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81) The last midwife
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"It is 1880 and Gracy Brookens is the only midwife in a small Colorado mining town where she has delivered hundreds, maybe thousands, of babies in her lifetime. She is a gifted and important resource for the women of her hardscrabble community, a position earned through wisdom and trust. Most women in Swandyke couldn't even imagine getting through their pregancy and labor without Gracy by their sides. But everything changes when a baby is found dead...and...
82) The Jester
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
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Returning home from the Crusades, Hugh discovers that his wife has been abducted by relic-seeking knights, prompting him to pose as a court jester in order to infiltrate the castle where his wife is imprisoned.
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Earth's children volume 3
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Ayla and Jondalar embark on a journey that takes them to the Mamutoi, the mammoth hunters, and Ayla must make a faithful choice between two men--Jondalar and Ranec, the Mamutoi's master carver
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It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
85) The crystal cave
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
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Merlin, baseborn son of royalty in 5th Century Britain, uses magic to outwit his enemies until finally, he sets the stage for the birth of Arthur, future king of Britain.
86) Runaway
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McKenzie Family Saga volume 1
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Florida plantation owner Jarrett McKenzie wins Tara Brent in a poker game and ends up marrying her, but that's not the end of the story. Tara is being pursued by Clive Carter, the son of the man she is accused of killing. McKenzie and Tara are often separated because of a war between the U.S. and the Seminoles in which they are involved on the Seminole side. By the author of And One Rode West.
87) Mistress
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In 19th Century London, Iphiginia Bright poses as the mistress of the Earl of Masters in order to penetrate high society and catch the blackmailer of her aunt. She is unmasked by the earl, but after hearing her story he decides to help her.
88) The postmistress
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"In 1940, on the eve of the United States' entrance into World War II, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: she doesn't deliver a letter. In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket. She vows to deliver the letter when she returns from Germany and France...
89) The circus train
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"When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena--who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio--yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life...
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In post-Civil War Missouri, quiet twenty-seven-year-old Margaret Mayfield marries the brilliant and eccentric scientist, Captain Andrew Early. The couple eventually make their way by train to their new life at Andrew's naval base in California, where their marriage grows troubled as Margaret gradually comes to realize she has married a madman.
91) Mrs. Wiggins
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2021.
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"The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama--and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm,...
92) The silent boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Young Katy Thatcher, the daughter of the town doctor, becomes friends with Jacob, a teenager who is "touched in the head," which allows her to understand what really happened when the unwanted infant of Jacob's sister is found dead.
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A new novel inspired by little-known historical events: a dramatic story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its vital connection to her own students' lives. Actual "Lost Friends" advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold...
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Tudor rose trilogy volume 3
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"Feisty orphan Pippa de Lacey lives by wit and skill as a London street performer. But when her sharp tongue gets her into serious trouble, she throws herself upon the mercy of Irish chieftan Aidan O'Donoghue. Pippa provides a welcome diversion for Aidan as he awaits an audience with the queen, who holds his people's fate in her hands. Amused at first, he becomes obsessed with the audacious waif who claims his patronage. Rash and impetuous, their...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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1999 Gold Medallion Award winner!
A repackage of Francine Rivers's beloved novel, now with stunning movie stills from the motion picture releasing in January 2007 and bonus discussion questions.
All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn't know that the...
96) The golden one
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Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 16
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Revisiting Egypt in 1917 with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody stumbles across a murdered body, a situation that is complicated by an assignment from British intelligence and her daughter-in-law's troubling secret.
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Song of Acadia volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
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In 18th-century England, spiritual sisters Anne and Nicole find themselves facing different roads into the future. While Anne is settling into mannered British life, she prays for best friend Nicole, who is now planning a voyage to Boston to take control of her uncle's landholdings. Heading into the seething heart of the American Revolutionary War, Nicole is ill-prepared for the grave dangers and ravages of war that confront her.
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Song of Acadia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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Englishwoman Catherine Harrow and Frenchwoman Louise Robichaud, both newly married, meet accidentally in a meadow between their two villages in 1753 and begin a friendship that thrives despite the looming war between their two countries.
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"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to 'new homes' where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
100) Another homecoming
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Kyle Adams novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Martha Rimes gave up her child for adoption believing her husband was killed in World War II. Kyle Rothmore grows up accustomed to wealth and privilege not knowing that she is adopted and unaware of the conflict that surrounds her inheritance, her biological family, and the man she loves.