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The damascened blade (Detective Joe Sandilands Ser.)
Par Barbara Cleverly. 2004
India-Afghanistan border, 1922. Detective Joe Sandilands from Ragtime in Simla (BR 15080) chaperones a feisty American heiress at a British…
fort amid political tension. Kinsmen of an assassinated Afghani take a hostage, demanding that Sandilands find and execute the killer within a week. Strong language and some violence. 2003The tears of the salamander
Par Peter Dickinson. 2003
Italy, 1700s. Twelve-year-old choirboy Alfredo loses his family in a fire and goes to live with his uncle Giorgio. He…
discovers that his uncle controls the fires of Mt. Etna in Sicily, is a sorcerer, and has sinister plans for Alfredo. For grades 6-9. 2003Betrayal at Cross Creek
Par Kathleen Ernst. 2004
North Carolina, 1775. Twelve-year-old Elspeth and her grandparents, Scottish refugees, feel torn between the warring English loyalists and the colonists.…
After a cousin is killed and her grandfather is arrested, Elspeth must unmask the spy in the family. For grades 4-7. 2004Eve Green
Par Susan Fletcher. 2004
During her first pregnancy, Evangeline Green recalls her childhood in Wales, where she came to live with her grandparents after…
her mother's death. Eve puzzles over family secrets, has a few comfortable friendships, and becomes involved in the drama of a local girl's disappearance. Whitbread Book Award. 2004Dinner for two
Par Mike Gayle. 2004
London. Hopeful would-be father Dave Harding copes with his wife's miscarriage and his newfound unemployment by taking a job as…
a teen magazine advice columnist. A letter from a thirteen-year-old girl claiming to be his daughter soon rekindles his fatherly instincts, but the revelation could threaten his marriage. 2002Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal (History Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 21)
Par Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2003
Glenn Island, Virginia; 1895. Twelve-year-old Rhoda's father operates a U.S. Lifesaving Station where he risks his life to save people…
from shipwrecks. Rhoda becomes suspicious that someone is luring boats into treacherous waters in order to salvage their bounty, and she searches for the culprit. For grades 4-7. 2003Marika
Par Andrea Cheng. 2002
World War II. Although Marika has been raised Catholic, her family name, Schnurmacher, reveals her Jewish heritage. This legacy is…
dangerous because Marika lives in Hungary, where Jews face discrimination and persecution. For grades 6-9. 2002The outside world
Par Tova Mirvis. 2004
Two dissimilar Orthodox Jewish families are brought together by their children's marriage. Twenty-two-year-old "spinster" Tzippy Goldman and Bryan Miller, who…
wants to go by his Hebrew name, Baruch, fall in love in Jerusalem. As the couple builds a future together their relatives struggle to reconcile traditional and modern values. 2004The falconmaster
Par R. L La Fevers. 2003
Ten-year-old Wat is rejected by his Norman England village because he has a misshapen foot and only one eye. When…
he rescues two baby falcons stolen by Lord Sherborne's wicked men, he meets a forest hermit who shelters him and teaches him magic. For grades 4-7. 2003A place called Wiregrass: a novel
Par Michael Morris. 2002
Alabama. Erma Lee Jacobs flees her abusive husband, uncaring mother, and dead-end factory job and makes a fresh start in…
Wiregrass with granddaughter Cher. Friendship with elderly socialite Miss Claudia and the arrival of Cher's father force all three women to confront buried secrets. 2002Sacred time: A Novel
Par Ursula Hegi. 2003
Bronx, 1953. Calamity strikes Anthony's Italian Catholic family when Uncle Malcolm goes to jail for theft and his wife and…
twin daughters move into Anthony's house. An unthinkable event and reverberations of guilt reshape the family for generations. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003The virtues of war: a novel of Alexander the Great
Par Steven Pressfield. 2004
Alexander of Macedonia relates the story of his battles and passions to his young brother-in-law, Itanes, as his weary army…
readies to invade India. The king reflects on his illustrious father, Philip, and his homeland, as well as his conquest of the known world. Violence and strong language. 2004The singing fire: a novel
Par Lilian Nattel. 2004
Nineteenth-century London. Young Jewish runaway Nehama is tricked into prostitution shortly after arriving from Poland. She eventually escapes and helps…
pregnant refugee Emilia, who gives birth then disappears. Nehama adopts the newborn as both women struggle to build their lives. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2004Baker Towers: A Novel
Par Jennifer Haigh. 2005
Post-World War II. After their father's sudden death, the five Novak children struggle to survive in the coal-mining town of…
Bakerton, Pennsylvania. All eventually leave to pursue their dreams--but the girls return. 2005The full Matilda: a novel
Par David Haynes. 2004
For generations Matilda Housewright's African American family has served the elite of Washington, D.C. When Matilda's father dies in the…
1940s, her brother Martin takes up catering. Unmarried Matilda lives as behind-the-scenes director, guiding Martin and his ill-behaved sons and grandsons to redefine the family legacy. Some strong language. 2004Evidence of things unseen: a novel
Par Marianne Wiggins. 2003
Ray "Fos" Foster returns to Tennessee after WWI and begins married life with his wife, Opal. Eventually Fos lands a…
job building the atomic bomb. When he and Opal succumb to radiation poisoning, their adopted son tries to decipher clues about their past. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003Silver bells: a holiday tale
Par Luanne Rice. 2004
Widowed Canadian farmer Christopher Byrne journeys to New York City every December to sell Christmas trees. Last year his teenaged…
son stayed on to pursue a photography career. Manhattan librarian Catherine Tierney buys her trees from Chris and looks out for the boy. Love is soon in the air. 2004Absent friends
Par S. J Rozan. 2004
New York City. Fire captain James McCaffery died a hero on September 11, 2001. When journalist Harry Randall uncovers a…
link between McCaffery and organized crime, he winds up dead. Randall's lover, Laura Stone, digs into the fireman's past to learn the truth. Strong language. 2004The prince of Beverly Hills
Par Stuart Woods. 2004
Beverly Hills cop Rick Barron saves movie star Clete Barrow from unwanted publicity after a deadly traffic accident. This good…
deed lands Barron a security position at Barrow's studio. The cop squires around actors and starlets and soon gets involved with gangster Bugsy Siegel. Violence and strong language. 2004Carolina courage (The holts, An American Dynasty Ser. #Vol. 3)
Par Dana Fuller Ross. 1990
1890s. Dr. Janessa Holt Lawrence and her husband travel to North Carolina Cherokee country to fight yellow fever and learn…
the truth about her heritage. Meanwhile, Sam and Annie Brentwood move to Hawaii to start a sugar plantation. Sequel to Oklahoma Pride (BR 8223). Some violence. 1990