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Rock Harbor series volume 3
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A local scientist turns up dead in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for the dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer's patient goes missing and his home is ransacked. A canine search-and-rescue team must help unravel the secrets of an enchanting wilderness.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 29
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"Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outsider have been obscured forever. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter...
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2015.
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Spanning thirty years, The Green Road tells the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigans, a family on the cusp of either coming together or falling irrerparably apart. As they grow up, Rosaleen's four children leave the west of Ireland for lives they could have never imagined in Dublin, New York, and Mali, West Africa. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that shes decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds....
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Bellingwood volume 1
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2013
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Polly Giller returned to Iowa from Boston to start a new life, not that her old one was all that bad. With her inheritance, she purchased an old school building in Bellingwood and is in the middle of renovating it when the bones of two bodies are pulled out of a ceiling. The whole town knows who those bones belong to, but when she also finds crates and crates of items from the sixties through the early nineties in the old root cellar, they wonder...
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Hope Springs novels volume 3
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2015.
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"Dark-haired beauty Indiana Keller buys a property in Hope Springs, Texas, for three reasons: to expand her vegetable business, to harvest and sell delicious honey from the property's established bee colony, and to reunite with her estranged siblings. While Indiana tries to reconnect with her brothers, two local men begin vying for her heart"--
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In the small town of Innocence, Mississippi, days are long, nights are fragrant, and secrets are hard to keep. But, when a brutal killer starts claiming the lives of the town's most attractive women, lifelong neighbors are forced to wonder if the culprit is a stranger lurking in the bayou...or someone right next door.
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A descendant of the legendary McKettricks, Connor Creed knows exactly who he is: a hard working rancher carrying on his uncle's legacy in Lonesome Bend, Colorado. Small-town life isn't exactly his dream, but he owes a huge debt of gratitude to the man who took him in as a kid. When his identical twin, bad boy Brody Creed from whom Connor has been estranged for years, identity issues loom. Then Connor meets Tricia McCall, who knows a thing or two about...
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Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have long been aware of each other, if not exactly friends; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louiss wife. His daughter, Holly, lives hours away in Colorado Springs; her son, Gene, even farther away in Grand Junction. What Addie has come to ask--since she and Louis have been living alone for so long...
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Bellingwood volume 9
Pub. Date
2015
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If Valentine's Day is coming, Bellingwood should be filled with hearts and flowers. That isn't true for one of the town's strongest couples. Polly is shocked when she discovers that Aaron and Lydia Merritt are in trouble. They've been her rock for two and a half years and now, things are a mess. Lydia is at a loss, Aaron has become silent and moody. To top it off, the dead man didn't wait for Polly to find him, he was killed right beside her. She...
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Bellingwood volume 23
Pub. Date
2018
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Summer in Bellingwood should be a chance to relax and gather strength for the beginning of the school year. That certainly hasn't been true for Polly and her family.Rebecca and Beryl visited the East Coast, meeting Polly's friends from Boston and seeing the sights. When Rebecca returned to Bellingwood, she discovered that Andrew Donovan wasn't the same person she knew before she left. Everything changed - and none of it was good.Hayden and Cat just...
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Bellingwood volume 8
Pub. Date
2014
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Once things start falling apart around Polly Giller, chaos takes over and all she can do is hold on for the ride. Sylvie Donovan has finished school and things are supposed to be rainbows and unicorns. Not in Bellingwood. Her oldest son, Jason, has just started high school and isn't handling the transition well. Within the span of three weeks, his behavior has escalated to the point that she doesn't know what to do next. Her ex-husband shows up and...
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Bellingwood volume 5
Pub. Date
2014
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It finally happened. One of Polly's guests dies. Right at her front door. Thomas Zeller, an author with a strong affection for Edgar Allan Poe, wakes Polly in the middle of the night with fatal stab wounds and she has to call the Sheriff, who threatens to buy her a Grim Reaper costume for Halloween. Zeller leaves behind a mystery for Polly to solve and she gets everyone involved as she uncovers his real motive for being in Bellingwood. As if that...
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Bellingwood volume 24
Pub. Date
2018
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Two weeks before Thanksgiving, Polly's world explodes. The bed and breakfast is ready for occupancy. One last walk-through. Marie Sturtz, Betty Mercer, Judy Green, and Polly are all thrilled with the work that has been done. Bellingwood is excited for one more sure sign of growth in the small town. Thanksgiving weekend and the big grand opening are coming up. This ambitious undertaking by the three families is a legacy they are all proud to reveal.While...
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Bellingwood volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
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Bellingwood Days are nearly here. The quilt show has relocated to Sycamore House and the woman in charge offends everyone she encounters. Polly Giller's protective instincts are aroused when the woman verbally attacks a group of boys from Chicago and then confronts a girl who is rough on the outside but exposes her tender heart in the presence of Polly's four Percheron horses. Polly's life is never dull. She plays in the community band, and is on...
15) Family is a gift
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Bellingwood volume 31
Pub. Date
2020
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Bellingwood wasn't prepared for hundreds of strangers to descend on the little town because of a video game release. It happened anyway. Downtown Bellingwood was taken over by outsiders - young and old, wearing costumes and carrying fake swords. The festivities for the Sword Lords II release center around Doug Randall's new comic book store, Boomer's Last Stand. The store is also the focus of angry vandals. What began as nasty graffiti got much worse....
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Bellingwood volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
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Polly Giller has had the worst luck with finding a good custodian for Sycamore House and the murder of her latest employee draws even more attention to her propensity for finding dead bodies. Sheriff Aaron Merritt just assumes that when she calls him, it's because she's found someone. The pool at the Elevator expands as the locals lay odds on Polly's next find. When Beryl Watson ends up in the hospital because of an explosion, the last thing she wants...
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Bellingwood volume 7
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2014
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It's time to celebrate Polly's wedding to Henry. Her friends from Boston are coming to celebrate and as soon as the party is over, she and Henry are leaving on their honeymoon. In the middle of cleaning and preparing for her busy weekend, a man shows up. He says her father was his best friend in college and of course, we all know he needs her help. His nineteen-year-old daughter left home with a young man and they haven't heard from her in two months....
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Bellingwood volume 2
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2013
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Polly Giller and her friends in Bellingwood are back with more stories to tell. The barn raising at Sycamore House promises to be an event that brings the whole community out. No one has ever seen anything like this before and no one wants to miss it. Dancing lessons from the gorgeous veterinarian help Polly get prepared for the hoe-down, but create havoc in her relationship with Henry. One of these days, Polly is going to have to decide whether or...
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Chesapeake Shores novels volume 13
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"Spirited, spontaneous Carrie Winters has grown up under the watchful eyes of not only her grandfather Mick O'Brien, but the entire town of Chesapeake Shores. Now that she's home from Europe, a glamorous fashion career behind her and her heart broken, there seem to be far too many people watching to see if she'll live up to the expectations her family has for her. As if that weren't enough pressure, Carrie finds herself drawn to sexy, grief-stricken...
20) 50 Harbor Street
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Revisiting the town of Cedar Cove, Washington, this new novel centers around Corrie McAfee and her husband, a private investigator, as they solve a mystery from their past, while their daughter Linette moves back home and opens a new medical clinic and finds unexpected romance.