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161) A summer of firsts
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The goodbye quilt: As her only child Molly readies for college, local fabric shop owner Linda Davis shares one last adventure with her daughter--a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they make their way through the heart of the country, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Molly's young life.
First time in forever: Emily Donovan has moved to Puffin Island to be a stand-in mother for her niece Lizzy. Between desperately...
162) Miss Pinkerton
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Herbert Wynne is found dead, with a bullet in the forehead, the obvious explanation is murder. But how could it be when the only possible suspect is Herbert's frail Aunt Juliet? Posing as Juliet's private duty nurse, the Homicide Bureau's Hilda Adams develops grave suspicions. Why is the maid terrified of every dark corner? And if a mad killer is on the loose, who will be targeted as the next victim?"--FantasticFiction.com.
It appears the dissolute...
163) Catalina incognito
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eight-year-old Catalina Castañeda uses Tía Abuela's sewing kit to turn ordinary clothing into a magical disguise, enabling her to uncover a thief at the local library." --
164) Murder most owl
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's been years since screenwriter Georgie Johansen last visited her aunt Olivia's farm in the coastal town of Twilight Cove and things have certainly changed. First of all it's now an animal sanctuary, and then there's the new farmhand who's as mysterious as he is handsome. Her first day on the farm, Georgie encounters the eccentric Dorothy Shale, an older woman who lives in a cabin in the woods. There are rumours that Dorothy's a witch, but Georgie...
165) The gates ajar
Author
Series
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
"Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's 1868 Reconstruction-era novel 'The Gates Ajar', in its portrait of inconsolable grief following the American Civil War, helped to shape enduring American ideas about heaven and demonstrated that for American women, the war didn't simply end at Appomattox. When Mary Cabot loses her beloved brother, Union soldier Royal, in the war, she feels as though she will never feel peace again until the arrival of her widowed aunt Winifred....
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara, an imprint of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Justo cuando sus vacaciones pintaban de lo más aburridas, soñolientas y roñosas...¡yupi!, a Judy se le ocurre un estimulantélico plan que incluye vigilancia a la media noche, carreras y persecuciones."--
Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.
167) Cat burglar black
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
K.'s aunt, who works at the Bellsong Academy for Girls, has invited K. to attend the school. But as soon as she arrives, K. notices some strange goings-on: her aunt has suddenly taken ill; there are only three other students and no regular classes; and a statue speaks to K. when no one else is around.
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