Things I'd Rather Do Than Die
Title | Things I'd Rather Do Than Die PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Hurley Deriso |
Publisher | North Star Editions, Inc. |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2018-09-18 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1635830230 |
When the two most mismatched seniors at Walt Whitman High School find themselves locked in an aerobics room overnight, their confinement forces them to push past the labels they’ve assigned each other and they share a night they’ll never forget.
I'd Rather Die Than Give a Speech
Title | I'd Rather Die Than Give a Speech PDF eBook |
Author | Michael M. Klepper |
Publisher | Carol Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780806516165 |
The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister
Title | The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte Agell |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 2010-06-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1466801123 |
Fourth grade is a year of changes, challenges, and ordinary joys for India McAllister. She lives in Maine with her artist mom and their dog, Tofu. Her father lives in the next town over with his new partner, Richard and their bird, Beatrice Strawberry. India – named for the ink, not the subcontinent – was adopted from China as a baby. Being the only Chinese girl in her small town fuels India's search for identity. India reports in her own words and drawings about life, adventures (many with her good friend Colby) and all things annoying as well as what makes her happy. First three on the happy list: Tofu, Bird, and Colby! The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Death's Old Sweet Song
Title | Death's Old Sweet Song PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Stagge |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1504051572 |
A song holds the key to murder in this Dr. Hugh Westlake mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth series as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: “Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie.” The affluent Bray family was known for throwing the most enjoyable picnics, and this one seemed to be no different to Dr. Hugh Westlake and his precocious progeny, Dawn. When their host’s daughter breaks into a version of the old English folk ballad, “Green Grow the Rushes, O,” no one gives it a second thought. Little do they know the song portends death. It begins with the bodies of twin boys found in the river, which connects to a lyric from the ballad. And before anyone can even recover from such a horror, more killings occur—all diabolically tied to the song. With help from Dawn and his old friend, Inspector Cobb, Westlake must sort through an ever-shrinking circle of suspects and stop a murderer from striking another deadly note.
Nashville Dreams
Title | Nashville Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Hauck |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2014-04-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0718015576 |
A bonus epilogue is now available in the e-book! It’s tough to be a star when you’re afraid to take the stage… Last week, I was stocking groceries in Freedom, Alabama. This week, I live in Nashville, Tennessee, about to take the stage at the famous Bluebird Cafe. Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? Only one problem, I 've got stage fright. But after years of being ruled by fear and hiding from my dream, I confronted my limited reality and left home. Forget the hometown hunk who wants to make me queen of his double-wide. Forget Momma's doubt-inspiring tirade. I can make it in Music City...can't I? In a leap of faith, I gathered my old guitar, my notebook full of songs, and packed up my '69 Chevy pickup. Look out NashVegas! With the help of some new friends, especially handsome Lee Rivers, my dream is about to find the light of day. But as I face my first night at the Bluebird Cafe, I realize...I might just do what comes naturally. Look for the nearest exit, and run! Sweet and thoughtful contemporary read Book 1: Nashville Dreams; Book 2: Nashville Sweetheart Book length: approximately 80,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs *Nashville Dreams was originally published as Lost in NashVegas.
Death by Email
Title | Death by Email PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Hadley |
Publisher | eBookIt.com |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2014-03-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1456607391 |
Mia Ingalls, artist for a travel magazine and approaching retirement, revives an old passion--writing mystery novels. New to the Internet, she quickly discovers chat rooms and happily forms an anonymous relationship with another writer wannabe. For two years they enjoy sharing ideas and challenging each other in a writing game, but the fun ended the day she shared her idea for the perfect murder. Her young and obnoxious boss was nearly killed by her brilliant plot making Mia the prime suspect in a sadly more successful attack on his fiancée. To make things even worse, her internet pal suddenly becomes her deadly stalker.
You'll Be the Death of Me
Title | You'll Be the Death of Me PDF eBook |
Author | Karen M. McManus |
Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2024-01-30 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0593175891 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of One of Us Is Lying comes another pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong. Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out from working two jobs since his family’s business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up . . . again. So when the three unexpectedly run into each other, they decide to avoid their problems by ditching. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they’ve barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say. . . . . . until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school—and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it’s about to get worse. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common...like a connection to the dead kid. And they’re all hiding something. Could it be that their chance reconnection wasn’t by chance after all? Look for the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series--One of Us Is Back!