Central Kansas Library System

A portrait of desire and betrayal in Old New York. As Newland prepares to marry the docile May, his world is forever changed by the return of the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska.

To Jonathan, Mary was a loving mate, helping him to reap the rich harvest from the land. To Aaron, she was a dear friend. But then Jonathan asked of his brother what he could ask of no other man.

Peter finds himself stuck with Fudge & Sheila the Cootie Queen for three whole weeks! Will Peter be able to survive the summer? It may not be the vacation of his dreams, but is certainly won't be dull!

This is the story of one family whose history saw slavery at its very rawness. It is a story of pride, determination, struggle and hope. And of the piece of land that holds them together through it all

As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything: power, position, a career and a family that mean everything to him and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell's life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation,...

The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.

Clete's father is killed in an automobile accident and his mother drinks and beats him, so he runs away from home.

The Rossos have ten kids in their family. It means fun but it also means lots of rules. When they move to the country, everyone wants a pet and keeps a secret one. But the Rosso rule is NO PETS

In 1944 a little boy is sent to stay with his grandmother. Grandma cooks for nine men who are building a road from Minnesota to Canada.

Jessie and her best friends in boarding school have always loved their teacher, Miss Muller who is half Irish and half German. But then war breaks out and the students begin to think differently