|
|
|
|  | Angel Face by Catherine Anderson
Maggie Stanley grabs her baby and flees a dangerous, hurtful life. In her loneliest hour, a handsome, down-and-out stranger's compassion shines like a torch in the darkness. But can Maggie ever trust another man? AUTHOR: Catherine Anderson
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
|
 | His Insignificant Other by Karen V. Siplin
Casey, who lives in Brooklyn, gets mad at her Manhattan boyfriend John Paul when he`s unfaithful, and refuses to sleep with him. Then she meets a sexy firefighter conveniently located near her apartment in Brooklyn. In this very New York City novel, it looks like their relationship has a chance. AUTHOR: Karen V. Siplin
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
|
 | Where Are You Going? to See My Friend! by Eric Carle, Kazuo Iwamura
Legendary author/illustrator Eric Carle pairs with Kazuo Iwamura to create a picture book full of rhyme and repetition, in a question-and-response format that will delight young readers. WHERE ARE YOU GOING/ TO SEE MY FRIEND! is a uniquely bilingual celebration of friendship, half in English, half in Japanese, with a Japanese pronunciation guide. Each half is illustrated respectively by Mr. Carle and Mr. Iwamura; the two parts merge in the center of the book in a beautiful eight-page gatefold, with song music and lyrics in Japanese and English. Here, Carle and Iwamura`s stories and art come together, as the friends finally meet, in a brilliant handshake of culture, language, and music. AUTHOR: Eric Carle, Kazuo Iwamura
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
|
 | Messenger by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Some whispered that she had come at the worst possible moment. Others claimed that God had surely sent her as a messenger to her grief-stricken mother, come to tell her that her husband was in heaven. Born a week to the day after the tragic death of her father, Frances Chopp came into the world during a period of hard times for her immigrant family. In the years that followed, Frances needed every scrap of strength, conviction, and insight that she could muster up to put together the puzzle of her family's past and discover the gifts that would enable her to grow into a brilliant and vibrant young woman. Set in mining boomtowns in the years between the two world wars, MESSENGER is the story of a girl's determination to find her voice and herself. AUTHOR: Virginia Frances Schwartz
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
|
 | We by Clarence Brown, Mirra Ginsburg, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Emperor`s New Clothes Press
Description not available.The narrator describes a state in which the individuals have given up their freedom for materialistic rewards, in this utopian satire AUTHOR: Clarence Brown, Mirra Ginsburg, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Emperor`s New Clothes Press
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
|
 | Chanur's Homecoming by C. J. Cherryh
As a human spacefleet approaches, the peoples of Compact Space find themselves disorganized and descending into chaos. And once again, the long-suffering crew of the merchant starship the Pride of Chanur are at the epicenter of a political and military maelstrom that threatens the very existence of space. AUTHOR: C. J. Cherryh
PUBLISHER: D A W Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
|
|
|
