Mysteries of trash and treasure #1: the secret letters

When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger's attic, he knows he's supposed to throw them away. That's his summer job, getting rid of junk. But Colin wants to rescue the letters--and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s. Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. But this one reads like a confession to a…

Mother country: a novel

Nadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor. The war back home is…

Surprise island

Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge.

Wild

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781529045130

Collation

466 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 HAN w

Home front

Like many couples, Michael and Jolene have to face the pressures of everyday life - children, career, bills, household chores - even as their twelve year marriage is falling apart.

The great alone

Alaska, 1974 Ernt Allbright came home from the Vietnam War a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes the impulsive decision to move his wife and daughter north where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Cora will do anything for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown. Thirteen-year-old Leni, caught in the riptide…

The jetsetters: a novel

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780399181894

Collation

338 p. ; 22 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 WAR t

The way from here

Three generations of women. Three generations worth of secrets. Will a cache of letters from beyond the grave hold the key to unravelling them all? The answer to that question lies at the heart of this addictive and atmospheric novel from the author of The House of Brides. Growing up, the Anderson sisters could not have been more different. Susie, the wild one, had an adventurous life while …

Little Women & Good Wives

Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a tast…

The vanderbeekers of 141st street

It's five days before Christmas, and the Vanderbeeker children should be dreaming about sugar plums and presents.