Author: Melanie Bishop
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1937226212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
After her father is accused of murdering her mother, Tate McCoy is convinced he is innocent and tries to prove her life isn't ruined by spending time with her best friend and pursuing her summer crush, until she discovers the truth.
My So-Called Ruined Life
Author: Melanie Bishop
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1937226212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
After her father is accused of murdering her mother, Tate McCoy is convinced he is innocent and tries to prove her life isn't ruined by spending time with her best friend and pursuing her summer crush, until she discovers the truth.
Publisher: Torrey House Press
ISBN: 1937226212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
After her father is accused of murdering her mother, Tate McCoy is convinced he is innocent and tries to prove her life isn't ruined by spending time with her best friend and pursuing her summer crush, until she discovers the truth.
The Things That Keep Us Here
Author: Carla Buckley
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440339154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Everything seems quiet on Ann Brooks’s suburban cul-de-sac. Despite her impending divorce, she’s created a happy home and her daughters are adjusting to the change. She feels lucky to be in a supportive community and confident that she can handle any other hardship that life may throw her way. But then, right before Thanksgiving, a crisis strikes that turns everybody’s world upside down. Suddenly her estranged husband is forced back onto her doorstep, bringing with him his beautiful graduate assistant. Trapped inside the house she once called home, confronted by challenges she never could have imagined, Ann must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where the simple act of opening a door to a neighbor could jeopardize all she holds dear. The choices she makes will impact the lives of those around her irrevocably and linger in the reader’s memory in this marvelous first novel, written with authority, grace, and wisdom. BONUS: This edition contains a The Things That Keep Us Here discussion guide.
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440339154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Everything seems quiet on Ann Brooks’s suburban cul-de-sac. Despite her impending divorce, she’s created a happy home and her daughters are adjusting to the change. She feels lucky to be in a supportive community and confident that she can handle any other hardship that life may throw her way. But then, right before Thanksgiving, a crisis strikes that turns everybody’s world upside down. Suddenly her estranged husband is forced back onto her doorstep, bringing with him his beautiful graduate assistant. Trapped inside the house she once called home, confronted by challenges she never could have imagined, Ann must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where the simple act of opening a door to a neighbor could jeopardize all she holds dear. The choices she makes will impact the lives of those around her irrevocably and linger in the reader’s memory in this marvelous first novel, written with authority, grace, and wisdom. BONUS: This edition contains a The Things That Keep Us Here discussion guide.
A Story of Stories
Author: Maggie O'Brien
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984595148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
“Storytelling at its best. O’Brien continues her down-to-earth exploration of other realms to shed light on dark corners of the human condition. She weaves many colourful threads into a beguiling yarn, seeking to solve an abiding, historical conundrum. Well researched. Thoroughly enjoyable.” Stephen Warrilow- Archaeologist
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984595148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
“Storytelling at its best. O’Brien continues her down-to-earth exploration of other realms to shed light on dark corners of the human condition. She weaves many colourful threads into a beguiling yarn, seeking to solve an abiding, historical conundrum. Well researched. Thoroughly enjoyable.” Stephen Warrilow- Archaeologist
My Summer Vacation
Author: Hannah R. Goodman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595394302
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Hickman is seeking solace from her sophomore year of high school as a counselor-in-training at a hippy summer camp, where she only finds more drama in the form of a fellow counselor who came to camp to heal from the loss of his dead girlfriend, who unfortunately looked exactly like Maddie.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595394302
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Maddie Hickman is seeking solace from her sophomore year of high school as a counselor-in-training at a hippy summer camp, where she only finds more drama in the form of a fellow counselor who came to camp to heal from the loss of his dead girlfriend, who unfortunately looked exactly like Maddie.
A Fairer Tomorrow
Author: Kathleen Knowles
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1635558751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Maddie Weeks and Gerry Stern leave their homes when Uncle Sam calls for help winning the Second World War. Maddie is desperate to escape the economic and racial oppression of the Jim Crow South. Gerry doesn’t see a future for herself as a farmer’s wife in California’s Central Valley. When they meet by chance in a blues club in San Francisco, not even their differences can prevent them falling in love. But love doesn’t solve every problem as Maddie and Gerry struggle to hold on to their identities and livelihoods as the war comes to an end and their independence is threatened. The war brought them together, but it could wind up destroying everything, including their future.
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1635558751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Maddie Weeks and Gerry Stern leave their homes when Uncle Sam calls for help winning the Second World War. Maddie is desperate to escape the economic and racial oppression of the Jim Crow South. Gerry doesn’t see a future for herself as a farmer’s wife in California’s Central Valley. When they meet by chance in a blues club in San Francisco, not even their differences can prevent them falling in love. But love doesn’t solve every problem as Maddie and Gerry struggle to hold on to their identities and livelihoods as the war comes to an end and their independence is threatened. The war brought them together, but it could wind up destroying everything, including their future.
