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"Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley's Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom--every window, chimney, and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within. By morning, he will be dead in his sealed study,...
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The penguin pack plays all day long. And when the sun goes down and the night grows cold and dark--PEGUIN HUDDLE! But one night there is a freezing gale. And the next morning the penguins are stuck, frozen together like a giant penguin ice pop. What a penguin muddle! How will they get unstuck?"--Jacket flap.
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Barrington Stoke
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
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Who’s the NAUGHTY NIBBLER? Someone has taken a big bite out of the birthday cake the famer has baked, and he’s FURIOUS! For once, it’s not Big Goat Gruff who’s to blame, but can he find the real culprit before the famer turns him into GOAT PIE?!
4) Ant party
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
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"It's another busy day at the anthill. Farmer ants collect food, worker ants build tunnels, and soldier ants guard the queen. But for Andy, it's a very special day: his birthday! He invites his neighbors for a fun party with dancing and dips. But unbeknownst to Andy, his neighbors invite a few of their friends, and then those friends invite a few of their friends . . . Soon the event is shaping up to be a full-blown mega ant party! Andy is shocked...
5) I am Rebel
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
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"Ím Tom's dog, and hés my human. We belong to each other. Rebel is a good dog. He loves his simple, perfect life on the farm with his owner, Tom, until one day, when the war comes too close. Tom is determined to join the rebellion to defeat the king's men, but Rebel knows that war is dangerous, and he will stop at nothing to save his beloved human. How can he bring Tom home before it's too late?" --Goodreads.com.
6) Perijee & me
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Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Caitlin, the only young person living on Middle Island, finds Perijee, a tiny alien, on the beach and he becomes her secret friend, but Perijee's rapid growth is a big problem.
7) The widows
Author
Series
Kinship volume 01
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English
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When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town's widely respected sheriff, is killed while transporting a prisoner, she is devastated and vows to avenge his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door. Marvena Whitcomb, a coal miner's widow, is unaware that Daniel has died, and begs to speak with him about her missing daughter. From miles away but worlds apart, Lily and Marvena's lives collide as they realize that...
8) The stills
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Series
The kinship volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Moonshining is a way of life in rural Bronwyn County, Ohio in 1927 and even if the otherwise upstanding Sheriff Lily Ross has been know to turn a blind eye when it comes to stills in the area. But when thirteen-year-old Jebediah Ranklin almost dies after drinking a tainted moonshine, Lily knows that someone has gone too far.
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Series
Kinship volume 02
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in the second in her Kinship mystery series. The Hollows is a powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely written follow-up to her acclaimed debut The Widows. Ohio, 1926: For many years, the underground railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been used as a short cut through the Appalachian hills. When an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks, the brakeman tells tales of seeing a ghostly female...
10) Raintree County
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Distributed by The Castaways Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006?]
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English
Description
A beautiful young woman, who believes that she is the daughter of an adulterous affair between her father and a mulatto slave, is married to an idealistic young man in this drama set in the Civil War era South. With the war as background, the two young people must solve their problems and find a true meaning and purpose in their lives. Includes overture and original theatrical trailer.
11) The echoes
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Series
Kinship volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As July 4, 1928 approaches, Sheriff Lily Ross and her family look forward to the opening of an amusement park in a nearby town, created by Chalmer Fitzpatrick-a veteran and lumber mill owner. When Lily is alerted to the possible drowning of a girl, she goes to investigate, and discovers schisms going back several generations, in an ongoing dispute over the land on which Fitzpatrick has built the park. Lily's family life is soon rattled, too, with...
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Panasonic Interactive Media Co
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
In Passage for trumpet, an unsuccessful trumpet player is given a second crack at life after he is struck and killed by a truck, but first he has to learn what it is like to be "dead" in a world full of life. In Mr. Dingle, the strong, a timid little man is given superpowers by a double-headed Martian experimenter. In Two, a contemporary Adam and Eve story, the two lone, frightened survivors of a nuclear holocaust must start the world anew. In Four...
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they don't find "Earth 2.0?" Almost certainly not. Therein the lies the challenge: Finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time, perhaps centuries, to...
15) Silk road
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Ross Ulbricht launches the website Silk Road, a completely anonymous drug market, catching the focus of disgraced DEA agent Rick Bowden. As their private lives erode, they are trapped in an elaborate game of cat-and-mouse.
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Second Chance Spring: Pro quarterback Burke Mannion is at a crossroads in his career--nearing retirement age, he wonders if it's time to hang up his cleats, or keep pushing his body and head to training camp in a few short weeks. The decision is delayed by an upsetting phone call from his brother, and without blinking, Burke packs for Honeymoon Harbor and the home he hasn't seen in years. The last person he expects to see when he arrives is the woman...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
Anne of Green Gables, The good stars: Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in...
18) The hollow
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ohio, 1926: For many years, the railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been used as a shortcut through the Appalachian hills. When an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks, the brakeman tells tales of seeing a ghostly female figure dressed all in white. Newly elected Sheriff Lily Ross is called on to the case to dispel the myths. With the help of her friends Marvena Whitcomb and Hildy Cooper, Lily follows the woman's trail to The Hollows--a...



