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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning, flashing past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stopping at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. Their life, as she sees it, is perfect... until she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but now everything is changed. Rachel goes to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in the lives of everyone involved....
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The Jensen and MacCallister families are of two of the most legendary clans in frontier fiction. Now, the "USA Today"-bestselling authors of "A Lone Star Christmas" bring them together in a gripping tale of tragedy, survival, love, betrayal, and maybe even a miracle. Original.
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Goodnight Train volume 1
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English
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A child's bedtime ritual follows the imaginary journey of a goodnight train's trip to the dreamland station.
6) Redwoods
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English
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A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"The author of the sensational national best seller For the Relief of Unbearable Urges returns with a commanding new collection of short stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank establishes Nathan Englander beyond all doubt as the heir to Roth, Malamud, and Babel. A tour de force. The title story, inspired by Carver's masterpiece, is a comic classic, a provocative portrait of two marriages in which the holocaust is played out as a...
10) Locomotive
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English
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From the creator of the "stunning" ("Booklist") "Moonshot" comes a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America's early railroads. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives of the 19th century. Full color.
11) Caboose mystery
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Boxcar children volume 11
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English
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Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer traveling on a train--in their own caboose, Number 777. On the trip, they encounter a strange mystery surrounding the history of their caboose!
14) Raising steam
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Change is afoot in Ankh-Morpork--Discworld's first steam engine has arrived, and once again Moist von Lipwig finds himself with a new and challenging job"--
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Finishing school volume 3
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English
Description
In her alternate England of 1851, while taking her friend Sidheag by train to her werewolf pack in Scotland, sixteen-year-old Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to dissolve all of London into chaos and must decide where her loyalties lie once and for all.
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English
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"After their mother's probable suicide, sisters Olivia and Jazz take steps to move on with their lives. Jazz, logical and forward-thinking, decides to get a new job, but spirited, strong-willed Olivia--who can see sounds, taste words, and smell sights--is determined to travel to the remote setting of their mother's unfinished novel to lay her spirit properly to rest"--Amazon.com.
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Series
Hank Zipzer volume 16
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Hank's mother's baby is coming early, but Hank, his sister, and their father are trapped in a snowstorm in Vermont and in order to get home they use any means necessary.
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Series
Bed-and-breakfast mysteries volume 25
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books."
—Carolyn Hart
Another deft and daffy Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from the indomitable Mary Daheim—"The reigning Queen of the Cozies" (Portland Oregonian)—Loco Motive races full speed ahead with mystery and hilarity, as B&B hostess and amateur sleuth Judith McMonigal Flynn and her cousin Renie find their train ride to Boston has been derailed
...20) Orphan train
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English
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Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
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