Jan Fields
1) Bitter words
Author
Language
English
Description
Faith Newberry is setting in nicely at her job as librarian at the upscale and pet-friendly Castleton Manor library retreat. Even her cat, Watson, has taken to his new life in Lighthouse Bay on Cape Cod. With a cozy cottage on the grounds of the Massachusetts estate to live, and surrounded by books by day and friends by night, Faith thinks life couldn't get much sweeter. When celebrity pastry chef Sugar Worthington takes up residence at the manor,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Liz Eckardt is busy juggling the demands of her colorful guests at the Old Mansion Inn in the delightful town of Pleasant Creek, Indiana, when she is summoned to jury duty. Expecting it to be a quiet respite from the hectic pace at the inn, Liz prepares to escape into a good mystery novel. But the waiting room is far from quiet. Fellow juror Nora Wexler is loud, rude, and spends her free time insulting people and complaining about her ex-husband....
3) Simple lies
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The quaint Indiana town of Pleasant Creek is bustling with activity as Christmas draws near. Boston native and innkeeper Liz Eckardt is learning to embrace her new home's holiday traditions and welcome the slower-paced life at the heart of Amish country. The little town is brimming with yuletide cheer and the brisk air is filled with the smell of freshly baked Christmas cookies and the merry sounds of carolers. Liz is certain her godson, Steve, coming...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meri wants to share her magic mirror with her friends, so she has invited her whole reading group to a party--but when nobody else can see Mary Lennox from "The Secret Garden" in her mirror she has to lie and say she was making it up.
Author
Series
Publisher
DRG
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In the twelfth volume of the cozy mystery series, Annie Dawson and her friends from the Hook and Needle Club are going to be extras in a made-for-TV Christmas movie being filmed in Stony Point, Maine. Annie pulls a small leather-bound suitcase from the attic at Grey Gables to donate as a prop. Her prop is nearly stolen in a mugging, after which her best friend is kidnapped, setting the stage for adventure and intrigue.
Author
Series
Annie's Attic mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Alice MacFarlane has once again let her adventurous spirit take her into harm's way, and it's up to Annie Dawson to find Alice and pull her out of the dangerous situation. The mystery begins when Annie finds a book in her grandfather's collection in the attic of Grey Gables -- the home after she inherited it after the death of her grandmother, Betsy Holden -- that includes the story of a mysterious island in South Carolina wrapped up in an ancient...
Author
Series
Annie's Attic mysteries volume 23
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful -- but mysterious -- needle-felted sculptures of cats are being dropped off at homes, shops, and government buildings all around Stony Point, Maine, and no one has a clue as to where they came from or who created them. Even the members of the Hook and Needle Club are stymied. The club members know about the intricacies of the art of needle felting, but no one is accomplished enough to be the giver of the mysterious gifts. So the club,...
Author
Series
Antique Shop Mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Country Sampler
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Maggie Watson thought she would spend the rest of her life in Vermont, living in the picturesque cottage home where she'd raised her family. But after her husband's death three years ago and her daughter's recent departure for college, the empty nester knew it was time to start a new chapter in her life. That chapter begins unexpectedly when Maggie inherits her aunt's nineteenth-century Colonial Revival, Sedgwick Manor, and the adjacent Carriage...
12) Road trip!
Author
Series
Annie's Attic mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Annie's Attic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The members of the Hook and Needle Club have made many exciting and adventurous road trips together through the years, but the opportunity to travel to Texas for a needlecraft convention is more than Annie Dawson and her friends can pass up. For Annie, it's a trip back to her old stomping grounds from her days when she and her late husband, Wayne, ran an automobile dealership. It's been more than three years since Wayne's death and since Annie moved...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A wealthy but unpublished author hires Uncle Dan to turn his book into a virtual world so that he can get the attention of a publisher. But soon Carter and Isabelle begin to suspect this author is a little too desperate for success. In fact, he's lifted characters and dialog directly from classic books for his masterpiece. Can Carter and Isabelle reveal the plagiarism of Edgar Allan Poe's The Purloined Letter and convince Uncle Dan to put a stop to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Malcolm's class trip to the zoo goes bananas when animals break out of their cages. He's convinced the place is haunted, but is banned from the park when he climbs a cage to get his ghost zapper back from a monkey. Can the boys enlist Mrs. Goolsby's help to stop the ghost that's letting the animals out of their cages? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gabe Brown's brother Ben has his own show on the Internet called Discover Cryptids. Gabe and his friends Tyler and Sean help Ben hunt down these monsters and make sure the show goes on! For this episode, the Monster Hunters travel to the sunny southland to search the South Carolina swamps for the Lizard Man. The evidence they gather points to a man in a lizard suit. But what made those three-toed tracks? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Creative Girls Enchanted Adventures series follows six girls who accidentally open a secret door into a magical world and discover that each has a unique magical power tied to her creative talents and imagination. An irresistible mix of crafts, magic, adventure, and wit, the books in this series show how every girl is creative in her own special way. The princesses of the Six Kingdoms must join forces to save the Realm and save any chance of ever...
17) Facing a Frenemy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meri knows best friends forever don't always last, but why did her ex-best turn into the meanest girl in school? With help from one of the spunkiest girls in children's literature, Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables, Meri works to unravel the mystery of best friend turned worst bully. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-5.
18) Payback
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It's payback time! The misfits plan to steal valuable treasure from the Courage-the ship that abandoned Jinx during a terrible storm. But when, Jerry and Jinx don disguises and sneak aboard, they are surprised to discover something more precious than any pirate's gold.
19) The Jinx
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth is tired of being mistreated in her orphanage, so she runs away and hides in a ship's cargo hold. But when, the ship sets sail, two crewmen discover her during a storm. They think she's a jinx! What will become of Elizabeth now? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Up2U Adventures-where the ending is Up2U! Ana thinks that her new school is very strange. Middlehurst Elementary School has a lot of rules. And everyone follows them. Or else. When Ana and her new friend Bryce discover a secret passage, they know that something suspicious is going on. Will they discover the school is a secret training ground, an illegal experiment, or something else? The ending is Up2U, so which ending will you choose? Calico Chapter...