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1) The fiddler
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"The third child in a family that wanted only two, Muriel Sullivant has always been the outsider. Single at twenty-three, she's living in a New York City rent-stabilized walk-up, a weaver finch nest of an apartment fitted out as much by serendipity as by intent: note the three-legged bedside table, her squat hand-painted pine dresser, a splotchy framed mirror, the spindled bathroom corner shelf. Her old sister, Pia-who lives in an endless house in...
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An anthology of original new horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award winners Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from underrepresented backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, "other."
Author
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Katie and Rosie--the twins who are secondary characters introduced in the Amish Roads books--work part-time in an Amish store and part-time in Two Peas in a Pod, their own business raising vegetables and fruits and canning them for sale. Although they are identical twins, their personalities are very different: Katie has always been more outgoing and boys have been more attracted to her. Rosie has always felt in her sister's shadow. Having to conform...
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
'If you want to invent something nobody has ever thought of before, you need to read the things that others don't read, look in the spaces other people are not in...' Layla believes she was right to stand up for herself against a bully, but it's landed her a suspension - not the way she (or her parents) would have wished to begin her time at her fancy new school! This is just a setback though, and she's determined to prove that she does deserve her...
Author
Publisher
Riverrun
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Stitch by perfect stitch, Andrew Garvie makes exquisite dolls in the finest antique style. Like him, they are diminutive, but graceful, unique and with surprising depths. Perhaps that's why he answers the enigmatic personal ad in his collector's magazine. Letter by letter, Bramber Winters reveals more of her strange, sheltered life in an institution on Bodmin Moor, and the terrible events that put her there as a child. Andrew knows what it is to be...
Author
Series
Books of Clash volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Terrodicus, aka Terry, doesn't fit in with his fellow hog riders, a homogeneous group of hammer-wielding, Mr. T-like brutes on pigback. After shaming himself in a failed attempt to conquer the village of Jazzypickleton, Terry sneaks into town to uncover the secret of its defense, but in Jazzypickleton, where individuality is accepted, he finds himself--and must choose between his new home and old loyalties.
9) Someday soon
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
2006, ©1995
Language
English
Description
Unable to get the beautiful Linette Collins out of his mind, soldier Cain McClellan decides to leave his post in the jungle and pursuade Linette to risk her heart again.
Author
Series
Books of Clash volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sonny the golem is tired of being stepped on by his teammates--literally! His Royale team, the JazzyPickleton Cucumbers, has a new move that leaves him with footprints on his face! And when he needs backup, Sonny is left to fend for himself...and literally gets split into TWO Golems! Can his best friend, the Cucumbers' star wizard, help him now? And does he even want the help of his so-called friend? Continuing the epic graphic novel series set in...
11) Mighty Mara
Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Welcome to Sametown where everyone and everything is ... well ... the same. Except our protagonist: Mighty Mara! She's a little different. While her classmates sign up and ready their performances for the school talent show, Mara musters up the courage to also sign up--but unlike the others, she's going to dance, dance, dance! The only problem is, everyone encourages her not to! Mara won't let her classmates' heckling and teacher's dissuading rock...
12) SMILING EYES
Author
Publisher
Allida
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the variety of Asian eye shapes and hues.
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