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The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe extraordinary story of Stefania Podgorska, a Polish teenager who chose bravery and humanity by hiding thirteen Jews in her attic during WWII -- from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sharon Cameron.One knock at the door, and Stefania has a choice to make..Categorized as:
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Heaven to Betsy & Betsy in Spite of Herself by Vera Neville
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeaven to Betsy : Betsy Ray is loving every minute of freshman year at Deep Valley High-with new and old friends all around her...not to mention boys! But most intriguing of all is the one she and her best friend, Tacy, dub "the Tall Dark Stranger...Categorized as:
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Betsy Was a Junior & Betsy and Joe by Vera Neville
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetsy Was a Junior: It's the best school year ever, especially now that charming, funny Tib Muller is back in Deep Valley. But when her crowd gets into trouble, Betsy's best year could turn out to be her worst...Categorized as:
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![Dreams of the Island by Kate Hewitt]()
Dreams of the Island by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHenry McAvoy leaned forward. “I have been looking for an artist just like you—a diamond in the rough, so to speak. And really, Miss Copley,” he said gently, “what do you have to lose?”1911, Amherst Island, Canada: When a chance encounter takes Ellen Copley away from the beautiful island she has called home since she was orphaned as a child—she believes it is the new start she has been waiting for...Categorized as:
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![Ascolta il mio cuore by Bianca Pitzorno]()
Ascolta il mio cuore by Bianca Pitzorno
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsQuando la nuova maestra viene soprannominata Arpia Sferza e quando ogni giorno di scuola si trasforma in una battaglia, potete ben credere che in IV D ne succedono davvero di tutti i colori! Tra scheletri da rimontare e motociclette, generali austriaci e fantasmi in cornice, lettrici di fotoromanzi e pantere di velluto, tre eroine come Elisa, Prisca, Rosalba condurranno la loro lotta contro...Categorized as:
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![Line of Fire by W.E.B. Griffin, Dick Hill]()
Line of Fire by W.E.B. Griffin, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLine of Firebrings to life a desperate mission of World War 2 that captures the drama and courage of the men who fought it.Two Marines, reporting on Japanese air activity, are trapped on a small Coastwatcher island. A special rescue team is assembled to save them—under enemy gunsight. It is an exciting and powerful story of real heroism that only W.E.B. Griffin could tell..Categorized as:
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Gilding the Lily by Rita Bradshaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA heartrending tale of two sisters and their quest for a place to belong, from much-loved author Rita Bradshaw.Lily and Sarah Brown's childhood is an unhappy one. Sarah escapes by marrying Ralph Turner, a Sunderland dock worker, but Lily doesn't trust Ralph - a dark volatile man with a hidden cruel streak. When he tries to seduce Lily on his wedding day, her worst fears are confirmed... -
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Christmas is for Children by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Christmas fast approaching, will there be festive cheer or troubles ahead? Perfect for the fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. December 1930. Christmas should be for the children, but with the Depression biting deeper, money and food in short supply and factories, ship yards and businesses closing down, the outlook is pretty bleak... -
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The Orphan's Island by Katharine Swartz, Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings1904: Ellen Copley is still a child when she leaves behind the sooty rail yards of Glasgow, and crosses the Atlantic Ocean with a heart full of dreams. Yet within weeks of their arrival in America, her father has disappeared—leaving Ellen with resentful relatives, feeling alone and scared for her future...Categorized as:
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Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHigh School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute...Categorized as:
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The Library by Sarah Stewart
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMeet an unforgettable bibliophileElizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore...Categorized as:
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![The Inseparable Twins by Anatoly Pristavkin, Michael Glenny]()
The Inseparable Twins by Anatoly Pristavkin, Michael Glenny
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsВ этот сборник А.Приставкина вошли повесть "Ночевала тучка золотая" и рассказы, написанные в разные годы. Но объединены они все одной общей темой - темой войны. Это суровое и тяжкое детство, это люди, спасшие из военного пожара целое поколение. Это размышления автора о раннем взрослении юных, о дружбе и товариществе, о любви к родной земле... -
![A Quiet Little Place on Rue de Lille by A.W. Hartoin]()
