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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman	*A shout comes echoing up the stairway. "Fetch the whipping boy!"* A young orphan named Jemmy rouses from his sleep. "Ain't I already been whipped twice today? Gaw! What's the prince done…	OL114726W
White Banners	Lloyd C. Douglas	A heartening story of a domestic servant who molded wisely the lives of her employers and their children, knowing that service, whether as servant or king, is a noble destiny. **Lloyd Cassel D…	OL12589W
Hercules	Olivia E. Coolidge	*From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Heracles and journeys of Theseus, the stories in this collection have thrilled and enthralled people for centuries with their high drama…	OL15141901W
A Stranger in the Mirror	Sidney Sheldon	*Toby Temple is a superstar, the world's funniest man.* He gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. *Jill Castle is a sensuous starlet.* She has a dark and…	OL15153140W
Windmills of the Gods	Sidney Sheldon	She's on the glinting edge of East-West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished scholar who has suddenly become our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, a woman who is about to dramatica…	OL15156421W
Smiley's People	John le Carré	*John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage* with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, …	OL15723133W
The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies	Stan Berenstain	When a cub's behavior takes a turn for the worst, it's hard for parents to know what to do first. ***Gran and Gramps come up with a plan to help selfish Brother and Sister Bear get rid of a ba…	OL15829412W
Little men	Louisa May Alcott,John Matteson,Reginald Birch,Reginald Bathurst 1856-1943 Birch,Reginald Bathurst Birch,Jan Oliveira,J. T. Barbarese,Ricardo Abraham,Alfredo Ricardo Abraham,Reginald B. Birch	The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husb…	OL17761452W
Happy Are the Peacemakers	Andrew M. Greeley	***Father Greeley's fictional detective, the Most Reverend John Blackwood Ryan, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and amateur sleuth par excellence, becomes involved in another mystery with both theologica…	OL17890W
Dirty Feet	Steven Kroll	Grades 1-2 Penelope removes her too-tight sneakers on the way to school, thereby setting the stage for a series of disastrous encounters between her feet and a variety of messy substances.	OL1879698W
Big Bunny and the Easter Eggs	Steven Kroll	Age 5-6 Gr k-1 Poor Wilbur, the Easter Bunny, gets so sick that he almost misses his Easter deliveries.	OL1879782W
the Vanishing Coin	Kate Egan	Mike Lane reluctantly bonds with good-girl neighbor Nora while learning fun skills at The White Rabbit magic shop, the owner of which believes Mike could become a great magician. Mike feels as tho…	OL19977073W
Temptations of a Wallflower	Eva Leigh	*Eva Leigh's deliciously sexy Wicked Quills of London series continues as a Lady's secret career writing erotic fiction is jeopardized by real-life romance . . .--FictionDB* **"In society circ…	OL20025708W
Little Hedgehog's Big Day	Heidi Howarth	During a day of outdoor adventure, Little Hedgehog befriends Mister Sun, Mister Wind, Mister Sea, and Mister Moon. The best part of his adventure, though, is at day end!	OL20449107W
Over at the Rink	Stella Partheniou Grasso	Count all the ways to have fun at the hockey rink! Over at the rink Where the anthem's sung, The whole town gathered For some hockey fun. Set to the catchy rhythm of the traditional counting song "Ov…	OL20641954W
Overload	Arthur Hailey	In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and l…	OL2475094W
Just For You! (2014) Part of 6 Book Set	Christine Leeson	This book is part of a 6 Book Set. Jenny and her brothers and sister are so anxious to wrap their mother's birthday present that they accidentally break it! Luckily, it's so early that Mom's…	OL2659537W
The Harvester	Gene Stratton-Porter	Author of ''A Girl of the Limberlost,'' Freckles, etc. ***The Harvester (1911) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist and his search for the love of his dr…	OL42383W
The Old Neighborhood	Avery Corman	*Moving from the corner office to the corner candy store, Steven Robbins is willing to forsake everything he's earned to get back a piece of his past.* Growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, Steve…	OL4279057W
The Bastard	Lyle Kenyon Engel,John Jakes	*“Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman,* Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experi…	OL56114W