Books

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Chasing Windmills Chasing Windmills Catherine Ryan Hyde A chance meeting on a train, and two lives changed forever . . .Sebastian, at 17, has never eaten pizza, never been to school, never even hung out with other kids. He rides the subway at night to esc… OL14927661W
Funerals for horses Funerals for horses Catherine Ryan Hyde "Brutally lyrical." -Publishers Weekly "A rich blend of metaphors and genuine characters that will touch the hearts of readers." -Library Journal Ella Ginsberg’s brother Simon seems to have d… OL14927667W
Love in the present tense Love in the present tense Catherine Ryan Hyde For five years Pearl has managed to keep the past from catching up to her and her bright, frail five-year-old son. Life has given her every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force her to t… OL14927668W
Diary of a witness Diary of a witness Catherine Ryan Hyde One day, something's going to snap. . . .Ernie doesn't have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common--like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jo… OL14927671W
Walter's purple heart Walter's purple heart Catherine Ryan Hyde "Michael Steeb is an aimless twenty-one-year-old pot farmer living a day-to-day existence in an unfinished farmhouse in central California in the 1980s. He has no real plans or interests - until the … OL14927672W
The Day I Killed James The Day I Killed James Catherine Ryan Hyde IT WASN'T SUPPOSED to end up like this. But it did.When Theresa brings James to a party as her date, it's just for the night . . . and he knows that. But when everything goes horribly wrong, James dr… OL14927673W
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance Catherine Ryan Hyde Cynnie takes care of herself--and more importantly, she takes care of her little brother, Bill. So it doesn't matter that her mom is drunk all the time. Cynnie's got her own life. Cynnie's the one Bi… OL14927675W
Jumpstart the world Jumpstart the world Catherine Ryan Hyde,Catherine Hyde Sixteen-year-old Elle falls in love with Frank, the neighbor who helps her adjust to being on her own in a big city, but learning that he is transgendered turns her world upside-down. OL15908940W
Worthy Worthy Catherine Ryan Hyde 321 pages ; 21 cm OL17295080W
The wake up The wake up Catherine Ryan Hyde Recovering a long-suppressed ability to feel the emotions of others, a 40-year-old cattle rancher falls in love with a single mother whose son is struggling with trauma from experiences with an abusi… OL19729014W
Take me with you Take me with you Catherine Ryan Hyde August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his 19-year-old son died. Every year he's spent the summer on the road, but making it to Yellowstone this year means everything. The plan h… OL20034464W
The hardest part of love The hardest part of love Catherine Ryan Hyde Hayden briefly has it all: a wife and daughter he adores and a baby on the way. But when his son dies at birth, a deep anger emerges, robbing Hayden of everything. Years on, Hayden is living in self-… OL20868922W
Love in the present tense Love in the present tense Catherine Ryan Hyde A tough teen, her sweet son, and their flawed but sincere neighbor, each take turns narrating their story in fresh, distinct voices. At thirteen, Pearl lives with a kind prostitute while her mom cope… OL20931481W
When I found you When I found you Catherine Ryan Hyde When Nathan McCann discovers a newborn baby boy half-buried in the woods, he assumes he's found a tiny dead body. But then the baby moves and, in one remarkable moment, Nathan's life is changed forev… OL24307982W