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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Barn Blind Barn Blind Jane Smiley Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, *Barn Blind* is a spellbinding story on the classic American themes of work, love, and duty, and the lengths we will go to… OL108537W
Tribulation Force Tribulation Force Tim F. LaHaye In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Those left behind face impending war, famine, plagues, and natural disasters so devastating that only one in four people will surviv… OL137695W
On the wings of heroes On the wings of heroes Richard Peck A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war. Davy Bowmans brother and th… OL55365W
The river between us The river between us Richard Peck During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. OL55367W
Blood Ties Blood Ties Ralph M. McInerny Henry Dolan's granddaughter, Martha Lynch, adopted 23 years earlier, wants to find her birth parents. Her adopted parents are frantic over the idea of losing her, so Henry seeks out Father Dowling fo… OL57281W
Abracadaver Abracadaver Ralph M. McInerny <I> Abracadaver</I> begins with a magic show at the St. Hilary’s parish center on a peaceful winter’s night in Fox River, Illinois. A ring inscribed “To FG from AG. Con amore” is used in a trick, but… OL57323W
A Loss of Patients A Loss of Patients Ralph M. McInerny Phil Keegan and the Fox River, IL police department are bewildered by a series of unexplained deaths. Two attractive women, friends, are found dead, about a month apart: the first, in her bathtub wit… OL57329W
Second Vespers Second Vespers Ralph M. McInerny Francis O'Rourke, noted American author, is more alive dead than he ever was when alive. He was born and grew up in Fox River, a town now seething with big O’Rourkian business. Collectors, scholars, … OL57332W
Popular vote Popular vote Micol Ostow Just in time for the Fall 2008 presidential election comes this fun, sassy story of politics, romance, girl empowerment, and what it means to be "popular." Erin Bright is pretty, polished, and pop… OL5742805W