The Education of Patience Goodspeed

The Education of Patience Goodspeed
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9780689864117
ISBN-13 : 0689864116
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Education of Patience Goodspeed by : Heather Vogel Frederick

Patience Goodspeed is stuck in a boarding school in 19th century Hawaii. She would much rather be on her father's ship.

The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed

The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781439108161
ISBN-13 : 1439108161
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by : Heather Vogel Frederick

October 1835. Patience Goodspeed, almost thirteen years old, departs from Nantucket aboard her father's whaling ship. Between kitchen duty and whale blubber stench, this voyage is far from a pleasure cruise. At least Papa lets Patience assist the ship's navigator since she's so good at calculations. But the smooth sailing doesn't last long. Mutinous mates maroon most of the crew, including Patience's father and brother, on a deserted island. Can Patience rescue everyone before it's too late?

Much Ado About Anne

Much Ado About Anne
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9781416982692
ISBN-13 : 1416982698
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Much Ado About Anne by : Heather Vogel Frederick

The moms have invited Becca Chadwick and her mother to join the club--and their daughters are devastated. Meanwhile, Jess finds out that her family may lose Half Moon Farm.

Absolutely Truly

Absolutely Truly
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9781442429741
ISBN-13 : 1442429747
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Absolutely Truly by : Heather Vogel Frederick

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte’s Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Now that Truly Lovejoy’s father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work back home, the family moves from Texas to tiny Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, to take over Lovejoy’s Books, a struggling bookstore that’s been in the family for one hundred years. With two older brothers and two younger sisters clamoring for attention, her mother back in school, and everyone up to their eyebrows trying to keep Lovejoy’s Books afloat, Truly feels more overlooked than usual. So she pours herself into uncovering the mystery of an undelivered letter she finds stuck in a valuable autographed first edition of Charlotte’s Web, which subsequently goes missing from the bookshop. What’s inside the envelope leads Truly and her new Pumpkin Falls friends on a madcap treasure hunt around town, chasing clues that could spell danger. Fans of Heather Vogel Frederick’s Mother-Daughter Book Club series “will rejoice for a new series with a similarly cozy New England setting, great characters, and literary references to beloved classics” (School Library Journal).

Dear Pen Pal

Dear Pen Pal
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781416982586
ISBN-13 : 1416982582
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Dear Pen Pal by : Heather Vogel Frederick

The third book in the Mother-Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick follows the girls for a new year of humor and friendship.

Nory Ryan's Song

Nory Ryan's Song
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Publisher : Yearling
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9780307538987
ISBN-13 : 0307538982
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Nory Ryan's Song by : Patricia Reilly Giff

Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve-year-old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive.

The Mother-Daughter Book Club

The Mother-Daughter Book Club
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781439107324
ISBN-13 : 1439107327
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mother-Daughter Book Club by : Heather Vogel Frederick

Acclaimed author Heather Vogel Frederick will delight daughters of all ages in a novel about the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship. The book club is about to get a makeover.... Even if Megan would rather be at the mall, Cassidy is late for hockey practice, Emma's already read every book in existence, and Jess is missing her mother too much to care, the new book club is scheduled to meet every month. But what begins as a mom-imposed ritual of reading Little Women soon helps four unlikely friends navigate the drama of middle school. From stolen journals, to secret crushes, to a fashion-fiasco first dance, the girls are up to their Wellie boots in drama. They can't help but wonder: What would Jo March do?

Really Truly

Really Truly
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 279
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781534414396
ISBN-13 : 1534414398
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Really Truly by : Heather Vogel Frederick

The Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes grapple with pirates and mermaids in the third cozy mystery of the Edgar Award–nominated middle grade series from the author of the beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club books. Truly Lovejoy is excited for the perfect summer in Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire: swim practice outside, working at the bookstore, one-on-one time with her mom, and best of all, time with the dreamy RJ Calhoun who may just like Truly back. But the idyllic falls apart when she’s sent off to mermaid academy—sparkly tail and all. Luckily, a mystery is never too far behind the Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes, and synchronized swimming turns into a hunt for a sunken ship and an investigation of the founding of Pumpkin Falls…which may have involved more pirates than originally thought. And as the Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes get closer to the heart of the mystery and Truly gets closer to her mermaid debut, she may just learn to come out of her shell.

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise
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Publisher : The Floating Press
Total Pages : 503
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ISBN-10 : 9781775414834
ISBN-13 : 1775414833
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis This Side of Paradise by : F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.

Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820

Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780190053260
ISBN-13 : 0190053267
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820 by : Richard J. Kahn

Jeremiah Barker practiced medicine in rural Maine up until his retirement in 1818. Throughout his practice of fifty years, he documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors." Dr. Barker intended to publish his Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820 by subscription - advance pledges to purchase the published volume - but for reasons that remain uncertain, that never happened. For the first time, Barker's never before published work has been transcribed and presented in its entirety with extensive annotations, a five-chapter introduction to contextualize the work, and a glossary to make it accessible to 21st century general readers, genealogists, students, and historians. This engaging and insightful new publication allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced by a rural physician in New England. We know much about how elite physicians practiced 200 years ago, but very little about the daily practice of an ordinary rural doctor, attending the ordinary rural patient. Barker's manuscript is written in a clear and engaging style, easily enjoyed by general readers as well as historians, with extensive footnotes and a glossary of terms. Barker himself intended his book to be "understood by those destitute of medical science."