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Prudence Burns has designs for the thirty-acre farm she inherits and leaves her New York life to come and care for the dilapidated buildings and her one, half-sheared sheep, but the threat of bank foreclosure could ruin all of her plans and Prudence finds help in her banjo-playing foreman, Earl, her recluse neighbor, Seth, and eleven-year-old Sara Spratt, who is looking for a home for her prize-winning chickens.
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My weird school daze volume 6
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When the new vice principal is put in charge of Ella Mentry School for a few days, she tries out some very unusual ideas about how students learn.
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive...
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Rose Macaulay was a fascinating and influential British writer, known for her wit and intellect. She wrote numerous novels, essays and biographies, and she was highly regarded for her versatility as a writer. Her works often explored themes of social change, women's rights and the complexities of human relationships. She had a unique ability to capture the essence of her characters and the world they inhabited, making her a much-admired figure in...
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Maxted introduces Natalie, a memorable character who is in just a little over her head. When her best friend Barbara gets hitched, Natalie worries that she's losing her to the world of marital bliss; but when things spiral out of control, it takes Barbara to set her straight.
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Robert Amiss mysteries volume 3
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"In this always entertaining series, Hayes never fails to mix action and humor in an engaging manner."-Booklist
On a bleak Christmas morning, as she patrols a desolate canyon on the Arizona reservation, Sewa Tribal Police Officer Heather English stumbles upon the body of the newly-elected governor. A note explains his death is part of a drug war. His killer promises Heather will be among the victims.
That same morning, her Uncle Mad Dog, a Cheyenne...
11) This is a ball
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Books that drive kids crazy! volume 2
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"In this humorous parody of a concept book for young children, words and pictures don't match, inviting contrary responses from readers"--
13) Being committed
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Hannah Lovekin, having sworn off marriage after the failure of her first union, is content with her life as a private investigator, but things change when Jason, her boyfriend of five years, decides he wants to get married and demands that she contact her ex-husband and deal with unresolved issues.
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My weirdtastic school volume 3
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"A special guest has arrived at Ella Mentry School! Professor Pitt is the president of a local art museum and has all sorts of wacky ideas about art. A.J. thinks it's all a total snoozefest... until the piece he turns in for an art assignment gets praised as a work of genius! Suddenly, Professor Pitt is introducing A.J. as the next big thing to happen to the art world. What could possibly go wrong?"--
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Finlay Donovan novels volume 4
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2024.
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"Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls' weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are-seeing as it's actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero's childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car-it won't be all fun and games. When Finlay's ex-husband Steven and her mother insist on tagging along too, Finlay and Vero suddenly have a few too many meddlesome...
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Stick Cat volume 4
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[2018]
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First edition.
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When Grandma Cobb arrives to babysit the new baby Millie, she gets trapped inside the bathroom, locked away from Millie, and Stick Cat needs to rescue her, but he also needs to help Edith in her new role as babysitter-in-chief.
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Books that drive kids crazy! volume 1
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When the letter B goes missing from the story, the reader must find a way to bring it back into the book for good.
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