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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A charming, witty, and deliciously spooky mystery, inspired by the work of Agatha Christie, following a bored socialite who becomes Cracow's most cunning amateur sleuth"--
Cracow, 1893. Zofia Turbotyńska--professor's wife and socialite--is bored at home, with little to do but plan a charity auction sponsored by the wealthy residents of a local nursing home and the nuns who work there. But when one of those residents is found dead, Zofia finds a...
Author
Publisher
Arachnide
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Marie-Renée Lavoie's Autopsy of a Boring Wife tells the hysterically funny and ultimately touching tale of forty-eight-year-old Diane, a woman whose husband leaves her and is having an affair because, he says, she bores him. Diane takes the charge to heart and undertakes an often ribald, highly entertaining journey to restoring trust in herself and others that is at the same time an astute commentary on women and girls, gender differences, and the...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and in these days of increasing obesity it was her duty to show a good example. Angela Brody was told her detective...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English professor--has decided Florida is too much adventure. Now Amelia is stuck at home with him and her babysitter, the beloved Mrs. O'Brien. The week ahead promises to be boring, until Amelia meets Casey at her neighborhood art studio. Amelia has never been friends with a boy before, and the experience is both...
Author
Publisher
Arachnide
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A Boring Wife Settles the Score marks the return of Diane, the raunchy and entertaining heroine of the prize-winning and bestselling Autopsy of a Boring Wife. Despite the end of her marriage, Diane still has plenty of love to give. Determined not to waste her days -- that's just not her style -- she finds a job in a daycare and solace in cocktails with her best friend, Claudine, who convinces Diane her love life is not over. Diane wants romance and...
10) Badger is bored!
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Badger gets up on the wrong side of the bed, he spreads his bad mood to all his friends, but by the end of the day, he finds a way to shed his own moodiness and needs to cheer up everyone else as well.
12) Juana & Lucas
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
14) Hip hip hooray!
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Abbey is spending the night at Grandma's, but Grandma has gone on a cooking spree, making delicious Surinamese dishes: dahlpuri roti, chicken satay, plantain soup, and kip pastei! As Grandma cooks, Abbey is bored... She quickly devises a plan to throw a surprise party for Grandma and, pretty soon, the house is filled with laughter, music...and great food!"--
Author
Publisher
Floris Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When poor orphan boy Oliver becomes a sorcerer's apprentice, he enters an incredible new world. He learns wonderful magic spells, the secrets of nature, and how to make healing potions and oils from his kindly new master. But one day the sorcerer goes on a journey. Bored with his endless chores, Oliver enchants some brooms to do the work for him. But when the spell gets out of control, how can Oliver stop the magic? This classic tale about the importance...
16) Grammar smart
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"How you speak and write can say a lot about you. Grammar makes a lasting impression, but learning it can seem like a never-ending parade of complicated and contradictory rules! That's why we at The Princeton Review created Grammar Smart--instead of boring you with countless rules and confusing grammatical terms, this book takes a fun approach to showing the logic behind each correct sentence." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Cross
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. Her death was the culmination of a brief, brilliant life lived in the shadow of clinical depression--a condition exacerbated by her tempestuous relationship with mercurial poet Ted Hughes. The ensuing years saw Plath rise to martyr status while Hughes was cast as the cause of her suicide, his infidelity at the heart of her demise. For decades, Hughes never bore witness to the truth of their...
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English
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"A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man...
19) Don't tempt me
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains. That's the headline when Zoe Lexham returns to England. After twelve years in the exotic east, she's shockingly adept in the sensual arts. She knows everything a young lady shouldn't and nothing she ought to know. She's a walking scandal, with no hope of a future-- unless someone can civilize her. Lucien de Grey, the Duke of Marchmont, is no knight in shining armor. He's...
Author
Series
Publisher
HMH Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Five little monkeys are bored, but their mother has them clean up the house for Aunt Bessie's visit.
Los cinco monitos están aburridos. Su mamá les pone a asear y limpiar la casa porque su Abuelita Bessie viene a visitar. Hacen buen trabajo hasta que llega la hora de arreglarse a sí mismos.
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