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1) RAINWATER
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English
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The year is 1934. Withthe country in the stranglehold of drought and economic depression, Ella Barron runs her Texas boardinghouse with an efficiency that ensures her life will be kept in balance. Between chores of cooking and cleaning for her residents, she cares for her ten-year-old son, Solly, a sweet but challenging child whose misunderstood behavior finds Ella on teh receiving end of pity derision, and suspicion. When David Rainwater arrives...
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
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Series
Anne of Green Gables volume 4
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English
Description
Anne Shirley settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars and begins a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables as the principal of Summerside High School. Written as a series of letters to her fiance Gilbert Blythe.
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Series
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English
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"Gabriella Goodhue had put her past as a thief behind her, until a woman in her boardinghouse is unjustly accused and she is caught gathering evidence by Nicholas Quinn, a fellow street urchin against whom she holds a grudge. Nicholas refuses to lose her twice and insists they join forces--but their feelings are tested when danger follows their every step"--
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Octobia May is girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special, and some foks would argue, gives this ten-year-old powers that make her a 'wise soul.' Thank goodness for Auntie, who convinces Octobia's parents to let her live in her boarding house that is filled with old folks. That's when trouble, excitement, and wonder begin.
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