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"From the darkest hours rises life in all its glory ... From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
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IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"A National Book Award Finalist for Non-Fiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom. Now in a Young Readers Edition"--
63) Damaged
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Ten-year-old Patrick O'Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district. Patrick's grandfather...
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Outlander novels volume 8
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English
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"In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743...Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from...
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2017.
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English
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"A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away."--NoveList.
"When George and Martha Washington moved from their beloved Mount Vernon in Virginia to Philadelphia, then the seat of the nation's capital, they took nine enslaved people with them. They would serve as cooks and horsemen, as...
75) Die for me
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Series
Vartanian family thrillers volume 1
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Vision/Hatchette Book Group USA
Pub. Date
2007
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English
76) Skeleton key
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Gregor Demarkian mysteries volume 16
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
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English
77) Marley & me
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up her career to be a mom. John's career continues to advance...
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"Curator Dr. Louisa Hancock left behind Maine and her troubled past for a job at a prominent museum. Just when it seems that Louisa's new life is safe from her dark secrets, the body of a museum intern is found...And when another intern goes missing, the abduction is linked to the only man who has ever tempted Louisa's heart...."--Cover p. 4.
79) True believers
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Gregor Demarkian mysteries volume 17
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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