Heidi's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:40:28 -0700 60 Heidi's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Anni Moon & The Elemental Artifact]]> 23356534
In a race against time, Anni sets out to save her friend. Along the way she finds allies among the Elementals, but she is also presented with a choice, one that might help save Lexi. If Anni agrees to an ancient, open-ended contract, will her sacrifice cost her more than she’s bargained for? Or will it land her in the middle of an age-old war between the humans, the Elementals, and the dreaded Fectus?
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393 Melanie Abed 0990706206 Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.84 2014 Anni Moon & The Elemental Artifact
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<![CDATA[Anxious in Nevada (Midlife Crisis Mystery #1)]]> 62573512
A low-cost, direct flight to Las Vegas was exactly what I needed. I didn't waste my time overthinking it. I just booked the flight and packed my bags. After chatting with the couple in the seats next to mine on the flight, I was happy to arrive in Vegas and just go straight to bed.

My body clock, not yet reset to Vegas time, had me awake and eager to explore very early the next morning. I'd barely finished my breakfast, though, before I stumbled over a dead body.

What are the odds that the victim would turn out to be the man I'd sat next to on my flight? Why is his former fiancée suddenly trying to be my best friend? And how do I convince the local police that I had nothing to do with his murder?]]>
206 Diana Xarissa Heidi 0 to-read 4.08 2022 Anxious in Nevada (Midlife Crisis Mystery #1)
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Reasons to Stay Alive 25733573 Matt Haig’s accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live.

Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it.

Everyone’s lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matt’s frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest cliché is the truest—there is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.]]>
256 Matt Haig 0143128728 Heidi 0 to-read 4.04 2015 Reasons to Stay Alive
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Beyond the Bright Sea 32623542
Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn't until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, a chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger.]]>
304 Lauren Wolk 1101994851 Heidi 0 to-read 4.08 2017 Beyond the Bright Sea
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<![CDATA[The Deadly Fates (The Conjureverse, #3)]]> 208546263 The fantasy adventure continues in the third book of the instant New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller, The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton! Return for Year Three at the global magic school in the sky in The Deadly Fates.

When Ella, Brigit, and Jason return for their third year at the Arcanum Training Institute, they discover a dark plot brewing. Secrets and deception surround the magic school's founders, and the trio will stop at nothing to find out what really happened to the Institute's enigmatic Conjure architect. As they dive deeper into the mystery, it leads them to the Underworld and the Cards of Deadly Fate—a seemingly impenetrable prison full of villains. And worst of all, their old nemesis, Gia Trivelino, awaits them, ready to wreak more havoc.

With tensions between Conjure folks and Marvellers at a fever pitch, the trio must face the living and the dead to get the answers they need to protect their world.]]>
352 Dhonielle Clayton 1250874831 Heidi 0 to-read 4.32 The Deadly Fates (The Conjureverse, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Memory Thieves (Conjureverse, #2)]]> 61317680
Before she can dig deeper, a mysterious magical illness sweeps through the Institute, and Ella lands at the top of the suspect list. Can Ella and her friends save themselves and the Marvellian world before chaos breaks loose?]]>
416 Dhonielle Clayton 125017497X Heidi 5 4.14 2023 The Memory Thieves (Conjureverse, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)]]> 56896065
Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, where Marvellers from all around the world come together to practice their cultural arts like brewing Indian spice elixirs, practicing Caribbean steel drum hypnosis, and bartering with fussy Irish faeries. Ella knows some people mistrust her Conjuror magic, often deemed "bad and unnatural," but she's eager to make a good impression—and, hopefully, some friends.

But Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy, and not all of the Marvellers are welcoming. Still, she connects with fellow misfits Brigit, a girl who hates magic, and Jason, who is never found without a magical creature or two. Just as Ella begins to find her way at the A.T.I., a notorious criminal escapes from prison, supposedly with Conjurors� help. Worse, her favorite teacher Masterji Thakur never returns from a research trip, and only Ella seems concerned about his disappearance.

As tensions grow in the Marvellian world, Ella finds herself the target of vicious rumors and growing suspicions. With the help of her new friends, Ella must find a way to clear her family's name and track down her beloved mentor Masterji Thakur . . . before she loses her place at the A.T.I. forever.]]>
416 Dhonielle Clayton 1250174945 Heidi 5 ya, fantasy 3.97 2022 The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)
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average rating: 3.97
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<![CDATA[The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)]]> 606928
Suddenly involved in the kidnapping of the young Marquess of Basilwether, Enola must escape murderous villains, free the spoiled Marquess, and perhaps hardest of all, elude her shrewd older brother—all while collecting clues to her mother’s disappearance!

Infused with the voice and atmosphere of Victorian London's rat-infested streets, this suspenseful and witty novel brings mystery lovers the genre at its best.]]>
216 Nancy Springer 0399243046 Heidi 0 to-read 3.78 2006 The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)
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Easy Spanish Step-By-Step 8187069 A proven grammar-based approach that gets you communicating in Spanish with confidence, right away

Easy Spanish Step by Step proves that a solid grounding in grammar basics is the key to mastering a second language. Grammatical rules and concepts are clearly explained in order of importance, and more than 300 verbs and key terms are introduced on the basis of frequency. Numerous exercises and engaging readings help learners quickly build their Spanish speaking and comprehension prowess.]]>
530 Barbara Bregstein 0071483179 Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.03 2005 Easy Spanish Step-By-Step
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average rating: 4.03
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<![CDATA[The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels (Skylar Robbins #2)]]> 53033394
Thirteen-year-old sleuth Skylar Robbins moves into the mansion with her parents and embarks on a new and dangerous mission. Armed with her detective kit, and with the support of her BFF Alexa and a team of secret agents, Skylar sets out to decipher the clues and find the diamonds. Can she outwit a gang of aggressive bikers and find the hidden jewels before they do? Or will the perils of middle school--like battling ruthless bully Emelyn Peters for the attention of class hottie Dustin Coles--get in her way?]]>
264 Carrie Cross 0989414337 Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.51 The Mystery of the Hidden Jewels (Skylar Robbins #2)
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<![CDATA[Poppy Mayberry, The Monday (Nova Kids Book 1)]]> 31967024 210 Jennie K. Brown 1944816712 Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.33 2016 Poppy Mayberry, The Monday (Nova Kids Book 1)
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average rating: 4.33
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<![CDATA[The Book in the Attic (Celia's Journey, #1)]]> 18369204 320 Melissa Gunther Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.28 2009 The Book in the Attic (Celia's Journey, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1)]]> 32874445 Ingrid Winter is desperately trying to hold it all together. A neurotic Norwegian mother of three small children and an overworked literature professor with an overactive imagination, Ingrid feels like her life’s always on the brink of chaos.

Her overzealous attempt to secure her dream house has strained her marriage. She’s repeatedly reprimanded for eye rolling in faculty meetings. Petulant PTA parents want to drag her into a war over teaching children to tie their shoes. And an alarmingly persistent salesman keeps warning her of the potential dangers of home intrusion.

Clearly she needs to get away. But Russia? Forced to join an academic mission to Saint Petersburg to promote international cooperation, Ingrid finds herself at a crossroads while drinking too much cough syrup. Will this trip push her into a Siberian sinkhole of existential dread or finally give her life some balance and direction?

