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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
"The sun is shining when Rabbit wakes up-a perfect day for a walk! But when it's time to get dressed, only one sock can be found. Is the other one under the bed? No, but look, there's a nice warm hat. How about inside the closet? Not there either, but howabout that beautiful tutu! As Rabbit comes up empty-handed in the search for a matching sock, each location yields another discovery and another item to add to the outfit of the day. And running into...
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Series:
Found Things volume 1
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"A new series about a young woman whose connection to antiques takes her on a magical adventure. New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and romance to launch a new series guaranteed to enchant her audience even more. Xanthe and her mother Flora leave London behind for a fresh start, taking over an antique shop in the historic town of Marlborough. Xanthe has always had an affinity...
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Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Lena, the sixteen-year-old daughter of an outspoken environmental activist who disappeared after being accused of murdering a brutish miner, tries to make sense of her mother's journals, collected oddities, and unsettling memories in an attempt to find her.
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Publisher:
Blaft Publications
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Things We Found During the Autopsy is South Indian writer Kuzhali Manickavel's second collection of short fiction, in which she presents a dizzying array of apocalyptic visions and fractured childhood memories.These stories contain the following: a dragon; angels; Indian culture; one Christmas story for children; no Indian culture whatsoever; men; poor people; voluntarily homeless youths; women; drugs; sex; Indian dads in cold foreign countries; vomit;...
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Publisher:
Elizabeth Michaud
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
In The Bones in the Garden (and other things found there), Elizabeth Michaud acts as our collective story keeper. She guides us through the scars left by American slavery, the caves and crevices of fantastical creatures, and the simple rooms where love can liberate us. This is a varied offering interweaving passion, pain, and folklore, like cream dissolving into coffee. In this second, award-winning collection of poetry, Michaud continues her narrative...
Author:
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
In Loose Diamonds, an engaging collection of essays and observations, Amy Ephron, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the One Sunday Morning and A Cup of Tea, paints a rich, vivid, and comic portrait of modern living from a modern woman's perspective. Fans of the writings of Amy Sedaris and Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem will enjoy Ephron's funny, incisive take on the intricate weave of a woman's world.
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Publisher:
Nimbus
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
And these are the things we find by the sea My mommy, my mama, my brother, and me. With this gentle refrain, the debut picture book from celebrated author and playwright Natalie Meisner (Double Pregnant) reflects on her own two-mom, two-son family's early days growing up in Lockeport, Nova Scotia. Living by the sea offers myriad charms for the two young brothers in this poetic ode to beachcombing. When the fog disappears, the path to the beach beckons,...
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Language:
English
Description:
"In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called "To Write Love on Her Arms" about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Nine years later, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally-recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and...
9. Found things
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Publisher:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[2014]
Lexile measure:
780L
Language:
English
Description:
Eleven-year-old River Rose, bullied at school and missing her older brother, Theron, makes friends with a strange new classmate, Meadow Lark, and the two search for a miracle by floating wishes down the river.
Author:
Publisher:
Brett Systems, Inc
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
"We're all broken, and the scars we trade are all that remain of our fragile, once complex lives." Losing Found Things is the raw, unforgettable debut collection of fifteen short stories from award-winning writer and novelist Brett Garcia Rose, who takes readers past what lies on the surface and into the darkest corners of human experience. A young man boards a cruise ship planning to jump, and finds an unlikely ally waiting at the railing. A brother...
Author:
Publisher:
Masquedelune
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
The war had been declared victorious. Then why do they feel like it did not end? As the country embarks on the path of reconstruction and the nation strives to heal, the pursuit of justice unfolds with trials for those who broke the law. Sixth year opens at the Institute of Elemental Sorcery and among those returning comes a new student-the last person anyone would anticipate. The echoes of war linger and sometimes even heartbeat after heartbeat seems...
Author:
Publisher:
Faber
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
I hadn't opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone's spirit would vanish. In many ways that thought was more important than the gum itself. On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's...
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Publisher:
Highbridge Company
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
Description:
The second volume of the LOST & FOUND SOUND collection explores how recorded sound has shaped and captured the history of the last 100 years. Drawing from the archives and attics of the nation, this historic and intimate collection of radio documentaries presents a compelling array of sonic pioneers and legends, eccentric collectors, and original American voices. Highlights include, haunting audio letters from a soldier in the foxholes of Vietnam,...
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Series:
Found things volume 3
Language:
English
Description:
"The third installment of a bewitching series "brimming with charm and charisma" that will make "fans of Outlander rejoice!" (Woman's World Magazine). New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston's second novel in the Found Things series, Secrets ofthe Chocolate House, was called a "time-swapping romance [that] will please fans of Alice Hoffman" (Publishers Weekly). Now, Brackston returns to the Found Things series with a third book, The Garden...
Author:
Series:
Found things volume 4
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Paula Brackston's City of Time and Magic is the next installment in the time-traveling Found Things Series. City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet. She must choose from three treasures that sing to her; a beautiful writing slope, a mourning brooch of heartbreaking detail, and a gorgeous gem-set hat pin. All call her, but the wrong one could take her on a mission other than that which she must address first, and the stakes...
Author:
Series:
Found things volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora's antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering...
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Series:
Lexile measure:
940L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.