Charlotte Parry
Author
Language
English
Description
"On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary Anning learns that she has a unique gift: 'the eye' to spot fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her challenges only grow when she falls...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Penelope Ashford, Portia Cynster's younger sister, has grown up with every advantage --wealth, position, and beauty. Yet Penelope is anything but a typical ton miss --forceful, willful and blunt to a fault, she has for years devoted her considerable energy and intelligence to directing an institution caring for the forgotten orphans of London's streets. But now her charges are mysteriously disappearing. Desperate, Penelope turns to the one man she...
4) Cold magic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
532 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An epic fantasy set in an alternate Victorian era--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For readers who adore Candace Bushnell, Tinsely Mortimer, and Lauren Weisberger comes New York Times bestselling author Plum Sykes's sly and amusing satire-now back in print for its 10th anniversary in a gorgeous, eye-catching package, with a new foreword by the author.
Bergdorf Blondes are a thing, you know, a New York craze. Absolutely everyone wants to be one, but it's très difficult. You wouldn't believe the dedication it takes to be a gorgeous,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Respected biographer Katie Nicholl details the most insightful book on Prince Harry to date, based on exclusive interviews with former Palace aides, courtiers, friends, and family members, and including stories, clandestine lovers, family feuds, and family secrets never before revealed" --
7) Cold fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 528 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a world where science and magic are at war, one girl must find a way to save the ones she loves, or lose everything"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
450L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Farah is the new girl at school and the dupatta covering her head makes her just a little different from the other students. Because she hasn't learned the English language yet, she knows that some people might not be very friendly. On the second day of school, the class takes a field trip to an apple orchard. Farah sees that some of the children want to become friends with her on the hay ride. When it comes time to make the apple cider, however,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered in McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, they just might save the school from closing." --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Malcolm, a smaller than average rat, loves life at McKenna School and the secret society of classroom pets that keep children out of trouble, but when Aggy the iguana disappears Malcolm must use all of his ratty persistence to prove his innocence and save her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
Highland beauty Catriona Kincaid cares nothing for propriety--or even her own safety--when she storms the grounds of Newgate Prison. Determined to return to Scotland and restore her clan's honor, she seeks the help of Sir Simon Wescott, a disgraced nobleman and notorious rogue. She is prepared to offer him both wealth and freedom, but she never dreams the wicked rake will be bold enough to demand a far more sensual prize.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Who will be the last man standing? New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander's delicious series about four men desperately trying to avoid matrimony continues . . . Lady Cordelia Bannister simply cannot marry a man she has not chosen herself, no matter what her father decrees. So, pretending to be her own companion, she decides to seek out information about her intended by meeting with his secretary-a man who soon beguiles her. But Lady...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the legend of North Carolina teenager, Betsy Dowdy, whose courageous ride on a cold December night in 1775 may have played a crucial role in the American Revolution.