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217 Janne S. Drangsholt 1503997618 Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.03 2015 The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1)
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<![CDATA[Above the Bridge (Paige MacKenzie Mystery, #1)]]> 18909092 334 Deborah Garner Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.74 2012 Above the Bridge (Paige MacKenzie Mystery, #1)
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P.S. from Paris 34036335 From Marc Levy, the most-read French author alive today, comes a modern-day love story between a famous actress hiding in Paris and a bestselling writer lying to himself. They knew their friendship was going to be complicated, but love—and the City of Lights—just might find a way.

On the big screen, Mia plays a woman in love. But in real life, she’s an actress in need of a break from her real-life philandering husband—the megastar who plays her romantic interest in the movies. So she heads across the English Channel to hide in Paris behind a new haircut, fake eyeglasses, and a waitressing job at her best friend’s restaurant.

Paul is an American author hoping to recapture the fame of his first novel. When his best friend surreptitiously sets him up with Mia through a dating website, Paul and Mia’s relationship status is “complicated.�

Even though everything about Paris seems to be nudging them together, the two lonely ex-pats resist, concocting increasingly far-fetched strategies to stay “just friends.� A feat easier said than done, as fate has other plans in store. Is true love waiting for them in a postscript?

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290 Marc Levy 1477809996 Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.71 2015 P.S. from Paris
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<![CDATA[Touching the Clouds (Alaskan Skies, #1)]]> 17410616
Kate Evans is an adventurous and independent young woman with a pioneering spirit. When she leaves her home in Washington State to follow her dream of being an Alaskan bush pilot, she knows it will be an uphill battle. But she never expected it to be quite like this. As the lone woman in a man's world, she finds that contending with people's expectations is almost as treacherous as navigating the wild arctic storms.

When she crosses paths with a mysterious man living alone in the forbidding wilderness, she faces a new challenge. Can Kate break through the walls he has put up around his heart? And will fear keep her from realizing her dreams?

Book 1 in the Alaskan Skies series, Touching the Clouds will draw you in with raw emotion and suspense, all against the stunning backdrop of the Alaskan wilds.]]>
369 Bonnie Leon Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.14 2010 Touching the Clouds (Alaskan Skies, #1)
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A Letter From America 26094085 386 Geraldine O'Neill Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.88 2015 A Letter From America
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average rating: 3.88
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<![CDATA[Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death]]> 36437307
In this collection, Mormon writers wrestle with mortality and its aftermath. A family sings a hesitant rendition of Happy Birthday to a grief-stricken mother who buried who toddler just a few hours earlier; an agnostic son decides he’s Mormon enough to arrange a funeral for his believing father.

Some essays use death as a means to understand faith. One author imagines a world where Heavenly Mother visits her children in the form of their female ancestors, appearing to her descendants in times of grief or pain.

Others address how do you protect your children from death while still allowing them to experience the world; how do you get through one more nausea-ridden day of cancer treatment?

Still others delve into death’s does the overwhelming suffering that occurs in the animal kingdom have a function in the “plan of happiness�?

Sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, always thought-provoking, these personal essays, poems, and stories may never be heard at a Mormon funeral. But they probably should be.]]>
255 Stephen Carter Heidi 0 currently-reading 4.17 Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death
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<![CDATA[Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: An Easy Way to Learn Latin American Spanish by Improving Your Reading Comprehension, Listening Skills and Growing Your Vocabulary in a Fun Way! (Spanish Edition)]]> 63060209
Is it normal to spend many years learning a language and still have problems understanding and communicating?

How many people do you know who had been learning a foreign language in school, and after graduating, they did not know that language, even if they spend years learning it?

We know a lot.

Many people want to learn languages but are discouraged due a negative experience in the traditional system. This disheartens rather than motivates them to reach their new language goals.

Most people, even if they want to, do not know how to prepare an effective language learning plan and stick to it. It makes language learning very hard and inefficient if you do not know how to implement modern learning strategies.

There are many reasons why people learn languages. Some want to get better-paying jobs, travel around the world, build an international business to reach customers from other countries, learn about new cultures, train their memories, meet new people, etc.

An interesting fact is that learning foreign languages is also an excellent way to improve the work of our brains. In fact, it reduces the probability of getting Alzheimer's or dementia quite a lot!

These reasons clearly show that learning a language is a valuable skill to improve your life in many ways and is a priceless way to boost good health!

What if I told you that it is possible to learn a new language in a comfy and efficient way?

Some people believe that an exceptional language learning talent is necessary to learn a new language, which is why people often do not try even if they want to.

What is funny here is that researchers have not found ANY proof for this statement. It shows that every human being can comprehend and speak a new language. The only requirement is to utilize the right material and strategy to grow the needed skills of speaking, reading, writing & more.

What is unique about the Just Fluency team is that it has managed to prepare modern, outstanding material to comprehend a new language.

Just Fluency is a group of people who are passionate about learning new languages who decided to share their experiences in the form of a book to assist others.

We want to share our knowledge because we know that it can free so many people from the tiresome and tedious trial and error task of daily learning the language.

Many people know how frustrating it can be to spend a lot of time learning something without seeing results. The way to avoid this is to utilize simple and efficient memorizing techniques while reading engaging stories in the target language.

It seems to be a straightforward structure, but believe us, you will get the best results in the shortest time without learning advanced grammar and trying to memorize many unused words from the dictionary.

In the "Spanish Short Stories for Beginners" book, you will

Instruction on how to use the book efficientlyTips and tricks to remember fasterThirty engaging stories written in Spanish and actions taking place in Latin America that show a bit of local culture while giving life lessonsA summary of each]]>
198 Just Fluency Heidi 0 currently-reading 3.20 Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: An Easy Way to Learn Latin American Spanish by Improving Your Reading Comprehension, Listening Skills and Growing Your Vocabulary in a Fun Way! (Spanish Edition)
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<![CDATA[Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1)]]> 6423385 A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernatural

Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

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224 Diana Wynne Jones 0061756334 Heidi 0 to-read 4.04 1977 Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1)
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average rating: 4.04
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<![CDATA[Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA]]> 23395099
"Dada!"

Right?

Everyone knows that fathers wage a secret campaign to ensure that their babies' first word is "Dada!"

But how does it work?
One of the most popular entertainers in the world and NBC's The Tonight Show host, Jimmy Fallon, shows you how.]]>
34 Jimmy Fallon 125007181X Heidi 2 pb 3.66 2015 Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA
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average rating: 3.66
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<![CDATA[Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)]]> 83083 It’s now the early Spring of 1930. Stratton is investigating a murder case in Coulsden, while Maisie has been summoned to Dulwich to find a runaway heiress. The woman is the daughter of Joseph Waite, a wealthy self-made man who has lavished her with privilege but kept her in a gilded cage. His domineering ways have driven her off before, and now she’s bolted again.
Waite’s instructions are to find his daughter and bring her home. When Maisie looks into the disappearance she finds a chilling link to Stratton’s murder case, and to the terrible legacy of The Great War..]]>
309 Jacqueline Winspear 0143035304 Heidi 5 adult, mystery 3.94 2004 Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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The Frindle Files 205307706
Josh Willet is a techie, a serious gamer. Nothing’s better than writing code or downloading a new release. Which is why Mr. N’s ELA class is such a slog; it’s a strict no-tech zone. It feels like being stuck inside a broken time machine. Mr. N makes the kids write everything out on paper, he won’t use a Smart Board, and he’s obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book.

