Marts, Jennie
Summary: "As a successful mystery author, Bailey Briggs writes about murder, but nothing prepares her for actually discovering the dead body of the founder of her hometown of Humble Hills, Colorado. Bailey grew up at Honeybuzz Mountain Ranch and was raised by her beekeeping grandmother, Blossom Briggs, aka Granny Bee, and her two eccentric sisters, Aster and Marigold--which is why she drops everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarra, Anthony.
Summary: Stegner Fellow, Iowa MFA, and winner of The Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, Anthony Marra has written a brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences. In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2013
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Nainy, Mamta
Summary: While painting his nails to express his every mood and feeling, a young boy discovers the most important thing of all-the magic of being his true self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAISummary: Victor doesn't have much, but he knows that he wants Judy, the prettiest girl in the projects. His grandmother doesn't approve, his siblings don't want to believe him and Judy seems to have other plans in mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAIMarra, Anthony
Summary: After America's entry into WWII, Maria Lagana, an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying positions until a man from her imprisoned father's past threatens her carefully constructed facade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARPerry, Marta.
Summary: Hoping to hide her adopted baby from an evil man, Anna returns to her Amish community. Despite her three years among the English, however, she reaps a surprising harvest of blessings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: "Please God, if you're listening, keep Rachel safe." She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steeple Hill 2010
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Perry, Marta.
Summary: "With no memory of her birth parents, or the tragic accident that took their lives, Lydia Beachy has always been grateful for the aunt and uncle who took her in and raised her as their own. Now a married woman with two sons, Lydia finds her life turned upside down when she discovers that she has two younger sisters: Susanna, who was adopted by an Amish family in another community, and Chloe,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERAltés, Marta.
Summary: An elderly grandfather bear and his adoring grandson share a special relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALTZafrilla, Marta
Summary: A tale that explores themes of diversity, adoption, and alternative family life follows a little chick who shares a happy relationship with his loving mother, a cat with soft fur, tickling whiskers, and a long beautiful tail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZAFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ZAFPerry, Marta.
Summary: Libby Morgan never wanted to return to Lancaster County. She'd made her own life in the city as a news photographer, leaving the slow pace of Amish country behind. She'd left love behind, too, when she fled the old-fashioned ways of Adam Byler. But when a friend in trouble beckons, Libby knows she has no choice. What she doesn't know is that something sinister awaits her.... For Adam Byler,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2012
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Perry, Marta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M PERHornbacher, Marya
Summary: In the aftermath of her husband's devastating suicide, Claire Schiller moves with their two young children into the home of her in-laws during an oppressive Minnesota winter and shares unexpected moments of comfort, healing, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HORChaudhry, Mamta
Summary: In the summer of 1989, while all of Paris is poised to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution, Sylvie mourns the loss of her lover, Julien, and is unable to find solace in the music that has always been her refuge. But when she accidentally dislodges an envelope concealed in Julien's desk, she finds an enigmatic note from a stranger and feels compelled to meet this woman who might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2019
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Summary: "Ammi weaves the most beautiful saris but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it--break their piggy bank! But when there isn't enough money to buy Ammi a sari, the two girls must work together to find a solution. Will they be able to buy Ammi the gift she so deserves? With a text full of heart, and bright, cheerful artwork, this story brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAIDumas, Marti
Summary: "While the other girls have always known they were destined to be witches, Hasani is a Wildseed---a stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on. 'Wildseed' may be an insultthat the other girls throw at her, but Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. And Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DUMComín, Marta
Summary: Lift the flaps, slide the moving parts, and watch as chicks, bees, elephants, and proud parents share a special kiss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD COMPerry, Marta
Summary: "As a widow with two-year-old twins and a struggling orchard, Rebecca King's dreams of expanding her business seem near impossible. To make matters worse, a troublesome string of destructive acts around Promise Glen threatens her roadside fruit and vegetable stand, forcing Rebecca to accept the help of her condescending new neighbor, Nathan Mueller. Nathan didn't intend to offend Rebecca with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: Hoping to hide her adopted baby from an evil man, Anna returns to her Amish community. Despite her three years among the English, however, she reaps a surprising harvest of blessings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: An Amish woman relies on her faith as she is courted by both Daniel Glick, widower and newcomer to Pleasant Valley, and Johnny Kile, her former fiance, who seeks reconciliation after choosing to leave the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PERPerry, Marta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: Amish midwife Sarah Mast takes over responsibility from her aging aunt to run the Pleasant Valley birthing center and must fight those skeptical of her abilities, including Aaron Miller, who previously seemed drawn to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2011
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Summary: In Tim's world, a cat can paint on the ceiling and a happy pig couple can wait months for the bus. A duck and a mouse love to go flying, in a plane, of course.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Evie is in search of a book that will truly terrify her and when a bookseller hands her a book about witches, she learns to be careful what she wishes for."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2021