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QB 1: Quantity Pack
Par Mike Lupica. 2013
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of TRAVEL TEAM, HEAT, and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly football novel…
set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football. Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure land of Friday Night Lights (Texas). He is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season--not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend, Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be royalty . . . and a quarterback. All of which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow, a tall order for any boy, especially one who's merely a freshman. While his teammates assume the starting job will be handed to Jake on a silver platter, the truth is that he has to fight for every snap and every ounce of respect. Jake may be a Cullen and he may play quarterback, but he is not his brother or his father. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. He's just like every other boy--awkward around a pretty girl, in awe of his famous family, and desperate to simultaneously blend in and cast his own shadow. Inspired by the real-life Manning family of quarterbacks (father Archie, Super Bowl-winning sons Peyton and Eli) and set amid the football-crazy culture of Texas immortalized in Friday Night Lights, QB 1 is a coming-of-age story perfect for the fan of MILLION-DOLLAR THROW, HEAT, and of course FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. "This is a wonderful book by a great writer. All football fathers and sons will enjoy it."--Archie ManningWhere Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty (Dear America)
Par Ellen Emerson White. 2002
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she…
misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the Vietnam War and tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.MIENTRAS ENTRENO
Par Valerie Hockert, Alana Gayet. 2017
A Katelyn le gusta llevar un estilo de vida saludable, así que se apunta a un gimnasio nada más llegar…
a un pequeño pueblo al que acaba de mudarse. Mientras ejercita, observa a las otras personas que como ella van al gimnasio para entrenar. Algunos van acompañados. Otros parece que están intentando ponerse en forma después de una ruptura, otros están ahí por su salud. Todas esas personas representan una parte de ella de su vida pasada, una vida que creyó dejar atrás al mudarse de la ciudad a una aldea en la costa. Katelyn reflexiona y decide que su vida no estaba tan mal después de todo, y descubre su propósito en la vida.The Night Child: A Novel
Par Anna Quinn. 2018
This breathtaking debut novel examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and present. Exquisitely…
nuanced and profoundly intimate, The Night Child is a story of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl’s face appears above the students’ desks—“a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora’s body—the kind of raw terror you feel when there’s no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire—when you think you might die.”Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered—a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown.“The Night Child is a powerful, beautifully written, transformative novel that struck a rare chord with me. When I recall Nora’s journey, I am affected viscerally, as if I were reliving her painful memories alongside her. ‘Must-read’ is not a phrase I use often; I am using it now: you must read this book!”—Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain“Anna Quinn writes with bright and assured authority, making this a remarkable debut novel you won’t soon forget. Her haunting story, expertly and lovingly crafted, leaves you breathless with both terror and hope.”—Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author“I loved this book so much…I entered Quinn’s book and lost myself and exited her book changed. She is hanging with the big dogs with this work…like Jodi Picoult and Ann Patchett.”—Lidia Yuknavitch, bestselling author of The Book of Joan“The Night Child is an exhilarating debut: Quinn immediately pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the final scene. She commands each page and expertly dives into the inner working of a broken mind. This fast-paced, riveting novel of coping with the past while trying to salvage life in the present is hard to put down.” —BooklistGlasses for D.W.
Par Marc Brown. 1996
The Problem with Forever & If There's No Tomorrow
Par Jennifer L. Armentrout. 2018
“Beautiful, real, and devastating…this book will forever have a spot on my all-time favorites shelf.” —Sarah J. Maas, #1 New…
York Times bestselling author of Throne of GlassRevisit two heartbreakingly powerful novels from #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout. THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVERFor some people, silence is a weapon. For Mallory “Mouse” Dodge, it’s a shield. Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it’s been four years since her nightmare ended, she’s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime.Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at a public high school.It doesn’t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider Stark, her long-lost childhood friend, never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. IF THERE’S NO TOMORROWLena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She’s ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances. Until one choice, one moment, destroys everything.Titles originally published in 2016 and 2017.Jack Who? German Version
Par Lisa Gillis, Claudia Schoepper. 2017
