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61) Champion of fate
Author
Series
Heromaker duology volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Aristene are an order of mythical female warriors. Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it's the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. They are the Heromakers. Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She's been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the...
63) Silas Marner
Author
Language
English
Description
Falsely accused of a crime and betrayed by his closet friend, the weaver Silas Marner has been hoarding his earnings for fifteen years. Distanced from his religious community, he has devoted himself to his work and taken pleasure only in counting his coins. Then, on the same day, his gold is stolen and a lovely child appears on his doorstep. As he changes his life to meet the irresistible needs of the child, Marner accepts the loss of the gold
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Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lochiel Ogle was born with a red-wine birthmark and it put her life in jeopardy from the moment she entered the world. Mountain folks called it "the mark of the devil," and for all the evil that has plagued her nineteen-year existence, Lochiel is ready to believe that is true. And the evil surely took control of the mind of the boy who stole her as an infant, bringing her home for his mother to raise.
66) Operation Bunny
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Emily Vole inherits an abandoned shop, it is up to her to battle a fairy-snatching witch and get to the bottom of Operation Bunny"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.
71) Lamplighter
Author
Series
Monster blood tattoo volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Rosamund starts his life as a lamplighter on the Wormway, he continues his fight against monsters, making friends and enemies along the way, but questions about his origins continue to plague him. Includes glossary.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Joneses have just won the Great Montgomery Book Emporium in a contest, and it's every book lover's dream! The pull of a lever calls forth a room full of marvelous wonders -- from the Room of Woodland tales with its squirrels and mice, to the rocket ship in the Room of Space Adventures, and the aquarium ceiling in the Room of Ocean Tales. But there is more to the Emporium than its thousands of books in extravagant displays. In fact, the previous...
74) The wonderling
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.
Author
Series
Polar Bear Explorers' Club volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stella Starflake Pearl knows, without a doubt, that she was born to be an adventurer. It's too bad girls are forbidden from becoming explorers. But Stella's father has never been one to play by the rules. Leaving behind her pet polar bear, Gruff, and beloved unicorn, Magic, Stella and Felix set off on an expedition to the snowy Icelands. There, Stella plans to prove herself as a junior explorer, worthy of membership in the Polar Bear Explorers' Club....
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Greek
Description
Spanning the years 1919-1949, begins with refugees from Odessa settling on a piece of land that was promised to them on Greece's misty northern plains. The foundling Eleni falls in love with her adoptive brother Alexis, but is forced to marry his widowed father. Eleni flees with Alexi to the nearby port of Thessaloniki. As the unrest of the 1930s pits fascism against leftism, Alexis, departs for America and leaves Elenis behind to bear the brunt of...
77) Way Down Deep
Author
Series
Way down deep novel volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel.
Author
Series
Bride ships volume 3
Language
English
Description
Unemployed and struggling with grief, Zoe Hart leaves England on a bride ship to British Columbia. Her brother fled there when falsely accused of a drastic crime. Pastor Abe Merivale discovers an abandoned native baby during a visit to Victoria, and is forced to choose between the strict rules of his bishop and listening to God's nudges to care for his people. To protect Zoe from an unsavory marriage, he offers his own hand instead. They hastily marry,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small town in 1950s South Carolina, Bonnie Wilder's husband finds an abandoned baby by the river. After voicing her concern for local mothers who are unable to raise their children, Bonnie finds more abandoned newborns on her doorstep. Soon she forms a secret network to match the babies with childless families. Thirty years later, one of those babies wants to know about her past.
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