A Quiet Little Place on Rue de Lille by A.W. Hartoin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParis 1940The Reich is moving in and Stella Bled Lawrence can’t get out.Stella has proved adept at the double agent game, too adept as it turns out. The British want her to stay where she is, even though she’s about to be trapped, and worse, the Nazis want to expand her work into a distressing direction.When two Nazi agents go rogue, Stella is at the right place at the wrong time... -
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Prokleta avlija by Ivo Andrić, Celia Hawkesworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsProkleta avlija/The Damned Yard (Description from Ivo Andrić Foundation website)The novel is written in 1954. Ćamil, a wealthy young man of Smyrna living in the last years of the Ottoman Empire, is fascinated by the story of Džem, ill-fated brother of the Sultan Bajazet, who ruled Turkey in the fifteenth century...Categorized as:
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![Walt Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice (A Little Golden Book) by Don Ferguson, Peter Emslie]()
Walt Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice (A Little Golden Book) by Don Ferguson, Peter Emslie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsApprenticed to a sorcerer, Mickey Mouse tries to use magic to save himself some work... -
![A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald by Natasha Lester]()
A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald by Natasha Lester
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s 1922 in the Manhattan of gin, jazz and prosperity. Women wear makeup and hitched hemlines – and enjoy a new freedom to vote and work. Not so Evelyn Lockhart, forbidden from pursuing her passion: to become one of the first female doctors... -
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Mary Ingalls on Her Own by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMary Ingalls lost her sight after a devastating bout of scarlet fever. Now Mary has the opportunity to attend the Iowa College for the Blind, where she will get a fresh start with her education and can learn the skills she needs for an independent future as well.It seems like a dream come true. But it also means leaving her cherished family behind in Dakota Territory, including her sister Laura...Categorized as:
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مرگ یزدگرد by Bahram Beyzaie
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsبهرام بیضایی (زاده ۵ دی ماه ۱۳۱۷ در تهران) کارگردان سینما، تئاتر، نمایشنامهنویس، فیلمنامهنویس و پژوهشگر ایرانی است. بیضایی علاوه بر کارگردانی و نمایشنامهنویسی در سینما عرصههای دیگری چون تدوین، ساخت عنوانبندی و تهیهکنندگی را هم تجربه کرده است. وی کارگردان برخی از بهترین و ماندگارترین آثار سینمای تاریخ ایران است... -
![Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace]()
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome back to Deep Valley Emily Webster, an orphan living with her grandfather, is not like the other girls her age in Deep Valley, Minnesota. The gulf between Emily and her classmates widens even more when they graduate from Deep Valley High School in 1912. Emily longs to go off to college with everyone else, but she can't leave her grandfather...Categorized as:
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Cavalerii florii de cireș by Constantin Chiriță
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNiciun roman pentru copii și tineret nu se poate compara, la noi, ca audiență și ca forță de fascinație, cu Cireșarii. Cireșarii sunt personajebine alese și atent construite de către părintele lor. Se știe, de altfel, că Victor, Lucia și Tic au fost creați prin asemănare cu cei trei copii ai autorului...Categorized as:
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![The Citadel by A.J. Cronin]()
The Citadel by A.J. Cronin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Citadel follows the life of Andrew Manson, a young and idealistic Scottish doctor, as he navigates the challenges of practicing medicine across interwar Wales and England. Based on A.J. Cronin’s own experiences as a physician, this book boldly confronts traditional medical ethics, and has been noted as one of the inspirations for the formation of the National Health Service... -
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Sweet Songbird by Teresa Crane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing their Suffolk home in the wake of disaster, Kitty Daniels and her brother Matt arrive in the stews of 19th-century Whitechapel with nothing but the clothes in which they stand and, to each, a talent. Kitty’s voice may hold the key to escape from the savage squalor of the slums; but Matt’s talent for thieving, whilst more immediately useful, plunges them both into deadly danger... -
![Cave of Silence by Kostas Krommydas, Κώστας Κρομμύδας]()
Cave of Silence by Kostas Krommydas, Κώστας Κρομμύδας
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Love So Strong, It Ripples Through The Ages Dimitri, a young actor, is enjoying the lucky break of his life—a part in an international production shot on an idyllic Greek island and a romance with Anita, his beautiful co-star. When his uncle dies, he has one last wish: that Dimitri scatters his ashes on the island of his birthplace... -
![Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock]()
