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Flavia De Luce mysteries volume 6
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"On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this...
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"Hailed as "a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes" by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in the much anticipated new mystery novel from award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Alan Bradley. In spite of being ejected from Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is excited to be sailing home to England. But instead of a joyous homecoming, she is greeted on the docks with unfortunate news: Her...
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"Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company. They will be shooting a movie over the Christmas holidays, filming scenes in the stately manse with a famous and reclusive star. She is widely despised, so it is to no one's surprise when she turns up murdered, strangled by a length of film from her own movies! With the snow raging outside and Buckshaw locked in, the house is full of suspects....
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Horseshoe trilogies volume 7
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2004
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Josie Grace decides to tell her new fried Katrina how to care for her horse and, after Katrina falls off her horse, Josie must try to get her back in the saddle.
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Jane Austen's first novel--published posthumously in 1818--tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature....
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2008.
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Stirring and beautifully crafted, this debut novel recounts how the repercussions of a girl's disappearance can last for decades. In 1984, Kate Meaney is a 10-year-old loner who solves imaginary mysteries and guesses the dark secrets of the shoppers she observes at the Green Oaks mall. Kate's unlikely circle includes her always-present stuffed monkey; 22-year-old Adrian, who works at the candy shop next door; and Kate's classmate, Teresa Stanton,...
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Horseshoe trilogies volume 6
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2003
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Josie needs to find a new place for her horse Charity. Her neighbors offer to board Charity but their young daughter is afraid of horses. But Josie has worked to hard to lose Charity now.
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Factory Girls volume 1
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Britain, 1911.
Strikes and riots erupt countrywide as the shadow of the Great War looms over Europe. But in one small corner of London, factory girl Nellie Clark's wages are all that keep her younger brothers and sister from starvation.
And, as the young women of Pearce Duff's custard factory watch their menfolk prepare to march off to war, Nellie is forced to make a difficult choice: between the family who depend upon her, and the man she loves......
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The horseshoe trilogies volume 7
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c2004
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Josie is excited that Jill Atterbury's cousin, Katrina, is visiting for the summer. When Katrina takes a bad fall trying to prove that she is the best jumper, Josie realizes that loving horses isn't just about riding, but taking care of the animal. With Faith's help, Josie must get Katrina to change her attitude and get back in the saddle.
12) Last Hope
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Horseshoe trilogies volume 2
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2002
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Josie Grace's family must close Grace Stables and find a new home for Hope. While she is patient and gentle, she has an allergy to gnat bites that causes her to rub and gnaw at her mane and other areas down to the skin. Josie can hardly bear to part with her horse. Grace's most reliable horse needs a new home and Josie is discouraged that no one can seem to look past Hope's plain looks and see that she is the most perfect horse.