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Author
Series
Letters of enchantment volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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"When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever."--
After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again... All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris's best bet is winning...
Author
Series
Letters of enchantment volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who has lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
Author
Language
English
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Description
When his mother dies, 38-year-old Bartholomew Neil, who doesn't know how to be on his own, discovers a letter in his mother's underwear drawer that causes him to write a series of highly intimate letters to actor Richard Gere, while embarking on a quest to find out where he belongs.
Author
Publisher
Gotham
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An ode to the dwindling art of letter writing explores its potential salvation in the digital age, chronicling the history of letter writing as reflected by love letters, chain mail, and business correspondence, while surveying the role that letters haveplayed as literary devices.
Author
Series
Wings of the nightingale volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lt. Georgiana Taylor has everything she could want. A comfortable boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie's cozy life gets decidedly more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates how the war keeps him from his fianče. While Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry night skies over...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Bianca likes sending letters. Bianca likes stamps, too, and she collects them. She likes drawing and writing and dogs and watering her plants. But she does not like Yolanda who works at the post office. Will Yolanda ruin Bianca's Five-Letter Day? Or will Bianca find a way to solve her Yolanda problem?" -- Dust jacket.
11) Sincerely, you
Author
Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This guidebook tells the story of the creation of Savannah's Soldiers, a school-based letter-writing foundation, and provides real-world letter writing advice for young readers"--
13) Olga: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Abandoned by her parents, Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. Smart and precocious, endearing but uncompromising, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees women as second-best. When Olga falls in love with Herbert, a local aristocrat obsessed with gaining all the power, glory and greatness the modern age can provide, her life is irremediably changed....
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, A Thomas Dunne Book
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When new letters misaddressed to famous former tenant Sherlock Holmes embroil them in a tangle of new cases, brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath are compelled to sort out an American heiress's unconventional will, translate a nursery rhyme and find a missing rival while preventing an attack on an upcoming royal event.
Author
Series
Wings of the nightingale volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A wartime correspondence between a World War II flight nurse and an army engineer takes an unexpected twist when she arrives to evacuate the wounded in his battalion.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Timothy Shmoe isn't a bad kid, but sometimes he makes honest mistakes. Other times, he knows exactly what he's doing. But time and again, he finds himself in disasters of his own creation, leaving a trail of broken heirlooms, torn tutus, missing marbles--and innocent bystanders (including his cat). Structured as a series of apology letters, commissioned by Dad and written in Timothy's direct--and not-quite sorry--voice, The Sorry Life of Timothy...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
A love story told in letters spans two world wars and follows the correspondence between a poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye and an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French Army, an affair that is discovered years later when the poet disappears.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A charming introduction to Saint Paul and his epistles. Caldecott Medal-winner Chris Raschka breathes new life into the letters of Paul the Apostle with this inviting book. Each sumptuous page distills the main themes of Paul s epistles into approachable, appealing language. Chris Raschka expertly depicts Paul s sincerity and compassion, sadness and pain, giving readers a true sense of who Paul really was. Paul Writes (a Letter) celebrates how one...
Author
Publisher
Moonshower, an imprint of Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"You better watch out, you better not... WHAT?! Laugh it up with the Big Man himself as he shares some of the funniest (and oddest) letters that children have mailed to the North Pole! From hilarious complaints to wacky requests to gripes from elves and Vixen (bless him), this rowdy collection of sidesplitting poems is guaranteed to get you in a holly-jolly spirit. Just make sure you don't land on the naughty list yourself!" -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jihun recently moved to the United States. In his new classroom, he receives an assignment to write a letter to his best friend--but he's not sure how it will turn out. First off, he's still learning English. Second, he doesn't have any friends at school yet. What's more, his best friend back in Korea can't read. Fueled by wonderful memories of his former home, Jihun uses his creativity to craft a letter for his best friend, Oto. The result is...
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