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Judy Moody Saves the World! Judy Moody Saves the World! Megan McDonald When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, env… OL104340W
Key of Valour Key of Valour Nora Roberts Key Trilogy 3 Do you believe in magic?' When Zoe McCourt was sixteen she had been dazzled by the handsome and wealthy James Marshall. He had taken her innocence and left her to bring up their chil… OL111447W
Silent partner Silent partner Stephen W. Frey In the world of high finance, it's all about risk and return. With big risks come big rewards . . . and even bigger dangers. And no one knows this better than Stephen Frey. From the New York Times b… OL112269W
Or Give Me Death Or Give Me Death Ann Rinaldi Patrick Henry, the famous statesman, has a secret: He keeps his wife in the cellar. Slowly losing her mind, Sarah Henry has become a danger to herself and her children. But daughter Anne has a secret… OL112470W
Sweetsmoke Sweetsmoke David Fuller The year is 1862, and the Civil War rages through the South. On a Virginia tobacco plantation, another kind of battle soon begins. There, Cassius Howard, a skilled carpenter and slave, risks everythi… OL11790659W
A Lion to Guard Us A Lion to Guard Us Clyde Robert Bulla,Michele Chessare Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. OL12651W
The red badge of courage The red badge of courage Michael Burgan In the spring of 1863, while engaged in the fierce battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting e… OL14584W
The Pirate Round The Pirate Round James L. Nelson In 1706, war still rages in Europe, and the tobacco planters of the Virginia colony's tidewater struggle against shrinking markets and pirates lurking off the coast. But American seafarers have found… OL14872680W
Houses of Stone Houses of Stone Barbara Michaels It is a find of inestimable value for Karen Holloway. The battered manuscript she holds in her hand — written in the nineteenth century and bearing the mysterious attribution "Ismene" — could prove a… OL14990283W
Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Candice F. Ransom Whisked back to 1863 Virginia with the aid of a magical spyglass, the three Chapman children meet real-life Civil War spy, John Doyle. OL15049017W
Closed for the season Closed for the season Mary Downing Hahn When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous… OL15100439W
Remember Me Remember Me Laura Moore CAN A LOVE BE LOST THAT WAS MEANT TO BE?A rising star in the modeling world, Margot Radcliffe hasn't forgotten the hurt that sent her running from Rosewood, the beautiful Virginia horse farm where sh… OL15170120W
Annie, Between the States Annie, Between the States L. M Elliott Annie's home and heart are divided by the Civil War.Annie Sinclair's Virginia home is in the battle path of the Civil War. Her brothers, Laurence and Jamie, fight to defend the South, while Annie and… OL15177614W
A hole in the world A hole in the world Sid Hite Fifteen-year-old Paul Shackleford experiences an eye-opening and transformative summer living and working on the central Virginia farm belonging to a distant relative, where everyone seems to be haun… OL15436690W
The longest memory The longest memory Fred D'Aguiar Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all … OL15855900W
Every New Day (Heartland #9) Every New Day (Heartland #9) Lauren Brooke When Amy has no solution for curing Mercury, a dapple-grey jumper, she seeks the aid of a Native American horse healer who had known her mother. Every New Day is a spiritual awakening for Amy. Amy… OL16033944W
Postmortem Postmortem Patricia Cornwell A serial killer is strangling victims, and Kay Scarpetta has to use forensic science to find him, before she is killed. OL16052249W
The big cat nap The big cat nap Rita Mae Brown "To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the beloved Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae Brown and her intrepid feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a charming claw-biting tale starring M… OL16176420W
The Virginians The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray In a late Eighteenth Century setting, between fashionable London and backward Virginia, two twin brothers from the nobility spend their formative period trying to flee a domineering dowager mother in… OL16310W
All the truth All the truth Laura Fairchild Brodie "One night can alter a life forever . . . Emma Greene enjoys living in rural solitude with her husband and five-year-old daughter, Maggie, far away from her college students in Jackson, Virginia. But… OL16499087W
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