Tavia Gilbert
Author
Series
The Berlin bookmobile volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the second installment of the "enjoyable and charming" (USA TODAY) Shelley Shepard Gray's delightful Berlin Bookmobile series, librarian Sarah Anne Miller returns to Berlin to help a childless Amish couple form the family they've always prayed for. Miriam and Calvin Gingerich have been trying for a baby for several years, but the Lord hasn't seen fit to bless them. Though Calvin claims he's content with their childless state, Miriam knows he's...
Author
Series
Berlin bookmobile volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Aaron Coblentz has a secret: he's been studying to take the GED to get promoted at work. But he can't let his Amish family know, not when his older brother already left the faith just a year after getting baptized, practically crippling the family. When Aaron asks bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller for some additional study guides, she does one better. She arranges for Kayla Kaufman to be his tutor. Kayla has a secret, too. Her life has been...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and...
Author
Publisher
Watts
Pub. Date
c1966
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets, in this keenly observed novel for readers of Emma Straub and Maria Semple--from the bestselling author of all We Ever Wanted Was Everything"-- Provided by publisher.
"Billie is a beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past--a teenage runaway from Northern California who took up with a group of environmental activists wanted by the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Winter Break super-secret perfect cocoa recipe: 8 oz. steamed whole milk (no skim! doesn't work!) 2 tbsp. dark cocoa powder (big scoops) 1 tbsp. sugar (can't be too sweet) 4 dried, crushed mint leaves (or 1 tbsp. mint syrup) Stir thoroughly. Add mint swizzle stick. Combine with cute ski instructor, or brother's cute best friend, or cute guy you never noticed was so cute...Enjoy.
7) Suite dreams
Author
Publisher
Harperteen
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Hello, mate! (Practicing my Australian. * How am I doing?) I'm so glad the timing worked out for this couch exchange. I'll be crashing on yours by the time you get to mine. ** If you run into any problems, just find Alyssa. She'll help you out with whatever you need. *** Your couch-swapping mate, Rick * That's cute. Go have fun in Australia and leave ME-your girlfriend for an entire semester-to waste away on campus, alone. ** Um, think again. Your...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When the Orange Blossom Inn is broken into, Beverly Overholt calls Eric Wagler, the owner, who comes immediately. Both have fought attraction to the other because of their different backgrounds. As they work together to restore the inn, the trust and love between them grows. Will they have the courage to follow their hearts?"-- Provided by publisher.
9) Perfected
Author
Series
Publisher
Entagled Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As soon as the government passed legislation allowing humans to be genetically engineered and sold as pets, the rich and powerful rushed to own beautiful girls like Ella. Trained from birth to be graceful, demure, and perfect, these "family companions" enter their masters' homes prepared to live a life of idle luxury.
Ella is happy with her new role as playmate for a congressman's bubbly young daughter, but she doesn't expect Penn, the...
Ella is happy with her new role as playmate for a congressman's bubbly young daughter, but she doesn't expect Penn, the...
11) Charlotte's web
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A color-illustrated edition of "Charlotte's Web," the story of Wilbur, a little pig whose destiny as Christmas dinner for the farmer's family is changed when Charlotte, a clever spider, decides to help him.