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Mattie Rigsbee is a strong-minded senior citizen. When delinquent Wesley Benfield drops into her life, he is an even less likely companion than her stray dog.

"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another.

No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill.

Rennie is in Uruguay when his cousins discover a secret cache at their dead grandfather's cottage. Thousands of dollars in foreign currencies. A mystifying notebook.

Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she's ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspap

"Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Kenzie's dog is stolen by a dog-fighting operation. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this mystery for teen readers, Riley Donovan uncovers the truth about the death of a popular high school football player.

In this middle-grade novel, Rennie ends up on a ski trip with Grandma and stumbles on a murder plot.

In this chilling graphic novel, Truman, the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder, struggles to find the truth.

Preston Clearwater is scoring cash working a car-theft ring in post-World War II North Carolina.

Beginning with an engagement announcement and ending with the birth of a son, the author gives a charming and utterly convincing snapshot of the first few years of a modern Southern marriage.

Lil Olive, the leader of a group of feisty elderly women, decides that she is restless at the Rosehaven nursing home. Lil and her friends need some excitement in their dull lives.

When a football player from Riley Donovan's school falls to his death from the top of a recreation center, a hunch makes her wonder if he was pushed. But who would do such a thing, and why?

In the depths of winter, a woman wanders off in the snow. She is a popular former teacher and wife of a local policeman. A full-blown search begins.