Then one night, while s-l-o-w-l-y finishing an assignment by hand, Josh discovers a secret. Turns out Mr. N’s been keeping a lot more than technology from his students! Josh and his best friend, Vanessa, are determined to solve the mystery and rally the other kids around their cause. And maybe—just maybe—get some screen time back, too.

More than 25 years after the publication of Frindle, and set one whole generation later, The Frindle Files is a gift left by the beloved Andrew Clements before he passed away. It’s a story that’s both timeless and timely—about the importance of language, of digging deep to find answers, and of challenging what you think you know to imagine what is possible. Filled with humor and Clements' potent, no-nonsense prose, The Frindle Files is an inspiring, thoughtful, remarkable novel that will grace children's and classroom shelves for another 25 years.]]>
224 Andrew Clements 0399557636 Heidi 0 to-read 4.32 2024 The Frindle Files
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<![CDATA[Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens / Peter and Wendy]]> 38673 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance, with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys, in Peter and Wendy. The Peter Pan stories were Barrie's only works for children but, as their persistent popularity shows, their themes of imaginative escape continue to charm even those who long ago left Neverland. This is the first edition to include both texts in one volume and the first to a present an extensively annotated text for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.]]> 240 J.M. Barrie 0192839292 Heidi 4 mg, classic 4.07 1906 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens / Peter and Wendy
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average rating: 4.07
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The Scarlet Pimpernel 136116 182 Emmuska Orczy 1576469239 Heidi 0 to-read 4.07 1905 The Scarlet Pimpernel
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<![CDATA[A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)]]> 40969531
Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. Beneath her worn scarf and thick glasses, the young girl hides the ability to read and communicate with the souls of objects, and the power to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence on the Ark of Anima is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancée to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Why has she been chosen? Why must she hide her true identity? Though she doesn’t know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.]]>
446 Christelle Dabos 1787701425 Heidi 2 3.90 2013 A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)
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Northanger Abbey 50398 Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody." Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist.

The story's unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry's mother? Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy? Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art.

Executed with high-spirited gusto, Northanger Abbey is a lighthearted, yet unsentimental commentary on love and marriage.]]>
260 Jane Austen 1593082649 Heidi 3 adult, classic 3.85 1817 Northanger Abbey
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average rating: 3.85
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rating: 3
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The Bookseller of Inverness 58938274 416 S.G. MacLean 1529414172 Heidi 0 to-read 3.90 2022 The Bookseller of Inverness
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average rating: 3.90
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The Last Apple Tree 201722272 When feuding neighbors Sonnet and Zeke are paired up for a class project, they unearth a secret that could uproot Sonnet’s family—or allow it to finally heal and grow.

Twelve-year-old Sonnet’s family has just moved across the country to live with her grandfather after her nana dies. Gramps’s once-impressive apple orchard has been razed for a housing development, with only one heirloom tree left. Sonnet doesn’t want to think about how Gramps and his tree are both growing old—she just wants everything to be okay.

Sonnet is not okay with her neighbor, Zeke, a boy her age who gets on her bad side and stays there when he tries to choose her grandpa to interview for an oral history assignment. Zeke irks Sonnet with his prying questions, bringing out the sad side of Gramps she’d rather not see. Meanwhile, Sonnet joins the Green Club at school and without talking to Zeke about it, she asks his activist father to speak at the Arbor Day assembly—a collision of worlds that Zeke wanted more than anything to avoid. 

But when the interviews uncover a buried tragedy that concerns Sonnet's mother, and an emergency forces Sonnet and Zeke to cooperate again, Sonnet learns not just to accept Zeke as he is, but also that sometimes forgetting isn't the solution—even when remembering seems harder.

Award-winning author Claudia Mills brings enormous compassion and depth to this novel of unlikely friendship and generational memory.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection]]>
224 Claudia Mills 0823459330 Heidi 0 to-read 4.14 2024 The Last Apple Tree
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Gift from the Sea 77295
With great wisdom and insight Lindbergh describes the shifting shapes of relationships and marriage, presenting a vision of life as it is lived in an enduring and evolving partnership. A groundbreaking, best-selling work when it was originally published in 1955, Gift from the Sea continues to be discovered by new generations of readers. With a new introduction by Lindbergh’s daughter Reeve, this fiftieth-anniversary edition will give those who are revisiting the book and those who are coming upon it for the first time fresh insight into the life of this remarkable woman.

The sea and the beach are elements that have been woven throughout Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life. She spent her childhood summers with her family on a Maine island. After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh in 1929, she accompanied him on his survey flights around the North Atlantic to launch the first transoceanic airlines. The Lindberghs eventually established a permanent home on the Connecticut coast, where they lived quietly, wrote books and raised their family.

After the children left home for lives of their own, the Lindberghs traveled extensively to Africa and the Pacific for environmental research.]]>
130 Anne Morrow Lindbergh 0394724550 Heidi 0 to-read 4.14 1955 Gift from the Sea
author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1955
rating: 0
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James 173754979 A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view

When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780385550369.]]>
303 Percival Everett Heidi 0 to-read 4.47 2024 James
author: Percival Everett
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.47
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rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)]]> 25489134
After Vasilisa's mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa's new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa's stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse's most frightening tales.

The Bear and the Nightingale is a magical debut novel from a gifted and gorgeous voice. It spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent.]]>
319 Katherine Arden 1101885939 Heidi 0 to-read 4.07 2017 The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
author: Katherine Arden
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Love in the Time of Cholera 9712 348 Gabriel García Márquez 140003468X Heidi 0 to-read 3.92 1985 Love in the Time of Cholera
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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War and Peace 656
War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men.

As Napoleon’s army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds—peasants and nobility, civilians and soldiers—as they struggle with the problems unique to their era, their history, and their culture. And as the novel progresses, these characters transcend their specificity, becoming some of the most moving—and human—figures in world literature.


Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.]]>
1392 Leo Tolstoy 0192833987 Heidi 0 4.14 1869 War and Peace
author: Leo Tolstoy
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book published: 1869
rating: 0
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Family Family 127282881 “Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ever get that movie?�

India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she goes from awkward sixteen-year-old to Broadway ingenue to TV superhero.

Her new movie is a prestige picture about adoption, but its spin is the same old tired story of tragedy. India is an adoptive mom in real life though. She wants everyone to know there’s more to her family than pain and regret. So she does something you should never do—she tells a journalist the truth: it’s a bad movie.

Soon she’s at the center of a media storm, battling accusations from the press and the paparazzi, from protesters on the right and advocates on the left. Her twin ten-year-olds know they need help–and who better to call than family? But that’s where it gets really messy because India’s not just an adoptive mother�

The one thing she knows for sure is what makes a family isn’t blood. And it isn’t love. No matter how they’re formed, the truth about family is this: it's complicated.]]>
400 Laurie Frankel 1250236800 Heidi 0 to-read 3.96 2024 Family Family
author: Laurie Frankel
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)]]> 17910554 From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.�

Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether they’re found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters� diaries. What she is not accustomed to is digging up bodies. Upon the five-hundredth anniversary of St. Tancred’s death, the English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey is busily preparing to open its patron saint’s tomb. Nobody is more excited to peek inside the crypt than Flavia, yet what she finds will halt the proceedings dead in their tracks: the body of Mr. Collicutt, the church organist, his face grotesquely and inexplicably masked. Who held a vendetta against Mr. Collicutt, and why would they hide him in such a sacred resting place? The irrepressible Flavia decides to find out. And what she unearths will prove there’s never such thing as an open-and-shut case.]]>
416 Alan Bradley 038534404X Heidi 0 to-read 4.25 2013 Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
author: Alan Bradley
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Thistlewood Manor: Calamity at the Ball (Eliza Montagu #3)]]> 63149314
For centuries, Thistlewood Manor has stood as home to the Montagu family, a beacon to British aristocracy in rural England. But it’s 1928, and in this new age of women’s rights, Eliza Montagu, 27, a free spirit, has turned her back on her family to live an artist’s life in London.

