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LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl . The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in... (more)

Someone Like Summer

by M. E. Kerr

Annabel first sees him playing soccer near her house. His name is Esteban—she sees it on the back of his team shirt. He notices her, smiles, then looks back over his shoulder at her again. It is the beginning of summer in the resort town of Seaview. It is also the start of a romance between a young Colombian who came to town to work and the daughter of a local contractor whose crews are entirely Latino—new... (more)

Now and Then

by Robert B. Parker

When a simple case turns into a treacherous and politically charged investigation, Spenser faces his most difficult challenge yet-keeping his cool while his beloved Susan Silverman is in danger. Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his... (more)

Something ShadyPamela Morsi

Something Shady

by Pamela Morsi

Shocking all of Venice, Missouri, when she bobs her hair, Gertrude Barkley is secretly admired from afar by Polish immigrant and successful businessman Mikolai Stefanski, until a scandalous misunderstanding brings them together.

Here Comes the Bride

by Pamela Morsi

There comes a time in every woman's life when she must get herself a man or give up the idea entirely... After three long years of patiently waiting for her reluctant, handsome, gentlemanly Amos Dewey, to pop the question, Augusta Mudd--owner of her small town's biggest factory--decides it's time to take matters in her own hands. With the help of her friend, ruggedly attractive Rome Akers, she's determined to... (more)

Plant Life

by Pamela Duncan

Her luminous first novel, Moon Women , won the hearts of both readers and critics, who called it “richly textured...a pleasure to be savored by a writer to watch.” ( Kirkus Reviews ) Now Pamela Duncan returns to the rich landscape of the human heart with a lush, resonant novel about mothers and daughters, about family and friendship, about a woman at a turning point in her life and the extraordinary world she... (more)

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Love, Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

Someone Like Summer

by M. E. Kerr

Now and Then

by Robert B. Parker

Something Shady

by Pamela Morsi

Here Comes the Bride

by Pamela Morsi

Plant Life

by Pamela Duncan