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Set to inherit half of Bella Vista, a one hundred-acre apple orchard in a town called Archangel, along with a half-sister she's never heard of, Tess Delaney, who makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners, discovers a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family.

Emma, a deaf girl, and her best friend Izzie are going to the apple orchard today in order to pick apples for cooking, but their basket of apples ends up in the mud. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart, glossary, and content-related questions.

"Putting a painful breakup behind her, Amy has come home to help revitalize Fairfield Orchard, its blossom-scented air and rows of trees framed by the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains. She doesn't have time for the handsome--distracting--professor who wants to dig into her family's history for his research"-- Putting a painful breakup behind her, Amy has come home to help revitalize Fairfield Orchard, its blossom-scented air and rows of trees framed...

Lizzie and Sarah, neighbors and best friends, look forward to running the ice cream stand at Lizzie's family's New England orchard, but their plans go awry.

"'The Legend Whispered' is a story, simply told, about everyday people and their struggle with a too paternal government. The story is laid in the foothills of the Cascades, in the State of Washington, against a background of some of the most fertile fruitlands on earth. "In the years between 1930 and 1940, this beautiful little paradise saw thousands of acres of fine apple orchards despoiled. In the wake of this destruction not only the land but...

To the world, shes the famous movie star Gabrielle. But inside shes just Gabby, with a secret shes never shared weighing down her heart. She comes back to Spencer Hollow Virginia, hoping to put down roots and become almost a normal person between filming movies. But she cant escape work when her producers expect her to research her next role as a chef. Who better to ask than Noah Fairfield, brother of her former costar? Though theyd never gotten along,...

Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. "In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor...