThe Earth is being invaded, but no one knows about it. When Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, and Marco stumble upon a downed alien spaceship and its dying pilot, they're given an incredible power -- they can transform into any animal they touch. With it, they become Animorphs, the unlikely champions in a secret war for the planet. And the enemies they're fighting could be anyone, even the people closest to them. So begins K. A. Applegate's epic series about five normal kids with a limitless amount of forms and abilities.
Gateway to Doom (Tom Swift III #9)
by Victor AppletonWhen Tom is studying a black hole, he discovers increased sunspot activity. As he studies more, he discovers that a new project designed by an experimental scientist and backed by a businessman is causing instability in stars. Tom and his friends face great danger and lots of opposition to keep the sun from going supernova and destroying life on earth as we know it.
Planet of Nightmares (Tom Swift III, #11)
by Victor AppletonTom Swift and his friends are confused when they are repeatedly attacked by sphere-shaped enemies that they don't recognize. To complicate matters, their ship is damaged, and everyone is plagued by their worst terrors. With quick thinking and split-second action, Tom Swift and his friends help to save a race long thought to be extinct and nullify an enemy determined to conquer all races. And they foil a plan to take over many of the industries run from earth. All in a day's work.
Stalking Ivory: A Jade Del Cameron mystery
by Suzanne ArrudaHaving endured the horrors of the Great War, and survived the social minefields of East Africa's British colonial community, American adventuress Jade del Cameron is eager to go beyond human civilization into the remote African wilderness ... never anticipating that her thirst for solitude will lead her into a heart of darkness.... On a photography assignment in the northern territory of Mount Marsabit, Jade and her friends Beverly and Avery Dunbury hope to capture the area's colossal elephants on film. But instead they discover an all too human image of slaughter: the mutilated remains of four elephants and one man. The authorities suspect Abyssinian poachers and raiders in search of ivory and slaves. But Jade has her own suspicions. Harry Hascombe, Jade's nemesis and unrelenting suitor, is leading a group of German hunters through the same territory. She knows Hascombe is not to be trusted, but could he be responsible for such a brutal crime? Her alarm grows when she discovers a cache of German rifles hidden in a nearby cave. And when Jelani, the Kikuyu boy accompanying her, is captured by slave traders, Jade must join forces with a new fellow traveler, handsome pilot Sam Featherstone, to rescue one of her own. Ultimately, it will take all of Jade's courage, skill, and endurance to protect the sanctity of the land's wild animals ... and expose the mastermind behind a conspiracy of terror.
Bound to Shadows (Riley Jenson Guardian #8)
by Keri ArthurArthur continues her "New York Times"-bestselling Guardians series with the eighth sexy urban fantasy novel featuring heroine Riley Jenson.
Moon Sworn (Riley Jenson Guardian #9)
by Keri ArthurArthur delivers the ninth and final volume in her "New York Times"-bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series. After the ritualistically slain bodies of ex-cons begin to surface, Riley reluctantly takes the case. But something even worse is waiting in the wings. Original.
The Mystery of the Silver Spider (Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators #8)
by Robert ArthurCancel the coronation! That's what the prince of Varania will have to do if he can't find the royal badge of office-a jeweled silver spider. No prince can be crowned without it. But the silver spider has been stolen! Luckily for the prince, his friends The Three Investigators are on hand. They've had a lot of experience in finding lost and stolen items. But never before have they tried to outwit dangerous political enemies-enemies who want to do away with the prince!
Allie's Big Break (The Party Line #5)
by Carrie AustenWill Allie forget her friends once she's a star? The local TV station is sponsoring a big talent contest and Allie's decided to enter! Suddenly life seems really complicated. Allie's so busy practicing for her big debut--and being distracted by a cute boy in school--that she begins to neglect the Party Line. Her friends are convinced she doesn't have time for their business anymore. Is it all over for Allie and the Party Line? Get on The Party Line Meet Allie, Rosie, Becky and Julie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Allie's Pizza and Pool Party (The Party Line #9)
by Carrie AustenMURPHY'S LAW: If anything can go wrong, it will! Allie, Becky, Rosie and Julie are gearing up for a super weekend of parties. They've been hired to give a party for Dylan Matthews' little sister, and Allie's so excited. She has a terrific crush on Dylan, and this is her chance to make a big impression. It's also Becky's birthday, and her best friends are giving her the most fabulous surprise party ever. In the middle of a freezing-cold Vermont winter, the party theme is a tropical one, complete with a heated swimming pool. But the perfect weekend starts to fall apart when Dylan's mom fires The Party Line! No one can figure out why, Allie's really upset. Will this bad news ruin Becky's party, too? Get on The Party Line Meet Allie, Becky, Julie and Rosie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Allie's Wild Surprise (The Party Line #1)
by Carrie AustenCan the Party Line make Allie's dream come true? The Vermilion concert is two weeks away and Allie's just got to go. But the tickets are so expensive! When the party for Allie's little brother falls through, Allie and her best friends Becky, Rosie and Julie turn a disaster into a miracle. Before you can say "make a wish" the girls are in the party business. It's the best: they're having fun and getting paid for it! Allie's already counting her ticket money. But Allie makes mistakes that may ruin the business before the girls have even done their first job. Her hopes of seeing Vermilion are fading fast ... Meet Allie, Becky, Rosie and Julie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Becky Bartlett, Superstar (The Party Line #7)
by Carrie AustenWith luck like this, who needs more trouble? Becky can't believe her bad luck. Everyone in school except Becky wants the lead in the school play--and Becky gets it! Playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet means lots of mushy love scenes. Some girls think it's romantic. Becky thinks it's disgusting. That's not the worst of it. Since The Party Line is throwing a party for the drama teacher's son, Becky can't convince her classmates that she didn't play teacher's pet to get the part! Get on The Party Line. Meet Becky, Rosie, Allie and Julie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Becky Rides Again (The Party Line #11)
by Carrie AustenHow can Becky get the horse of her dreams? Becky wants a horse of her own more than anything, but there's no way she could ever afford it. Or is there? Becky's famous for her brilliant plans. But just when she thinks she's figured out how she'll get her horse, she finds out her parents have been making plans of their own. Are the Bartletts moving? If they do, Becky will lose her horse--and her house, too! Get on The Party Line Meet Becky, Allie, Julie and Rosie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Becky's Super Secret (The Party Line #3)
by Carrie AustenBecky has a big surprise for her best friends What a way to earn money! The Party Line's latest paying job is planning a creepy-crawly birthday for a monster- loving seven-year-old. The girls are having a hilarious time coming up with gross party games-the grosser, the better. As if that isn't enough, Becky is putting together a top secret mystery party and she'll need her three best friends to help her do it in style. The only problem is: Becky hasn't exactly told them yet that they're going to help. Can Becky pull off the surprise party of the year? Get on THE PARTY LINE Meet Becky, Julie, Rosie, and Allie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Julie's Boy Problem (The Party Line #2)
by Carrie AustenTrouble, trouble everywhere . . . and it's all because of boys Julie's budding romance with Mark Harris seems doomed. Mark's girl-hating best friend, Casey Wyatt, keeps getting in the way. Then, in the mix-up of the century, the Party Line gets hired to give a party for Casey Wyatt. And when Casey finds out, it's war! In a last-ditch attempt to make something turn out right, Julie agrees to let Rosie, Becky and Allie give her a daring new look. This means double trouble for the Party Line: Casey hates his party and Julie hates her makeover! HELP! How will the girls get out of this mess? Get on THE PARTY LINE Meet Julie, Rosie, Becky and Allie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Julie's Dream Date (The Party Line #6)
by Carrie Austen[From The Back Cover] Julie has the perfect dress, a great makeover, the best date and ... a broken leg! The big dance is coming up and Julie can't wait. She and Rosie are already planning stunning new outfits and complete makeovers. When it comes to the dance, Julie has a one-track mind. But Becky doesn't think it's such a big deal. She accepts a Party Line job for the very same day, and Julie is outraged! If she works at the party she'll never have time to get ready for the dance! That's just the beginning, though. The Party Line isn't the only thing getting in Julie's way Get on The Party Line Meet Julie, Becky, Rosie and Allie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!