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The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 86 ratingsNew York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller! In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life... -
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Jane Eyre - the Graphic Novel - Quick Text version by Amy Corzine
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratings"Easy reading" graphic novel version of the classic novel Jane Eyre (with simpler language substituted for Charlotte Bronte's original constructions)... -
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![Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace]()
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
"I never grow tired of cheering for Emily, and neither will a new generation of readers... -
![Unafraid: Mary by Francine Rivers]()
Unafraid: Mary by Francine Rivers
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMary is one of the most revered women in history, but she was an ordinary woman striving to please God in the same way that women still do today. Readers are sure to gain a new appreciation of the familiar story through Francine's signature style. A study on the biblical text is included for personal or group study... -
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![Unspoken: Bathsheba by Francine Rivers]()
Unspoken: Bathsheba by Francine Rivers
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBY Rivers, Francine ( Author ) [{ Bathsheba By Rivers, Francine ( Author ) Jun - 28- 2001 ( Hardcover ) }... -
![Jane Eyre by Stacy King]()
Jane Eyre by Stacy King
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further abuse, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her... -
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Disinheritance by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences.Walter Atherton, Viscount Birtwell, has drifted through his charmed life without a care in the world. As the eldest son and heir to an earl, he has never had to make his way in the world. His days are filled with pleasure, and to set the seal on it, he will shortly be married to a vastly wealthy heiress... -
![West Side Story by Irving Shulman]()
West Side Story by Irving Shulman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe classic novelization of one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, updated with a beautiful new cover.Maria is young and innocent and has never known love—until Tony. And Tony, searching for life beyond the savagery of the streets, has discovered love for the first time with her, too. But Maria’s brother is the leader of the Sharks and Tony had once led the rival Jets... -
![A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood]()
A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIris Grey's childhood was idyllic... until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two stepsisters were cold-hearted schemers , and when her father dies in mysterious circumstances, Iris knows that something is wrong. Far too spirited to be forced into a life of servitude, she runs away to London... -
![Playing with Matches by Lee Strauss, Elle Strauss]()
Playing with Matches by Lee Strauss, Elle Strauss
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEmil Radle is a dedicated member of Hitler Youth. He's loyal to the Fuehrer before family, a champion for the cause and a fan of the famous Luftwaffe. When his friends Moritz and Johann discover a shortwave radio, everything changes. Now they listen to BBC broadcasts of news reports that tell both sides. Now they know the truth... -
![Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLions of the Desert opens up in 1915, over a year after the conclusion of Arabian Winds. Nurse Allison Wescott arrives in busy Cairo to serve the British military confronting Kaiser's Germany and their ally, Turkey. In Cairo, Allison meets Major Bret Holden again after his return from London, and their previous romantic but rocky relationship is resumed... -
![Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValiant Hearts concludes the sweeping World War I saga begun in Arabian Winds and continued in Lions of the Desert... -
![The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris]()
The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings‘Gripping, compelling and beautiful.’ Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret big enough to destroy the Führer’s reputation. . . January 1939: When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor’s clinic, she doesn’t expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook... -
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![The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Lost Brother by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNovember 1146. Gwynedd is at war with Ranulf, Earl of Chester, who seeks to gain a foothold in Wales against the day peace finally comes to England. On the eve of King Owain’s counter-assault on Mold Castle, the body of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Gwen is discovered buried in someone else’s grave... -
![A Season for Scandal by Laura Wood]()
A Season for Scandal by Laura Wood
“ The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish... -
![The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor]()
The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNow:Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and walks along the Seine. When her grandmother passed away two months ago, she left Alice an apartment in France that no one knew existed. An apartment that has been locked for more than seventy years... -
![Poppy's War by Lily Baxter]()
Poppy's War by Lily Baxter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsInternational bestselling author Lily Baxter returns with another emotional, heart-pounding saga set in World War II England. In 1939, thirteen-year-old Poppy is forced to evacuate her London home and flee to a grand country house on the coast of England... -
![Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger]()
Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA journalist in modern New York stumbles across a story from a century earlier when the streets of Dublin were ablaze as men and women fought valiantly for liberation from the British Empire. This is the story of three women. Mary Doyle was reared by nuns and knows nothing of her parents, except that they were a source of shame... -