Ein sexy, tätowierter, Metal-Rockstar und ein normales Mädchen aus einer Kleinstadt im Süden. Marissa hat eine Mission. Sie will ganz…
schnell über ihren betrügerischen Ex hinwegkommen. Ist ein One-Night-Stand dafür die richtige Medizin? Vielleicht. Aber ist Jack (wie war nochmal sein Nachname?) dafür der richtige? Ein One-Night-Stand mit Folgen. Ein Geheimnis, das Marissa um jeden Preis bewahren will. Ein Rockstar aus Kalifornien. Ein normales Mädchen aus den Südstaaten. Zwei Welten treffen auf einander. Haben die beiden eine Chance auf ‚mehr‘? KEIN CLIFFHANGER! Jack Who? Ist er erste Teil der Silver Strings Trilogie. Alle drei Teile handeln von Jack und Marissa. Buch 1 hat aber kein offenes Ende. Man kann die Wartezeit bis zum zweiten Buch also gut aushalten!Sisters
Par Prue Leith. 2013
Carrie is beautiful and untamed, a single girl with her own business and the pick of the men. Her older…
sister Poppy is an earth mother, with a successful career in the theatre and happy home life. Since they were children, Poppy has always looked out for her sister--she knows Carrie has a darker, destructive side. But she never dreams Carrie would hurt her. But Carrie can't help herself. She provides danger, excitement, great sex--all the things that had faded in Eduardo and Poppy's marriage. And in destroying her sister's peace of mind, she risks losing all those who love her.Arthur's Reading Race
Par Marc Brown. 1996
With My Lazy Eye
Par Julia Kelly. 1969
Lucy's a misfit. She's growing up in a large family in a semi-detached house in Dublin, dreaming of being someone…
else and making her father proud. It's not looking promising.He's an internationally renowned academic, her siblings are bright achievers, but Lucy is lazy, directionless and never quite manages to succeed. Perhaps that's because she's not really trying. She hasn't got the energy to revise for exams, she can't convince herself to care about coming last and even when she goes to London and finds the perfect job, she is still destined to fail. It seems she's going nowhere--fast.But when a family crisis forces Lucy to grow up, she's going to realise that if she wants a better life, she'll have to take matters into her own hands. Maybe then her dreams will come true.A Daddy for Her Daughter
Par Tina Beckett. 2016
A family to heal them... After losing his little girl five years ago, Dr. Kaleb McBride has kept himself to…
himself. He can't face losing anyone ever again. Then beautiful Madeleine Grimes enters his world... Maddy's priority is her young daughter. So she's just as determined to ignore her burning attraction to Kaleb! But when stolen kisses turn into something more, Maddy wonders if she and Chloe can heal Kaleb's heart...and make the perfect family!The Fall and Rise of Lucy Charlton
Par Elizabeth Gill. 2014
A gritty, emotional saga about tragic loss, a mysterious inheritance and one woman's determination to succeed in the male-dominated society…
of 1920s northern England.Since childhood, Lucy Charlton has dreamed of working with her father in the family solicitor's firm. But when scandal shatters her dreams and her father disowns her she finds herself on the streets, fighting for survival. Joe Hardy has returned to London after the Great War to find his life in tatters - his father is dead and his pregnant fiancée has disappeared. Then Joe learns he's unexpectedly inherited an old river house in Durham from a stranger called Margaret Lee. With nothing left for him in London, he makes arrangements to travel north and claim it. Lucy's determination has finally secured her a job as a legal secretary, campaigning for the rights of the poorest in society. As Joe arrives in her office to collect the keys to his new home, she promises to help him uncover information about his mystery benefactor. But before long, the past comes back to haunt them both, with shocking consequences.Bloodlines
Par Marcello Fois. 2009
When Giuseppe Mundula first sees Michele Angelo Chironi across the corridor of a Sardinian orphanage, the reserved blacksmith realizes he…
has found the son and heir he never knew he needed. And when, a few years later, Michele himself looks down from a church rooftop and sees the beautiful Mercede, the quiet orphan realizes he has found the woman he will marry.So begins Marcello Fois' magisterial domestic epic of the lives and loves of the Chironi family, as they struggle through war and fascism. Deftly endowing familial horrors with mythical resonance, Fois creates a Dantesque triptych that inscribes the history of twentieth-century Sardinia onto a single misbegotten household.Unhooking the Moon
Par Gregory Hughes. 2010
When an adventurous sister-and-brother duo become orphans, a funny and heartbreaking roadtrip to New York ensues, as the pair searches…
for their long-lost uncle.Meet the Rat: A dancing, soccer-loving, fearless ten-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Meet her older brother, Bob: Protector of the Rat, though more often than not her faithful follower, Bob is determined to build a new and better life for him and his sister in America. Of particular concern for him are his sister's mysterious fits, which keep getting more and more severe.On their adventures traveling alone from the flatlands of Winnipeg, southward across the border into America, Bob and the Rat make friends with a host of unlikely characters, including a hilarious con man and a famous rap star. As they struggle to survive in the big city, they realize that finding your uncle in New York is incredibly difficult if you have almost no information about him--even if he is rumored to be one of the city's biggest drug dealers...From the Hardcover edition.A Summer in Sonoma (Mills And Boon Romance Ser.)
