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1) The parting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
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The People themselves dare to challenge the Old Ways of their heritage...and each patriarch must choose a side. Nearly one hundred days have passed since the untimely death of Nellie Mae Fisher's beloved younger sister, Suzy, and Nellie dares again to dream of a future with handsome Caleb Yoder. But with rumors about Suzy still flying among the People, there are those who would keep the young courting couple apart...including Caleb's own father. Meanwhile,...
2) The American
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1962
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A wealthy American who sees marriage to a French countess as his crowing acquisition finds that he is no match for the machinations of her realtives.
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Patchwork circle volume 2
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Developing her reputation as a highly skilled quilter in spite of awkward innate abilities, Maggie Newcomb hopes to win the affection of Colby Stoddard, but finds a rival in a wealthy and beautiful young woman who is new to the town.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Leonato, a kindly, respectable nobleman, lives in the idyllic Italian town of Messina. Leonato shares his house with his lovely young daughter, Hero, his playful, clever niece, Beatrice, and his elderly brother, Antonio. -- from Sparknotes.
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Though not officially a Manning groom, James Wilkens almost became a part of the storied Manning clan -- because he almost married Christy Manning. James was jilted in a most auspicious manner -- his finacee got married to another man while they were engaged. With that broken engagement finally behind him, he spends New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, where he meets Summer Lawton--Cover.
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Woman physician Taylor Bestman receives a cold welcome from the citizens of Gooding, Texas, and especially from Karl Van der Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes her first patient ... against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising and determined woman.
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"MISCHIEF AND THE MARQUESS by Sylvia Day: Justin, the Marquess of Fontaine, and Lady Sophie Milton-Riley are completely ill-suited to one another. But they will have to prove it in order to end their mothers' insistence that they should marry. Yet the more they attempt to demonstrate how wrong their union would be, the more surprisingly, irresistibly right things feel." --back cover
"THE DUKE'S TREASURE by Minerva Spencer: Plain, prickly Josephine...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Contains the text of Shakespeare's comedy about identical twin brothers, both named Antipholus, who set off a wave of confusion when they arrive in the same town after a lifetime apart, bringing with them identical twin servants, both named Dromios; and includes scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, and a critical essay.
12) The Hope Chest
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Brides of Lancaster county volume 4
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Rachel Beachy hopes to one day win the heart of Silas Swartley. Unfortunately, he is smitten with her older sister Anna. But after Anna forsakes her Amish heritage and elopes with a secret sweetheart, Rachel determines to fill her hope chest and asks God to open Silas' eyes to the woman she's become.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
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When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth's wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. But when Darcy saves her youngest...
14) Old Fashioned
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[2015]
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A reformed frat boy begins an old-fashioned courtship with a free-spirited woman.
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Irish Country books volume 6
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In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve and against his father's wishes, Fingal O'Reilly goes to Dublin to study medicine. Facing the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Fingal still manages to box and play rugby - and romance a fetching nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan. But Dublin is a city of slums, tenements, and brutal poverty. Can Fingal harden himself to the suffering all around him? (Bestseller)...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's...
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[2020]
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"Sadie Kuhns has a lot happening in her life. She is creating a unique quilt by blending a traditional Amish pattern with a Hawaiian pattern as a tribute to her time spent in the islands, and she is working on a self-published book. But her relationship with Wyman Kauffman has stagnated after six months of courtship. He can't seem to commit to a profession that would secure a future, and he is jealous of the time Sadie gives to her own pursuits. Is...
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[2021]
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"The woman who never made a match of her own is making matches for everyone else in this hilarious comedy of manners from the author of Mr. Malcolms List. Sophronia Lattimore had her romantic dreams destroyed years ago and is resigned to her role as chaperone for her cousin. Still, she cannot sit idly by when she becomes aware that a gentleman is about to propose to the wrong woman. She sends him an anonymous letter that is soon the talk of the town,...
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"Mollie Sheehan has spent much of her life striving to be a dutiful daughter and honor her father's wishes, even when doing so has led to one heartbreak after another. After all, what options does she truly have in 1860s Montana? But providing for her stepfamily during her father's long absences doesn't keep her from wishing for more. When romance blooms between her and Peter Ronan, Mollie finally allows herself to hope for a brighter future -- until...