Yet after Eliza is summoned home, she decides to stay (for now) to help her father run the ailing family business. The presence of her childhood best friend, Oliver, also gives her a reason to stay, as she wonders if their unfulfilled romance might ever come to fruition.

Christmas has arrived in resplendent Thistlewood Manor, opulent, magical and filled with guests. The countryside is alight with local gentry balls, and Eliza’s younger sister, turning 16, is determined to visit them all—and to drag Eliza with her.

But when a shocking incident occurs and Eliza discovers her sister’s suitor thrown from a balcony, suspicion for the murder falls on her. Eliza is forced to plunge into the dark side of nobility, to pry at the secrets behind the parties and balls, and determine who would want this man dead—and why.

Yet even Eliza cannot anticipate the shocking truth she will discover.


A charming historical cozy mystery series that transports readers back in time, THISTLEWOOD MANOR is mystery at its spellbinding, atmospheric and impossible to put down. A page-turner packed with shocking twists, turns and a mystery that’s hard to solve, it will leave you reading late into the night, all while you fall in love with its unforgettable heroine.]]>
194 Fiona Grace Heidi 4 3.93 Thistlewood Manor: Calamity at the Ball (Eliza Montagu #3)
author: Fiona Grace
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.93
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rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow (Eliza Montagu #1)]]> 63022497
For centuries, Thistlewood Manor has stood as home to the Montagu family, a beacon to British aristocracy in rural England. But it’s 1928, and in this new age of women’s rights, Eliza Montagu, 27, a free spirit, has turned her back on her family to live an artist’s life in London.

But when an unexpected family crisis arrives, Eliza has no choice but to return home to the demands of her family, to help her father, and to meet the Lord they hope she’ll marry.

When a dead body appears in the midst of the reunion, Eliza quickly realizes that if she doesn’t solve the mystery, the crime may just be pinned on her, and dash her hopes for a life as a free woman.

A charming historical cozy mystery series that transports readers back in time, THISTLEWOOD MANOR is mystery at its spellbinding, atmospheric and impossible to put down. A page-turner packed with shocking twists, turns and a mystery that’s hard to solve, it will leave you reading late into the night, all while you fall in love with its unforgettable heroine.]]>
170 Fiona Grace Heidi 4 mystery 3.94 Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow (Eliza Montagu #1)
author: Fiona Grace
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.94
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rating: 4
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Babar en famille 502379 Babar and His Children tells how the royal elephant and Queen Celeste await the birth of their first child... and discover to their surprise that they have three! The loyal townsfolk bring gifts, and the babies are named before being weighed by wise Dr. Capoulosse (he of the stern expression and pince-nez). Then it's time for young Flora, Pom, and Alexander to get into a series of scrapes and be saved by the bravery and good sense of either their parents or other animals. Brunhoff's charming, faintly Edwardian illustrations never cease to capture the imagination, and this particular story has something in it for every member of a young family--even if some members of your family are merely human. (Ages 2 to 6) --Richard Farr]]> 32 Jean de Brunhoff 2010025164 Heidi 4 4.35 1938 Babar en famille
author: Jean de Brunhoff
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1938
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)]]> 61027367
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life.

As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?

But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can The Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?]]>
384 Richard Osman 1984881019 Heidi 0 to-read 4.35 2021 The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
author: Richard Osman
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)]]> 57991307 Alternate cover edition can be found here

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?]]>
361 Richard Osman 1984880985 Heidi 0 to-read 3.84 2020 The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
author: Richard Osman
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)]]> 219563 240 Suzanne Fisher Staples 0440238560 Heidi 3 ya 3.77 1989 Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)
author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1989
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[All Things Bright and Beautiful]]> 584132 32 Cecil Frances Alexander 0735820457 Heidi 4 pb 4.67 1987 All Things Bright and Beautiful
author: Cecil Frances Alexander
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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Remarkably Bright Creatures 58733693 Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.]]>
368 Shelby Van Pelt 0063204150 Heidi 0 to-read 4.35 2022 Remarkably Bright Creatures
author: Shelby Van Pelt
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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Les Malheurs de Sophie 1519478 finissent mal, et sont toujours découvertes !]]> 187 Comtesse de Ségur 2012011411 Heidi 4 3.92 1857 Les Malheurs de Sophie
author: Comtesse de Ségur
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1857
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/01
date added: 2023/05/17
shelves: french, mg, morality-for-children-lessons
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Spindle's End 77368 354 Robin McKinley 0441008658 Heidi 4 3.82 2000 Spindle's End
author: Robin McKinley
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/01
date added: 2023/05/17
shelves: romance, princess-royalty, fairy-or-folk-adaptations, ya, medieval
review:
This was fun. It was interesting how she responded to the regular townspeople's transition to having no spindles. I didn't really appreciate having magic and religion being at odds with each other. It wasn't really necessary.
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<![CDATA[The Lost Fairy Tales (Pages & Co., Book 2)]]> 49151300
On a wintery visit to Paris, Tilly and her best friend Oskar bravely bookwander into the land of fairytales to find that characters are getting lost, stories are all mixed-up, and mysterious plot holes are opening without warning. Can Tilly work out who, or what, is behind the chaos so everyone gets their happily-ever-after?]]>
284 Anna James 198483729X Heidi 3 adventure, fantasy, mg 4.11 2019 The Lost Fairy Tales (Pages & Co., Book 2)
author: Anna James
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/01
date added: 2023/05/17
shelves: adventure, fantasy, mg
review:
I generally like the series so far. It seems a little bit preachy through the themes, having an agenda about books. But the adventure is kind of fun.
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<![CDATA[Crime and Carpetbags (Wishes and Wellingtons, #2)]]> 56628268 352 Julie Berry 1728231493 Heidi 5 4.11 2021 Crime and Carpetbags (Wishes and Wellingtons, #2)
author: Julie Berry
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/17
date added: 2023/05/17
shelves: fairy-or-folk-adaptations, adventure, fantasy, mg
review:
I loved this series. So much fun.
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<![CDATA[The Naughty Sheep (Hey, sheep! Book 1)]]> 62654540 But what happens if one of the sheep decides to go rogue?

