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Traveling light Traveling light Katrina Kittle "Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident tha… OL102621W
Kona Winds Kona Winds Janet Dailey It was paradise...with one fatal flaw Julie Lancaster thought her new job was perfect. She had a gracious employer, a charming teenager to teach, and best of all, the splendid beauty of Hawaii. … OL10530603W
If you follow me If you follow me Malena Watrous Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can n… OL13782083W
Sweetwater Seduction Sweetwater Seduction Joan Johnston Schoolmarm Eden Devlin was too tall and too doggone smart. Most men in Sweetwater wouldn't tangle with her. Until Burke Kerrigan rode into town. Big, hard, and handsome, he wore a pair of six-guns an… OL14935865W
The Irresistable Henry House The Irresistable Henry House Lisa Grunwald To the ranks of iconic mid-century modern men Gump and Garp, add The Irresistible Henry House. As imagined by Lisa Grunwald, inspired by the peculiar beginnings of a real baby, Henry's life unspools … OL15393733W
The return The return Sharon Sala When Catherine Fane travels to Camarune, Kentucky, to bury her beloved guardian, she discovers that the townspeople considered her guardian to be a witch and believes Catherine to be one as well. OL15412441W
An unexpected match An unexpected match Dana Corbit What does hardworking single father Matthew Warren want in a wife? Responsibility, practicality and a good rapport with his child. So why isn't he interested in the responsible, practical daughter of… OL15436274W
Signs of  life Signs of life Natalie Taylor Twenty-four-year-old Natalie Taylor has led a charmed life. Surrounded by her large, close-knit family, she enjoys her meaningful job as a high school English teacher, cherishes being married to her … OL15992209W
Good with children Good with children Margot Early Raising a family on his own doesn't leave widower Seamus Lee much time for cultivating new relationships. Which is just how he wants it. But Rory Gorenzi, the unconventional wilderness instructor at … OL16034593W
The train to Estelline The train to Estelline Jane Roberts Wood Lucinda Richards, only seventeen, accepts a teaching position in west Texas in 1911, and is forced to modify her ideas concerning love and life. OL16068697W
These Happy Golden Years These Happy Golden Years Garth Williams,Laura Ingalls Wilder The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wild… OL1719702W
A bend in the road A bend in the road Nicholas Sparks Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their… OL17795195W
Gabriel's eye Gabriel's eye Smith, C. W. "At twenty-eight, Susan is the kind of teacher every student falls for, in one way or another. She's beautiful, kind, sympathetic - and she teaches art, where her creative approach and candor have en… OL18236704W
Home by morning Home by morning Kaki Warner Consumed by her cause to help ex-slaves prepare for freedom, Prudence Lincoln must decide whether or not she is willing to give up everything for former Cheyenne warrior Thomas Redstone after he decl… OL20005594W
La maestra republicana La maestra republicana Elena Moya "Para Valli Querol, hija de unos humildes masoveros de Morella, la Guerra Civil se prolongó en una batalla clandestina y en un largo exilio. Pero Valli nunca perdió la esperanza de recuperar aquella … OL20014851W
Surrendering Oz Surrendering Oz Bonnie Friedman "The boy's coming-of-age story is about leaving home to save the world. The girl's coming-of-age story is about relinquishing the world beyond home. It is about finding a way to sacrifice one's yearn… OL20891554W
Coppitts Green Coppitts Green Nicola Thorne Jocasta Oaks is excited to start her new job as a schoolteacher, but her move to the country is equally motivated by her desire to reunite with her fiance, Peter Ryder. When Peter is a no-show at the… OL21240903W
Course folle à l'école Course folle à l'école Catherine Karnas Ayant décidé qu'il n'aimait pas l'école et la voyant comme une prison, Antoine se sauve de sa classe à la première occasion. Au lieu de s'inquiéter ou de se mettre en colère, la maîtresse propose à s… OL24257998W
Maîtresse en détresse Maîtresse en détresse Danielle Simard Véro, la nouvelle maîtresse qui a remplacé l'enseignante qui devait faire la classe aux petits énervés de quatrième année, cache, tant bien que mal, ses habiletés peu communes : elle est sorcière. D'… OL24284166W
The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker William Gibson A text of the television play, intended for reading, of Anne Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate. OL261558W
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