Maddie's Magic Tree
Author: Margaret Redfern
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491864907
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"Maddie's Magic Tree" is the story of a young girl's love for animals and nature. She excitedly sees the first white, winter's snowflakes as she rises from bed. She rushes out into the surrounding meadow and meets the hero of the story, a young Pine tree heavily covered in snow with a magic wave to Maddie as she relieves the tree from the white burden on its branches, a group of animals and birds all receiving magical gifts from the tree, and a spying Maddie from behind a tree that magically sends animals to successfully find food during the winter. Magic! Magic! Magic! The author inspires children from the goodness in the story of the kindness of the Magic tree in silently guiding the animals to find food for themselves and their family, and the love and caring heart of Maddie in wanting to keep the animals safe and fed through the winter. The gratitude of the animals toward the tree when they find needed food and the outpouring of love in the gifts with which they decorate the tree become the loving symbol of their love for the tree. This story can be a channel to strengthen love, gratitude, kindnes and caring in the minds of young children. How was "Magic" shown in the story? Why was Maddie always so worried? What does the last illustration show us about loving each other? Why was Maddie so happy with her "hug?"
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491864907
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"Maddie's Magic Tree" is the story of a young girl's love for animals and nature. She excitedly sees the first white, winter's snowflakes as she rises from bed. She rushes out into the surrounding meadow and meets the hero of the story, a young Pine tree heavily covered in snow with a magic wave to Maddie as she relieves the tree from the white burden on its branches, a group of animals and birds all receiving magical gifts from the tree, and a spying Maddie from behind a tree that magically sends animals to successfully find food during the winter. Magic! Magic! Magic! The author inspires children from the goodness in the story of the kindness of the Magic tree in silently guiding the animals to find food for themselves and their family, and the love and caring heart of Maddie in wanting to keep the animals safe and fed through the winter. The gratitude of the animals toward the tree when they find needed food and the outpouring of love in the gifts with which they decorate the tree become the loving symbol of their love for the tree. This story can be a channel to strengthen love, gratitude, kindnes and caring in the minds of young children. How was "Magic" shown in the story? Why was Maddie always so worried? What does the last illustration show us about loving each other? Why was Maddie so happy with her "hug?"
From Notting Hill with Love...Actually
Author: Ali McNamara
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402269498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
She was a girl, standing in front of a boy... Movie fanatic Scarlett O'Brien dreams of a life as glamorous and romantic as all the big screen flicks she worships. When a chance house-sitting job in iconic Notting Hill comes along, she knows living in one of her favorite movie settings is an opportunity too good to pass up. Leaving behind her skeptical friends, family, and fiance, Scarlett heads to London and finds herself thrust into the lead role of her very own romantic comedy. But can real life ever be just like the movies? Larger-than-life new friends, a handsome but irksome new neighbor, and a mystery from her past may prove to Scarlett that living her life like a RomCom is more complicated than she thought! "Sparkly, fun, and endearing."—Kate Fforde "This romantic comedy is the perfect way to pass a winter afternoon should Johnny Depp be unavailable."—Daily Record
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402269498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
She was a girl, standing in front of a boy... Movie fanatic Scarlett O'Brien dreams of a life as glamorous and romantic as all the big screen flicks she worships. When a chance house-sitting job in iconic Notting Hill comes along, she knows living in one of her favorite movie settings is an opportunity too good to pass up. Leaving behind her skeptical friends, family, and fiance, Scarlett heads to London and finds herself thrust into the lead role of her very own romantic comedy. But can real life ever be just like the movies? Larger-than-life new friends, a handsome but irksome new neighbor, and a mystery from her past may prove to Scarlett that living her life like a RomCom is more complicated than she thought! "Sparkly, fun, and endearing."—Kate Fforde "This romantic comedy is the perfect way to pass a winter afternoon should Johnny Depp be unavailable."—Daily Record
My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Aladdin
Author: Jerry Mahoney
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496544684
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
I just give up, Holden. You've broken fairy tale after fairy tale, and you show no sign of stopping. At least Maddie secretly wants you to break Aladdin so she can enter the fairy tale world to fix it. She is so ready to be a glamourous princess. Wait, she's going to be turned into a-- oh no, it's too cruel-- Holden, don't LAUGH! Quick, just help Aladdin and his princess find their happy ever after!
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496544684
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
I just give up, Holden. You've broken fairy tale after fairy tale, and you show no sign of stopping. At least Maddie secretly wants you to break Aladdin so she can enter the fairy tale world to fix it. She is so ready to be a glamourous princess. Wait, she's going to be turned into a-- oh no, it's too cruel-- Holden, don't LAUGH! Quick, just help Aladdin and his princess find their happy ever after!
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Author: United States. Coast Guard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description