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Dragon flight
Par Jessica Day George. 2008
Creel, the heroine of Dragon Slippers (BR 17590), is summoned to the palace to use her expertise against an evil…
dragon that threatens the kingdom. She also looks forward to sharing adventures again with Prince Luka, the king's youngest son. For grades 5-8. 2008The boy in the striped pajamas: a fable
Par John Boyne. 2006
World War II. Nine-year-old Bruno is dismayed to leave his three best friends when his family moves from their Berlin…
home to a remote country house. He struggles to understand why he can't be friends with the boy behind the wire fence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006The wild girls
Par Pat Murphy. 2008
In 1972, twelve-year-old Joan regrets moving to California until she meets Sarah--a kindred spirit with whom Joan enjoys romping in…
the woods and making up stories. The girls are recruited for a summer writing class that changes their perspective about storytelling and themselves. For grades 5-8. 2007The adventures of Sir Givret the Short (The Knight's Tales)
Par Gerald Morris. 2008
Young Givret, easily the shortest man at King Arthur's court, becomes a knight because of his clever mind and quick…
thinking, which he uses to help others. For grades 3-6. 2008Empire of bones
Par Liz Williams. 2002
India, 2030. Aliens arrive to integrate Earth into their empire. In exchange for a pardon and rights for the untouchable…
caste, ailing revolutionary Jaya Nihalani--a Receiver who can communicate with the visitors--acts as a liaison and discovers their true intent. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002Cocaine blues: a Phryne Fisher mystery
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2007
Free-thinking Phryne Fisher leaves 1920s London for her native Australia to try being a perfect lady detective. Phryne soon finds…
herself embroiled in mysteries involving a drug-smuggling ring, corrupt cops, communism, a sexy Russian dancer, and a colonel's daughter suspected of being poisoned by her husband. 1989Flying too high: a Phryne Fisher mystery
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2007
Australia, 1928. PI Phryne Fisher juggles two unrelated cases involving kidnapping and murder. In one, Phryne searches for a lottery…
winner's missing daughter. In the other, Phryne sets out to exonerate a pilot charged with killing his brutish father. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1990The bridge of San Luis Rey (Perennial classics)
Par Thornton Wilder. 2003
Peru, 1714. A bridge connecting Lima and Cuzco collapses, killing five travelers. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan missionary who witnesses the…
tragedy, delves into the victims' lives to determine if the incident was a matter of chance or divine intervention. Includes 2003 afterword by Tappan Wilder. Pulitzer Prize. 1927The lost quilter: an Elm Creek quilts novel (Elm Creek Quilts Ser. #No. 14)
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2008
Sylvia Bergstorm and her quilting staff find old letters in Elm Creek Manor's attic. They learn of the travails of…
slave Joanna North, who had escaped to Pennsylvania only to be recaptured. Joanna survived the Civil War in South Carolina, where she later taught freedmen to quilt. 2009The ghost sister
Par Liz Williams. 2001
Eleres is fiercely protective of his ailing sister, Mevennen--called a ghost by their people because of her disconnect from their…
world's natural energies. Seeking a cure, Eleres takes Mevennen into the wilderness, where they meet Shu, a gaian spirit whose hope for healing may come at a terrible price. 2001The diamond of Darkhold: The Fourth Book of Ember (Books of Ember #Bk. 4)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2008
Lina's trade with a roamer gains Doon a battered old book that alludes to a mysterious device. Lina and Doon…
return underground to Ember to retrieve the machine, hoping it will help their new community, Sparks. Companion to The People of Sparks (DB 60098). For grades 5-8. 2008Fifth avenue glamour girl
Par Renée Rosen. 2023
It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to…
prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Social Graces and Park Avenue Summer . In New York City, you can disappear into the crowd. At least that’s what Gloria Downing desperately hopes as she tries to reinvent herself after a devastating family scandal. She’s ready for a total life makeover and a friend she can lean on—and into her path walks a young, idealistic woman named Estée. Their chance encounter will change Gloria’s life forever. Estée dreams of success and becoming a household name like Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein, and Revlon. Before Gloria knows it, she is swept up in her new friend’s mission and while Estée rolls up her sleeves, Gloria begins to discover her own talents. After landing a job at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York’s finest luxury department store, Gloria finds her voice, which proves instrumental in opening doors for Estée’s insatiable ambitions. But in a world unaccustomed to women with power, they’ll each have to pay the price that comes with daring to live life on their own terms and refusing to back downFull circle: A Novel
Par Danielle Steel. 1989
Tana Roberts's secure, happy childhood ends abruptly after high school graduation, when the son of her widowed mother's lover rapes…
her. Her life forever changed, Tana sets out to succeed in her legal career, life, and love. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1984Heart of a shepherd
Par Rosanne Parry. 2009
Eleven-year-old Ignatius Alderman--called "Brother"--promises to keep his family's Oregon ranch just as it is until his father returns from the…
war in Iraq. Brother's Quaker grandparents and his own Catholic faith help him face new challenges, like a wildfire that threatens the ranch. For grades 5-8. 2009Melonhead (Melonhead Ser.)
Par Katy Kelly. 2009
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a friend of Lucy Rose, has a talent for landing in trouble.…
But right now he and his pal Sam are dreaming up inventions to win a science contest. For grades 2-4. 2009Urn burial: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #8)
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2005
Sleuth Phryne Fisher, her lover Lin Chung, and their retinue take a holiday at a gothic mansion in Australia's mountain…
country. But mischief and murder disrupt the peace when the owners receive death threats and someone strangles a parlor maid. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996The book of Jude
Par Kimberley Burton Heuston. 2008
1989. Fifteen-year-old Jude and her Mormon family relocate to communist Czechoslovakia after Jude's mother wins a Fulbright fellowship to study…
art. But the move and the country's political turmoil overwhelm Jude until she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and treated. For senior high readers. 2008Away with the fairies: a Phryne Fisher mystery
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2006
Australia, 1928. Phryne Fisher takes a job at a woman's magazine to discover who murdered Marcella Lavender, a writer and…
illustrator of fairy stories. Phryne also worries about her lover, Lin Chung, who is in China on a silk-buying trip. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001Moonlight on the magic flute (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #41)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2009
When Jack and Annie magically arrive in 1762 Vienna, Austria, their mission is to help a brilliant artist bring joy…
to the world. But six-year-old Wolfie keeps interfering. For grades 2-4. 2009The physick book of Deliverance Dane: a novel
Par Katherine Howe. 2009
Connie Goodwin heads to Massachusetts to sell her grandmother's abandoned property and work on research for her doctoral dissertation in…
American colonial history. When an antique key falls out of her family's old Bible, Connie is inspired to find a powerful, rare book. Bestseller. 2009