Julia Gibson
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.
82) King's Mountain
Author
Series
Ballad novels volume 10
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ballad novels, which celebrate the rich history of Appalachia. An elegant saga set against the American Revolution, King' s Mountain features John Sevier and his legendary Carolina Overmountain Men, who find themselves defending their families and farms against the troops of a haughty British major.
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series from Tom Angleberger!
A field trip without origami? What the Hutt?
The Origami Rebel Alliance is off to Washington, D.C.! But there's a hitch. Principal Rabbski has banned origami. Without the Jedi-wise advice of Origami Yoda, how will Tommy and the gang navigate the serious drama of a class trip?
Luckily, Dwight comes prepared with green
...Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Nicole Krauss' first novel, Man Walks Into a Room, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and her short fiction has been collected in Best American Short Stories. Now The History of Love proves Krauss is among our finest and freshest literary voices. It has been decades since Leo Gursky first surrendered his heart, then wrote a book about it, at the tender age of 10, and he's been in love with the same person ever since. Leo believes...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett isthe fourth case file of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series from Tom Angleberger!
Some problems are too big for Origami Yoda alone . . .
This semester, Dwight, Tommy, Sara, and the gang must face their deadliest enemy yet: the FunTime Education System. Meant to raise standardized test scores, the mind-numbing videos of Professor FunTime...
Some problems are too big for Origami Yoda alone . . .
This semester, Dwight, Tommy, Sara, and the gang must face their deadliest enemy yet: the FunTime Education System. Meant to raise standardized test scores, the mind-numbing videos of Professor FunTime...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
China Bayles isn't happy when a Texas wind blows her husband's ex-wife, and the mother of China's stepson, into her herb shop. Sally is known to have a split personality and fall into constant trouble with the law, but she claims she has nowhere else to turn. Now its up to China to weed out whatever it is Sally's running from before the truth catches up to them all.
87) Blood orange
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital... It's mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which she is refusing to...
88) Bleeding hearts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
National best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert's poetic beauty and West Texas flavor permeate her China Bayles mysteries. The high school principal asks China to secretly investigate the popular football coach who led the Panthers to six state championships. Soon after China confirms the coach's predilection for teenage girls, one of his victims turns up dead and suspicion falls upon the lecherous coach. "Albert's characterization is strong-China...
89) Deep dish
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing her job and her boyfriend in the same day, chef Gina Foxton decides it's time to take life by the horns and sets her sights on a job as host of a national cooking show, but finds herself locking horns, and lips, with her competition, Tate Moody.
90) Witches' bane
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small Texas town, what starts as a little festive Halloween fun ends in a brutal murder. And lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles is even more shocked when her friend Ruby, a New Age expert in tarot and astrology, becomes the prime suspect after a minister accuses her of witchcraft. Now it's up to China to unmask the real killer...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a prominent animal researcher is found hanged in the midst of angry protests against his experiments, suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle. Known as the Cat Lady of Pecan Springs, Dottie's sympathy for strays—and the victim's distaste for them—gives the police reason to think she may be capable of murder. But China Bayles doesn't think so. She hires a lawyer for Dottie and starts looking around for clues. But she soon...
92) Spanish Dagger
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In this 15th entry in the best-selling China Bayles series, our teashop owning heroine discovers a dead body while gathering herbs by the railroad tracks. On top of that, her brother unearths new evidence suggesting their father's death was no accident, and China is soon dragged into both mysteries. Luckily for her, "when China starts snooping, she finds several closets full of the kind of secrets that produce corpses" (Booklist).
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
China and Ruby Wilcox are presenting their annual ''Not Just Plain Vanilla Workshop,'' always a huge hit with customers at Thyme & Seasons Herb Shop. But someone involved with the workshop is driven by a deadly motive, and China soon finds herself teaming up with the very pregnant Pecan Springs police chief Sheila Dawson to solve a vanilla-flavored murder. Sheila, happy to get out from behind the chief's desk, is investigating the death of a botany...
Author
Series
Harmony novels (Jodi Thomas) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Reagan Truman's life is put in jeopardy, the whole town of Harmony, Texas, comes together to save her.
95) Morning light
Author
Series
Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan series volume 8
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Loni MacEwen, born with the second sight, warns rancher Clint Harrigan that his son is in danger, they both become caught up in the search for an orphaned boy lost in the dense Oregon wilderness.
96) Star bright
Author
Series
Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan series volume 9
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author Catherine Anderson whisks listeners away to Oregon for a suspense-filled romance. Faking her own death to escape her murderous husband, Rainie takes refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, where she finds work as a bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by Parker Harrigan. But as their initial attraction blossoms, Rainie fears she can't continue to elude the man who has sworn to kill her-and that her mere presence could jeopardize...
97) Mourning Gloria
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This 19th mystery in the China Bales series is a cozy herbal treat from national best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert. While Pecan Springs bustles back to life in the warmth of spring, one woman's life is tragically brought to an end. Assigned to cover the story, an intern from the local paper gets too deeply involved. When she disappears, China is determined to find her-before the young journalist becomes headlines herself.
98) Thyme of Death
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles's friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint façade of her new home of Pecan Springs, Texas, and takes a suspicious look at everyone. And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure that one of them hides the heart of a killer. Nominated for both an Agatha and an Anthony Award, Susan Wittig Albert's novels featuring China Bayles have won acclaim for their rich...
Author
Series
Harmony novels (Jodi Thomas) volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Berkley mass-market ed.
Language
English
Description
"Sisters Abby and Dusti Delaney have spent their entire lives on Rainbow Lane, but they dream of something bigger. So when a poker tournament comes to town, Dusti is determined to win enough money to leave. Enlisting expert Kieron O'Toole to teach her the game, sparks begin to fly as they play their hands. But Kieron refuses to stand in the way of her dream, even if it means losing her forever...After a year of traveling, Ronny Logan is settling into...
100) The comforts of home
Author
Series
Harmony novels (Jodi Thomas) volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Berkley mass-market ed.
Language
English
Description
Jodi Thomas pens contemporary Western-themed romances set in her native Texas. In The Comforts of Home, a tornado rips through the quiet town of Harmony. Emerging from the devastation, Harmony's citizens struggle with relationships both old and new-and grow stronger by risking their hearts to make connections with others.