Heather Smith
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"It's been two years since a mysterious cloud rolled through their home and swept Ewan's dad away with it. Certain that his father wouldn't have left willingly, the normally timid Ewan decides to take destiny into his own hands. Along with his little sister, Flora, and his new friend, Mr. So-and-So, Ewan departs on a journey that will test his belief in himself and unravel secrets of his father's disappearance." --back cover.
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"Frida Bellows lives in a big house made up of four apartments. Every morning, she gets on her father’s shoulders and taps on the ceiling with a broomstick. This wakes her neighbor, a student named Ben Doldrums who knocks on the wall to wake the Mercredis, who in turn knock on the floor to wake the Reynolds. Frida likes this morning tradition. It makes her feel like she’s part of something big. Things change, however, when Ben stops getting out...
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"When Granny dies, a young child and their family have a hole in their hearts. They find it helps them fill it to remember her through the things she left behind. To the father, she left a tuba, and to the mother, a locket. To the sister, she left a microscope, and to the brother, a record collection. To the main character, though, Granny left something different: a world of adventure, that they visit with their memories. Through imaginative play...
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Angus loves sparkly things, so much so that he can hear them. To Angus, shiny objects not only look beautiful; they also crackle, buzz, and go whiz-bang-POP! His unique ability is lost, however, when Angus wears his grandma's beaded necklace to school, and his classmates tease him for his atypical choice. Saddened by their laughter, Angus stops hearing the sparkle.
A gentle story of acceptance, generosity, and friendship, Angus All Aglow reminds...
7) Baygirl
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Growing up in a picturesque Newfoundland fishing village should be idyllic for sixteen-year-old Kit Ryan, but living with an alcoholic father makes Kit's day-to-day life unpredictable and almost intolerable. When the 1992 cod moratorium forces her father out of a job, the tension between Kit and her father grows. Forced to leave their rural community, the family moves to the city, where they live with Uncle Iggy, a widower with problems of his own....
8) Ebb and Flow
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A powerful story of betrayal, forgiveness and self-discovery. One summer, after a long plane ride and a rotten bad year I went to Grandma Jo's. Ebb & Flow is the captivating story of eleven-year-old Jett's summer back home on the coast after "a rotten bad year" in a new town. When his father went to jail, Jett and his mother moved away, and Jett quickly learned that fresh starts aren't all they're cracked up to be. He returns to spend the summer with...
9) Shenanigans
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You're never too old for fun, faith, or love. Lavinia Lewis is a wealthy southern widow who enjoys a good prank. But when a resident at her posh retirement community in Southport, North Carolina gets sick at a potluck, Lavinia's reputation as a jokester lands her in big trouble. How can she clear her name when her own daughter doesn't believe she's innocent? Neville McGrath is a long-in-the-tooth lawyer, afraid of being put out to pasture. Torn between...
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A heartwarming picture book about an iron ore—mine horse and a timid young miner in Bell Island, Newfoundland, from award-winning author of Mr. Hirota's Garden and The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Out in Conception Bay, on the northern Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, sits tiny Bell Island, a tight-knit community where iron ore has been mined for centuries. Slowpoke The Bell Island Mine Horse tells the story of eleven-year-old Jimmy, who...
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Lou passe tous ses samedis avec Grand-Papa et Papi. Ils se rendent à la bibliothèque main dans la main, comme une guirlande de personnages en papier. Grand-Papa lit des livres sur la science et le design, Papi écoute des disques de rock and roll et Lou va de l'un à l'autre. Mais un jour, tout bascule. Papi fait une chute qui a des conséquences terribles: il sera confiné à un fauteuil roulant pour toujours, tout le temps. Incapable d'accepter...
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★ "Smith spins a quietly moving narrative...Wada's large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story's restrained text...The graceful way in which this book handles a sensitive and serious subject makes it a first purchase."-School Library Journal
When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean...
13) Plan for Pops, A
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"A positive and realistic representation of both a wheelchair user and an elderly, interracial gay male couple." -Kirkus Reviews
"A beautiful and uplifting book." -School Library Journal
Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. Grandad reads books about science and design, Pops listens to rock and roll, and Lou bounces from lap to lap. But everything changes one Saturday....
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"Experts warn us that lack of sleep, or the wrong kind, will bring down a bewildering array of dire consequences. Heather Darwall-Smith's message in this book is simple: don't panic! Humans are biologically programmed to sleep, and by interrogating all the factors--sociological, physiological, neurological, and psychological--that might be impeding this innate instinct, each of us can work out the changes we can make in our own lifestyles to allow...
15) Shenanigans
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You're never too old for fun, faith, or love.
Lavinia Lewis is a wealthy, Southern widow who enjoys a good prank. But when, a resident at her posh retirement community in Southport, North Carolina gets sick at a potluck, Lavinia's reputation as a jokester lands her in big trouble. How can she clear her name when her own daughter doesn't, believe she's innocent?
Neville McGrath is a long-in-the-tooth lawyer, afraid of being, put out to pasture. Torn...
19) Chicken girl
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After a cruel online post causes her to trade in her vintage clothes for a job as a sign waver in a chicken costume, former optimist Poppy meets a young girl who changes her perspective about the struggles that others in her life are facing.
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Most wanted novels volume 2
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Release Me comes a series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees.
I knew better than to risk my heart. But fierce passion comes at a high price.
I grew up believing in right and wrong, good and evil, black and white. I knew better than to trust. And then I met Tyler...
I knew better than to risk my heart. But fierce passion comes at a high price.
I grew up believing in right and wrong, good and evil, black and white. I knew better than to trust. And then I met Tyler...