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1) Julia's hope
Author
Series
Wortham family volume 1
Language
English
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Like countless others in 1931, Samuel Wortham lost his job. And he lost his wife's inheritance, their home, and much of his self-respect. Samuel, his wife, Julia, and their two young children hitchhike from Pennsylvania to Illinois in hope of work. Caught on the road by a sudden storm, the Worthams take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse out of desperation. Feeling oddly at home, Julia insists on finding the owner of the property, despite Samuel's...
5) 61 hours
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces--and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
9) The storm
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
When a fierce storm threatens their seaside home, Jim and his mother take refuge at his grandmother's house up the hill.
11) Out of the dust
Author
Language
English
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Description
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
13) Blue on blue
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and illustrations depict the swell and quieting of a storm.
Author
Language
English
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Description
This is the story of a woman forging a new life for herself after her marriage has foundered, shutting up her beloved Devonshire house and making a home for her two young children in London, elated at completing the collection of poems she foresees will make her name. It is also the story of a woman struggling to maintain her mental equilibrium, to absorb the pain of her husband's betrayal and to resist her mother's engulfing love. It is the story...
15) Ice: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
As a brewing ice storm approaches, and despite the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly Helton, combat veteran Gabriel McQueen makes the long haul to the middle of nowhere to find out whether she is safe and sound. Spotting strangers in Lolly's home--one of them packing a weapon--Gabriel rescues Lolly from her captors ... but when the escape is discovered, the heat--and the hunt--are on.
Author
Language
Español
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Description
A big storm is approaching, and Katie, her parents, and all her neighbors head to the grocery store to stock up on necessities--and Katie gets a lesson in smart shopping.
"Se acerca una gran tormenta, Katie, sus padres y todos los vecinos van a la tienda de comestibles para comprar provisiones. En la tienda, Katie aprende una lección sobre cómo ser un comprador responsable"--
Author
Series
Baxter family series. Standalone novels volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Kari Baxter's wedding day, a building storm brings conflict and doubt to the family until a moment of danger reveals important truths, which could bring them back together or tear them apart.
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