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Talk before sleep: a novel
Par Elizabeth Berg. 1994
Ruth and Ann met at a party, and it was hate at first sight, until a chance encounter in the…
bathroom led to an alliance of souls. For five years they shared everything, including truths about marriage, mortality and love, but then Ruth was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ann, a former nurse, puts her own life on hold to help Ruth cope with the debilitating illness and face the approach of death. In the last poignant months, as they socialize with Ruth's friends and talk about their friendship, the sharing becomes even more profound. Strong language.Tarka the otter (Puffin Modern Classics Ser.)
Par Henry Williamson. 1995
This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen…
through the otter's own eyes. Grades 5-8. Originally published in 1927. 1995.Taking chances (Heartland. #4.)
Par Lauren Brooke. 2001
Amy's life has drastically changed. She's found herself taking on the huge responsibility of running Heartland, the horse refuge that…
was her mother¹s life work. The one constant for Amy has been her friendship with Ty, Heartland¹s 17-year-old stable hand. But the arrival of a new hand, Ben, throws everything off balance. By the time Amy realizes she¹s taken Ty for granted, it could be too late. Sequel to "Breaking free", followed by "Come what may". Grades 3-6. 2001.Talking it over
Par Julian Barnes. 1991
Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a…
picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite, a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married, but it is not long before a tentative friendship between the three evolves into something far different. Strong language. 1991.Tales from Watership Down
Par Richard Adams, John Lawrence. 1996
The author returns to the memorable world of the rabbits in this collection. The first part includes several traditional folk…
stories known to all rabbits. Then follow tales about the adventures of El-Ahrairah, the mythical rabbit hero. In the third and principal section are stories about Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig and their companions. Grades 5-8. 1996.Summer in Sonoma (Romantic sounds audio)
Par Robyn Carr. 2010
This novel follows the trials of four women who've been friends since seventh grade. As they teeter on the brink…
of 30, they learn that life can change in an instant - and having old friends to lean on may never be more important. Includes strong language. 2010.Swear to howdy
Par Wendelin Van Draanen. 2004
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (Narwhal and Jelly book. #2.)
Par Ben Clanton. 2017
Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. In the first story, Narwhal reveals…
his superhero alter-ego and enlists Jelly to help him figure out what his superpower is. Next, Narwhal uses his superpower to help a friend find his way back home. In the third story, Jelly is feeling blue and Narwhal comes to the rescue. Grades K-3. Sequel to "Narwhal: Unicorn of the sea". 2017.Summer friends
Par Holly Chamberlin. 2011
Returning to Ogunquit, Maine, for an extended visit, successful businesswoman Maggie Weldon reunites with her best friend growing up, native…
Mainer Delphine Crandall, and together they reflect on their choices and compromises, the girls they were and the women they've become. c2011.Sushi for beginners
Par Marian Keyes. 2000
Who will have the nervous breakdown? Will it be Clodagh who awaits her beautiful husband's homecoming, or Lisa, hard and…
brittle and recently demoted? Or perhaps it will be Ashling who is so normal that she is actually weird. Descriptions of sex. 2000.Susannah
Par Janet Hickman. 1998
Fourteen-year-old Susannah and her widowed father have joined a Shaker frontier settlement, where children are kept separate from adults. Susannah…
finds her new life oppressive and befriends young Mary, whose outsider mother aims to remove her daughter from the community. Both girls hope for rescue. Grades 5-8. 1998.Strider
Par Beverly Cleary. 1991
Leigh and his best friend, Barry, find an abandoned dog on the beach and name him Strider. Both boys want…
to keep him, so they agree upon a unique joint custody agreement. Sequel to "Dear Mr. Henshaw". Grades 3-6. 1991.Surrender
Par Sonya Hartnett. 2005
A small town and distant parents ensure that Gabriel is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as…
a child. He has only two friends - his dog Surrender, and the unruly wild boy Finnigan, with whom he made a boyhood pact. When a series of arson attacks grips the town, Gabriel realises how unpredictable and dangerous Finnigan is. Events begin to spiral out of control, and it becomes clear that only the most extreme of measures will rid Gabriel of Finnigan for good. For grades 3-6 readers. 2005.Sunset in St. Tropez
Par Danielle Steel. 2002
During a traditional New Year's Eve dinner, Diane and Eric Morrison, Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith…
talk about their plans to rent a villa in southern France the following summer. When Robert suffers a sudden loss two weeks later, the others rally around, insisting he join them on the Riviera. But the villa they rented is not what they expected, and neither is the woman Robert brings along. 2002.Summer sisters: a novel
Par Judy Blume. 1998
Santa Fe sixth-grader Vix is thrilled when new classmate Caitlin asks her to spend the summer with her on Martha's…
Vineyard. The summers go on for six years, during which Vix falls in love with Bru, an island resident. Now, years later, Caitlin calls to say she is marrying Bru. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998.Summer at the lake (O'malley Family Saga)
Par Andrew M Greeley. 1997
The lives of three friends change in the summer of 1948 when, during their usual vacation at a lake, two…
other friends are killed in an auto accident. Thirty years later they gather again at the lake, but it is an unsettling reunion. There had been a cover-up and a vicious scandal after the car accident that haunt them still. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." 1997.Summer rental: A Novel
Par Mary Kay Andrews. 2011
Unemployed banker Ellis, model Julia, and teacher Dorie--once childhood friends in Savannah, Georgia--rent a beach house in Nags Head, North…
Carolina, for a month. The women, now in their thirties, share hopes and disappointments and shelter a stranger on the run from her husband. 2011.Sugar and spice
Par Jean Ure. 2005
Shay was totally drop-dead gorgeous. Why would a person that looked like a model want to sit next to me…
- an insignificant weed with a brace on her teeth? And glasses. Geeky Ruth Spicer hates school, but when super-cool Shayanne Sugar comes along and - shock horror! - wants to be her friend, things begin to look up. But Shay is hiding something - do best friends tell each other everything...? For grades 2-4 or older readers. 2005.Sunwing (Silverwing Saga #Bk. 2)
Par Kenneth Oppel. 1999
While Shade continues to search for his father he finds a strange Human building that holds a huge forest. Thousands…
of bats live in the building where the forest is as warm as a summer night and food is plentiful. Then some of the bats start to go missing and Shade and Marina want to know where they have disappeared to. Their search takes them on a long journey and brings them closer to finding Shade's father. Sequel to "Silverwing." Winner of the 2001 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Grades 4-7. 1999.Summer of discovery
Par Eric Wilson. 1984
Frightened, over-protected and confined to a wheelchair, Ian is away from home for the first time when he goes to…
camp. But Ian becomes part of the gang when they come across abandoned buildings haunted by ghosts. Grades 5-8. c1984.