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The birthday burglar
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Margaret Mahy |
In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatia… |
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The optimist's daughter
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Eudora Welty |
The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel, a widow who returns to Mississippi when her father is ill and witnesses his death and funeral. From there, she embarks on a deeply personal journey to … |
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The Ornament Tree
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Jean Thesman |
When fourteen-year-old Bonnie moves to her cousin's boardinghouse in Seattle in 1918, she learns about life from the boarders and progressive women who live and work there. |
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Envy (Luxe Series, Book 3)
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Anna Godbersen |
Jealous whispers.Old rivalries.New betrayals.Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. When Elizabeth refuses to rejoin… |
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Doña Flor
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Pat Mora |
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise. |
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Mrs Plug the plumber
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Allan Ahlberg,Joe Wright |
Mrs. Plug, with her useful bag, is ready for any emergency, whether it is a leak in the bathroom, a robbery on the street, or a storm at sea. |
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Going Home
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Danielle Steel |
Een jonge vrouw twijfelt of ze wel gelukkig in de liefde zal worden. |
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Why the tides ebb and flow
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Joan Chase Bowden |
In this folktale explaining why the sea has tides, an old woman threatens to pull the rock from the hole in the ocean floor if Sky Spirit does not honor his promise to give her shelter. |
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Diamond (The Divas)
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Victoria Christopher Murray |
Diamond Winters is the one who formed the Divas. With her wealthy, loving parents and an endless supply of charm, she’s always been able to sweet-talk her way into anything. But this time, has Diamon… |
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Women and Fiction
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CAHILL, Susan, edited by,Susan (edited by) Cahill,Susan Cahill,Kate Chopin |
Contains:
[The story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin
The other two / Edith Wharton
A Wagner matinee / Willa Cather
The secret woman / Sidonie-Gabrielle Colett… |
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The woman who outshone the sun
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Alejandro Cruz Martinez |
Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment. |
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Mable Riley
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Marthe Jocelyn |
Mable Riley dreams of having adventures and of becoming a writer. When she travels far from home to act as assistant to her sister, a schoolmistress, Mable hopes her new world will be full of peril … |
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Tathea
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Anne Perry |
Ta-Thea, an empress, whose mother was of the sea and her father of the dessert, lost her husband, child and the throne in a brutal killing. She had to leave her homeland, and everything she knew, to … |
OL48853W |