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Front Lines – Michael Grant
What if women were included in the armed forces during World War II? This is the premise behind this vivid portrayal of army life during WWII. The first part of the book focuses on several women and what led them … Continue reading
Arcadia – Iain Pears
Henry Lytten, an Oxford don, is writing a fantasy novel. As he writes, his gentle pastoral world emerges. Meanwhile a few hundred years in the future, Angela Meerson has discovered a portal to another world and uses it. Thus, the … Continue reading
The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia – C.W. Gortner
Small pieces of paper fluttered down on the people massed in the piazza before the Sistine Chapel. Twelve-year-old Lucrezia heard her aunt read one aloud “We have for our Pope, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia of Valencia, known as Alexander Sixth”. Lucrezia … Continue reading
Orbiting Jupiter – Gary D. Schmidt
A kind family living simply on a small farm decide to foster an 8th grader, Joseph, who has been through so much. He comes from a juvenile correctional facility and needs a fresh start. Jack, 6th grader welcomes Joseph into … Continue reading
A Wicked Thing – Rhiannon Thomas
This story of Sleeping Beauty picks up when Princess Aurora is awakened by her true love and thrust into the “care” of the current brutal monarchy. The land has changed in 100 years and not for the better. The commoners … Continue reading
A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler
Abby and Red Whitshanks had four children. Denny was the best looking and caused the most problems, always doing the unexpected, always stirring up things, looking to upset everyone. He was the one teachers called about, the one who dropped … Continue reading
The Boston Girl – Anita Diamant
The tape recorder began running in 1984, as Addie Baum, in response to her granddaughter’s request, started to tell of her life. The story begins in 1915 when she was 15, with the family of four living in one room … Continue reading
The Word Exchange: A Novel – Alena Graedon
When Ana’s father inexplicably disappears, she tries desperately to find out what has happened to him, following obscure clues that only cause her more confusion. In a world where the written word is becoming obsolete her father is an anomaly. … Continue reading
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender – Lesley Walton
Ava Lavender is born with wings. Ava tells her story by recounting the series of tragedies that befell her relatives beginning with her French great-grandparents’ immigration to the tenements of New York. Tragic events fueled by broken hearts are written … Continue reading
Fearless – Cornelia Funke
At the close of Reckless, Jacob had been cursed by the Red Fairy who imbedded a moth in his heart. Not good. It devours the victim’s heart until they suffer a rather painful death. Now Jacob is on the treasure … Continue reading
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