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Steeple Hill
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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"At last, Meredith Worthington is returning to Angel Falls, Montana. Now that she's escaped the matchmaking and scheming of her East Coast finishing school, she can follow her dream of becoming a teacher. And perhaps get to know Shane Connelly, the intriguing new wrangler on her father's ranch.... Shane had a bellyful of 'eligible ladies' back East. So he left them--and his high-society family--behind. Meredith reminds him of everything he'd like...
3) Button holed
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After Josie Giancola's shop, the Button Box, is ransacked and a customer is murdered, Josie finds she's also the target of a killer.
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Tugs Esther Button was born to a luckless family. Buttons don't presume to be singers or dancers. They aren't athletes or artists, good listeners, or model citizens. The one time a Button ever made the late Goodhue Gazette - before Harvey Moore came along with his talk of launching a new paper - was when Great Grandaddy Ike accidentally set Town Hall ablaze. Tomboy Tugs looks at her hapless family and sees her own reflection looking back until she...
5) Button Down
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Ever since local boy Lester Ward got drafted by the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, Tugs Button's scrawny cousin Ned can think of nothing but football. Sure, Lester's younger bully of a brother is determined to keep Ned and his gang from ever getting near a real pickup game. But Ned has a few things going for him: he can catch and sometimes even throw, much to his surprise. And he's got his eccentric grandpa Ike, who may have less get-up-and-go these...
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The uniquely packaged Hot Buttons Series is an accessible, quick-reference resource that parents can use to equip their children to make the right decisions, even in the face of peer pressure and outside influences. More than just another how-to manual, Hot Button Internet edition offers practical real-life situations that parents can read and discuss with their preteens. Author, mom, and broadcaster, Nicole O'Dell provides short scenarios followed...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Grateful when she is hired as the Davises' maid, Ruby Ballard vows to use her wages to save her family's farm. There's just one problem: the boss's handsome son, Lorenzo. He makes her forget family duty; forget her lowly place - but his love is a gift that could never be hers. Lorenzo knows Ruby is the only woman he could marry, yet the quiet beauty refuses his courtship. As the holidays approach, he is determined to make both their wishes come true....
8) Hot Buttons
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From dating to drugs, modesty to purity, morals to popularity, teens face all sorts of tough issues. How teens respond to these challenges will influence their future, possibly define their future, maybe even determine whether they have a future or not.
Following four successful books in the uniquely packaged Hot Buttons Series, author, mom, and broadcaster, Nicole O'Dell now debuts another book on one of the most prevalent issues in the lives of...
9) The Button
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When Pete and Gary Godfrey stumble upon a skeleton in an ancient burial chamber, their lives are forever altered. They activate a bizarre crystal cube clasped in the skeleton's hand, and once its terrifying power has been awakened, things quickly spiral out of their control. The brothers have put themselves and the entire city of New York in danger, and soon they fall into the crosshairs of an NSA agent driven by a shadowy agenda. The deadly implications...
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Paris in 1921 is the city of freedom, where hatless and footloose Kiki Button can drink champagne and dance until dawn. She works as a gossip columnist, partying with the rich and famous, the bohemian and strange, using every moment to create a new woman from the ashes of her war-worn self. While on the modelling dais, Picasso gives her a job: to find his wife's portrait, which has gone mysteriously missing. That same night, her spymaster from the...
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Bottomless Belly Button is a comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn't itself shocking: they're "just not in love any more." The announcement sparks a week long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy (and possibly haunted) beach house. The eldest child,...
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What if you could travel from one place and immediately appear somewhere else like Philip the Evangelist did? Join Button Willow on her epic family adventure as she matures into one of the Travelers that existed throughout the centuries. Button Willow, fueled by her imaginiativeness, battles the darkness to set the captives free. Come join Button and her vibrant family, friends, and heavenly principalities in her first of three adventures.
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All the Button Street children deserve a good home...
Alone and on the streets after their mother ends up in hospital, Charlie has promised his little sister Maisie he'll never let her feel frightened again. That promise is hard to keep when Maisie falls ill.
Hope comes in the shape of Susan and the other nurses at the local hospital. Times are tough and lately they've seen even more children come through their doors who need kindness and a loving...
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Two orphans must battle heartache and despair in the latest novel from the bestselling author of An Orphan's Courage and The Orphans of Halfpenny Street.
When Jonny's mother dies, he is taken in by his neighbor, Martha. Small for his age, he is picked on by a local gang so joins the boxing club run by the local Bobby and learns to defend himself.
Jonny's older brother, Archie, arrives back on the scene and things seem to look up, but when a...
15) Newfound friends
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Happy Fox Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The sun is shining and it's a beautiful day outside!
In this second tale in the ongoing children's book series from Jim Shore, A Button and Squeaky Adventure, Button is excited to enjoy the day outside with his new friend, Squeaky, who has only ever known the attic.
Squeaky is a bit nervous to leave the comforts of the attic, but he soon sees the sky for the first time and is excited by the thrill of playing in the park!
This beautifully illustrated...
16) Newfound Friends
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A teddy bear and his balloon dog best friend try new things, explore the park, and make new friends in this delightful story about friendship.
Button the teddy bear and Squeaky the balloon dog wake up to a beautiful, sunny day! Although Squeaky has never left the attic before, Button encourages him, and they set out to spend the day at the park to find their next adventure. They soon make two new friends, Pinky and Acorn, and the exciting adventures...
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Danny gets a terrible start in life and runs away from his drunken father when he thrashes him to within an inch of his life. But life on the streets is no better and he falls into the clutches of evil men, finding that being big and strong for his age is no protection from the people who want to do him harm.
Help comes in the form of Constable Jones, who is determined to help out the children who need it, and new friends Ron and Cassie, who are...
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"When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box entered Gwendy's life again. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation that box represented. Now, evil forces...
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The emotional, heartrending story from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street and An Orphan's Dream Can he find a new family? Schoolboy Luke runs away to London, far from the abusive orphanage where he grew up. Desperate not to end up as a petty criminal, forced to beg for scraps on the street. Luke wanders the East End docks searching for honest employment and a morsel of food. Longing to be a part of the close-knit community,...
20) The Button Man
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A visit from Button Man means only one thing: someone wants you dead.
Duke is born into the world a hired killer. Then one fateful night, the unthinkable occurs and in the most tragic of moments, a promise is made. That promise is kept for almost fifteen years, until he comes face-to-face with a target he never expects and a future he never sees coming.
Kelly spends his days in a classroom, while his nights couldn't be more different. Unbeknownst...