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Hawke's Cove
Par Susan Wilson. 2000
1944. Vangie Worth retreats to her grandmother's coastal New England farm while her husband is fighting in Europe. She hires…
Joe Green as a laborer and falls in love despite her discovery that he is a deserter. Decades later, Vangie's son returns to Hawke's Cove and meets Joe's daughter, Maggie. Some strong language. 2000Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
Par Wilson Rawls. 1984
The tidal poole: an Elizabeth I mystery
Par Karen Harper. 2000
London, 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, with the help of her informal council of friends from The Poyson Garden (BR13032), foils…
another plot on her life. When the promiscuous sister of the queen's lady-in-waiting is murdered, suspicion falls on the traitorous Seymour family. Some violence. 2000Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind
Par Alexandra Ripley. 1991
Continues the saga of Scarlett O'Hara which began in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (BR 11427). Scarlett returns to…
Tara after Melanie's funeral, but then makes her way to Ireland where she struggles to get Rhett Butler back into her life. The author was chosen by Mitchell's heirs to write the sequel. BestsellerGroucho Marx, private eye
Par Ron Goulart. 1999
Radio star Groucho Marx and his scriptwriter Frank Denby have had it with costar Polly Pilgrim, a spoiled child prodigy,…
when her actress mother is accused of murdering a plastic surgeon. Marx and Denby set out to prove the actress's innocence and uncover interesting information on the doctor. Some strong languageBehind the veil
Par L. L Chaikin. 1998
In this sequel to Golden Palaces (BR 12692) Tancred Redwan, believing his beloved Helena Lysander and her mother are safe,…
is proceeding to find his brother's murderer and clear his name. Meanwhile, Helena is being held by the Moslem prince she is supposed to wed. For senior high and older readers. 1998The way to Bright Star
Par Dee Brown. 1998
At the turn of the century, Ben Butterfield looks back on his years as a young boy during the Civil…
War. Along with wagon master John Hawkes, Ben and animal handler Hadjee drive two camels captured by a Yankee captain from Texas to Bright Star, Indiana. They encounter many hardships, and Ben loses his heart to a young adventurerFire, bed, & bone
Par Henrietta Branford. 1998
In 1381 England, just after giving birth to puppies, a hunting dog watches in dismay as her kind owner and…
his wife are arrested during the peasants' revolt. The loyal dog describes the passing seasons as she keeps tabs on both her human family and her own offspring. For grades 5-8City of light
Par Lauren Belfer. 1999
Buffalo, New York; 1901. Niagara Falls is harnessed for electricity, and environmentalists and union agitators fight the power company for…
control. Louisa Barrett, the progressive headmistress of a girls' school, becomes involved when the head engineer is murdered, and she suspects the adoptive father of her illegitimate daughterStick and Whittle
Par Sid Hite. 2000
Texas, 1872. Melvin "Stick" Fitchett, a Civil War veteran, runs into sixteen-year-old Melvin "Whittle" Smyte on the lonesome prairie. The…
two become partners while Stick searches for his long-lost sweetheart, Evelyn. When they find out that she has been kidnapped, they ride to the rescue. For grades 6-9. 2000Out of the dark
Par Welwyn Katz. 1996
After his mother is killed, Ben's family moves to his father's Newfoundland boyhood home. Ben's younger brother makes friends with…
the local boys, but Ben avoids them, escaping into the fantasy world of the nearby Viking settlement, armed with stories his mother had told him. For grades 6-9The wind done gone
Par Alice Randall. 2001
Characters from Gone with the Wind (RC 33082, BR 11427) are recreated in a novel that examines plantation life and…
nineteenth-century southern society through the eyes of a biracial woman. Cynara resents her privileged, legitimate, white half-sister, but during Reconstruction she comes into her own as an independent woman. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2001The kite fighters
Par Linda Park. 2000
Seoul, Korea, 1473. Eleven-year-old Young-sup realizes his skill in kite flying, while his older brother Kee-sup demonstrates his talent in…
designing and building beautiful kites. As they prepare to enter the New Year's competition, their very young king approaches them with some astonishing requests. For grades 4-7. 2000Unicorn's blood
Par Patricia Finney. 1998
As a young princess, Elizabeth I wrote of her affair with Thomas Seymour and of Mary Queen of Scots as…
the royal heir in a diary. Now queen, Elizabeth must find the stolen journal--identified by an embroidered unicorn with a ruby eye--before her opponents do. Companion to Firedrake's Eye (BR 11880). Some strong languageMr. Midshipman Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1994
Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy faces a series of adventurous episodes in his early career. His quick thinking,…
brilliant intuition, and decisiveness leave him with the rank of lieutenant. Prequel to Lieutenant Hornblower (RC 46117, BR 11553)A prayer for the dying: a novel
Par Stewart O'Nan. 1999
Following his Civil War service, Jacob Hansen serves as pastor, sheriff, and undertaker for his small Wisconsin town of Friendship.…
When a diphtheria epidemic strikes, he is driven to make a series of fateful decisions that carry tragic consequences for himself and the town. 1999Secrets et pardons: roman (Roman)
Par Carole Massé. 2007
"Montréal, 1887. Tailleur de pierres, Jude Langlois rentre de New York après plusieurs années dexil et retrouve ses proches, les…
domestiques qui lont élevé dans la maison où ils sont encore employés. Leur patronne, Alice Roy, mariée à un riche commerçant, ne se rappelle pas cet homme de son âge qui a pourtant grandi sous le même toit quelle et que ses parents avaient engagé comme palefrenier dans sa jeunesse. Entre Jude et Alice sétablit un rapport trouble qui se transforme graduellement, au fur et à mesure que des secrets de famille se dévoilent et que des souvenirs tantôt douloureux, tantôt merveilleux resurgissent du passé. De cette recherche de racines quentreprend Jude à cette quête de mémoire que mène Alice, un univers prend forme. [...]" -- 4e de couvThe angel Max
Par Peter Glassgold. 1998
1869. Max Kraft, orphaned at an early age, is raised in wealth by a large extended Jewish family in Russia.…
Political conditions deteriorate, and Max's stepsisters and half-brother become embroiled in leftist politics. Max emigrates to New York, where his cousin Emma Goldman and others try to involve him in intrigueThese is my words: the diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 : Arizona territories : a novel
Par Nancy Turner. 1998
Inspired by the author's family memoirs, Sarah's diary portrays the joys and hardships of living out west at the end…
of the 1800s. Beginning at age seventeen, she recounts events over twenty years, including Indian attacks, marriages, births, and deathsThe Poyson garden: an Elizabethan mystery
Par Karen Harper. 1999
Princess Elizabeth Boleyn is sent into exile in the countryside by her half-sister, Queen Mary. While there, Elizabeth uncovers her…
enemies' plot to have her poisoned by an evil herbalist. The princess, her cousin, and her other loyal followers join together in a fight for survival. Some violence. 1999