Instead of jumping once and disappearing like all others, this mischievous sheep is determined to keep you awake with her peculiar transformations, each more amusing than the last.]]>
29 Diana Aleksandrova Heidi 5 4.10 The Naughty Sheep (Hey, sheep! Book 1)
author: Diana Aleksandrova
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.10
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rating: 5
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Anni Dreams of Biryani 61815681
The café across the street from Anni’s home in Little India makes the best biryani in the world. Fluffy and fragrant, spicy and succulent—Anni could eat it every day. In fact, Anni loves that biryani so much that she’s determined to uncover the secret to the recipe. She has so many questions for Uncle, the grumpy chef and owner of the café. But he isn’t providing any easy clues. So, with some careful planning, Anni sets out on a mission to find out the secret ingredients to this most special dish. Will Anni get the answers she’s looking for…before it’s too late?]]>
40 Namita Moolani Mehra 1542030420 Heidi 5 4.48 Anni Dreams of Biryani
author: Namita Moolani Mehra
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.48
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<![CDATA[Money in the Bank (Collector's Wodehouse)]]> 16400 Book by P. G. Wodehouse 290 P.G. Wodehouse 1585676578 Heidi 4 adult, comedy, adventure 4.12 1942 Money in the Bank (Collector's Wodehouse)
author: P.G. Wodehouse
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1942
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: adult, comedy, adventure
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<![CDATA[L'Omelette au sucre (Histoires des Jean-Quelque-Chose #1)]]> 3195983 160 Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod 2070619419 Heidi 3 french, mg, feel-good 3.81 1999 L'Omelette au sucre (Histoires des Jean-Quelque-Chose #1)
author: Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: french, mg, feel-good
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The Weirdies Get Weirder 63125653 2 Michael Buckley Heidi 2 adventure, fantasy, mg 4.11 The Weirdies Get Weirder
author: Michael Buckley
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.11
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: adventure, fantasy, mg
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Adam of the Road 164255
And Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father's words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog.

Here is a story of thirteenth-century England, so absorbing and lively that for all its authenticity it scarcely seems "historical." Although crammed with odd facts and lore about the time when "longen folke to goon on pilgrimages," its scraps of song and hymn and jongleur's tale of the period seem as newminted and fresh as the day they were devised, and Adam is a real boy inside his gay striped surcoat.]]>
317 Elizabeth Janet Gray 0142406597 Heidi 4 3.78 1942 Adam of the Road
author: Elizabeth Janet Gray
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1942
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: christian, historical-fiction, medieval, mg
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<![CDATA[Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co., #1)]]> 32946432
Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents' bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.

One day Tilly realises that classic children's characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of `book wandering' - crossing over from the page into real life.

With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland. Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face.]]>
400 Anna James 0008229864 Heidi 3 adventure, fantasy, mg 4.15 2018 Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co., #1)
author: Anna James
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/17
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: adventure, fantasy, mg
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<![CDATA[Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)]]> 8127 Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family� and, most of all, love.

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL]]>
320 L.M. Montgomery 0451528824 Heidi 4 4.30 1908 Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
author: L.M. Montgomery
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1908
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/01/06
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A Christmas Carol 5326
Introduction and Afterword by Joe Wheeler
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late.

Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, this abridged edition features an in-depth introduction and discussion questions by Joe Wheeler to provide greater understanding for today's reader. "A Christmas Carol" captures the heart of the holidays like no other novel.]]>
184 Charles Dickens 1561797464 Heidi 5 4.06 1843 A Christmas Carol
author: Charles Dickens
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1843
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: adult, classic, christmas, christian
review:
Always wonderful to read. Tim Curry did a great job, as expected
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The Tales of Max Carrados 28230820
George Orwell wrote that together with those of Conan Doyle, they were "the only detective stories since Poe that are worth rereading".

Recorded by national treasure Stephen Fry, 'The Coin of Dionysius' and 'The Game Played in the Dark' are two short stories from the collection.

In 'The Coin of Dionysius' we first meet the suave sleuth Max Carrados, as he is called on by old friend Louis Carlyle to help determine whether an old coin is real or a clever fake.

In 'The Game Played in the Dark', Max Carrados is contacted by the British Museum about a horde of stolen ancient coins. On the lookout for the coins, he is intrigued by the approach of an Italian lady who takes him from the safety of his study to a meeting with some recognisable former adversaries....

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all round national treasure.

Fry has written and presented several documentary series, contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently on radio, reads for voice-overs and has written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and his latest, More Fool Me.]]>
2 Ernest Bramah Heidi 3 meh 3.24 2015 The Tales of Max Carrados
author: Ernest Bramah
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.24
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2022/12/27
date added: 2023/01/06
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<![CDATA[Burglars and Bluestockings (Wishes and Wellingtons Book 3)]]> 74763700 The third book in New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Julie Berry's magically adventurous Wishes and Wellingtons series, in which Maeve Merritt and her friends encounter charmed mirrors, meddling thieves, and a lady scholar who doesn't (yet!) believe in magic.

Maeve Merritt knows all about magic. After all, she found Mermeros the djinni in a sardine can! But not even magic can give her the freedom to do the daring things she wants to do in her life—things not allowed for girls in 1897. When Maeve and her friend Alice take a summer field trip to Oxford, though, they're amazed to see women as college students and even playing sports!

But just when it seems like her dreams might one day come true, thieves looking to steal Mermeros put Maeve and her friends in danger. With the help of two charmed silver mirrors, Maeve can outwit almost any burglar, but she knows magic will continue to cause her trouble at every turn. What if it's time to give up her djnnni once and for all? Is Maeve ready to throw away all her wishes?

The perfect book

Anyone searching for middle grade booksParents, teachers, or librarians looking for kids books ages 8 to 10Young fantasy readers ages 8-11Fans of historical fantasyEmpowering young girls
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363 Julie Berry 1728231531 Heidi 5 mg, fantasy 4.62 2022 Burglars and Bluestockings (Wishes and Wellingtons Book 3)
author: Julie Berry
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: mg, fantasy
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<![CDATA[Wishes and Wellingtons (Wishes and Wellingtons, #1)]]> 49181801
Soon an orphan boy from the charitable home next door, a mysterious tall man in ginger whiskers, a disgruntled school worker, and a take-no-prisoners business tycoon are in hot pursuit of Maeve and her magical discovery. It'll take all of her quick thinking and sass to set matters right.]]>
363 Julie Berry 1728223253 Heidi 5 mg, fantasy 3.88 2018 Wishes and Wellingtons (Wishes and Wellingtons, #1)
author: Julie Berry
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: mg, fantasy
review:

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<![CDATA[Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)]]> 6407514 Rin is sure that something is wrong with her . . . something really bad.

Something that is keeping her from feeling at home in the Forest homestead where she's lived all her life. Something that is keeping her from trusting herself with anyone at all.

When her brother Razo returns from the city for a visit, she accompanies him to the palace, hoping that she can find peace away from home. But war has come to Bayern again, and Rin is compelled to join the queen and her closest allies—magical girls Rin thinks of as the Fire Sisters—as they venture into the Forest toward Kel, the land where someone seems to want them all dead. Many beloved Bayern characters reappear in this story, but it is Rin's own journey of discovering how to balance the good and the bad in herself that drives this compelling adventure.]]>
389 Shannon Hale 1599901676 Heidi 4 adventure, ya, fantasy 4.04 2009 Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4)
author: Shannon Hale
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2022/01/01
date added: 2023/01/06
shelves: adventure, ya, fantasy
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Night 1617 Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.]]> 120 Elie Wiesel 0374500010 Heidi 2 started-but-didn-t-finish 4.38 1956 Night
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rating: 2
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Grand Theft Astro 58658568 It is the distant future, and Baird is a loner, a part time spy, and a notorious alleged thief. “Notorious� for the audacity of her crimes; “alleged� because nobody has ever been able to legally prove she committed any of them.

When the hush-hush agency known as the Toolbox recruits Baird, being a clandestine operative seems like a great way to get paid to do what she already does anyway. That is, until a mission goes wrong, and Baird is infected with a deadly virus. With only seven days to live, Baird has to complete a series of daring missions, each one designed to bring her closer to a cure.

