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"Seven friends. One last weekend. A mansion half in ruins. No room for lies. Someone is going to confess. Because there should have been eight. . . . They met when they were teenagers. Now they’re adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others—none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine long years ago. They’ve gathered to reminisce at Bea’s family’s estate, a once-glorious mansion straight out of a gothic novel. Best...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
"Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley. It's a new school year, and Greg finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings...
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Nantucket legacy volume 1
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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After marrying a boat captain and embarking on a seafaring life, Phoebe Starbuck discovers that shipboard realities are more challenging than anticipated and becomes engrossed in the diary of her great-grandmother and her long-kept secrets.
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Midnight Ink
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[2017]
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English
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"Quaker midwife Rose Carroll is enjoying the 1888 Independence Day evening fireworks with her beau when a teenaged Quaker mill girl is found shot dead. After a former slave and fellow Quaker is accused of the murder, Rose delves into the crime, convinced of the man's innocence. An ill-mannered mill manager, an Irish immigrant, and the victim's young boyfriend come under suspicion even as Rose's future with her handsome doctor suitor becomes unsure....
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Hope series (Philip Gulley) volume 2
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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When ninety-eight-year-old Olive Charles passes away, leaving the church her nearly million-dollar estate, Pastor Sam Gardner discovers that this unexpected blessing is more of a curse when it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among his members.
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Hope series (Philip Gulley) volume 1
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A Quaker pastor, who unwittingly fills in for a Unitarian minister at a wedding between two women, considers his potential unemployment until a call from a small congregation in Hope, Indiana, has him rethinking his options and his future.
11) The last runaway
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Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom.
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Macmillan
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1987.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Newbery Awardwinning author Marguerite Henrys beloved novel about a boy who would do anything to paint is now available in a refreshed paperback edition.Benjamin West was born with an extraordinary giftthe gift of creating paintings of people, animals, and landscapes so true to life they “took ones breath away.” But Benjamin is part of a deeply religious Quaker family, and Quaker beliefs forbid the creation of images.Because Benjamins family didnt...
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Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
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[2013]
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English
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Trying to escape her worthless life leads to unexpected and disastrous consequences when Sue Ellen steals money and a raft and embarks on a journey to dig up her best friend's body, burn it, and sprinkle the ashes in Hollywood.
"The strongest, truest, and most pitch-perfect narration since Huck Finn's. Marvelous and terrifying, EDGE OF DARK WATER is the result of real genius at work. A masterpiece."--Dan Simmons May Lynn is a pretty girl who dreams...
14) Never tell a lie
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English
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Ivy and David Rose, happily married high school sweethearts and expecting their first child, are plunged into a growing web of suspicion when a young, pregnant high school classmate disappears and David's past is exposed in this tale of obsession.
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Nantucket legacy volume 2
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that momentous day finally arrives, Ren soon discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Everything. "Is nothing on this island as it appears to be?" he whispers in despair.
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Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 2
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 3
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2003
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English
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Convergent Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Encounter the defining commitments of the Religious Society of Friends and how those ideals can be incorporated in personal and public life to bring renewal and eliminate the clutter that is keeping us from deeper spirituality.
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Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 5
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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In his fifth year of ministering to the citizens of Harmony, pastor Sam Gardner finds himself challenged by Deena Morrison's impending marriage to Dr. Daniel Pierce and the Hodges' possible loss of their daughter to her biological parents.
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