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Borders of infinity
Par Lois McMaster Bujold. 1989
Home to Holly Springs: The First of the Father Tim Novels (A Mitford Novel #10)
Par Jan Karon. 2007
Nearly forty years after leaving his childhood home, retired Episcopalian priest Father Tim Kavanagh of Mitford, North Carolina, is beckoned…
back to Holly Springs, Mississippi. While reuniting with old friends and acquaintances, Father Tim uncovers family secrets and discovers who sent for him. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2007The land of mango sunsets: A Novel
Par Dorothea Benton Frank. 2007
New York socialite Miriam Swanson, estranged from her grown sons, has become a miserable social pariah since her divorce. But,…
after visiting her aging hippie mother in Sullivans Island, South Carolina, Miriam changes her attitude. With the help of her tenants she begins to enjoy life. 2007Burning bright
Par Tracy Chevalier. 2007
Georgian London, 1790s. At the behest of circus impresario Philip Astley, the Kellaway family moves from the country and becomes…
neighbors to artist, poet, and free-thinker William Blake. Young Jem Kellaway falls in love with feisty city girl Maggie Butterfield, and both succumb to Blake's spell. 2007Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed,…
giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. 1969While I live
Par John Marsden. 2007
Follows the Tomorrow Series. After the war, Australia is partitioned and Ellie returns to her family farm with friends Homer…
and Gavin. When Ellie's parents are murdered, Homer joins a vigilante group called Liberation. Meanwhile Ellie struggles to keep her land. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2007What they found: love on 145th street
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2007
Fifteen stories set in Harlem centering around different aspects of love. In the first tale a dying man asks that…
his memorial service be held at the grand opening of his family's beauty salon. Companion to 145th Street (RC 65859, BR 13133). Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007We didn't mean to go to sea (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1994
While on board a yacht, John, Roger, Susan, and Titty Walker--who have only rowed dinghies--find themselves adrift in the fog,…
heading out to the North Sea. John takes charge when a gale blows them toward Holland. Sequel to Pigeon Post (DB 35331, BR 17525). For grades 4-7. 1937Dear Emma
Par Johanna Hurwitz. 2002
New York City, 1910. Eighth-grader Dossi, a Russian Jewish immigrant, writes to her Vermont friend Emma, whom she met on…
a Fresh Air Fund vacation, as told in Faraway Summer (BR 11930). Dossi describes her new brother-in-law, the diphtheria epidemic, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. For grades 5-8. 2002Missee Lee: the Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2001
The Walker and Blackett children and Uncle Jim are shipwrecked during their voyage around the world. Cast ashore on the…
China coast, they become captives of Miss Lee, a Chinese pirate's daughter. Sequel to The Big Six (DB 32695, BR 17528). For grades 4-7. 1941Rhett Butler's people
Par Donald McCaig. 2007
Tale of Rhett Butler, from Gone with the Wind (RC 33082, BR 11427), and his clan. Rhett has a difficult…
relationship with his father Langston, loves his sister Rosemary and his wife Scarlett O'Hara, and trusts his childhood friend Tunis, a former slave. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007Five skies
Par Ron Carlson. 2007
Three men share their life stories while working on a construction project in rural Idaho. Carpenter Arthur Key, who left…
California after a betrayal, and Ronnie Panelli, charming but shiftless, are led by ranch foreman Darwin Gallegos--angry at man, God, and life. Strong language. 2007Squirrel's world (Easy reader)
Par Lisa Moser. 2007
This four-chapter tale follows a cheerful, busy squirrel who is always on the "go, go, go." Squirrel, who likes to…
play "leap, leap, leapfrog," and Turtle, who prefers "sleep, sleep, sleepfrog," find something they both like in "the perfect game." Easy reader. For grades K-3. 2007Wringer (Joanna Cotler Bks.)
Par Jerry Spinelli. 1997
Palmer LaRue dreads turning ten, the age at which boys become wringers--those who break the necks of wounded birds at…
the town's annual pigeon shoot. A pigeon appears at Palmer's window and becomes his pet, a fact that the boy conceals until the day of the shoot, when he faces a tough moral decision. For grades 4-7. Newbery Honor. 1997A dog for life
Par L. S Matthews. 2006
John Hawkins, his older brother Tom, and their dog Mouse can read one another's thoughts. But that doesn't help when…
Tom becomes seriously ill and his mother plans to take Mouse to the pound. Instead John and Mouse run away. For grades 4-7. 2006Peter Duck: a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1987
The imaginary Peter Duck takes the Walker and Blackett children onto the high seas in search of hidden treasure. Under…
the command of Captain Flint--the Blackett's uncle Jim--they brave fog, sharks, a pirate, and ravenous crabs. Sequel to Swallowdale (RC 30556, BR 17521). For grades 4-7. 1932Play dirty: A Novel
Par Sandra Brown. 2007
Former quarterback Griff Burkett, just released from jail after serving time for throwing a game for the mob, is hired…
by Texas paraplegic millionaire Foster Speakman to impregnate his wife Laura. Griff takes the money while being stalked by crooked Dallas cop Stanley Rodarte. Explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007Coot club (Swallows and Amazons)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1990
Dorothea and Dick, Tom Dodgeon, Port and Starboard, and other friends form the Bird Protection Society or "Coot Club." When…
a group of rude holiday boaters disturbs one of the coot's nests, trouble begins. Calamitous boat collisions, frantic chases, and near drownings ensue. For grades 4-7The Picts & the martyrs: or, Not welcome at all (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
Par Arthur Ransome. 2002
Nancy and Peggy have their hopes for a glorious holiday-without-parents dashed when their stern great-aunt arrives, uninvited, to supervise them.…
The girls hide their houseguests, Dick and his sister Dorothea, in a cabin in the woods. Sequel to Missee Lee (DB 32694, BR 17529). For grades 4-7. 1943You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose tales to read together
Par Mary Ann Hoberman. 2005
Short stories in verse based on familiar nursery rhymes. In "Little Miss Muffet," the spider politely asks to join Miss…
Muffet on her tuffet and after some discussion is permitted to stay. And Jack and Jill have a safer trip up the hill the second time. For grades K-3. 2005