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English
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"Starting a new life in New York, Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, moves into a beautiful midtown penthouse where she forms an instant connection with her movie-star next-door neighbor over their strong impulse to help those in need after a devastating crisis strikes the city."--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Tells the story of two unconventional American sisters who volunteer at the front during World War I...Stationed at a makeshift hospital in Ypres, Belgium, Ruth soon confronts war's harshest lesson: not everyone can be saved...Elise, an accomplished mechanic, finds purpose and an unexpected kinship within the all-female Ambulance Corps. Through bombings, heartache, and loss, Ruth and Elise cherish an independence rarely granted to women"--
3) Code red
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.
4) Remembrance
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to navigate midlife doubts, Beatrice Powell finds unexpected comfort in a relationship with a homeless man, Charles Davenport, who was driven to a life on the streets after the devastating loss of his family." --
Beatrice Powell is volunteering at a soup kitchen during the Christmas season to quiet her change-of-life doubts. She reaches out to help Charles Davenport, who was driven to a...
5) Lola at last
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story. Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola's summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk. (The boat was barely on fire, for the record--and all the partygoers were just fine.) Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her:...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An injured rodeo performer decides to use his disability to teach young foster children his roping skills. He meets a social worker at the home where the foster children live, and hopes she doesn't return to her inner-city work in Denver, as he's falling quickly in love.
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English
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"When Paige Danvers isn't managing events for the Whitman Street Cat Caf©♭, she is busy navigating dating disasters as a single woman in Brooklyn. Urged by her boss and best friend Lauren to find a distraction from ineffectual dating apps, Paige volunteers with a cat rescue organization, where she actually meets a guy with some real relationship potential. Recent law school grad Josh Harlow is putting in long hours at a Manhattan law firm as he...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin Love Inspired
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Never in a hundred years does Sabrina Martinez expect to meet someone like handsome millionaire Jack Thorne--let alone find him volunteering at the Denver mission where she works. She's grown up in a humble home and is surprised an heir to a fortune could have such a kind and generous heart, but Sabrina can't let anything distract her--not even love. She's battling for custody of her nieces and there's nothing more important than that. Jack wants...
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Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a hurricane hits Houston, Nadia and Nadir wait out the storm at home with their parents. While their neighborhood isn't too damaged, they know others weren't so lucky. The siblings want to help any way they can"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"When a hurricane hits Houston, Nadia and Nadir wait out the storm at home with their parents. While their neighborhood isn't too damaged, they know others weren't so lucky. The siblings want to help any way they can"--Publisher.
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