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1) Rainwater
Author
Language
English
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Description
In a time of drought and economic depression in 1934, Ella Barron runs her boardinghouse in Texas while caring for her son, Solly, and responds to the calm influence of one of her boarders, David Rainwater, while facing the tension and uncertainty around her.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1925, after witnessing the violent actions of some gangsters, twelve-year-old Emily accompanies her older sister on a trip to a hotel on the New Jersey shore but worries that the gangsters have come to the same hotel.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in 1929 in Alaska, Tayler Hale, one of the first women naturalists, loves adventure and the great outdoors. Unfortunately, she is running from her dangerous past which has caught up with her just as she has met Thomas Smith, a recent graduate returning home to the people he considers family.
Author
Series
Ivy Nichols volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you want to spend a night amid the luxury and charm of the early 20th century, book a room at Hotel 1911. You'll find 28-year-old Ivy Nichols behind the reception desk. The hotel is Ivy's only link to the family that abandoned her when she was a small child. Now, plagued by panic attacks, she pedals her sea-green Schwinn bicycle to work every evening, hoping desperately to hold on to her job. When wealthy, imperious Ms. Swain arrives at the hotel...
6) Icefire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel - an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shadows . . . - Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would...