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1) Clock dance
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been...
2) The letter
Author
Series
Christmas box trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A letter left on his daughter's grave sends a man searching for his mother who abandoned him in childhood. For David Parkins, it's a chance at happiness, his wife having just left him. A sentimental tale set in 1930s Salt Lake City.
Author
Series
Ben Hope volume 18
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Even when ex-SAS major Ben Hope is taking a holiday, trouble seems to find him. What started as a relaxing trip to the Deep South spirals into a nightmare when he's wrongly accused of a vicious murder and forced to go on the run. Target of a state-wide manhunt, the only way Ben can prove his innocence is to unearth a long-forgotten secret and track down the killers who slaughtered an innocent woman in a vendetta dating back generations. His quest...
10) The snow angel
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With their parents struggling to make ends meet, Lily and Ryan grow tired of always eating macaroni and cheese for supper and having their Grandma stay with them, but when Grandma hears their complaints she tells a story about the magic that snow angels can bring.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A tiny pea, scorned by the other peas because he dreams of growing into a tree, begins to lose hope when he is picked to be part of a tuna casserole, but fate and a helpful worm come to the rescue.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Oscar Dunleavy, a teenager who used to make incredible apple tarts, has gone missing and everyone thinks he is dead, but Oscar's best friend Meg and his little brother Stevie, form a band as they try to figure out what happened to him.
14) Wings of desire
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Dreamy, stunningly photographed tale about an angel who trades in his wings to experience true love on Earth. Includes commentary by the director, deleted scenes, a documentary, and more.
15) The Paris spy
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mystery volume 7
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World War II in the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series--"a treat for WWII buffs and mystery lovers alike." (Booklist, on The Prime Minister's Secret Agent) Maggie Hope has come a long way since serving as a typist for Winston Churchill. Now she's working undercover for the Special...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
An eager little Christmas tree, not very tall or well-shaped, is the last on the lot but when it seems all hope of being covered with lights and ornaments is lost, a special person comes to take him home.