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"Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . . Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." If you grew up coming here, you were "a Saint." If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were "an Ain't." Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn't rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
720L
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English
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4 stars
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An introspective boy and an adventurous girl uncover a poignant family mystery during a summer on the shores of Three Bird Lake. For as long as he can remember, Adam and his parents have spent their summers at his grandmother's rustic cabin on Three Bird Lake. But this year will be different. There will be no rowdy cousins running around tormenting Adam. There will be no Uncle John or Aunt Jean. And there will be no Dad to fight with Mom. This year,...
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Whispering Pines volume 2
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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"Spoiled, yet lovable fifteen-year-old Harper McCallister is sent to sleepaway camp where she is an outcast at first but eventually finds a way to make her mark, gaining new perspectives on friendship and life in general"--
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Archway Publishing
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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Summer Hayes is new to heartbreak when a guy shes dating cheats on her during her first year of college in Los Angeles. Now distrusting men and determined to take advantage of her new single lifestyle, Summer decides to record every detail of her journey to redefine herself. She has no idea that her decision will soon lead her down a dangerous path and send her life spinning out of control. After surviving a freshman year that turns out to be even...
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Publisher:
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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The life of an heiress is in jeopardy and her only hope is to place her trust in the wiles of a middle-aged swordsman with no use for "women's troubles." As the plots of the conspirators converge it will take all the wiles and accumulated wisdom of Martin Marie Rigobert de Garnache to uncover their identity, to save Valerie de La Vauvraye and keep his promise to his Queen. A great swashbuckler with a fun romance plot. Some of the twists of the plot...
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Wings ePress, Inc
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Clive's decision to send his eight-year-old son Robert away to boarding school marks the end of the idyllic relationship enjoyed by Robert and his mother Rose, and precipitates a crisis in the marriage. Clive has had his own way for far too long. It is time for the worm to turn, and who better to comfort Rose than her bellringer colleague, Simon?Meanwhile, the peaceful village of St Martin on the Hill is about to suffer its own crisis. Robert goes...
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Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Perfectly bingeable for fans of Bridgerton and Emily in Paris, Second Chance Summer is a romantic feel-good story about finding true love in the least likely of places... Somewhere along the way, Charlotte Freemont stopped believing in happily-ever-afters. It's one of the reasons why she ran out on her own wedding instead of settling for anything less than she deserved. Now instead of the cross-country road trip she had planned, she's stranded in...
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Fowler Road Press
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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"Swab Summer is the United States Coast Guard Academy's version of boot camp for those incoming cadets granted an appointment to one of the most competitive military schools in the country. In the course of a seven-week period, appointees are transformed from civilian teenagers into fourth class cadets, ready to take on the challenges of their first academic year. This book follows new swabs through the highs and lows of their indoctrination into...
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Publisher:
Aspire Publishing Hub, LLC
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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This collection of tales is Kim Francisco's memories of his first summer working for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Commercial Fisheries Division in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region. His experiences ranged from mundane to life-threatening, comical to tragic. He found it so satisfying it led to a lifelong career in natural resource management. These events occurred primarily in 1973; however, the timeline occasionally jumps to reach the...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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A two volume set consisting of a series of B&W photographs from the summer of 1979 showing legendary bank robber Eddie Dodson and friends outside his shop on Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, California. The images are chronologically sequenced into fictional short stories. The stories explore a dream realm between comic strips and old school Coronet filmstrips. From 1973-1984 Eddie Dodson ran an antique/furniture shop located at 7552 Melrose Ave. This place...
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Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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The second volume of a two volume set consisting of a series of B&W photographs from the summer of 1979 showing the legendary bank robber Eddie Dodson and friends outside his shop on Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, California. The images are chronologically sequenced into fictional short stories. The stories explore a dream realm between comic strips and old school Coronet filmstrips. From 1973-1984 Eddie Dodson ran an antique/furniture shop located at...
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Publisher:
Bedford/St. Martins
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
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In the summer of 1964 in Mississippi, a coalition of civil rights organizations spread out into black communities across the state to organize a grassroots voter registration movement, challenging the Jim Crow system of segregation and all it stood for. This title highlights the role of black Mississippians who were at the heart of Freedom Summer, including the local women who assumed key leadership positions. The Introduction provides a narrative...