![The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson]()
The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe much loved writer Kate Peterson brings us a charming story about the entangled lives of three Land Girls in a Yorkshire village.1939 is Britain’s darkest hour; men have been conscripted and the country calls upon its women to put their shoulders to the wheel and assist with the war effort. Eva Cartwright hears the call and leaves her hometown of Hull to enlist in the Women’s Land Army... -
![The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury]()
The Renegade Merchant by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarch 1147. Determined to escape the gloom that has descended on Aber, Gareth and Gwen travel to Shrewsbury in an attempt to find answers about Rhun’s death, about the whereabouts and plans of Prince Cadwaladr, and about Gwen’s family ties to England... -
![Breakneck by Erica Spindler]()
Breakneck by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe first victim is murdered in his bed. A clean-cut college boy with no criminal record. Then a second victim is killed in the shower, then a third…each one striking closer to home for M.C. When loved ones become targets, M.C. must walk a fine line between upholding the law and taking it into her own hands. At stake is her job, her relationship with Kitt, and possibly, her life... -
![So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 4 by Gō Ikeyamada]()
So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 4 by Gō Ikeyamada
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Kobayashi twins discover that cross-dressing as each other leads to trouble and true love!The Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history... -
![The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes]()
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a sweeping bestseller of love and loss, deftly weaving two journeys from World War I France to present day London.Paris, World War I. Sophie Lefèvre must keep her family safe while her adored husband, Édouard, fights at the front. When their town falls to the Germans, Sophie is forced to serve them every evening at her hotel... -
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![Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi]()
Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRebellious Frannie Tasker knows little about the war between England and its thirteen colonies in 1776, until a shipwreck off her home in Grand Bahama Island presents an unthinkable opportunity. The body of a young woman found floating in the sea gives Frannie the chance to escape her brutal stepfather—and she takes it...Categorized as:
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![So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 7 by Gō Ikeyamada]()
So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 7 by Gō Ikeyamada
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history... -
![So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 10 by Gō Ikeyamada, Joanna Estep]()
So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 10 by Gō Ikeyamada, Joanna Estep
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history... -
![So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 6 by Gō Ikeyamada, Tomo Kimura]()
So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 6 by Gō Ikeyamada, Tomo Kimura
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history... -
![Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece]()
Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarold is an adolescent who sails with his father on a raid to Scotland. They come to grief on an island in the Hebrides... -
![Postcards from Summer by Cynthia Platt]()
Postcards from Summer by Cynthia Platt
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Notebook meets Love & Gelato in this heart-wrenching novel about a teen girl who travels to her late mother’s majestic summertime home to learn of the romance—and the tragedy—that changed her life forever.Seventeen-year-old Lexi has always wanted to know more about the mother who passed away when she was only a child. But her dad will barely talk about her... -
![Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan]()
Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHurricane Katrina sets a teenage girl adrift. But a new life and the promise of love emerges in this rich, highly readable debut.Bayou Perdu, a tiny fishing town way, way down in Louisiana, is home to sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley. She has her best friends, Kendra and Danielle; her wise, beloved Mamere; and back-to-back titles in the under-sixteen fishing rodeo... -
![The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz]()
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWinner of the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical FictionA 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award WinnerWinner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureNewbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force... -
![Pudge and Prejudice by A.K. Pittman]()
Pudge and Prejudice by A.K. Pittman
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s 1984 and after moving to Northenfield, Texas, with her family, Elyse Nebbit faces the challenge of finding her place in a new school, one dominated by social status and Friday night football. When Elyse’s effortlessly beautiful older sister Jayne starts dating golden boy Charlie Bingley, Elyse finds herself curious about Charlie’s popular and brooding best friend, Billy Fitz... -
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Fifteen by Beverly Cleary
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWith her usual warmth, perceptiveness, and humor, Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary creates the joys and worries of a young girl's first crush. It seems too good to be true. The most popular boy in school has asked Jane out—and she's never even dated before. Stan is tall and good-looking, friendly and hard-working—everything Jane ever dreamed of... -
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![The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner]()
The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first Twin Tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows, covered in ash, and wearing a pair of costume wings...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Starlight by Teri Bailey Black]()