Allegedly.

Baird suspects the Toolbox might not be telling her the whole truth. She’s not sure what to believe or who to trust.

And the clock is ticking.]]>
Scott Meyer Heidi 0 to-read 3.58 2021 Grand Theft Astro
author: Scott Meyer
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average rating: 3.58
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Once Upon a Wardrobe 61349358 Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncovering the truth behind his favorite story. The answer provides hope and healing and a magical journey for anyone whose life has ever been changed by a book.

1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a seventeen-year-old student of mathematics and physics at Oxford University. When her beloved eight-year-old brother asks Megs if Narnia is real, logical Megs tells him it’s just a book for children, and certainly not true. Homebound due to his illness, and remaining fixated on his favorite books, George presses her to ask the author of the recently released novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a question: “Where did Narnia come from?�

Despite her fear about approaching the famous author, who is a professor at her school, Megs soon finds herself taking tea with C. S. Lewis and his own brother Warnie, begging them for answers.

Rather than directly telling her where Narnia came from, Lewis encourages Megs to form her own conclusion as he slowly tells her the little-known stories from his own life that led to his inspiration. As she takes these stories home to George, the little boy travels farther in his imagination than he ever could in real life.

Lewis’s answers will reveal to Megs and her family many truths that science and math cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.]]>
278 Patti Callahan Henry 078525174X Heidi 0 to-read 4.38 2021 Once Upon a Wardrobe
author: Patti Callahan Henry
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Carnival Quest (The Candy Shop War, #3)]]> 61862211 The long-awaited finale of the best-selling series!


The Blue Falcons is a secret kid’s club that fights against a family of villainous magicians. Using an impressive arsenal of magical candy, Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon defeated Belinda White, a sinister candy shop owner who almost seized control of their town, and her brother, Jonas White, a maniacal arcade operator who tried to turn the planet into his personal puppet.


Now, the Blue Falcons believe they must battle the third sibling—Camilla, who has brought the Dreams and Screams International Carnival to their town of Colson, California.


Rumors are spreading about the new carnival. Those who visit feel compelled to return. Some who enter the labyrinthine Fun House disappear for days. And the Big Top is said to bewitch audience members.


The Blue Falcons think they know who is responsible and are ready to fight, but the carnival blocks any outside magic. Without their favorite enchanted treats, how can the kids save their town?


When weird dreams start to plague everyone who has visited the carnival, the worlds of magic and reality collide. With the help of a new magical enforcer, the Blue Falcons will need to learn to use the magic of the carnival against itself, including a host of new magical carnival candies, and tap into the power of their own dreams to battle their greatest adversary yet.

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390 Brandon Mull 1639930884 Heidi 0 to-read 4.16 Carnival Quest (The Candy Shop War, #3)
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Becoming Mrs. Lewis 39189837 In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice.

From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.� When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn’t holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters. Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing heartbreak and poverty, discovering friendship and faith, and against all odds, finding a love that even the threat of death couldn’t destroy.

In this masterful exploration of one of the greatest love stories of modern times, we meet a brilliant writer, a fiercely independent mother, and a passionate woman who changed the life of this respected author and inspired books that still enchant us and change us. Joy lived at a time when women weren’t meant to have a voice—and yet her love for Jack gave them both voices they didn’t know they had.

At once a fascinating historical novel and a glimpse into a writer’s life, Becoming Mrs. Lewis is above all a love story—a love of literature and ideas and a love between a husband and wife that, in the end, was not impossible at all.]]>
435 Patti Callahan Henry Heidi 0 to-read 4.04 2018 Becoming Mrs. Lewis
author: Patti Callahan Henry
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average rating: 4.04
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Once Upon a Wardrobe 57099601 Megs Devonshire sets out to fulfill her younger brother George’s last wish by uncovering the truth behind his favorite story. The answer provides hope and healing and a magical journey for anyone whose life has ever been changed by a book.

1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a seventeen-year-old student of mathematics and physics at Oxford University. When her beloved eight-year-old brother asks Megs if Narnia is real, logical Megs tells him it’s just a book for children, and certainly not true. Homebound due to his illness, and remaining fixated on his favorite books, George presses her to ask the author of the recently released novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe a question: “Where did Narnia come from?�

Despite her fear about approaching the famous author, who is a professor at her school, Megs soon finds herself taking tea with C. S. Lewis and his own brother Warnie, begging them for answers.

Rather than directly telling her where Narnia came from, Lewis encourages Megs to form her own conclusion as he slowly tells her the little-known stories from his own life that led to his inspiration. As she takes these stories home to George, the little boy travels farther in his imagination than he ever could in real life.

Lewis’s answers will reveal to Megs and her family many truths that science and math cannot, and the gift she thought she was giving to her brother—the story behind Narnia—turns out to be his gift to her, instead: hope.]]>
320 Patti Callahan Henry 0785251723 Heidi 0 to-read 4.31 2021 Once Upon a Wardrobe
author: Patti Callahan Henry
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.31
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<![CDATA[Witch Is When It All Began (A Witch P.I. Mystery, #1)]]> 25987394 When the going gets tough...

Private investigator, Jill Gooder, has been hired to find a serial killer because, as usual, the police can't buy a clue. Jill, the not so proud owner of a crazy, one-eyed cat, probably can't expect too much help from her PA/Secretary, Mrs V, who spends all day knitting.

And just in case all of that wasn't bad enough, Jill's just about to discover she's a witch.

...break out the custard creams.]]>
212 Adele Abbott Heidi 0 to-read 3.91 2015 Witch Is When It All Began (A Witch P.I. Mystery, #1)
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name: Heidi
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2015
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<![CDATA[The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)]]> 50794839 Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will drive him.
But power has its price.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.]]>
528 Suzanne Collins 1338635174 Heidi 0 to-read 3.87 2020 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story]]> 32722510 368 Diane Ackerman 0393354253 Heidi 0 nonfiction, wwii, adult Very good. 3.47 2007 The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
author: Diane Ackerman
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 2022/09/01
date added: 2022/10/11
shelves: nonfiction, wwii, adult
review:
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<![CDATA[Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson]]> 60130191
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class�: lessons in how to live.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.
--penguinrandomhouse]]>
192 Mitch Albom Heidi 0 to-read 4.45 1997 Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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name: Heidi
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1997
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<![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Akroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)]]> 60082808
However, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger’s friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over—none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot . . .]]>
247 Agatha Christie Heidi 5 adult, mystery 4.19 1926 The Murder of Roger Akroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1926
rating: 5
read at: 2022/03/01
date added: 2022/09/11
shelves: adult, mystery
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<![CDATA[The 143-Story Treehouse: Camping Trip Chaos!]]> 56978081
Andy and Terry live in a 143-story treehouse. (It used to be a 130-story treehouse, but they built another 13 stories.) It has a baked bean geyser that erupts on the hour every hour, a wrecking ball, a fish milkshake shack, a word-o-matic (it knows every word in the whole world!), a toffee apple orchard guarded by a kind-hearted scarecrow, and a camping ground.

Andy's been a bit stressed out lately, so Terry decides the perfect way to relax would be to head up to their new camping ground level for a much-needed vacation. But it turns out to be not quite as relaxing as planned. Terry forgets to pack the tent and the food, their attempt at fishing ends in disaster, the spooky campfire stories are a little too spooky and then, to make matters worse, all of Andy’s fellow campers start mysteriously disappearing. Can Andy brave the dark, dark woods and rescue them in time to finish writing their next book?