Par Robyn Carr. 2010
They’ve been best friends since seventh grade. But this summer, teetering on the threshold of thirty, four women are going…
to need each other more than everCassie has sworn off men after yet another bad date though, deep down, she’s still looking for Mr. Right. A long-haired, tattooed biker is definitely not him, so there’s no harm in a few Harley rides through Sonoma. Right? Julie married her high school sweetheart too young and now wonders how her life became all about leaky faucets and checkbook balances. Maybe love isn’t enough to sustain the perfect couple.Marty’s firefighter husband takes her for granted, and with her marriage on the rocks, an old flame begins to look mighty tempting. She’s seriously thinking of crossing that line. Beth is a busy doctor trapped in a body that’s betrayed her yet again and she’s becoming a difficult patient and a secretive friend. She’s fighting for her life. Life can change in an instant…or a summer. As these four friends deal with life’s challenges, the strength of their bond will see them through.No one delves into the complexities of female friendship better than #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr.Spaceman of Bohemia
Par Jaroslav Kalfar. 2017
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discoveryOrphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents,…
Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions. Alone in Deep Space, Jakub discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider, who becomes his unlikely companion. Over philosophical conversations about the nature of love, life and death, and the deliciousness of bacon, the pair form an intense and emotional bond. Will it be enough to see Jakub through a clash with secret Russian rivals and return him safely to Earth for a second chance with Lenka?Rich with warmth and suspense and surprise, Spaceman of Bohemia is an exuberant delight from start to finish. Very seldom has a novel this profound taken readers on a journey of such boundless entertainment and sheer fun.The Best Worst Thing
Par Kathleen Lane. 2016
Front door locked, kitchen door locked, living room windows closed.Nobody in the closet, nobody under the beds.Still, Maggie is worried.…
Ever since she started middle school, she sees injustice and danger everywhere--on the news, in her textbooks, in her own neighborhood. Even her best friend seems to be changing. Maggie believes it is up to her, and only her, to make everything all right. Can she come up with a plan to keep everyone safe?The Best Worst Thing is a perceptive novel about learning the limits of what you can control, and the good--sometimes even best--things that can come of finally letting go.Lost Christmas
Par David Logan. 2015
Sometimes it's a terrible loss that makes us appreciate just how good we have it. Ten-year-old Goose lives happily with…
his parents and his dog, Mutt, in their house in Manchester, England. But then his parents die in a car crash on Christmas Eve, and Goose's life is destroyed.Exactly one year later, Goose is no longer the wide-eyed, energetic innocent he used to be--now he is a streetwise kid who has been turned to petty thievery to support his increasingly addled Nan. Though her body is present, Nan's mind wanders and this only makes Goose feel even more isolated. When Mutt goes missing, Goose feels a crushing sense of loss.As Goose searches the streets of Manchester on Christmas Eve for his dog, he encounters a strange man named Anthony, who seems to know an awful lot about everyone he meets (but almost nothing at all about himself). Anthony's special skill is to help people who have lost something--and everyone's lost something, according to Anthony--to find that thing again. As they roam the streets together, they meet a wide variety of people, all of whom are searching desperately for something missing from their lives.As the mysterious Anthony proves again and again to have the power to reunite the seekers with the sought-after, Goose begins to wonder if with Anthony's help he might be able to find one of the precious things he's lost...Not on Fifth Street
Par Kathy Cannon Wiechman. 2017
It’s 1937 and a storm is brewing over the town of Ironton, Ohio, and in the home of Pete and…
Gus Brinkmeyer. The two teenage brothers, once close, struggle with the growing differences in their relationship. Gus is the older and more cerebral brother, a romantic who falls for a girl his family does not approve of. He is also jealous of their father’s seeming favoritism toward Pete, the more practical and physical brother. Pete struggles with the loss of his brother’s friendship as Gus’s jealousy and involvement with the girl drive a wedge between the two. When the Ohio River floods their town and the brothers are separated, each must discover his own strengths to survive and ultimately heal the fracture. Celebrated historical novelist Kathy Wiechman looks into her own family’s history to create unforgettable characters caught up in a catastrophic, life-changing event. Includes an extensive author’s note outlining the history behind the story.Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
Par Abby Clements. 2012
Childhood friends Laurie and Rachel used to be inseparable--but their lives have taken very different paths since they picked up…
their A-level results together.Now thirty-five, they have all but fallen out of touch; glamorous single girl Laurie is based in London and dedicated to her career in fashion; Rachel seemingly living the family idyll in Yorkshire.But when Rachel's mother-in-law needs urgent treatment in London, and disasters at work and in her love life mean Laurie needs to flee, a house swap falls into place. Soon gentle Rachel is far from the village bake sales, braving the city's mean streets while trying to keep her marriage and family together; while Laurie attempts to work an Aga, befriend the wary village locals--and forget the man who seems intent on breaking her heart. Will their relationships survive this test? And will they make it home for Christmas?