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For Bobby Marks, summer does not equal fun. While most people are happy to take off their heavy jackets and long pants, Bobby can't even button his jeans or reach over his belly to touch his toes. Spending the summer at Rumson Lake is sheer torture. This particular summer promises to be worse than usual. His parents can't stop fighting. His best friend, Joanie, goes home to New York City and won't tell him why. Dr. Kahn, a rich, stingy estate owner...
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In a sequel to "Summer of My German Soldier, " Patty, now 18, decides to go to Germany in search of Anton's mother, desperate for a connection to the man she loved and lost. En route, she stops in Paris, where she meets Roger. And now she must think twice about her plan.
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In The White Horse Talisman, Chantel, Adam, Holly and Owen must help Equus, the great white horse, find his mate and foal and regain his magical talisman. But as the horse rises, so does the dragon. The age-old battle between good and evil threatens the bond between Chantel and Adam and endangers the quest. This is fantasy as its best, a story that raises hairs on the back of the neck and sends satisfying chills up and down the spine, a story that,...
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Chantel, Adam, Holly and Owen are eager to begin the next stage of their adventure. "The Stones have stirred," Ava, Hawkwoman and Wise One, tell Owen, "The time is near for the Circle Dance." The stones are the ancient stone circle of Avebury in England. But the Dark Being approaches, and her servant, a wraith, blocks the children's progress. When Ava is hurt, the children are thrown back on their own resources. They must discover the ritual that...
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In Volume Three of The Summer of Magic Quartet, Adam's turn to lead the adventure has arrived. The Wise One, Myrddin, needs Adam to retrieve his staff from the Crystal Cave deep inside Glastonbury Tor. The quest grows more dangerous, however, and fear rises. Equus and Ava are far away, the Lady will not wake, and Myrddin is in human guise, unable to use magic without alerting the Dark Being. The four children are on their own. And as the Dark Being...
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Their lives were a tapestry woven together by love and loss, tragedy and hope. On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, the rugged community of Cape Hawk has been a blessed refuge for two friends and their young daughters. Lily Malone and nine-year-old Rose have experienced first-hand the fragility of life; now they're making a new home - with a haunted man who will do whatever it take to protect them. Marisa Taylor is struggling to recapture the music...
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THERE'S A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS RESERVED FOR MIRACLES . . .
From Luanne Rice, the celebrated author of Beach Girls and many other New York Times bestsellers, comes this powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made . . .
On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden-and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant...
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The four volumes of Andrea Spalding's Summer of Magic Quartet are among her most exciting work. The White Horse Talisman was nominated for the Silver Birch, Hackmatack and Manitoba Readers' Choice Awards. Dance of the Stones was also a Silver Birch nominee. Heart of the Hill left one of her four characters in grave danger. Now, as the Dark Being discovers our planet and takes one of the children hostage, the others must restore the balance between...
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Boys of Summer volume 1 features story by Chuck Austen and art by Hiroki Otsuka. Bud Waterston is a decent looking guy in full hormonal bloom. He's heading for college, and imagines the sexual liberation he will face living in a dormitory full of other post-teens just like him. But like all best laid plans (no pun intended), nothing goes as Bud hopes or expects. His roommate turns out to be a closeted homosexual and all the good-looking girls in...
13) One Hot Summer
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A Fallen Angel Reviews Recommended Read Sky-eyed farmer Beau Jessup and rich little princess Charlie Aldrich Thornton are about to reunite. Seven years earlier, Charlie's dad, the sleazy mayor, set up Jake Jessup, Beau's father, who subsequently died in prison. Now Charlie is back, the divorced wife of a California lawyer. Her own life is in shambles, yet her memories of the hired hand that one hot summer remain unfaded. When sparks start to fly under...
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Indian Summer The Oka Crisis volume 2
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As negotiations continue to falter, the army and the Surete du Quebec take over command of the crisis and proceed to cordon off Kanehsatake and Kahnawake to squeeze the Mohawk people into submission, thus beginning a war of attrition.
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Indian Summer The Oka Crisis volume 1
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Pressure quickly escalates, and any chance of a peaceful resolution soon disappears, after land claimed by the Mohawk people is encroached upon and becomes threatened. What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
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The sweet, smart, and sexy final installment in the New York Times bestselling series.It's the last summer at Pebble Beach before everyone goes off to college. George and Beth are no longer together, but will they make up before Beth heads off to (oh, the irony) GEORGEtown? Kelsi has a new college boy around for the summer, but can he make her pulse flutter the way Tim used to? Meanwhile, Ella runs into a dangerous blast from the past...can she resist...
17) Southern Moon
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Southern Moon features Charlie's half-brother Mason Aldrich, who spilled a shocking secret at the end of book one (One Hot Summer). Once the wild rebel in motorcycle boots and torn jeans, Mason came back to town two years ago and started a youth center. But the sexy bad boy who still knows how to drive the ladies wild holds more secrets. Unveiling these dark secrets would not only reveal Mason's alter ego--but shake the entire town to its very foundation....
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Join Merry Hanson, a very modern fifteen-year-old living in Pennsylvania's Amish country, as she faces the true-to-life struggles and heartfelt triumphs of growing up to be the best she can be in God's eyes. Includes Whispers Down the Lane, Secret in the Willows, Catch a Falling Star, Night of the Fireflies, and A Cry in the Dark.
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Join Merry Hanson, a very modern sixteen-year-old living in Pennsylvania's Amish country, as she faces the true-to-life struggles and heartfelt triumphs of growing up to be the best she can be in God's eyes. Includes House of Secrets, Echoes in the Wind, Hide Behind the Moon, Windows on the Hill, and Shadows Beyond the Gate.
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2008
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1st ed.
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880L
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112 pages ; 20 cm.
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When Alicia goes back to Spain, she find that Europe's latest pop sensation is looking for a true Spanish beauty to star in his new video. Can she beat her cousins to win the role?