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- Friends and strangers : a novel / by Sullivan, J. Courtney,author.;
- "From the best-selling author of Maine, a gorgeous, compulsively-readable novel that tells the story of the complex relationship between two women, Elisabeth, a privileged new mother and writer attempting to find her footing after childbirth, and Sam, the idealistic, working-class college student she hires to nanny her young son"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Female friendship; Mothers; Authors; College students;
- My dark Vanessa : a novel / by Russell, Kate Elizabeth,author.;
- Seventeen years ago, bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye became entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. Now, amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager, and who professed to worship only her, may be far different from what she has always believed?
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sex crimes; Teacher-student relationships; Teenage girls;
- My dark Vanessa [sound recording] : a novel / by Russell, Kate(Kate Elizabeth),author.; Gummer, Grace,1986-narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Grace Gummer.Seventeen years ago, bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye became entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. Now, amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager, and who professed to worship only her, may be far different from what she has always believed?
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Sex crimes; Teacher-student relationships; Teenage girls;
- Wildfire : a novel / by Grace, Hannah,author.;
- "Maple Hills students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts cross paths at a party celebrating the end of the academic year, where a drinking game results in them having a passionate one-night stand. Never one to overstay her welcome (or expect much from a man), Aurora slips away before Russ even has the chance to ask for her full name. Imagine their surprise when they bump into each other on the first day of the summer camp where they are both counselors, hoping to escape their complicated home lives by spending the summer working. Russ hopes if he gets far enough away from Maple Hills, he can avoid dealing with the repercussions of his father's gambling addiction, while Aurora is tired of craving attention from everyone around her, and wants to go back to the last place she truly felt at home. Russ knows breaking the camp's strict "no staff fraternizing" rule will have him heading back to Maple Hills before the summer is over, but unfortunately for him, Aurora has never been very good at caring about the rules. Will the two learn to peacefully coexist? Or did their one night together start a fire they can't put out?"--
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Camp counselors; College students; Man-woman relationships;
- Killingly / by Beutner, Katharine,author.;
- "Bertha Mellish, "the most peculiar, quiet, reserved girl" at Mount Holyoke College, is missing. One cold November morning the junior is spotted walking through the Massachusetts woods; then, she vanishes. As a search team dredges the pond where she might have drowned, Bertha's panicked father and sister arrive at the campus desperate to find some clue as to her fate or state of mind. Bertha's best friend, Agnes, a scholarly loner studying medicine, might know the truth, but she is being unhelpfully tightlipped, inciting the suspicions of Bertha's family, her classmates, and the private investigator hired by the Mellish family doctor. As secrets from Agnes and Bertha's lives come to light, so do the competing agendas driving each person who is searching for Bertha. Where did Bertha go? Who would want to hurt her? And could she still be alive? Edmund White Award-winning author Katharine Beutner crafts a real-life unsolved mystery into an immersive, unforgettable work of literary crime fiction--a beautifully drawn historical portrait of queerness, family trauma, and the risks faced by women who dared to pursue unconventional paths at the end of the 19th century"--
- Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Women college students;
- Mr. Miracle [text (large print)] : a Christmas novel / by Macomber, Debbie,author.;
- "A heartwarming Christmas novel of romance, hope, and the comforts of home. Harry Mills is a guardian angel on a mission: help twenty-four-year-old Addie Folsom get her life back on track--and, if the right moment strikes, help her find love. Posing as a teacher at a local college in Tacoma, Washington, Harry is up to the task, but not even he can predict the surprises that lay in store. After trying to make it on her own, Addie has returned home to Tacoma for the holidays, but this time she plans to stay for good, enrolling in the local community college to earn her degree. What she doesn't plan to do is run into Erich Simmons. Addie and her next-door neighbor, Erich, are like night and day. Growing up, he was popular and outgoing while she was rebellious and headstrong, and he never missed an opportunity to tease her. Now she intends to avoid him entirely, yet when they're suddenly forced to spend Christmas together, Addie braces for trouble. Perhaps it's the spirit of the season or the magic of mistletoe, but Addie and Erich soon find they have more in common than they thought--and that two people who seem so wrong for each other may actually be just right. With a little prompting from a certain angelic teacher, the two are in for a holiday miracle they'll never forget"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Large print books.; Romance fiction.; Guardian angels; Women college students; Man-woman relationships; Christmas;
- President of the whole fifth grade / by Winston, Sherri.;
- To gain leadership skills needed to run a cupcake-baking empire when she grows up, Brianna runs for president of the fifth grade--expecting little competition--until a new girl enters the race.LSC
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Student government; Leadership; Baking; Schools;
- © 2012, c2010., Little, Brown,
- Dial M for Morna / by Munday, Evan.;
- The Dead Kid Detective Agency embark on another (mis)adventure set against a backdrop of yuletide pandemonium. October Schwartz and her five deadliest friends discover dark supernatural forces at work in Sticksville, where they are hot on the trail of those responsible for Morna MacIsaac<U+2019>s death in 1914. When her living friend Yumi becomes the target of a menacing harassment campaign at school, October and her ghostly friends must face the challenge of solving two concurrent mysteries at once. LSC
- Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; Christmas stories.; Teenagers; High school students; Bullying in schools; Dead; Murder;
- © c2013., ECW Press,
- Mia's sweet surprises / by Simon, Coco.; Roode, Laura.;
- Mia goes on vacation and meets up with the girls from the Sprinkle Sundays series in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series! Things are slow at the cupcake shop this summer, and so when Mia's dad invites her on a long weekend trip to meet some of his college friends, she jumps at the chance-especially when she hears they have daughters her age. It turns out the girls work in an ice cream shop. Not only does Mia end up making new friends-she comes back with a new invention for the Cupcake Girls: an ice-cream cone cupcake!Ages 8-12.LSC
- Subjects: Middle school students; Friendship; Cupcakes; Vacations;
- Abbott Elementary. [videorecording] / by Brunson, Quinta,creator.; Davis, William Stanford,actor.; James, Janelle,actor.; Perfetti, Chris,actor.; Ralph, Sheryl Lee,actor.; Walter, Lisa Ann,1963-actor.; Williams, Tyler James,1992-actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;
- Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, William Stanford Davis.In this workplace comedy a group of teachers is brought together in a Philadelphia public school, because they love teaching. Though outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Classroom environment; Elementary school teachers; Elementary schools; Teacher-student relationships;
- For private home use only.
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