A Publishers Weekly Bestseller

Read the whole series!
The 13-Story Treehouse
The 26-Story Treehouse
The 39-Story Treehouse
The 52-Story Treehouse
The 65-Story Treehouse
The 78-Story Treehouse
The 91-Story Treehouse
The 104-Story Treehouse
The 117-Story Treehouse
The 130-Story Treehouse
The 143-Story Treehouse]]>
304 Andy Griffiths 125023610X Heidi 3 4.25 2021 The 143-Story Treehouse: Camping Trip Chaos!
author: Andy Griffiths
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle Book 2)]]> 24332524 Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a Bogle

Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles—until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who kills the child-eating monsters that hide in the shadows of Victorian London, needs a new apprentice. As more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves waging an underground war in a city where science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in every alley.]]>
341 Catherine Jinks 0544087356 Heidi 4 adventure, fantasy, mg 3.91 2013 A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle Book 2)
author: Catherine Jinks
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/08/27
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<![CDATA[The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ]]> 323355 From the Introduction:

The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible. It is a record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness of the everlasting gospel.

The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. Thsi group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.

The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.

After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, the a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and instructed him relative to the ancient record and its destined translation into the English language.

In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The record is now published in many languages as a new and additional witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that all who will come unto him and obey the laws and ordinances of his gospel may be saved.

Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."

In addition to Joseph Smith, the Lord provided for eleven others to see the gold plates for themselves and to be special witnesses of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. Their written testimonies are included herewith as "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" and "The Testimony of Eight Witnesses."

We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course an ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10: 3-5)

Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, that Joseph Smith is his revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord's kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the second coming of the Messiah.]]>
531 Joseph Smith Jr. 0967686563 Heidi 5 4.22 1830 The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
author: Joseph Smith Jr.
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1830
rating: 5
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Hannah 1021324 160 Jean-Claude Mourlevat 2266123130 Heidi 5 4.16 2002 Hannah
author: Jean-Claude Mourlevat
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/26
date added: 2022/08/27
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The Governess 31931602
Kate finds herself living in the woods in a refitted train car as she teaches the charming children of Alonzo, a tinker by trade. After trying in vain to secure another job, Kate is left with little choice. She must simply bide her time until a better position comes along. Soon, however, she abandons her preconceptions along with her bustle in favor of the joys of a simple life---and the possibility of true love. But when opportunity knocks, will Kate really be ready to walk away from all she has come to care about to pursue her high-society dreams?

If you enjoyed this book you would also like Heart's Journey, which is set in the 1860s in Canada.]]>
214 Kristen McKendry 1524400386 Heidi 1 4.00 The Governess
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average rating: 4.00
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There's so much wrong with this it's just scary.
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<![CDATA[Boldly, Nobly, and Independent: 1893�1955 (Saints, #3)]]> 59568763
After decades of opposition, the Latter-day Saints have dedicated the Salt Lake Temple, a mighty symbol of their industry and faith. Now, with a new century on the horizon, the Saints are optimistic about the future and ready to spread the Savior’s message of peace across the globe.

But the world is rapidly changing. Advances in transportation and communication allow people and information to cross vast distances in record time. And young people are venturing far from home as never before, seeking educational and professional opportunities their parents and grandparents could hardly imagine.

As the Church begins to take root in Europe, South America, and Asia, the Saints rejoice in the rise of the global Church. Yet many Church members are wary of the challenges the changing world poses to the cause of Zion. For with the bright promise of the new century comes dire economic hardships, brutal global wars, and other unprecedented trials.

Boldly, Nobly, and Independent is the third book in Saints, a new, four-volume narrative history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fast-paced, meticulously researched, and written under the direction of the First Presidency, Saints recounts true stories of Latter-day Saints across the globe and answers the Lord’s call to write a history “for the good of the church, and for the rising generations� (Doctrine and Covenants 69:8).]]>
757 1629726494 Heidi 5 lds, nonfiction 4.60 Boldly, Nobly, and Independent: 1893–1955 (Saints, #3)
author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.60
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<![CDATA[No Unhallowed Hand: 1846-1893 (Saints, #2)]]> 51330171
Finding a new home is only the beginning of their story. In their quest to serve God and build Zion, the exiled Saints struggle against new obstacles and greater persecutions. Stalwart women and men work together to forge communities where the faithful can gather near temples established for the glory of God and the redemption of the living and the dead. At the same time, hundreds of missionaries journey to distant lands to invite others to come to Christ and help establish Zion.]]>
675 Heidi 5 lds, nonfiction 4.55 2020 No Unhallowed Hand: 1846-1893 (Saints, #2)
author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Bubba and the Dead Woman (Bubba Snoddy, #1)]]> 17044998 300 C.L. Bevill 1480174424 Heidi 0 to-read 3.97 2010 Bubba and the Dead Woman (Bubba Snoddy, #1)
author: C.L. Bevill
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4)]]> 60279809 A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches--in this action-packed mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry.

It is summer 1934, and Hitler is teetering on the edge of supreme power. Any small step forward could vault him toward European domination. When Britain's MI6 gets word that a German scientist has made a breakthrough in germ warfare, they send Elena Standish on a dangerous mission to get him out of Germany before he's forced to share his knowledge and its devastating power with Hitler's elite.

But the British soon learn that it's more than just time that Elena is working against. The new head of Germany's germ warfare division is an old enemy of Elena's grandfather Lucas, the former head of MI6. And he's bent on using any means to avenge his defeat at Lucas's hands twenty years before.

What starts as an effort to save Europe from the devastation of disease soon becomes an intensely personal fight. With Elena's every decision challenged, this compelling mystery takes a searing look at what it means to do what's right in a world rife with so much evil.]]>
288 Anne Perry 0593359070 Heidi 0 to-read 3.81 2022 A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4)
author: Anne Perry
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average rating: 3.81
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<![CDATA[A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)]]> 61111241 A personal trip turns perilous for Elena Standish after the murder of a British spy forces her to face dark family secrets in this exciting 1930s mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry.

"An absorbing and calculating thriller/mystery that grabs the reader from the first page."--Great Mysteries and Thrillers

On her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother's wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena's grandparents are marking a milestone anniversary by throwing an elaborate party with the influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent political industrialist. Even President and First Lady Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are there, and Elena takes pride in capturing the illustrious guests on camera. But the festivities come to a sudden and tragic end when one of the guests, Lila Worth, is run over by a car in the driveway outside. Elena believes Lila was trying to tell her something before her death, and when a call from her employer back home, MI6, confirms that Lila was a British spy, Elena pairs with a fellow agent to find out what vital information the young woman had in her possession.

Soon an arrest is made in Lila's murder, and to Elena's horror, the accused is none other than her own grandfather, who claims his political enemies are trying to frame him. But who are these enemies, and how can Elena defend this man she barely knows? Nevertheless, determined to clear his name and save her family from disgrace, she delves into the details of her grandfather's investments and discovers that his business secrets run deep. As Elena begins to question his loyalties, she wonders if she can trust anyone in this threatening new world order.]]>
336 Anne Perry 0593159381 Heidi 0 to-read 3.61 2021 A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)
author: Anne Perry
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average rating: 3.61
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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True Loaf 57768260
When a strange man puts in a strange request at the bakery where she works, Riley must go on a mini-adventure to find one unusual ingredient. Along the way, she realizes that things are not always what they seem.

