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2) Erika-san
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.
3) Mariana
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After inheriting her sixteenth-century childhood home, Julia Beckett is astonished when she is transported back in time and into the body of Mariana, a woman who is struggling against treachery for her love of Richard de Mornay.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Relocating his family to an unremarkable rural town in New York in the hopes of starting over, Solomon Kugel must cope with his depressive mother, a local arsonist, and the discovery of a believed-dead historical specimen hiding in his attic.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From May Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer, comes a novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances in The Santa Suit. When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love-but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much...
6) Wonderland
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence--and madness. After years of city life, Orla and Shaw Bennett are ready for the quiet of New York's Adirondack mountains--or at least, they think they are. Settling into the perfect farmhouse with their two children, they are both charmed and unsettled by the expanse of their land, the privacy of their individual bedrooms, and the isolation of life a mile from any...
Author
Series
Coyote Canyon volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Sometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong. Talulah Barclay doesn’t like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt’s estate. As she’d feared, her “runaway bride” reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex’s best friend, Brant, isn’t about to let her...
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"June Gable left each of her four granddaughters a handwritten bequest - to spend a season at her beloved farmhouse in Jasper Creek, Oregon, before they sell it. These cousins were once as close as sisters, but time and family betrayals have pushed them apart. In spring, polished city girl Keira must find her country roots - and reconnect with an old flame. In the summer, tough tomboy JJ needs to tap into her softer side while helping a single dad...
Author
Series
Ladybug Farm novels volume 5
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Four years have passed since best friends Cici, Bridget, and Lindsay left the suburbs for an old mansion in the Shenandoah Valley. They've survived broken plumbing, leaky roofs, and marauding sheep. They've faced fire, hail, snow, and financial setbacks. Yet somehow through it all they've managed not only to build a home, but a family. And now, much to their amazement, all their dreams seem to be coming true. The vineyard has been restored and Ladybug...
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