Marcia Preston
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Marik Youngblood left her Oklahoma hometown-;and the child she gave up for adoption-;intent on becoming an artist instead of a rancher. Her father's death brings her back to a failing cattle operation, a pile of debt and a haunting need to find the child she left behind. But when the bones of an infant are unearthed on her family's ranch, Marik fears she's learned her daughter's fate.
Burt and Lena Gurdman own the property that neighbors Killdeer...
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"I was fifteen when my mother finally told me about my father. She didn't mean to. She meant to keep it a secret forever. If she'd succeeded, it might have saved us all."
Roberta and Cynthia are destined to be best friends forever. When both your fathers are missing, you have a lot in common. Unable to cope with her alcoholic mother, Roberta finds Cynthia's house the perfect, carefree refuge.
Cynthia's mother keeps beautiful rare butterflies on...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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"Eleven-year-old Kiwi Seager knows two things: She's going to hell someday and, even worse, her mother can never love her again. Her only friend is the journal where she confides her hopes and fears. Kiwi has done something no mother could ever forgive, something that has forced this mother and daughter to flee their California home and to accept the help of strangers. Can they run fast enough and far enough to lose the evil following them? Or does...