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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
For almost-nine-year-old Hannah Perley of Fairfield, Connecticut, growing up means facing new challenges, both great and small - from saving the life of a baby lamb to helping the family prepare to send her brother Ben to join the colonial soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"This stunning new novel is Jodi Picoult at her finest--complete with unflinching insights, richly layered characters, and a page-turning plot with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart. Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul's late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty and wondering what she's going to do with the rest of her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
204 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Beatrice Gallagher, the well-respected benefactor of a new women's shelter, is murdered, Melanie Travis discovers that Beatrice wasn't the warm and generous philanthropist she appeared to be and must expose her true nature to identify a vengeful killer.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2017
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Whitaker family Connecticut mansion, Muses by the Sea, has always been a haven for artists, but things change. Leo, the matriarch, lives in the rambling mansion crammed with artwork and junk. Her sister-in-law Fae, is desperate to keep a secret she has been hiding for years. Jillian, a jet setting actress down on her luck, thinks selling The Muses will make life easier for Leo and Fae--by moving them into assisted living. Issy, Jillian's daughter,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her aunt's dog-whispering protege found dead, Melanie Travis must help sort through the growing list of suspects to find the killer, all while juggling motherhood, marriage, and her six beloved poodles.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
xteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
564 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna Oh, a middle-age wife, mother and artist, divorces her husband after 27 years of marriage to marry Vivica, the Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.
13) Yes, I do
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Where and when you least expect it... love is there. Revising these two stories was a pleasure--I hope you'll enjoy reading them. ENEMY IN CAMP: Dirk Ramsey's newspaper column is syndicated nationwide, but that doesn't impress Victoria Beaumont. Just because Dirk's tall, dark, totally cute, and way too smart for his own good doesn't mean he knows everything. If he did, he'd know that she fell in love with him at the start of their summer together...
Author
Series
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
"As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"