Penelope Rawlins
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"In her gripping and skillful debut, Gilly Macmillan weaves a taut psychological thriller as she explores a mother's search for her eight-year-old son, missing after running ahead on an ordinary walk in the park on an ordinary Sunday"--From the publisher's web site.
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The unearthing of a long-hidden body stirs up a woman's memories of a troubled relationship-and teenage trauma-in this suspenseful, emotional novel.
When she was just fourteen, Jill's family moved to Walney Island. Initially intoxicated by the freedom of the seaside setting-and fifteen-year-old Andrew Brownstone-she came to learn that her first impressions were very wrong. After making a shocking discovery in Seaview House, Jill fled the scene-a...
3) Daisy Miller
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A Timeless Classic of Societal Customs, Cultural Disputes, and The Cost of Non-Conformity
Henry James' novella Daisy Miller, features one of his greatest heroines. At first glance it seems to be a simple story of a lovely young, independent American girl traveling through Europe. But her flouting of social conventions has the potential to lead to catastrophe as she disrupts the rigid social rules of the Old World, attracting and scandalizing all...
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"Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago, she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, has resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding that Zoe do the same. Tonight Zoe is giving a recital that Maria has been planning for months. It needs...
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Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman.
Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years, with an influence so far-reaching that the decades of her reign now bear her name-the Victorian period. Victoria is filled with the exciting comings and goings...
6) Skycircus
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Cogheart adventures volume 3
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Old secrets can weigh heavy when you want to fly.
Invited to a spectacular show by Slimwood's Stupendous Traveling Skycircus, Lily, Robert, and mechanical fox Malkin can't wait to jump aboard.
But behind the daredevil acts of the bewitching bird-girl and other performers, something sinister lurks. And soon, the watchful ringmistress, Madame Lyon-Mane, reveals a deadly plan for Lily. Could the secrets of Lily's past hold their only chance at escape...
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Pony-crazed princess volume 2
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She loves helping out at the stables and riding her ponies. It's so long since she learned to ride on Shadow, her Shetland pony, that now her feet touch the ground when she's riding him. The King thinks she looks silly and decides to sell Shadow. But Ellie can't bear to lose him. Can she invent a plan to save Shadow?
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Princess Ellie always wants to sneak off to the stables — and especially when she realizes something's wrong with her pony, Starlight. But Meg the groom won't tell her what it is. To take her mind off it, Ellie goes for a ride on the beach. But then disaster strikes and she's stuck! How will she get back to her beloved Starlight?
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The final exhilarating adventure in the great outdoors, from HOTEL FLAMINGO author Alex Milway
When Rosa wakes one morning to find Grandma Nan missing, she must use all of her survival skills to uncover her grandma's whereabouts. With the help of the mountain community, Rosa's investigation leads her to the very summit of Big Sky Mountain, where a family of eagles are facing huge problems of their own. Through helping the eagles, Rosa realises she...
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! And she hates boring royal rules. She can't wait to go camping with her best friend Kate and her ponies, Moonbeam and Rainbow. There'll be no servants, no governess and - best of all - no rules! But when she hears strange noises in the night, Ellie starts to get scared. Will she solve the moonlight mystery?
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! So she's excited about visiting Prince John as she can't wait to meet his ponies, Toffee and Fudge. She's enchanted by the snowy mountains too, but when they go for a ride they soon discover that snow isn't always fun - it can be scary. Will Ellie and her friends have to spend the night in the freezing white wilderness?
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She'd much rather ride one of her ponies or muck out the stables than entertain dull royal visitors. One day, when Ellie is riding through the woods, her brave Welsh pony suddenly whirls around and refuses to go any further. Has Rainbow seen a ghost? It's a real puzzle and Princess Ellie is determined to solve it.
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Princess Ellie has four perfect ponies and the entire palace grounds to ride in. So Ellie's in trouble when the King finds hoof prints on his lawn. He thinks she's been riding in the royal garden. To prove her innocence, Ellie must catch the real culprit. But the only way to do it is to set out on a scary, starlight adventure...
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She'd much rather be riding or helping out at the royal stables than having boring waving lessons. But someone is spying on her... and when Sundance, one of her beloved ponies, goes missing, Ellie is sure that the mysterious girl in the woods is to blame. Can she solve the mystery and rescue Sundance before it's too late?
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Princess Ellie is pony-mad! So when top designer Lord Leo arrives to give the palace a makeover, Ellie quickly escapes to the stables to avoid all the fuss. But she soon discovers that there's something strange about Lord Leo, and she suspects there's more to his plans than meets the eye. Can her pony, Starlight, help Ellie uncover the palace plot?
16) Death Bringers
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Death comes for us all
Fen was a good guy pretty much his entire life up until the day he died.
After his death, Fen woke up in a strange place without any memory of himself or the events that led to his death. This new place was unlike anything he'd seen on Earth, but that wasn't his biggest problem. Fen's biggest problem was the sword at his neck and the big man asking him to tell the truth. But telling the truth seemed wrong, out of place. Lying...
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Two steps volume 1
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and learning to love again as two people, one mourning her husband and the other recovering from divorce, cross paths on the centuries-old Camino pilgrimage from France to Spain.
"The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone…"
The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in...