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"At last, Helena Pelletier has the life she deserves. A loving husband, two beautiful daughters, a business that fills her days. Then she catches an emergency news announcement and realizes she was a fool to think she could ever leave her worst days behind her. Helena has a secret: she is the product of an abduction. Her mother was kidnapped as a teenager by her father and kept in a remote cabin in the marshlands of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. No...
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"England, 1939. Ten-year-old Virginia Wrathmell arrives at Salt Winds, a secluded house on the edge of a marsh, to meet her adoptive parents: practical, dependable Clem and glamorous, mercurial Lorna. The marsh, with its deceptive tides, is a beautiful but threatening place. Virginia's new parents' marriage is full of secrets and tensions she doesn't quite understand, and their wealthy neighbor, Max Deering, drops by too often, taking an unwholesome...
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Bulletin ; no. 12
Publisher
Connecticut Arboretum, Connecticut College
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
10) Wade
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English
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Wade Benedict has a job to do: infiltrate a treacherous land and rescue Chloe Madison. It was her father's dying wish--and Wade is taking it personally. The problem is, this stubborn, angry and courageous woman doesn't want to be saved.
Her rage at the oppressive treatment of women has pulled Chloe into the dangerous world of an underground rebellion. She can't desert the women with whom she forged a daring alliance, and this self-appointed
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Trixie Belden ; 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Trixie Belden and her friend Honey make several trips to the local marsh in search of herbs and flowers to replace their teacher's plant specimen collection and to look for the pirate treasure that is rumored to be hidden there.
14) Tidelands
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"Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches to every corner of the kingdom, even the remote Tidelands - the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead, she meets James, a young man on...
15) Salt marsh
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Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Describes the physical environment of a salt marsh and the plants and animals that live there.
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Bulletin ; 709
Publisher
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Pub. Date
1970.
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English
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Fairmile ; 3
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English
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"The Fairmile series continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and life-changing secrets in 17th-century England"--
"The "sweeping" (Parade) and "superb" (People) Fairmile series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues as the fiercely independent Alinor and her family find themselves entangled in palace intrigue, political upheaval, and...
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Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The salt marsh is not so friendly to humans, but it's the only place to be for many creatures and plants. Breathtaking photographs and fascinating facts reveal the secrets of the salt marsh and celebrate this squishy and surprising habitat.