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Author
Series
John volume Book 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven friends.
One last weekend.
A mansion half in ruins.
No room for lies.
Someone is going to confess.
Because there should have been eight. . . .
They met when they were teenagers. Now they’re adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others—none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine long years ago.
They’ve gathered to reminisce at Bea’s family’s estate, a once-glorious mansion straight out of a gothic novel. Best...
Author
Language
English
Description
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sam Gardner has been pastor of Hope Friends Meeting for just four months when ninety-eight-year-old member Olive Charles passes away. What's more shocking news is that Olive has left her entire estate--worth nearly one million dollars--to the meeting. At first the gift sounds to Sam like a godsend. Yet as word of the unexpected windfall spreads, it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among the church members as to how the money would best be...
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 1
Nantucket legacy volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Nantucket legacy volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Language
English
Formats
Description
Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the...
Author
Series
John volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
406 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
John volume 1
Publisher
Griffin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
469 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Quaker Pastor Sam Gardner is asked by the ill Unitarian minister to oversee a wedding in his place, Sam naturally agrees. It's not until the couple stands before him that he realizes they're two women. In the tempest of strong opinions and misunderstandings that follows the incident, Sam faces potential unemployment. Deeply discouraged, he wonders if his pastoral usefulness has come to an end. Perhaps it's time for a change. After all, his wife...
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Lillian Coffin leaves her grandchildren Henry and Hitty a vast fortune on the condition that they marry a Quaker in good standing, leaving Henry and Hitty scrambling to satisfy the will's condition.
11) Each kindness
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that momentous day finally arrives, Ren soon discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Everything. "Is nothing on this island as it appears to be?" he whispers in despair.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth graders Anika Veerkar, Benicio "Benny" Flores, and Libby Abrams are known for their endless questions. On their trip to the grocery store they meet a senior cashier named Darrell and the questions begin: Why does someone who could be retired choose to still work? This simple question leads the friends all around their community as they explore the facts and personal stories of veterans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xii, 213 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania's Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency--a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. Ultimately, however, it meant the final removal from the ancestral land she had so tenaciously maintained. Thus was William Penn's "peaceable kingdom" preserved. This book...
Publisher
Scholastic, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Peppa, George, and their friends get together to play a game of soccer: the boys against the girls! But what happens when the two teams can't agree on what's fair?
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia volume 12
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With her cousin Jason and her best friend Alice by her side, she's ready to try surfing, explore Blackberry Island, and learn more about this pirate-obsessed beach town. And just when Amelia Bedelia thinks she's uncovered all of the town's secrets, she literally falls right into buried treasure!"--Amazon.com.