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Award-winning author Jill McCorkle takes us on a splendid journey through time and memory in this, her tenth work of fiction. Life After Life is filled with a sense of wonder at our capacity for self-discovery at any age. And the residents, staff, and neighbors of the Pine Haven retirement center (from twelve-year-old Abby to eighty-five-year-old Sadie) share some of life's most profound discoveries and are some of the most true-to-life characters...
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Serge Storms novels volume 22
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English
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Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. This time, Serge's interest is drawn to one of the largest retirement villages in the world--also known as the site of an infamous sex scandal between a retiree and her younger beau that rocked the community. What starts out as an innocent quest to observe elders in their natural habitats, sample the local...
3) Eden West
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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While dutifully patrolling inside his isolated religious community's fence, Jacob meets Lynna, who lives on the other side - a very different world from Nodd.
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Secret diary of Hendrik Groen volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The riotous journal of an octogenarian who is far from reaching the end of his life traces a year in his care home in Amsterdam, revealing the ups and downs of his misadventures with the anarchic "Old-But-Not-Dead Club" and a longtime crush whom he courted to devastating effect.
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Promise Lodge volume 08
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English
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"Long-time residents of Promise Lodge welcome a wave of newcomers that includes a pretty potter who's come to help an expectant couple, and a hard-working dairy expert ready to manage the herds on the expanding Burkholder farm. Then there's Isaac Chupp, the handsome, charming son of a notoriously unyielding Bishop from nearby Coldstream. Isaac has recklessly rebelled against his dat, and his bad boy reputation precedes him. Now he seeks a fresh start,...
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In this mystery featuring a bonus quilting pattern, a retiree moves her romance to the next level—while at the same time trying to untangle a murder…
Years ago, a policeman named Charles came to Sarah Miller’s door to break the sad news to her that her husband had died. Little did Sarah know that one day, she would move into the Cunningham Village retirement community—and run into Charles again....
Years ago, a policeman named Charles came to Sarah Miller’s door to break the sad news to her that her husband had died. Little did Sarah know that one day, she would move into the Cunningham Village retirement community—and run into Charles again....
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Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club volume 1
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English
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"A painting worth millions, valuables gone missing, a game that is more than a game. And that's only the beginning as an elderly widow befriends a young woman and tries to prevent her from making the same mistakes she has made."--Back cover.
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It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? But this time they...
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"Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children. Still, she's determined to make it work--if not for herself, then for her husband, Phil, who landed them this lavish home in the first place, and for her daughter, Danielle, who's about to enter high school. Yet underneath...
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A quilting cozy volume 12
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English
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"Cozy up with Sarah and her friends for more murder, quilting, and community....[E]xcitement grows as the Tuesday Night Quilters plan an antique quilt show. But things go terribly wrong. Sarah and Sophie again throw themselves into the middle of the investigation, but this time Sarah finds herself in real danger." --back cover.
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A new friend, trunks full of vintage fabric, credit card fraud, a budding romance, a murder--and our friends in the Cunningham Village Retirement Community are in the center of it all. Sophie organizes the Undercover Sleuths in an attempt to solve the mysteries, while Sarah focuses on the antique fabrics. Left Holding the Bag is the 10th book in the Quilting Cozy series."--Page 4 of cover.
14) Botched 4 murder
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An Arizona retirement community is a pastime paradise—until someone gets sent to the great beyond—in this mystery by the author of Booked 4 Murder.
As if bookkeeping for a private detective agency didn't give her enough to do, Sophie "Phee" Kimball is once again getting dragged into the drama at her mom's retirement community. A new board member wants to get rid of two golf courses and replace them with eco-friendly...
As if bookkeeping for a private detective agency didn't give her enough to do, Sophie "Phee" Kimball is once again getting dragged into the drama at her mom's retirement community. A new board member wants to get rid of two golf courses and replace them with eco-friendly...
15) Whisper's edge
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Cricket Creek novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Cricket Creek, Kentucky, is a sweet river town known for its theater, shopping, and cuisine. But tough times are affecting the residents of the local retirement community—until a handsome hero shows up…
Savannah Perry loves her job as social director of Whisper’s Edge, a retirement community on the picturesque waterfront of Cricket Creek. Raised in foster care, twenty-nine-year-old Savannah feels treasured and loved
...16) Taken
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Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
640L
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English
Description
In 2035 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
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2016.
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English
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"When newspaper reporter Tom Whiteman befriends a homeless man named Joe, Tom decides to bring him home to Stoney Creek, Texas. Joe begins to work odd jobs around town and make new friends, but contradictions in the man's manner and speech cause Tom to believe there's more to the old man than meets the eye. As Tom and his childhood friend Faith Delmont set out to learn the truth about the old man with the kind, sad eyes, Christmas in Stoney Creek...
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Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik's father, Ukpik is excited to learn how to use the forks, knives, and spoons he brings with him. At first, Ukpik enjoys teaching the other children how to use thses new tools. But soon, she starts to wonder if they'll need to use the new tools all the time, and if that means that everything in camp will change.
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Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed--it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days....
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