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Junie B., first grader: shipwrecked (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 6)
Par Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus. 2004
Junie B., first grader: boo --and I mean it! (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 7)
Par Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus. 2004
It's almost Halloween, but Junie B. is afraid to go trick-or-treating because Paulie Allen Puffer told her that real monsters…
and witches come out that very night. With some help from a friend, Junie B. gets an idea for her own scary costume. For grades K-3. 2004Shepherds abiding
Par Jan Karon. 2003
This sequel to In This Mountain (RC 54446, BR 14211) centers on Reverend Kavanagh's restoration of an old créche. He…
transforms himself as he renews the decrepit set and as he interacts with the community: Hope at the bookstore, Andrew at the antiques shop, and the owners of the Main Street Grill. Bestseller. 2003Holidays on ice
Par David Sedaris. 1997
Six short Christmas tales by humorist, playwright, and National Public Radio commentator. Sedaris relives his stint as a department store…
elf in "SantaLand Diaries." In "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!," a housewife facing homicide charges updates loved ones in her annual holiday newsletter. Bestseller. 1997The amateur marriage: a novel
Par Anne Tyler. 2004
Baltimore residents Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay fall in love at first sight at the start of World War II…
and marry impulsively. Remaining completely incompatible despite increasing prosperity, they spend the next five decades making themselves, and their three children, miserable. Bestseller. 2004Don Quixote
Par Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 2003
Spanish classic depicting the adventures of Don Quixote, an aging gentleman addled by chivalrous visions, who appoints himself a knight-errant…
and sets out with his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, on a quest to right the world's wrongs. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615. New translation by Edith Grossman. Bestseller. 2003The early stories, 1953-1975
Par John Updike. 2003
More than one hundred short pieces originally published in the New Yorker and other magazines. Includes the Olinger and Tarbox…
sagas as well as "Pigeon Feathers," "The Family Meadow," and "The Witnesses." Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2003Mr. Paradise: a novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2004
Model Kelly has accompanied roommate Chloe on her job as escort to elderly Mr. Paradiso when two gunmen kill Chloe…
and her client. Wanting Paradiso's fortune, the crooks coerce Kelly into impersonating Chloe. While a Detroit investigating detective falls for "Chloe," she tries to dodge the murderers. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2004Christmas, present
Par Jacquelyn Mitchard. 2003
Elliott Banner and his wife, Laura, are driving home after celebrating their fourteenth wedding anniversary on December 23 when Laura…
experiences a painful headache. At the hospital, they learn Laura suffered a brain aneurysm and has only hours to live. Their family gathers around her bedside for a last Christmas Eve together. 20033rd degree
Par James Patterson. 2004
The Women's Murder Club, last seen in 2nd Chance (RC 54159, BR 14209), reconvenes to stop domestic terrorist attacks in…
San Francisco. Detective Lindsay Boxer, lawyer Jill Bernhardt, physician Claire Washburn, and reporter Cindy Thomas assist Joe Molinari of Homeland Security, who falls for Lindsay. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2004The birth of Venus: a novel
Par Sarah Dunant. 2003
Renaissance Florence. Sixteen-year-old Alessandra Cecchi, the educated, artistic daughter of a wealthy merchant, is forced to marry an older man,…
who promises her freedom. Upon discovering his true intentions, she turns for love to an artist commissioned by her father. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003The queene's Christmas
Par Karen Harper. 2003
London, England; 1564. Even as she feuds with her cousin Mary Stuart of Scotland, thirty-one-year-old Queen Elizabeth plans an old-fashioned…
Yuletide celebration. But when one of the kitchen help is murdered, court herb mistress Meg Milligrew and trusted companions join Elizabeth in hunting for the killer before he strikes again. 2003Naked prey
Par John Sandford. 2003
Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport takes a specially created state position to handle politically sensitive cases. Confronted with the apparent lynching…
of a black man and a white woman in a small rural community, Davenport discovers that the real motive behind the murders is not what it seems. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime [i.e. valentine (Junie B. Jones Ser. #14)
Par Barbara Park. 1999
In pursuit of the proper sinner (Inspector Lynley Ser. #10.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1999
Inspector Thomas Lynley's search for clues to connect a suicide and several murders provides him with multiple suspects. Lynley's longtime…
partner Barbara Havers works extra hard in hopes of redeeming her reputation lost in Deception on His Mind (DB 44764). Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Haunted castle on Hallows Eve
Par Mary Pope Osborne. 2003
After climbing into their magic tree house, Jack and Annie are invited by master magician Merlin to King Arthur's realm…
where invisible beings, giant ravens, and haunted spells have put a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. For grades 2-4. 2003Villa incognito
Par Tom Robbins. 2003
Extravagant tale of three Americans declared missing-in-action who have chosen to remain in an edenic Laotian village decades after the…
Vietnam War's end, trafficking in opium. The unruly cast of characters includes an alluring woman descended from Japanese folklore's libidinous, sake-swilling, badgerlike tanuki. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003Playing for the ashes (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1994
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers are assigned the murder case of cricket star Kenneth Fleming. Separated…
from his wife, Fleming was living with his doting former teacher, Miriam Whitelaw, and having an affair with Gabriella Patten. In a parallel story, Whitelaw's daughter, now dying of a debilitating disease, describes her own wild youth. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe virgin blue: A Novel
Par Tracy Chevalier. 1997
American midwife Ella Turner moves to France with her husband and researches her French family origins. Tormented by strange dreams,…
she discovers a sixteenth-century ancestor, Isabelle Tournier, whose Huguenot beliefs led to tragedy and whose life seems somehow mysteriously linked to Ella's. Meanwhile, Ella has an affair providing complications. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997In the presence of the enemy (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 1997
Newspaper editor Dennis Luxford receives a threatening note demanding that he publicly reveal he is the father of ten-year-old Charlotte…
Bowen, the kidnapped daughter of a member of parliament with whom Luxford had an affair years earlier. Scotland Yard inspector Thomas Lynley enters the case when a body is discovered. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996