Author: Joy LeDoux Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1467043427 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 281
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Meet Heather, Becky, and Rachel - foster teens who have become a file, a case, a problem for the System. Add five-year-old May, a sweet cherub, with a Cruella mother. Each has her own private hell of heartbreaking backgrounds. Knowing they have to say good-bye just as they start to feel comfortable, these girls seek trustworthy friendship, as well as acceptance and a place to belong. Their foster home, headed by a no-nonsense matriarch and her easy-going husband, is a safe place for them to try to make sense out of their fragmented lives and develop resiliency to meet life's blows, but trusting and caring for one another is easier said than done. First in a series of three, this book reveals an inside view of child rearing in "The System," with a touch of mystery emanating from the abandoned shanty in the woods, and the fairy tale wonder of a horse ranch called Haven. Follow Heather's remarkable journey to cope with the taunts of the in crowd at a small-town school and to shed her burden of shame which has come about from circumstances beyond her control. Explicit language.
Author: David Baldacci Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 0759520127 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 357
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Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story. Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself growing up in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom...and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.
Author: Anna Jacobs Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 1788634330 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 337
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Family dramas and all their complications unfold amidst the dales of Lancashire... When her unfaithful husband dies in a car crash, Laura decides to leave Australia for her native England to help nurse her ailing mother. Desperate to find a job and a home, a moment of chance at a wishing well leads her to former journalist Kit – a man in need of a live-in housekeeper. Kit is convalescing after an accident and still coming to terms with his disability. Both struggling in the face of hardship and heartbreak, Laura and Kit must learn how to find solace and strength in each other. This moving contemporary romance is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Sheila O’Flanagan. Praise for The Wishing Well ‘A truthful tale of how one woman overcomes the obstacles thrown in her path’ Booklist
Author: Holly Anna Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534412670 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 100
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Remember me? Daisy Dreamer? Of course you do, silly! Well, Posey my totally true imaginary friend just cast a special wishing well spell. And you won’t believe what came true! Have you ever wished a wish? Do you remember what you wished for? Wait, don’t tell me, because then your wish might not come true. My made a wish once. They threw a coin down a well, but it never came true. At least not until my totally true imaginary friend Posey came along with a special wishing-well spell. And guess what? It wasn’t only their wish that came true. Almost everyone in town had cast wishes down that well. Sounds great, right? Well, maybe not. Let’s just say be careful what you wish for because with Posey around, it might just come true. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Daisy Dreamer chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Author: Nancy Atherton Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0143126989 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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The nineteenth in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring the original paranormal detective. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking! In this New York Times bestseller, dashing Australian Jack McBride arrives in the village of Finch to wrap up his reclusive late uncle’s affairs. While helping Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, Lori finds a long-forgotten wishing well. As a joke, she makes a wish—and it comes true! Word spreads, and soon the entire village besieges the well with wishes of their own. As more and more wishes come true, chaos ensues, and Lori—with Aunt Dimity’s otherworldly help—races to prove there’s something other than magic at work before her beloved village implodes.
Author: April Marcom Publisher: Fire & Ice Young Adult Books ISBN: 1953735495 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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Samantha P. has been full of wishes since the day she was born. When she discovers a magical wishing well that appears out of nowhere, she makes the life-changing wish for a crazy, wonderful, unbelievable romance. Everett, a half-demon who's magically transported to earth by Samantha P.'s greatest wish yet, longs for the exact same thing when he first lays eyes on her. The catch? He's only allowed three days on earth at every full moon. Samantha P. will have to leave her old life behind to attend a boarding school where she hopes to find answers for how to free Everett from an unfair imprisonment with the help of his very frightening all-demon father. Along the way, she also uncovers some unsettling secrets surrounding school hauntings and a rather peculiar headmaster. Everything comes together in the end, requiring the greatest sacrifice of all from Samantha P. if she's going to save her beloved half-demon.
