Patchett, Ann
Summary: At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 0000
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC PATMcKinty, Adrian
Summary: "After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCKPage, Nick.
Summary: A princess takes refuge from her wicked stepmother in the forest cottage of seven dwarfs. Includes a "ready to tell" section that asks children to rearrange scrambled episodes from the story and retell it, a picture dictionary of key words, a related activity, and notes for adults that provide background on the story and suggestions for encouraging children to read and discuss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Make Believe Ideas 2014
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: J Teach PageHarley, Bill
Summary: When her adoptive mother dies, fifteen-year-old Mari and is desperate to avoid being caught up in the foster system. Again. And to complicate matters, she is now the only one who can take care of her super-smart and on-the-spectrum nine-year-old stepbrother, Conor. Is there anyone Mari can trust to help them? Certainly not her mother's current boyfriend, Dennis. Not the doctors or her teachers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2021