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    By Lackey, Lindsay
     2019., Ages 8-12, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Y LAC   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red's heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she's quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother's chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs,"--Amazon.com.
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    By Brunstetter, Wanda E
     c2010., Adults, Barbour Call No: FIC BRU    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Brides of Lehigh Canal   Volume: #2Summary Note: "Betsy Nelson can hardly accept her father's retirement, but she knows his failing heart demands it. She leaves her life in the city and returns home to care for him. It hurts to see a new pastor taking her papa's place, but Betsy didn't expect Pastor William Covington to be so charming and handsome. The Covington family's wealth and status in Buffalo hold no appeal for William. His greatest desire is to minister to others. He is delighted, then, when a church in Walnutport, Pennsylvania, calls him to be their pastor. Can he ever fill the shoes of Reverend Nelson, who has lovingly served this small canal community for years? When they clearly disagree on methods of ministry, can Betsy and William find common ground on which to work together for the better of the... townspeople? After being left once before at the altar, William vowed to serve the Lord alone. But that was before Betsy's return."--Back cover.
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    By Bohjalian, Christopher A
     c2002., Adult, Shaye Areheart Books Call No: FIC BOH   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Terry and Laura Sheldon lose their 9-year-old twins in a flash flood. After a year of putting their lives back together, the couple, who are unable to have more children, decide to adopt a 10-year-old African American boy.
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    By Skurzynski, Gloria  Ferguson, Alane
     c1999., Ages 3-6, National Geographic Society Call No: YM SKU    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Mysteries in our national parks   Volume: #2Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.
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    By Nixon, Joan Lowery
     2000., 5-8; 6.3, Gareth Stevens Pub. Call No: Y NIX   Edition: [Large print ed.].    Availability:0 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Orphan train adventures   Volume: #5Summary Note: In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.
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    By Miles, Ellen
     2011., Ages 7-13, Scholastic Call No: G MIL    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Kitty corner.Summary Note: When Mia discovers that Duchess's owner is moving, she offers to help. But it won't be easy finding someone who will want to spoil the pretty white Persian.
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    By Thaler, Mike, 1936-  Lee, Jared D.
     c1994., Ages 4-8, Troll Associates Call No: E THA    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Funny firstsSummary Note: After hearing family members describe root canals, capped teeth, and drills, Snarvey Gooper becomes fearful about going to the dentist.
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    By Skurzynski, Gloria  Ferguson, Alane
     c2000., Ages 3-6, National Geographic Society Call No: YM SKU    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Mysteries in our national parks   Volume: #6Summary Note: Visiting Zion National Park with his family, twelve-year-old Jack encounters two mysteries, the strange behavior of a band of wild mustangs and the possibly sinister actions of his new foster brother, a Shoshone boy.
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    By Frandsen, Karen G
     c1987., Ages 4-8, Childrens Press Call No: E FRA    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A child names all the urgent things that need to be done before going to the doctor for a shot, such as brushing teeth, doing homework, and taking cookies to a sick friend in Alaska.
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    By Forman, Gayle
     2010, c2009., Young Adult, Speak Call No: [Fic] FOR    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
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    By Hunter, Denise, 1968-
     [2016]., Adults, Thomas Nelson Call No: FIC HUN    Availability:0 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Summer Harbor   Volume: #3Summary Note: "Riley Callahan's plans to reveal his secret feelings for his best friend are ruined when his life is drastically altered in Afghanistan...Watching the love of his life falling for his brother was enough to send Riley straight to boot camp. But over a year later, he's officially a marine, and Beau and Paige are no longer an item. When Riley's tour in Afghanistan is up, he intends to confess his feelings to Paige and win his best friend's heart once and for all...But all that changes when an IED takes the life of a comrade and leaves Riley an amputee. Now he's heading home, injured and troubled. His plans to win Paige are a distant dream. She deserves so much more than the man that's left. All he can do now is put some healthy distance between them. But upon his return he discovers his family has arranged for him to stay with Paige. Paige is a nurturer at heart and happy to take care of her best buddy. By all appearances he's adjusting miraculously well to his disability. But as the days pass, Paige begins to see that the smiles and laughter are just a mask for the pain he's hiding. He has nightmares and mood swings, and his unwavering independence keeps him from accepting help from anyone, including her. To make matters worse, her job is in serious jeopardy. The animal shelter that she's poured her heart into has lost its funding, and she has three months to come up the money needed to save it. As the weeks wear on with the two in such close proximity, Paige's feelings for Riley begin to shift into unchartered territory. Why is she suddenly noticing his corded arm muscles and the way his lips curl at the corners? Will she be able to deny her feelings for another Callahan brother? And will Riley let his heart heal so he can let Paige in?--
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    By Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
     2012., Adult, Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books Call No: FIC PIC   Edition: 1st Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider"--Provided by publisher.
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    By Sawyer, Kim Vogel
     c2008., Adult, Bethany House Call No: FIC SAW    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Three Irish immigrant children, orphaned in a tenement fire, are sent on the orphan train to Missouri where they are adopted by different families, and although Maelle had vowed to one day reunite with her younger brother and sister, seventeen years later she is about to give up hope.