Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Tom Hanks National Book Award Finalist--FictionIn the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this...
Orphans
- Author:Jiles, PauletteSummary:
- Author:Warner, Gertrude ChandlerSummary:
The Aldens visit their mysterious Aunt Jane at her run-down ranch and make a surprising discovery!
- Author:McClintock, NorahSummary:
Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she's ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspaperwoman. A crumbling newspaper clipping...
- Author:Sawyer, Kim VogelSummary:
Kim Vogel Sawyer, ACF Book of the Year winner for Waiting for Summer's Return, delivers historically rich tales with unforgettable characters. After an 1886 fire kills their parents, three children are split up. Keeping her parents'...
- Author:Davis, Susan PageSummary:
Journey now to Tuscon, Arizona, and into the Superstition Mountains of 1866, where... A Chance for Escape Takes Two Unlikely Allies on a Romantic Adventure Along a Desert Trail Since orphaned at age twelve, Carmela Wade has lived a lie...
- Author:Hunt, SamanthaSummary:
After years of absence, Ruth leads her niece Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who--or what--is she hiding? In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two...
- Author:Tracey, ScottSummary:
Moonset, a coven of such promise... Until they turned to the darkness. After the terrorist witch coven known as Moonset was destroyed 15 years ago—during a secret war against the witch Congress—five children were left behind, saddled...
- Author:Harrell, RobSummary:
In a fantastical 1860s England, every quiet little township is terrorized by a ferocious monster--much to the townsfolk's delight! Each town's unique monster is a source of local pride, not to mention tourism. Each town, that is--except...
- Author:Bates, MarniSummary:
Après avoir suivi Mackenzie dans le premier tome de la série, Miss Malaise, les lecteurs s’attacheront cette fois à Holly qui a elle aussi le don de se mettre les pieds dans les plats! Passer les vacances de Noël sur un bateau de...
- Author:Isabelle DoréSummary:
Pour Mathilde Brabant, c'est le début de la fin. Orpheline, atteinte de nanisme et maintenant âgée, elle vient d'emménager dans une maison de retraite avec son amie Rachel et envisage sérieusement de se laisser dépérir...
- Author:Watson, JudeSummary:
When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to...
- Author:Alcott, Louisa MaySummary:
Jo, everyone’s favorite headstrong tomboy, has used her inheritance from Aunt March to found a progressive boys’ school. This charming book lets us peek into six months in the lives of the school’s young pupils.
- Author:Patterson, James, Grabenstein, ChrisSummary:
Daniel is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: the Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. Daniel will have to push his powers beyond the brink in order to bring down a monster that has...
- Author:MARTEL, YannSummary:
Sixteen-year-old Pi's father owns a zoo in India, until the family decides to immigrate to Canada. On the way tragedy strikes and the ship sinks. Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, a tiger and an orangutan. He...
- Author:Quick, AmandaSummary:
While investigating a suspicious death, private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself on the grounds of Aldwick Castle-and in the midst of utter chaos. The ramshackle castle is in flames-and a beautiful woman and four young girls...
- Author:Grainger, JeanSummary:
Carmel, a forty-year-old Irish woman, is living a life that's fine, not exciting or awful, just fine. Then she gets a Facebook message from a stranger that could change everything. It could be a scam. But what if it is true? Her...
- Author:Claude LamarcheSummary:
Victime de la grande famine, Bridget Bushell est chassée de l'Irlande en 1847. A dix-neuf ans, sans avoir le temps de faire le deuil de sa mère, elle traverse l'Atlantique dans le fond d'une cale d'un bateau-...
- Author:Hugo, VictorSummary:
The novel that inspired the beloved Broadway musical: Jean Valjean's immortal adventure among the dispossessed of nineteenth-century Paris. Widely considered Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables is both an epic story and a...
- Author:Vinet, Jean-FrançoisSummary:
Au lendemain de la Grande Révolution, le chaos règne partout. Alors que l'inquiétude grandit au sein de la communauté scientifique, les éléments se déchaînent, engendrant des conséquences qui dépassent l'entendement...
- Author:Stachniak, EvaSummary:
Elle s’appelle Barbara, Varvara en russe. Alerte et vive d’esprit, elle est admise au service de l’impératrice Élisabeth, dans l’univers éclatant et cruel de la plus éminente cour du monde. Sous la tutelle du comte Bestoujev, chancelier...