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1121) Anne Hutchinson
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a biography of Anne Hutchinson, who challenged the religious thinking of her day and founded the town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
1122) Painted Ladies
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Late one spring, Hallie Hartley learns she's inherited a beautiful old house on Nantucket from an ancestor she never knew she had. She learns of her luck from Jared Montgomery, who arranges for her to take on his cousin James Taggert as a private physical therapy client for the summer. Hallie expects a spoiled, frivolous playboy, but Jamie surprises her by being kind, considerate, and humble-- not to mention incredibly strong and handsome. But Jamie's...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Andrea Rodríguez is nine years old when her mother whisks her and her brother, Pablo, away from the Woronoco, a tiny New England factory town that is the only home they've ever known. With no plan and no money, she leaves them with family members in Puerto Rico and promises to return. In the years that follow, Andrea and Pablo are brought back to Woronoco, only to discover a rapidly changing town and an All-American culture they almost-but can never...
1126) Firehorse
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Spirited fifteen-year-old horse lover Rachel Selby determines to become a veterinarian, despite the opposition of her rigid father, her proper mother, and the norms of Boston in 1872, while that city faces a serial arsonist and an epidemic spreading through its firehorse population.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Drawing from conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, and household and security staff, this multigenerational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on the nation's politics and culture.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
�1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Living with her family in Roxbury, Massachusetts, five-year-old Charlotte Tucker, who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, feels the effects of the War of 1812.
1129) Spirit
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1892, a wealthy, seventeen-year-old married couple, Tess and Tobias Goodraven, lay ghosts to rest for the thrill of it but, separated by the terrible witch who was responsible for the Salem witchcraft horrors, they may not have strength to survive, much less help the dead.
Author
Series
Alex Troutt thriller volume 3
Publisher
Sugar Hill Publishing
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." FBI Agent Alex Troutt has no intentions of falling for anything. Apparently, neither do the bad guys, as the Boston area is once again targeted by extremists. Boston Strong of just a few years ago is now Boston on Edge. And this time, the targets are men of the cloth--priests. At least that's how it looks at first. As investigators struggle to make sense of the bombings, Alex is thrown...
Author
Series
Alex Troutt thriller volume 1
Publisher
Sugar Hill Publishing
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
"Alexandra Giordano never knew she had it so good. Until it was all gone in an instant. As she begins her daunting quest to uncover the black spots on her memory, what she finds isn't sweet or charming or even pleasant. And that's when she begins to question everything, including herself. Her work as a Special Agent for the FBI is only a distraction, serving as a mental metronome ... anything to crank the gears of her feeble mind. And then it happens--a...
Author
Series
Alex Troutt thriller volume 2
Publisher
Sugar Hill Publishing
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
Twisted vengeance. A kill list. And a bizarre riddle. Recruited to investigate a string of grisly murders, FBI agent Alex Troutt is without words. The mutilations are unlike anything she's ever witnessed. The slayings don't stop. There is no pattern. With the aid of a CIA agent, Alex tracks the assassin down the east coast. But every step forward proves to be a step too late, the kill list seemingly endless. And then the killer turns it...
1133) North of Boston: a novel
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Dennis Lehane meets Smilla's Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions Elisabeth Elo's debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talking girl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north. When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds herself abandoned in the North Atlantic. Somehow, she survives...
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 9
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jesse investigates the grim works of a serial killer in Boston and becomes concerned with a wayward teen in Paradise.
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 5
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009], c2009
Language
English
Description
Jesse Stone is shot while moonlighting on a Boston stakeout, leaving his friend fighting for his life and Stone out for justice. His rogue investigation to find the shooter leads him into Boston's shady underworld. This leads him right into the bed of a Boston PD investigator, who wants his head on a platter if he continues to pursue the case. Meanwhile, Stone is approached by a broken-hearted mother who is convnced her kidnapped son is still alive....
1138) The greening of Southie
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen Building is something different, a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer...
Author
Series
Martha's Vineyard mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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