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1) The Builders
Author
Series
Publisher
Gemma Open Door
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
Original short fiction by a beloved best-selling author on her best topic relationships. Charming novella from a masterful writer on the power of family secrets. Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When builders arrive to fix a deserted house next door, everyone expects the worst. But when the handsome workman looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents' disappearance, a strange relationship develops. With family
...2) Mrs. Whippy
Author
Series
Publisher
GemmaMedia
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Emelda is 46 years old. Her husband, Charlie, has left her for a 23-year-old dancer. Her five difficult sons worship their father and blame Emelda for his leaving. On top of everything else, she has to struggle with a new job at the local supermarket. For comfort, she turns to her only true friend--ice-cream. But lately, there's a handsome man driving the ice-cream van. Could romance be about to blossom?"--Cover, p. [4].
Author
Series
Publisher
GemmaMedia
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The Charles River divides Boston and Cambridge, and the Red Line ties the cities together, traveling through an expanse of class and cultures along its route. When an unlikely combination of riders share an afternoon train, they are surprised to discover what's common in their American experience.
Author
Series
Publisher
GemmaMedia
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"When Mark Buehrle threw his perfect game against Tampa Bay, it was DeWayne Wise, the ninth inning White Sox defensive sub who made the leaping, back against the wall catch of a fly ball, robbing Gabe Kapler of a home run and preserving Buehrle's achievement. Until that moment, Wise was virtually anonymous. Yet for that one moment in July, Wise moved into the spotlight and The Los Angeles Times called his one of the top ten moments in sports for 2009....
5) The Other
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English
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Ava
was born with wings. No one called them that until she was two years
old. She hides her wings under a special device her father made for her.
She never takes off her backpack
at school. No one knows her secret, not even her best friend Theo, who
was born with two different-colored eyes. The doctor told Ava that she
can choose to have the wings removed when she turns sixteen.
The
big day arrives, and she can't decide what to do. Without her wings,
Ava...
6) Toast
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Beautifully conceived and written, Toast is a gentle yet fierce novella." -Alison McGhee, Someday
In many ways, the Hamilton children are like any other kids. Eleven-year-old Mia and ten-year-old Will love playing Minecraft, eating pizza, and playing in the yard. But Mia knows that because Will is on the autism spectrum, some things are different for him. For starters, he doesn't like things to change. Pizza has to be just so crispy, or he won't...
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English
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An inspiring Hi-Lo story for emerging listeners from the Gemma Open Door Series. On a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons cross the dark Mississippi River into the Iowa Territory on a tiny ferryboat. Its passengers are full of questions. Aunt Sunday just wants to know if they're going to drown. Jonathan and Ella Butterman wonder if they will find success in their new home. And Penny Cooper and Nate Tilden are eager to learn if they will be...
8) Queen Serene
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English
Description
Meet Queen. She drives a garbage truck in Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen wonders what will become of her life. Her marriage did not work out. Her cold husband locked her out. He dumped her boxes in front of the house with a note. She had few job skills.
Yet like a tender plant after a terrible winter, Queen puts down roots and grows. Her ex-brother-in-law gets her a job with the City of Garnet Solid Waste...
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English
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An inspiring Hi-Lo story for emerging readers from the Gemma Open Door Series.
Jessica Vasquez had worked hard to get where she was. Though some in her family had despaired of her future, she put herself through cosmetology school and landed her dream job: overseeing the beauty department for a chain of drugstores. But her fortune abruptly changes. A manager's daughter, on a mission of her own, puts stolen makeup and perfume in Jessica's bag. The...
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English
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When scars heal over, they trap the pain under your skin. Nothing bad or interesting ever happens to Elizabeth. She's the rock all of her friends count on and come to for advice – especially her best friend and roommate, Dani. So, when Elizabeth's fiancé Alex dumps her and she gets into a horrible car accident on the very same day, she's not emotionally equipped to face her bleak future, much less heal her wounded heart. Dani suggests Elizabeth...
11) Diving In
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English
Description
She was drowning and he was the only one who could save her. Brynn Garrett is unsure about a lot of things. Was taking a year off between high school and college to learn the family dry cleaning business a smart move or a stall tactic? Is she maintaining a long distance relationship with her boyfriend Andy because she loves him or out of habit? And will her family of four ever be in the same room again since her older brother Liam broke their mother's...
12) Crossing
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English
Description
He stole her lipstick … and her heart.Twenty-year-old Dani Walker can't believe her luck when she's paired up with the gorgeous Liam Garrett as her Acting I scene partner–or when he ends up in her bed.Being a Plain Jane with a mouth on her hasn't exactly served Dani well in the guy department. In fact, she's had nothing but one-night stands. Still, she lets go of her insecurities and falls for Liam, despite feeling like he's holding something...
13) My Remedy
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English
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She followed his lead every step of the way. Love has to be about more than drunk hook-ups and kissing in the rain … right? After many failed attempts at rehab, Izzy Sundall moves to Oregon from Idaho to live with her aunt and uncle and work at their dog kennel. Fed up with disappointing her family, Izzy vows to never take another drink or sleep with another guy who doesn't value her. Well, she vows to try. When she meets Duncan Fieri–clean cut...
Author
Series
Publisher
Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Date
c1992
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IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
Answers 100 common questions about AIDS, what causes it, how it is spread, and how to protect yourself from getting it. Includes interviews with four young people living with HIV infection.
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English
Description
Literature: overrated. Morality: expendable. Midnight is right for some over-the-top sex and violence, and this Grindhouse double feature is packing the aisles with blood 'n' guts and T 'n' A! Gasp as insatiable alien insects overtake a Southern town with only a one-eyed deputy to stop them in "Bee Vixens from Mars"! Shudder as the sexy lady convicts of Block E revolt against an insane warden in "Prison Ship Antares"! Tremble in anticipation at the...
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Grindhouse Doors Open at Midnight volume 2
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English
Description
Back for more, eh? We knew you couldn't stay away! Line on up for a sick and twisted double feature! First, in Bride of Blood, Branwyn's wedding is marked by atrocity beyond comprehension. With everything she's ever loved destroyed by reavers, all she has left is revenge! Then it's Flesh Feast of the Devil Doll! When a Puritan-era demon returns to her old stomping grounds to seduce and kill once more, the Camp Oneida hockey girls step up and make...