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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
When four very different small-town Delaware high school girls are forced to join a mother-daughter book club over summer vacation, they end up learning about more than just the books they read.
Author
Language
English
Description
Banned from selling anything written this century, bookstore manager Maggie Banks, to keep the business afloat, starts an underground book club that unexpectedly unearths a town secret that could upend everything, forcing her to choose between the books that formed a small town's history or the stories poised to change it all.
4) Daisy
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Series
Language
English
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Forty-six-year-old Daisy feels like her life is finally where she wants it to be. Her last daughter is almost out of the nest, she's remarried to a wonderful new man, and she's just recently joined a book club with some fascinating women. But when Daisy faces an unexpected pregnancy, she'll have to rely on her family and her new friends like never before.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane...
Author
Series
Main Street (Ann M. Martin) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Flor, Ruby, Olivia, and Niki each find a special book on their doorstop, so they begin a book club in which they discover the title they are discussing relates to their summer experiences.
7) Book club
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Four friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous "50 Shades of Grey." From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
With the same stunning blend of prophecy and social satire she brought to her classic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood gives us a keenly prescient novel about the future of humanity-and its present. Humanity here equals Snowman, and in Snowman's recollections Atwood re-creates a time much like our own, when a boy named Jimmy loved an elusive, damaged girl called Oryx and a sardonic genius called Crake. But now Snowman is alone, and as we learn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Hazel Rose never dreamed that the murder mystery book group she and her friend Carlene started would stage a real murder. Nevertheless, the normally composed Carlene is unusually angry and rattled one night during a book group discussion and dies after drinking cyanide-spiked tea. Despite a suicide note, Hazel is skeptical; Carlene never seemed suicidal. Incidentally, Carlene was married to Hazel's ex-husband, and Hazel has always suspected there...
10) Athena: a novel
Author
Series
Newport Ladies' Book Club volume 4
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Athena, the newest member of the Newport Ladies' Book Club, juggles the demands of attending to an ailing parent and running her business. When she stumbles across an old shoebox in her mother's closet, she's stunned by its contents, which hold unexpected truths about her parents' relationship.
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Language
English
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming “tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit” (The Boston Globe).
In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...
A book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming “tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit” (The Boston Globe).
In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements...
12) Olivia: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Language
English
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Description
Struggling as a busy mother, wife, and neighbor, Olivia Robbins has forgotten how to be a unique and vibrant individual. Determined to make a change, she joins a local book club, where she nurtures new friendships and explores new ideas. But her growing confidence falters when her husband Nick declares his independence--and while her new friends lovingly encircle her with support, only Olivia can reach into the depths of her fledgling self to find...
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Set in small-town Tennessee, RITA Award winner Beth Pattillo's heartwarming tale features a diverse ensemble of ladies transformed through the healing power of compassion. The Knit Lit Society discusses literature and knitting but avoids real problems. And then a deeply troubled teen joins the group. Her unique perspective and the books they discuss trigger an unexpected outpouring of concern.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
Author
Series
Bromance book club volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Braden Mack has read so many romance novels that he's confident he's an expert on romance and women. He is wrong. When Liv Papandreas landed a job working at the restaurant of celebrity chef Royce Preston one year ago, she knew she'd have to endure his infamous anger and abusive outbursts for the sake of her career. But when she overhears the man sexually harassing a young hostess at the restaurant, she confronts him and tells the young woman she'll...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
The small town of Shady Creek, Vermont, seems like the perfect place to start over after Sadie Coleman loses her Boston job to a merger and her relationship to her ex's gambling addiction. She buys and redecorates the old grist mill pub, transforming the Inkwell into a cozy spot to enjoy a pint, or join one of several book clubs. During the Autumn Festival, Eric, who's angling for a second chance shows up-- and is found dead near the Inkwell. When...
Author
Series
Newport Ladies' Book Club volume 8
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On the downward spiral of addiction Ilana Goldstein must rely on her family and friends in the Newport Ladies Book Club to overcome her devastating losses.
18) Paige: a novel
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
After a bitter divorce from her unfaithful husband, Paige moves from Utah to California with her two little boys and vows to make a fresh start. She finds a job at a dental practice that helps her get back on her feet, but it's the friends she makes at her new book club who help her realize how strong she is and who give her support to carry on as she faces the challenges of being a single mom. She also meets Derryl, a wonderful, kind, attentive man...
Author
Series
Newport Ladies' Book Club volume 7
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
All of the ingredients are in place for a successful reality dating show, and behind the scenes, Tori Winters is set to pull the romantic strings as assistant director of Vows. But is she willing to jeopardize all she's worked for in order to embrace her own fairy-tale ending?
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility (Sylvia's daughter Allegra). Throw in a fair amount of...
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