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2) Yard sale
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Selling most of her personal possessions when her family is forced to move from their house into a small apartment, Callie struggles while watching other people buy her things before coming to realize what truly makes a home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amelia Bedelia's mother loves garage sales so much, she decides to have one herself! But Amelia Bedelia loves her garage and does not want to sell it, so she and her parents decide to call it a yard sale instead. People come from all over the neighborhood to buy Amelia Bedelia and her parents' old things, and one woman even buys the yard!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When her best friend, Carol, is literally framed for the murder of an Air Force officer during New England's largest garage sale, Sarah Winston, mad as heck that someone committed a crime during her sale, must rummage through the clues to find a good deal and catch the real killer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sarah Winston's garage sale business has a new client: the daughter of a couple who recently died in a tragic accident while away on a trip to Africa. Their house is full of exotic items from around the world that need to be sold off. When Sarah learns that the deceased were retired CIA agents, the job becomes more intriguing -- but when an intruder breaks in and a hidden camera is found, it also becomes more dangerous. And Sarah has enough on her...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
FOUL PLAY IN THE GYM When it comes to running a successful garage sale, Sarah Winston believes in doing her homework. She also believes in giving back. But when she agrees to manage an athletic equipment swap, she doesn't bargain on an uncharitable killer. The day of the event, the school superintendent is found dead in the gymnasium. HAS SARAH PLAYING DEFENSE Suddenly the murder suspects are the school board members--including the husband of a very...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn't easy, but that's what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her small town of Ellington, Massachusetts. If only she could turn her love for bargain hunting into a full-time career. One man's junk is another man's treasure. After returning...
Author
Series
Book buddies volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dazzle is a snow-white unicorn with a twisty horn, a sparkly pink tail, and a tag that says unicorns can grant wishes. He isn't sure whether he can make a wish for himself, but he does so anyway, hoping for a child and a home of his own. Instead, Dazzle gets sold at a yard sale and becomes one of the Book Buddies, friendly toys that children can check out of the library just like books. Meanwhile, Maya has just moved to town and decides to borrow...
Author
Series
Meg Langslow mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As a former military spouse, Sarah Winston's learned a little about organizing, packing, and moving. Her latest project sounds promising- a couple of tech-industry hipsters, newly arrived in her Massachusetts town, who need to downsize. Unfortunately, when Sarah tries to sell their stuff, she discovers it's all stolen - and she's the unwitting fence. But Sarah's problems are just beginning... Michelle, an old friend of Sarah's from the Air Force...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy widow has asked Sarah Winston to sell her massive collection of mysteries through her garage sale business. While sorting through piles of books stashed in the woman's attic, Sarah is amazed to discover a case of lost Hemingway stories, stolen from a train in Paris back in 1922. How did they end up in Belle Winthrop Granville's attic in Ellington, Massachusetts, almost one hundred years later?
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"Jennifer Shannon has an eye for antiques and a mind for solving mysteries. When she buys a storage unit at auction, she has no idea she's opening the door to murder, and realizes the killer is after something in the storage unit. Stolen diamonds, antigue Teddy Bears and handsome strangers are the clues to solving the crime."--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop. But when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own.
Publisher
Magic & Lucky Jonz Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The story of a family and town's effort to save a beloved and heroic dog named Semper Fi. Their lives tumble along, as most families do, until they must face the grave diagnosis of their golden retriever, Semper Fi. The family cannot afford the expensive surgery the dog needs. The children jump into action with a plan, spear headed by the fifteen-year-old daughter. They plan a community yard sale, donating all of their most-prized possessions. Before...
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