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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup--the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex--all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...
Author
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil? Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in scope, Emily Brontë's masterpiece...
3) Persuasion
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant...
Author
Lexile measure
880L
Description
"Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil? Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge. Poetic, complex and grand in scope, Emily Bront©±'s masterpiece...
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Series
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a 'perfect life' can lose it all-and then find everything. Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma. But Darcy's neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the plain-Jane "good girl,"...
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Language
English
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Description
At seventeen, Rosalind Townsend finds herself pregnant and alone. Her father, deeply religious yet cruel, throws her out of the house. Nick Pemberton, her baby's father and the man she naively hoped to marry, rejects her. Yet even at the lowest point in her life, Rosalind vows to succeed on her own terms, and to give her son, Will, all the love and happiness she's been denied.
7) Hissy fit
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Language
English
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Description
Keeley Murdock's wedding to A.J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia. Even worse is the financial pressure A.J.'s banking family brings to bear on Keeley's interior...
Author
Series
Kauffman Amish bakery volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
329 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miriam Lapp returns to the Amish community she once belonged to when she hears of her mother's death. Amidst her grief and some painful lies from her past, she is forced to face the people who rejected her. Losing her once fiancé and being shunned by her father becomes an excruciating test of her faith.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Eskimo and white culture collide in this national bestselling novel of life in the contemporary Alaskan wilderness.
Ordinary Wolves depicts a life different from what any of us has known: Inhuman cold, the taste of rancid salmon shared with shivering sled dogs, hunkering in a sod igloo while blizzards moan overhead. But this is the only world Cutuk Hawcley has ever known. Born and raised in the Arctic, he has learned to provide for himself by hunting,...
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Series
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
x 272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst leans into the deeply personal topic of rejection and takes readers on a journey to explore its roots; the lies we believe as a result; and the truth about who God is, who we are, and what it looks like to live loved. --
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Special CD ed., unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (5 hr., 49 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Junie B. Jomes and the stupid smelly bus: Kindergartner Junie B. is so scared of the school bus and the meanies on it that when't it's time to go home, she doesn't.
Junie B. Jones and a little monkey business: Junie B. tells her classmates that her new baby brother, whom she hasn't yet seen, is a real live baby monkey and takes bids for the first look.
Junie B. Jones and her big fat mouth: Junie B. is in trouble because Job Day is coming up and...
12) Gatsby's girl
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Just as Jay Gatsby was haunted by Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fizgerald was haunted by his own great first love - a Chicago socialite named Ginevra. Alluring, capricious, and ultimately unavailable, she would become his first muse, the inspiration for such timeless characters as Gatsby's Daisy and Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise.
Caroline Preston's astute perceptions of her characters and the cultural landscapes they inhabit...
13) Coming back
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 520L
Physical Desc
248 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone in their village has magic in their bones, and Preet is the strongest of them all. Without a power of her own, how can Valissa ever be worthy of Preet's love? When their home is attacked, Valissa has a chance to prove herself, but that means leaving Preet behind. With no one to turn to, Preet gives in to temptation, breaks the village's most sacred laws, and is rejected from the only home she's ever known. Divided by different paths, insecurities,...
14) No hard feelings
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 6
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lately, Twig's been having a tough time. Her best friend is too busy to hang out with her. And then she isn't picked for a special dinner with her favorite pop star. It's all so unfair! When Dad realizes Twig is feeling low, he tells her a way to take the sting out of rejection. You go out and look for ways to be turned down. The more you do it, the less it hurts. Soon, Twig and her whole family have turned hunting for nos into a fun game. But are...
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Syah Walker wants to prove herself as a peer counselor at Emdaria North Middle School, but seventh-grader Nali (recently cut from the magnoball team) may well prove too much to handle--Nali's mindscape is filled with dark feelings of betrayal and grief, manifesting as monstrous mental constructs that pursue and threaten both girls.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? Room on Our Rock celebrates the truth that there are two sides to every story. This clever picture book has one story that can be read two different ways. When read from front to back, the seals believe there is definitely no room on their rock for others. But what happens when you read from back to front?
17) How to be cool
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
18) Persuasion
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with rank and fortune, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet. Can Frederick...
20) Evelyn's husband
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 289 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English