Author: Lisa Plumley
Publisher: Lisa Plumley
ISBN: 130171626X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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"Lisa Plumley does it again! A superb storyteller with that extra touch of magic, Lisa brings this romantic tale to life in each and every enchanting situation. Tender one moment, hilarious the next...not to be missed!" --Romance Communications Rock-A-Bye, My Baby No way! Chloe Carmichael vowed long ago to marry only for love. The fact that she's unexpectedly expecting doesn't change a thing. Especially since the Daddy-to-be is her best pal, Nick Steadman—and he can't actually remember their fabulous-but-fleeting night of passion. Only when her delicate condition becomes obvious does Chloe tell Nick the truth. Well, sort of... How could a sensible female like Chloe have gotten mixed up with a love 'em and leave 'em Marine named Bruno? Nick is determined to track down the guy and make him marry Chloe. After all, the least a friend can do is see that a great gal like Chloe lives happily ever after. Heck, if she wasn't so crazy about the oddly elusive Bruno, Nick might even be tempted to turn his best friend into his bride!
Author: Landry Q. Walker
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250824214
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Landry Walker and Eric Jones' Pepper Page Saves the Universe is a middle-grade futuristic superhero story about a shy comic book girl-geek becoming her own superhero inspiration! The year is 2421. Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when Pepper encounters a strange cat named Mister McKittens and stumbles into a volatile science experiment run by a sinister substitute teacher named Doctor Killian. Pepper is flung into another dimension, bringing her face to face with an order of cosmic beings who declare her to be the steward of their great power, champion of harmony in the universe, protector of worlds present and past. Now, in the 21st Century, Pepper finds that she herself is the real Supernova. But as Pepper soon learns, escapist fantasy and reality are two very different things.
Author: Caela Carter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599909707
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Rising-star Caela Carter does it again with a fast-paced, multi- layered story of friendship, romance, and sexuality.
Author: Mary K. Sullivan
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
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Cori never knew why she was different from her brothers and sisters. She watched all her siblings being adopted. Why didn’t anyone want her? When she finally heard the word runt, she understood that she wasn’t as good as the rest. She began to think things would never change. But when she was finally adopted by “My Mary,” she learned what it was to be loved. Thus begins Cori’s adventures with My Mary and her sister, Pepper. Most of the adventures were exciting and fun, but then that awful day came. She thought she might lose Pepper forever. Cori had to learn how to become a healing force in Pepper’s life. But would Cori’s love for Pepper and Pepper’s love in return be enough? Cori didn’t know, but she had to try. She had to try harder than she’d ever tried to do anything before. It was the only chance Pepper had.
Author: Davina Lee
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
ISBN: 1646566866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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Ashley Zimmer is the third-generation owner of A to Z Music, a brick and mortar store severely impacted by the dot-com boom. Refusing to call it quits, she see salvation in Pepper Alverez, the lonely woman who plays beautiful, haunting music every weekend without fail at a public piano in a neighborhood park. Everything would be alright if she could only get the crowds that gather at the park, into her store. But the agreement to play in Ashley’s store during the winter months does not come without baggage. Pepper’s sad, minor key blues riffs and improvisations come from a long list of what she sees as her past sins. Playing the piano is the only way she knows to express those feelings and begin her atonement. It is her penance. As Ashley begins to understand Pepper, she’s faced with a choice. Does she view their friendship as a temporary business agreement, giving Pepper a place to play while getting the store back on its feet, or is it something more. And when Pepper makes things less than easy, how far is Ashley willing to go? Will she take the risk, turning a tenuous friendship into something more?
Author: Renée Filippucci-Kotz
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480851205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 69
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Injured and alone Pepper must navigate through a city with its frightening sounds and dangers. Peppers Misadventure, is the second book in author Rene Filippucci-Kotzs Amelia Jae series. Pepper, recently adopted by ten-year-old AJ and her family, is on her way to the veterinarian when her family is in an auto accident. AJ takes Pepper out of the car to check on her. Pepper is frightened by a dog, jumps out of AJs arms and runs away. Peppers Misadventure follows AJ, her friends Cory and Su Li, and her parents as they look for Pepper as well as Peppers experience while she is lost. Pets are an important part of our lives. Whether you have a pet or not, youll understand how AJ feels about Peppers disappearance. Peppers Misadventure is an exciting and entertaining book.
Author: Abby Hanlon
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 0525428666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Dory, a highly imaginative youngest child, makes a new friend at school but her brother and sister are sure Rosabelle is imaginary, just like all of Dory's other friends.
Author: Saundra
Publisher: Dafina
ISBN: 1617739774
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Mya Bedford is a 17-year-old daddy's girl from the Brewster Douglas Project in Detroit. When her father is sent to prison, and her mother suddenly develops a drug habit, it is up to her to raise her younger brother and sister. Alone and aware of the grimy hustle of the streets, Mya hopes to find another path for survival. But when the leader of the a notorious gang severely beats her mother for stealing money from him, Mya vows revenge on his crew by robbing them at gunpoint and hiding her identity behind a mask.
Author: Gail D. Villanueva
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338310526
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
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* "Villanueva's debut is a beautiful #ownvoices middle-grade novel. Tough topics are addressed, but warmth and humor... bring lightness to Sab's story. This immersive novel bursts with life." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review When superstitious Sab sees a giant black butterfly, an omen of death, she knows that she's doomed! According to legend, she has one week before her fate catches up with her -- on her 11th birthday. With her time running out, all she wants is to celebrate her birthday with her entire family. But her sister, Ate Nadine, stopped speaking to their father one year ago, and Sab doesn't even know why.If Sab's going to get Ate Nadine and their father to reconcile, she'll have to overcome her fears -- of her sister's anger, of leaving the bubble of her sheltered community, of her upcoming doom -- and figure out the cause of their rift.So Sab and her best friend Pepper start spying on Nadine and digging into their family's past to determine why, exactly, Nadine won't speak to their father. But Sab's adventures across Manila reveal truths about her family more difficult -- and dangerous -- than she ever anticipated.Was the Butterfly right? Perhaps Sab is doomed after all!
Author: ARLEY PINO
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462847188
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Johnny Eagle, an Apache Indian and Charley a white boy, become best of friends at the age of eight. They survive the” Great Depression,” extreme prejudice because Johnny is an Indian, intimidation by an infl uential lawyer and his crooked sheriff, because they witness a murder that involved the lawyer. The boys and their families are threatened with harm if they mention to anyone what they have seen. Charley moves to California at the age of thirteen. Years later they meet again when Charley now in the military recruits Johnny for the military intelligence. Johnny becomes famous with other agents because of his skills. Disappointed in the people our government put in charge to replace the corrupt people we overthrew, both men leave the military in 1955. Charley marries and raises a fine family. Johnny returns to the mountains he loves and becomes almost a legend to the mountain people he helps.