Author: Raymond Nickford Publisher: Haunted Books ISBN: 0954696360 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 283
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Gerard's wish is to break out of paranoia and mental illness to re-discover daughter Rosie's love for her father. He takes her to violin lessons and tries to trust Ruth, Rosie's tutor, to help him to know how to bond with his daughter. Is the eerie music tutor Ruth's foul-smelling garden well a place where wishes happen or is Rosie in danger from which her ill father can still rescue her ? Ashamed he cannot relate to his daughter, Rosie, Gerard accompanies and stays with her for violin lessons at the home of tutor, Ruth Stein. Ruth, fascinating him for her musical sensitivity, becomes a confidante. Against his better judgement and his wife's reservations - the paranoid, Gerard, can only cling to believing the tutor can bring him closer to Rosie. Soon, he must wrestle with his suspicions again, for Ruth mothers Rosie, almost smothers... Reaching out to a broken doll, propped in the darkness at the bottom of Ruth's garden well, Gerard wants to believe what he touches and smells is just the decay of sacks enfolding a doll; the closest to a child that the lonely old spinster could cling. Investigating, Gerard's fears for Rosie’s safety mount. Rosie draws closer to her father, notices his new concern but, if she is in real danger, can he save her? If he needs to save her, can Gerard triumph over the emotional void of paranoia; feel, accept, he and Rosie could share the love of which others speak? REVIEWS : Candace Bowen Early - author of A Knight of Silence : " Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the first scary movie I remember seeing was the 1965 Bette Davis movie, The Nanny. To this day, that movie has always stuck with me as one of the great psychological thrillers of all time. For me, A Child from the Wishing Well, is reminiscent of that movie. Ruth and Gerard strap you in, and take you on a psychological thrill-ride to the very end. " Raven Clark - author of The Shadowsword Saga : " Raymond Nickford has a writing voice that has to be one of the most unique and intriguing I have come across. The story is both enjoyable and oddly chilling, all the more so for its apparent warmth. The pleasantness of Ruth and her liveliness should seem gentle, grandmotherly and appealing, a sweet old lady one could adore, but reading the pitch, what seems kindly suddenly turns sinister, her upbeat excitability oddly macabre. Each time she says lines like "Our Rosie," and speaks so excitedly, rather than hearing a pleasant old lady, I think of a bird screeching. Fingers down a blackboard. " Stephen Valentine - author of Nobody Rides for Free : " The author gives great voice to his characters, describing well their idiosyncrasies. A good story must either go deep or wide, and with Nickford's background in psychology he goes deep within the human condition. For some adults, the ability to relate to a child does not come naturally, and requires enormous if not awkward effort. This is an often overlooked subject worth exploring. " Tony Brady - author of Scenes from an Examined Life : " A beautifully constructed scenario emerged. The attic scene vividly describes the significance of the doll in the depth of the well. All the mystery and menace of the story coalesces here. I was taken back years to the 1960s when I read a story by Saki entitled The Lumber Room. Mystery and menace are purely distilled in a distinctive writing style and I was thrilled that that there was still another 10 Chapters in a book that engrosses the reader from the opening passage. " Burgio - author of A Grain of Salt : " This is an intriguing story: is Gerald being overly possessive toward his daughter or is Miss Stein really a threat? Every parent is aware today that he or she needs to supervise their child's friends. But a violin teacher? I liked Gerald because of his predicament. This should have a wide appeal because it touches parents so personally. Good read. " A. R. Taylor - author of Sex, Rain, and Cold Fusion : " Full of dark shadings and menace. I like the tenderness of the father's feelings."
Author: Shu Chen Hou Publisher: Kokoshungsan Ltd ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 30
Book Description
Embark on a heartwarming adventure with 'Emma and the Wishing Well Wonder,' where the discovery of a magical well leads Emma and her friends on a quest to make selfless wishes for the betterment of their entire town. Follow along as they navigate through challenges, harness the power of friendship, and learn valuable lessons about the true meaning of generosity. This enchanting tale promises to ignite imaginations and inspire readers of all ages.
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