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe full text and complete lyrics, as well as photographs from the original production. "One of the great works of the American musical theatre. It is darling, touching, beautiful, warm, funny and inspiring. It is a work of art... -
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![The Lake Pagoda by Ann Bennett]()
The Lake Pagoda by Ann Bennett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Ann Bennett, bestselling author of The Orphan House, comes The Lake Pagoda, a captivating story of love and loss set in war-torn Indochina.Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Victoria Hislop.Indochina 1945: Arielle, who is half-French, half-Vietnamese, is working as a secretary for the French colonial government when the Japanese storm Hanoi... -
![The Eleventh Hour by Michael R. Phillips]()
The Eleventh Hour by Michael R. Phillips
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeries premiere special price! The Prussian Baron von Dortmann and his daughter face the uncertainty of life just before WW II as their faith and relationships are tested... -
![Woesten by Kris Van Steenberge]()
Woesten by Kris Van Steenberge
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHet indringende debuut van Kris Van Steenberge brengt ons naar de Vlaamse klei, waar de negentiende eeuw ten einde loopt. In het dorp Woesten treedt Elisabeth, dochter van de smid, in het huwelijk met de jonge arts Guillaume Duponselle. Maar er rust geen zegen op hun verbintenis. Als Elisabeth acht maanden later van een tweeling bevalt, blijkt de eerstgeborene een prachtige zoon, Valentijn... -
![Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes]()
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama...Categorized as:
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Maestoso Petra by Jane Kendall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVienna, Austria, 1938Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner can accomplish. But when World War II breaks out in Europe, he learns to think less about performing and more about survival. Here is Maestoso Petra’s story . . . in his own words...Categorized as:
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![1972: A Novel of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution by Morgan Llywelyn]()
1972: A Novel of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Irish Century series is the narrative of the epic struggle of the Irish people for independence through the tumultuous twentieth century. Morgan Llywelyn's magisterial multi-novel chronicle of that story began with 1916, continued in 1921 and 1949, and now continues with 1972... -
![The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist]()
The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA name day all her own! Nine-year-old Nancy had never heard of this Swedish custom-much like a big birthday party-until she came to live with Grandma and Grandpa Benson on their farm. To her disappointment, Nancy learns that her name is not in the Swedish Almanac, so there is no day set aside especially for her...Categorized as:
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![Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald]()
Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Nancy and Plum" is a children's book written by the world famous author Betty McDonald, who wrote four popular "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" children's books, and also the adult books, "The Egg & I", "Anybody Can Do Anything" and "Onion in the Stew". "Nancy and Plum" was first published in 1952...Categorized as:
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![The Children's Dream by Roberta Kagan]()
The Children's Dream by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes Dreams Come True...And so do nightmares.When Naomi's daughter, Perle, starts to have nightmares about smokestacks and creepy doctors, Naomi is struck with terror - the terror of a mother who fears her daughter is in mortal danger. Naomi believes dreams are glimpses into the future. She, too, has had dreams of foreign soldiers with a strange flag invading her tiny village... -
![Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace]()
Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is the summer of 1911, and Carney Sibley is back home in her beloved town of Deep Valley, Minnesota. She's looking forward to hosting a month-long house party, with guests including her Vassar college roommate Isobel Porteous and old chum Betsy Ray. With lots of the old Crowd and a new friend--wealthy, unkempt, but lovable Sam Hutchinson--around, the days are filled with fun... -
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![Geef me de ruimte! by Thea Beckman]()
Geef me de ruimte! by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarije is vijftien, als ze Brugge ontvlucht om aan een huwelijk met haar verachte verloofde te ontkomen. Op haar gevaarlijke tocht naar het Zuiden ontmoet ze de jongen van haar leven, een zanger, met wie ze door het rumoerige Frankrijk trekt.Al jaren woedt daar de Honderdjarige Oorlog met Engeland...Categorized as:
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![The Last Test of Courage by Chris Glatte]()
The Last Test of Courage by Chris Glatte
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs WWII surges forward, the Cooper family struggles to survive on the front lines…and on the home front.Clyde Cooper and his fellow paratroopers have returned to Australia after a highly successful operation in New Guinea. But the respite is brief as a new mission looms on the horizon... -
![Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald]()
Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1957 fifteen-year-old Dove, the daughter of a prosperous orange grower in Benevolence, Florida, feels increasingly uneasy after learning of acts of racism against the African American orange pickers by those close to her...Categorized as:
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![Best of Jennifer Blake: Historical Romance by Jennifer Blake]()
Best of Jennifer Blake: Historical Romance by Jennifer Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet ready to be swept away with 6 full-length, standalone, fan-favorite historical romances, hand-picked by Jennifer herself. Jennifer's meticulously researched writing has been described as sizzling and sensual, bold and thrilling, lush and seductive... -
![El último baile by Marisa Sicilia]()
El último baile by Marisa Sicilia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViena, 1952Andreas y Lilian se reencuentran inesperadamente en un café tras una larga separación. Mientras pasean juntos por el Prater, Lili recuerda su historia de amor con Andreas, su enamoramiento incondicional y juvenil, el primer desengaño, el fracaso en su intento de olvidarlo, la reconciliación y los años locos que vivieron juntos en el salvaje Berlín de entreguerras... -
![Katerina's Wish by Jeannie Mobley]()
Katerina's Wish by Jeannie Mobley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this moving debut, an immigrant girl discovers that hard work and determination can make dreams come true.Katerina has a dream. It's her papa's dream, too. Her family came to America to buy their own farm. But a year later, Papa is still working in the dangerous coal mine. Each day, the farm seems farther away.Then Katerina is reminded of the carp that granted three wishes in an old folktale... -
![Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz by Carol Matas]()
Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz by Carol Matas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young Jewish girl recounts her experiences during a horrifying time in recent history.As Rose begins her diary, she is in her third home since coming to Winnipeg. Traumatized by her experiences in the Holocaust, she struggles to connect with others, and above all, to trust again... -
![The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor]()
The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsO'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents. The book was later made into a John Ford film staring Spencer Tracy... -
![Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill]()
Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she falls in love with Taichi Hamasaki, the son of Japanese immigrants. Despite the scandal it would cause and that inter-racial marriage is illegal in California, Evalina and Taichi vow they will find a way to be together... -
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Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son... -
![Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor]()
Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorld War I has ended, and Ella, the oldest of the five sisters, who dreams of singing and dancing in the theater, is discovered by a Broadway talent scout. It seems that she will have her chance at a theatrical career after all, starting in vaudeville. But her thoughts are also on Jules, just returned from the War, and marriage...Categorized as:
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![Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfeild]()
Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAunt Cora is determined to turn two orphans, perky Hilary and sullen Rachel, into members of her dance troupe. But Rachel wants to keep Hilary from being one of Wintle’s Little Wonders—is it selfishness or something else? Misunderstandings and a spoiled cousin come together for a tale full of high drama. Originally published in 1957...Categorized as:
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![The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon]()
The Songbird and the Rambutan Tree by Lucille Abendanon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBatavia, Dutch East Indies, 1942.Emmy has the voice of an angel but hasn’t sung a note since a family tragedy. With war looming, her father plans to ship her off to a singing school in England for safety. But all Emmy wants to do is stay in Batavia with her best friend, Bakti, even if it means putting up with her snooty classmate, Violet... -
![Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West III]()
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWritten between 1920 and 1937, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was at the height of his creative powers, these ten lyric tales represent some of the author's finest fiction...Categorized as:
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!["B" Is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood]()
"B" Is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCarolyn Haywood's stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the Betsy books will find their way onto the bookshelves of modern young readers--and into the hearts of a whole new generation. Betsy is scared about going to first grade, but it turns out school is a great place...Categorized as:
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