Chasing Starlight by Teri Bailey Black
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMovies, mansions, and murder in the Golden Age of Hollywood! Teri Bailey Black's Chasing Starlight is a historical mystery from the author of Girl at the Grave, winner of the Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel.1938. The Golden Age of Hollywood. Palm trees and movie stars. Film studios pumping out musicals and gangster films at a furious pace... -
![In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price]()
In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that London’s first female solicitor in possession of the details of a deadly crime, must be in want of a suspect. The tenacious Lizzie Bennet has earned her place at Longbourn, her father’s law firm. Her work keeps her busy, but luckily she often has help from (and steals occasional kisses with) Mr... -
![Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier]()
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age...Categorized as:
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![Roanoke: The Lost Colony by Angela Elwell Hunt]()
Roanoke: The Lost Colony by Angela Elwell Hunt
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSeries premiere special price! The Lost Colony recounts the life of Jocelyn Colman, whose faith is tested and refined when she follows the husband she barely knows to an unexplored land. Jocelyn struggles with her husband's bitterness and guilt until God's forgiveness becomes a lifesaving reality... -
![Be That Way by Hope Larson]()
Be That Way by Hope Larson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Christine keeps a journal of an eventful year in her life in mid-90s, while juggling troubled friendships and looking for love.It’s January 1, 1996, and high school junior Christine wants more than anything to be that cool girl everyone notices, like her gorgeous best friend, Landry... -
![The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines]()
The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIris Anderson and her father have finally come to an understanding. Iris is allowed to help out at her Pop's detective agency as long as she follows his rules and learns from his technique. But when Iris uncovers details about her mother's supposed suicide, suddenly Iris is thrown headfirst into her most intense and personal case yet...Categorized as:
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![Stranger by Keren David]()
Stranger by Keren David
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAstor, Ontario. 1904.A boy staggers out of the forest covered in blood and collapses at the feet of 16-year-old Emmy. While others are suspicious and afraid, Emmy is drawn to him. Is he really the monster the townsfolk say he is?Astor, Ontario. 1994. Megan arrives from London for her great grandmother Emmy’s 105th birthday... -
![Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy]()
Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe League of the Scarlet Pimpernel has disguised themselves as a group of shabby second-rate musicians, in order to save an innocent family from death. But Citizen Chauvelin is hot on their heels, and still looking for revenge against his bitter enemy. The Pimpernel's plans are, however, complicated by betrayal of a trusted League member... -
![Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy]()
Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe League of the Scarlet Pimpernel has disguised themselves as a group of shabby second-rate musicians, in order to save an innocent family from death. But Citizen Chauvelin is hot on their heels, and still looking for revenge against his bitter enemy. The Pimpernel's plans are, however, complicated by betrayal of a trusted League member... -
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![Grave Consequences by Lisa Tawn Bergren]()
Grave Consequences by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor Cora Kensington, the journey of a lifetime has taken unexpected turns. And her future—her very life—depends on the decisions she’ll make at each crossroad. As the Grand Tour with her newfound family winds through France, Austria, and Italy, an unseen enemy trails close behind. And a forbidden love continues to put everyone’s plans at risk... -
![Stateless by Elizabeth Wein]()
Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA murder mystery set in 1937 Europe with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal. When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first air race for young people, she knows all too well how high the stakes are. As the only participating female pilot, it’ll be a constant challenge to prove she’s a worthy competitor... -
![Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor]()
Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPresent Day:Eva has never felt like she belonged... not in her own family or with her friends in New York City, and certainly not at a fancy boarding school like Hardwick Preparatory Academy. So when she is invited to join the Fives, an elite secret society, she jumps at the opportunity to finally be a part of something...Categorized as:
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![Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot]()
Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSummer break . . . and the livin' ain't easy! Just because the students at New York College have flown the coop doesn't mean assistant residence hall director Heather Wells can relax...Categorized as:
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![At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales by L.M. Montgomery]()
At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales by L.M. Montgomery
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStern parents, awkward circumstances, misunderstandings, lovers' quarrels, and one very determined cat, are some of the many hindrances that Montgomery's characters find themselves battling on the way to the altar... -
![The Betrayal by Mary Hooper]()
The Betrayal by Mary Hooper
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this follow-up to By Royal Command , Lucy is asked to continue her work on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. But will her romance with Tomas, the queen's fool, get in the way? There's also Mistress Juliette, the mysterious new lady-in-waiting...
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