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Publisher
Get Lifted Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this exquisite anthology of letters and illustrations, Cole Brown and Natalie Johnson bring together a constellation of influential Black figures to write to the people, places, and moments that mean the most to them. With a foreword from John Legend and contributions from Brontez Purnell, Morgan Jerkins, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Dr. Imani Perry, among many others, Black Love Letters is an ode to a phenomenal community: a testament to the fact...
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she's grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the ball--and yet clinging to her sense of humor. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who's determined to matchmake Kate with her hot new neighbor. When an in-flight problem leaves Kate and her...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A timeworn book opens up the past for one woman in this gripping exploration of love, fate and independence from the acclaimed author of Some of It Was Real. Constance Sparks always says yes...when her capricious best friend needs money; when her boss gives her more responsibility without a raise; and when her boyfriend, Hayden, who is very kind but also secretive, asks her to marry him. While planning their wedding-and struggling with anxiety about...
Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring a collection of original letters and notes from celebrities and the September Letters community alongside interviews with mental health experts, this empowering guide shows us how sharing our stories is a powerful tool of self-expression, knowledge, and healing and how they can reveal to us our connected humanity"--
7) Dear Mr. G
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor In a series of letters"--
8) Dear brother
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid gets a little sister twist in this wildly funny and highly illustrated companion to middle grade novel Dear Sister from New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee that brings sibling rivalry—and love—to life through a series of letters. Sister has been the overlooked younger sibling for years. She knows the drill. Her brother’s banjo band is praised while no one acknowledges Sister’s bongo skills. Sister does the...
9) Dear stray
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A little girl adopts the prickliest stray kitten at the shelter because sometimes she feels prickly, too"--
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Leonie has left behind everything and everyone she loves for a fresh start in California. Desperate to outrun the mess she's come from, she hopes the change of scenery can mend her broken heart and bury her secrets forever. But when she discovers a bundle of unread love letters hidden in the back of a wardrobe in her new apartment, she is intrigued by the mystery behind them...and can't help but notice the similarities between them and her own story....
Author
Series
Dune Island novels volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Arriving at the honeysuckle-covered beach house inherited from her beloved grandmother, recently heartbroken Jill hopes to convince her two feuding sisters not to sell a place so full of happy childhood memories. But the envelope waiting on the driftwood table changes everything. In her elegant handwriting, Nana Rose promises a new letter will arrive each day of the summer revealing a family secret she took to her grave.
13) A letter for Bob
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Ever since the day Mom and Dad brought Bob home from the car dealership, Bob has been a part of Katie's family. Bob has taken them all over, from powwows to vacations to time spent with faraway family. Bob has been there in sad and scary times and for some of the family's most treasured memories. But after many miles, it's time for the family to say goodbye to Bob..."--
Katie writes a goodbye letter to her family's car that she named Bob, thanking...
14) Dear Unicorn
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When pen pals -- and polar opposites -- Connie and Nic prepare to meet for the first time at the end-of-year festival, they are in for quite a shock but find that nothing can get in the way of true friendship.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ever since an accident three years ago, Holly has been part of a lonely-hearts letter-writing club for the holidays. The tradition is something she has come to treasure: Each December, she writes to a stranger who is also spending Christmas alone and receives a letter from another lonely person. Usually, the letters go unanswered. That's the point -- the letters are anonymous, and the sender writes whatever is in their heart. But this year, the letter...
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press L.L.C
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This trip to the "Vacationland" of Maine -- where the state motto is I Lead -- offers an inspiring tale of civility and purpose, of doing the right thing and not just surviving, but prevailing. The first woman to serve as governor of Maine, Janet Mills, had been in office a year when COVID-19 reached the United States. The recently-widowed 72-year-old wrote in her journal there is "no playbook for a pandemic" as she imposed unprecedented restrictions...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1896, three best friends--Tirzah, Sophia and Polly--who are leading very different lives after boarding school share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters as they search for happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Birdie Robinson thought she'd gotten everything she wanted out of life: fame, adoration and an A-list career as Hollywood's most beloved ingenue. But after an on-set feud goes viral, she's forced to go into hiding in the one place where no one would think to find her: her childhood home. Wallowing in her bedroom, she stumbles upon an anonymous love letter from a former boyfriend and decides that a very public reunion with her nameless suitor could...
20) The postcard
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front,...
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