A micro-story.]]>
12 Austen Johnson Heidi 0 to-read 3.64 2019 True Loaf
author: Austen Johnson
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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AfterMath 54222486 This book is a gift to the culture. --Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist


After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, twelve-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new kid at school--especially in a grade full of survivors of a shooting that happened four years ago. Without the shared past that both unites and divides her classmates, Lucy feels isolated and unable to share her family's own loss, which is profoundly different from the trauma of her peers.

Lucy clings to her love of math, which provides the absolute answers she craves. But through budding friendships and an after-school mime class, Lucy discovers that while grief can take many shapes and sadness may feel infinite, love is just as powerful.]]>
272 Emily Barth Isler 154159911X Heidi 0 to-read 4.31 2021 AfterMath
author: Emily Barth Isler
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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Farmer Boy (Little House, #2) 8252 384 Laura Ingalls Wilder 0060885386 Heidi 0 to-read 4.08 1933 Farmer Boy (Little House, #2)
author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1933
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)]]> 8253 400 Laura Ingalls Wilder 0060885432 Heidi 0 to-read 4.19 1941 Little Town on the Prairie  (Little House, #7)
author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1941
rating: 0
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The Old Man and the Sea 2165 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.]]>
96 Ernest Hemingway 0684830493 Heidi 5 3.81 1952 The Old Man and the Sea
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1952
rating: 5
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The Time Machine 2493
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.  There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.  Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

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118 H.G. Wells Heidi 4 3.91 1895 The Time Machine
author: H.G. Wells
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1895
rating: 4
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 51496 139 Robert Louis Stevenson 0451528956 Heidi 3 3.84 1886 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1886
rating: 3
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

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"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]>
244 Mark Twain Heidi 5 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
author: Mark Twain
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1876
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<![CDATA[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]> 60671823 Chris Riddell's brilliant new full-colour illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favourite classic.

First published by Macmillan more than 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll’s iconic story has been loved and enjoyed by generations of children.

This edition presents Lewis Carroll's complete text, with new illustrations from Costa Award- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Chris Riddell. Published 200 years after the birth of Alice’s first illustrator, Sir John Tenniel, also the political cartoonist of his time, Chris Riddell's illustrations set a new bar in terms of excellence with his unique, rich and evocative interpretation of Carroll's world.

With the curious, quick-witted Alice at its heart, readers will not only rediscover characters such as the charming White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the grinning Cheshire Cat but will find fresh and wonderful creations of these characters by a true master of his art,; images that will live in our hearts and minds for generations to come.]]>
320 Lewis Carroll 152900246X Heidi 5 4.08 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
author: Lewis Carroll
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1865
rating: 5
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The Witches 6327 Note: This edition shares ISBN 0590032496 with another edition.

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them.]]>
208 Roald Dahl 0590032496 Heidi 0 to-read 4.18 1981 The Witches
author: Roald Dahl
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1981
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<![CDATA[Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)]]> 99107 161 A.A. Milne 0525467564 Heidi 5 4.37 1928 Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
author: A.A. Milne
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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The Lorax 7784 "Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better... It's not."

Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.

His classic cautionary tale is now available in an irresistible mini-edition, perfect for backpack or briefcase, for Arbor Day, Earth Day, and every day.]]>
72 Dr. Seuss 0679889108 Heidi 3 4.35 1971 The Lorax
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1971
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Noodle and the No Bones Day (Noodle and Jonathan)]]> 60137605 From the creator of the viral “Bones or No Bones� TikTok videos comes a sweet and entertaining picture book following Noodle the pug and his human as they navigate Noodle’s first No Bones Day—a day for being kind to yourself!

Noodle is a sweet, silly old pug who enjoys doing all his favorite activities with his favorite human, Jonathan. But one day when Jonathan goes to take Noodle on his morning walk, he finds Noodle still comfortable in bed. When Jonathan lifts Noodle up, Noodle just flops over. It’s almost like Noodle woke up without any bones!

Noodle isn’t sick or sad—but he also isn’t interested in going for walks or sitting outside (he will accept snacks, though). Today, all he needs are extra snuggles and belly rubs. Jonathan soon learns that not every day can be a Bones Day, and sometimes a No Bones Day is exactly what you need to get through the week.]]>
32 Jonathan Graziano 1665927119 Heidi 0 to-read 4.50 2022 Noodle and the No Bones Day (Noodle and Jonathan)
author: Jonathan Graziano
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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George's Marvellous Medicine 74532 120 Roald Dahl 0224064908 Heidi 0 to-read 4.05 1981 George's Marvellous Medicine
author: Roald Dahl
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Heidi: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre]]> 25064316 96 Johanna Spyri 8467728833 Heidi 5 4.28 1880 Heidi: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre
author: Johanna Spyri
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1880
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)]]> 854252 Pioneer for a New Century

Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls.

Rose and her parents, Laura and Almanzo, say good-bye to Ma and Pa Ingalls and Laura's sisters. In a covered wagon containing all their possessions, they make their way across the drought-stricken Midwest to the lush green valleys of southern Missouri. The journey is long and not always easy, but at the end is the promise of a new home and a new life for the Wilders.

Little House on Rocky Ridge is the first book in The Rose Years, an ongoing series about another spirited girl from America's most beloved pioneer family.]]>
353 Roger Lea MacBride 0064404781 Heidi 0 to-read 3.93 1993 Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)
author: Roger Lea MacBride
name: Heidi
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)]]> 8337
Little House in the Big Woods takes place in 1871 and introduces us to four-year-old Laura, who lives in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. She shares the cabin with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their lovable dog, Jack.

Pioneer life isn’t easy for the Ingalls family, since they must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But they make the best of every tough situation. They celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, do their spring planting, bring in the harvest in the fall, and make their first trip into town. And every night, safe and warm in their little house, the sound of Pa’s fiddle lulls Laura and her sisters into sleep.

The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura’s real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier, and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.]]>
224 Laura Ingalls Wilder 0060885378 Heidi 5 4.21 1932 Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1932
rating: 5
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Corduroy 231850 Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time...

Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear she's always wanted. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn—he's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. And where better to start than with a quick search through the department store for a new button!

Corduroy, with his unaffected simplicity and childlike emotion, is one of the best-loved bears in children's books. His story has become an irresistible childhood classic, as basic and appealing as a small bear's desire for a home and a friend and the perfect fulfillment found in the devotion of a young girl.

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, and moved to New York City to study art, making his living as a jazz trumpeter. With this loss of his trumpet on a subway train, Mr. Freeman turned his talents to art full-time. In the 1940s he began writing and illustrating children's books; his many popular titles include Beady Bear, Dandelion, Mop Top, Norman the Doorman, and his follow-up to Corduroy, A Pocket For Corduroy. At the time of his death in 1978, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Ingeniousness and humor, theatricality and commonality, humanity and beauty: these elements survive in his picture books."

Edition MSRP: U.S. $16⁹⁹ / CAN. $21⁰⁰ (ISBN 978-0-670-24133-0)
Reinforced Binding. Age Group: 3-8.]]>
32 Don Freeman 0670241334 Heidi 5 4.33 1968 Corduroy
author: Don Freeman
name: Heidi
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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