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A little maid of Narragansett Bay A little maid of Narragansett Bay Alice Turner Curtis Penelope Balfour and her brother Ted find ways to provide help to the American patriots camped near their Rhode Island farm during the Revolutionary War. OL116128W
Defenseless Defenseless Celeste Marsella They're overworked, underpaid, and unstoppable: four young women in a big-city attorney general's office. But when best friends Marianna, Laurie, Shannon, and Beth find themselves in the wrong place … OL13760034W
Whisper in the dark Whisper in the dark Joseph Bruchac,Sally Wern Comport Every monster can be overcome if you know the right way to go about it.Maddy has always loved scary stories, especially the spooky legends of her Native American ancestors. But that was before she he… OL15069304W
Summer by the sea Summer by the sea Susan Wiggs With a little determination and a lot of charm, Rosa Capoletti took a run-down pizza joint and turned it into an award-winning restaurant that has been voted “best place to propose” three years in a … OL15833439W
Angel of the Battlefield (The Treasure Chest #1) Angel of the Battlefield (The Treasure Chest #1) Ann Hood While exploring The Treasure Chest, Felix and Maisie are transported to a Massachusetts farm in 1836. Disappointed that they have not landed in their beloved New York City, they wonder why they were … OL15916310W
Tighter Tighter Adele Griffin Based on Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw," tells the story of Jamie Atkinson's summer spent as a nanny in a small Rhode Island beach town, where she begins to fear that the estate may be haunted… OL15988126W
Will work for prom dress Will work for prom dress Aimee Ferris This is a wonderful book and a great piece of literature suitable for children 11+. OL16011326W
Pearl Buck, Jewel of the East (The Treasure Chest #3) Pearl Buck, Jewel of the East (The Treasure Chest #3) Ann Hood When Felix Robbins gets a crush on Lily Goldstein, a classmate who is adopted from China, he decides to try to take her back in time so that she can see the country where she was born. Maisie discove… OL16415306W
Tangled threads Tangled threads Pegi Deitz Shea After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her gra… OL16550643W
Deadly little lessons Deadly little lessons Laurie Faria Stolarz Finishing her junior year of high school, Camelia leaves family and boyfriend drama behind to attend a summer arts program in Rhode Island, where she must use her power of psychometry to help find a … OL16636990W
Spellcaster Spellcaster Claudia Gray "Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captive's Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local who… OL16769075W
Fractured Fractured Sarah Fine In the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island, local news has been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures running on all fours. Lela knows there's only one explanation: the Mazikin… OL17873369W
Providence rag Providence rag Bruce DeSilva "Edgar Award-winner Bruce DeSilva returns with Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island. Mulligan knows every street and alley, every prie… OL19975825W
Trespass Trespass Grace Dane Mazur "Maggie Gifford is shocked to see a strange man bathing in her laundry tub, but even more shocked by her response: an offer to scrub his back. Unleashing an erotic madness reminiscent of A Midsummer … OL1998712W
A scourge of vipers A scourge of vipers Bruce DeSilva To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected consequences. Organized crime, professional sports… OL19998975W
Providence noir Providence noir Ann Hood Following the success of Dennis Lehane's best-selling Boston Noir, the Akashic Noir Series delves deeper into New England's underbelly. OL20007610W
Love unrehearsed Love unrehearsed Tina Reber When A-list film actor Ryan Christensen ducked into her pub to escape his screaming fans, never in a million years did Taryn Mitchell think her life was about to change forever. But now, eight months… OL20877535W
Knitting Circle Knitting Circle Ann Hood "Since the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter has been unable to read or write, unable to pursue the activities that used to be her primary source of comfort. At her mother's suggestion, she … OL21744668W
Something Upstairs Something Upstairs Avi When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth … OL265953W
The Man Who Was Poe The Man Who Was Poe Avi In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose story suggests a new Poe tale with a… OL265970W
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