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Liars and saints: a novel
Par Maile Meloy. 2003
This story follows three generations of the Catholic Santerre family from WWII to 2000. The family is driven by jealousy…
and love; an unspoken tradition of deceit is passed from generation to generation. When tragedy shatters their precarious domestic lives, it takes astonishing courage and compassion to bring them back together. Descriptions of sex and strong languageWandering warrior
Par Da Chen. 2003
Young Luka, destined to become the future emperor of China, is trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering…
warriors by his guardian--the wise monk Atami. But when Atami is captured by their enemies, Luka has to fight for his own survival. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003No graves as yet: a novel of World War I (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2003
England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents'…
suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document--now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003The strange case of Baby H (The American Girl Collection #Bk. 18)
Par Kathryn Reiss. 2002
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby on the doorstep of her family's boarding house. Clara…
sets about unraveling the mystery of the little girl's arrival--especially since she is disguised as a boy and is believed to have been kidnapped. For grades 4-7. 2002The 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 Chili Queen: A Novel
Par Sandra Dallas. 2002
On the train to Nalgitas, New Mexico, brothel owner Addie French meets Emma Roby, a mail-order bride. When Emma's prospective…
husband fails to show, Addie takes her in at her "boarding house"--The Chili Queen. There Emma meets Welcome, the African American cook, and Ned, an outlaw. Together, they devise a moneymaking scheme. Spur Award. 2002The matchlock gun
Par Walter D. Edmonds. 1989
While his father is away fighting during the French and Indian War in 1756, ten-year-old Edward Van Alstyne helps his…
mother ward off an Indian attack by firing an ancient Spanish musket. For grades 3-6. Newbery Medal. 1941Let us descend: A novel
Par Jesmyn Ward. 2023
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for Fiction, and MacArthur…
Fellow—comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. "'Let us descend,' the poet now began, 'and enter this blind world.'" — Inferno , Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the listener's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads listeners through the descent, this, her fourth novel, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land—the rich but unforgiving forests, swamps, and rivers of the American South. Let Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward's most magnificent novel yet, a masterwork for the agesA single shard: A Newbery Award Winner
Par Linda Sue Park. 2001
Tree-ear, an orphan in twelfth-century Korea, spends most of his time foraging for food for himself and Crane-man, an older…
companion. Tree-ear takes advantage of a mishap in master potter Min's yard to become his apprentice, learning a craft and gaining unforeseen rewards. For grades 5-8. Newbery Medal. 2001Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House (R) #14)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 1998
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China. Their task is to find…
the earliest written form of an ancient legend--a bound book made of bamboo strips--before the evil Dragon King burns down the Imperial Library. For grades 2-4. 1998Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House (R) #17)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 1999
The magic tree house transports Annie and Jack to the deck of the Titanic, the supposedly unsinkable ship. They arrive…
right before the ship hits an iceberg. For grades 2-4. 1999Viking ships at sunrise (Magic Tree House (R) #15)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 1998
Jack and Annie travel back more than a thousand years to ancient Ireland, where their search for a lost book…
takes them to a monastery. They meet Brother Patrick and also face a sea monster and a Viking raid. For grades 2-4. 1998Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House (R) #23)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2001
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie at the time of the earliest railroad trains, they discover…
the hardships of the pioneers. And they experience the terror of a tornado. For grades 2-4. 2001. For grades 2-4. 2001Lemony Snicket: the unauthorized autobiography (A Series of Unfortunate Events Ser.)
Par Lemony Snicket. 2002
The elusive author of the multivolume Series of Unfortunate Events that beset the hapless Baudelaire children, starting with The Bad…
Beginning (DB 50907, BR 13626), provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, news clippings, and other miscellaneous documents. For grades 4-7. 2002Mystery of the Dark Tower (The American Girl Collection #Bk. 6)
Par Evelyn Coleman, Greg Dearth, Dahl Taylor. 2000
In 1928 twelve-year-old Bessie and her younger brother are taken by their father to live with his sisters in Harlem.…
When he disappears, Bessie feels trapped without her mother and her familiar North Carolina life. For grades 4-7. 2000Revolutionary war on Wednesday (Magic Tree House (R) #22)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2000
Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General…
George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River. For grades 2-4. 2000. For grades 2-4. 2000Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House (R) #21)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2000
Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War, where they meet…
Clara Barton, the famous nurse. For grades 2-4. 2000. For grades 2-4. 2000Stage fright on a summer night (Magic Tree House (R) #25)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2002
When the magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to London in 1600, they meet William Shakespeare. He needs…
two boys to be actors in his play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Jack is chosen, but has a bad case of stage fright. For grades 2-4. 2002. For grades 2-4. 2002Shadow of a dead man (Shotgun Johnny #2)
Par William W Johnstone. 2023
The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye once again in the latest in a new series…
in which a disgraced lawman's quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice. HE WHO LIVES BY THE GUN . . . Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But even she can't save him when the Starrett gang tries to rob the gold-and Johnny kills their leader . . . . . . DIES BY THE GUN When the dust clears, Shotgun Johnny is wanted for murder. The dead man's father has powerful friends, including a town marshal who's Johnny's personal enemy. One wants the gold. The other wants the girl. Both want Johnny dead. With a $1000 bounty on his head-and half the county trying to kill him-Johnny's got to prove his innocence. Not in a court of law. In a trial by shotgunShooting iron (Devil's Gulch #2)
Par William W Johnstone. 2023
The thundering new adventure starring traveling gunslinger John Holt, a lawman-for-hire on a mission to serve justice across the untamed…
Colorado territories-one bullet at a time. One of the deadliest, crime-infested towns in Colorado Territory, Devil's Gulch needed more than a sheriff. They needed a gunslinger. So they pinned a badge on hardcase lawman John Holt. And the rest is history. As the town's new sheriff, John Holt achieved the impossible: He drove the devil out of Devil's Gulch. Corrupt, cutthroat rancher Joe Mullen-who ruled the land with an iron fist-is finally behind bars, thanks to Sheriff Holt. But the tables are turned when Mullen manages to overturn his prison wagon and make his escape-with an army of prisoners, outlaws, and lowlifes to do his bidding. It doesn't take long for the streets of Devil's Gulch to run red with blood. Again. Or for Holt to be marked for death. Again. But this time, the sheriff's up against more than a hundred men-all of them gunning for him-and his only allies are an all-too-young deputy, an all-too-angry farmer, and a wayward wagon cook. With odds this bad, Holt is sure of only one thing: when you shoot at the devil, it's best not to miss