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Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia series volume 13
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia's literalness causes some problems when Mr. Rogers takes her out to practice her driving.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
Soap opera writer Deborah Peltz can handle any kind of drama, so long as it's not attached to her sister Sharon. A wedding planner in Boca Raton, Sharon thinks she has the answers to everything, but with three divorces under her belt, she should be the last person on the planet to dole out the eye roll-worthy advice she heaps.
Normally, Deborah survives her sister by keeping her distance safe in the bustle of New York, but when their mother has...
Author
Series
Winston brothers volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWall Street Journal BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerHunches, horse races, and heartbreakTen years after Simone Payton broke his heart, all Roscoe Winston wants is a doughnut. He'd also like to forget her entirely, but that's never going to happen. Roscoe Winston remembers everything-every look, every word, every single unrequited second-and the last thing he needs is another memory of Simone.Unfortunately, after one chance encounter,...
4) Pacho Nacho
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After naming their firstborn son Pacho-Nacho-Nico-Tico-Melo-Felo-Kiko-Rico, Mama and Papa insist everyone use his full name, which causes trouble when their second son, Juan, says his brother needs help. Includes notes about the folktale on which the story is based and glossary of Spanish terms.
5) Squirm
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. Carl Hiaasen tells a wickedly funny, slightly twisted tale about families, figuring out what's really important, and knowing when (and when not) to let things go."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
When Penny's brothers ask for her help after their encounters with Wolfgang (otherwise known as the Big Bad Wolf) she comes to their rescue by using all her engineering know-how to help them build a new wolf-proof house.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An all-new, never-before-published original short novel by the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, about a hapless American tourist's larger-than-life comical trip to Ireland. Shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction Cornelius P. "Fatty" O'Leary and his wife, Betty, plan a vacation in Ireland for his fortieth birthday, where they will tour his ancestral homeland and relax in the countryside....
Author
Series
Provincial Lady series volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. She was particularly amazed because, having received an overture sometime before and feeling that she would rather stay in the English countryside, she requested that they meet quite a few 'requirements' before she would agree to go.
They met every stipulation....
9) Motor mouth
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby returns to take on a whole new set of bad guys, Florida heat, colorful and dangerous characters, and high-stakes adventure, all the while romancing gorgeous race car driver Sam Hooker.
Author
Publisher
Canongate
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Hailed by the critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing portrayal of America in an age of trial by media, materialism, and violence, Vernon God Little was an international sensation when it was first published in 2003 and awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize. The memorable portrait of America is seen through the eyes of a wry, young, protagonist. Fifteen-year-old Vernon narrates the story with a cynical twang and a four-letter...
Author
Series
Provincial Lady series volume 2
Publisher
Academy Publishers
Pub. Date
1983, c1933
Language
English
Author
Series
The Brown sisters volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A young woman who agrees to fake-date her friend after a video of him “rescuing” her from their office building goes viral.
13) Tropic of stupid
Author
Series
Serge Storms novels volume 24
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a Sunshine State road trip to meet long-lost family members, Serge Storms discovers that he may be related to a notorious serial killer before encountering a park ranger with her own mysterious agenda.
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In a satiric novel set in the California desert, ethically corrupt incumbent congressman Randall Duke takes on Mary Swain, his sexy, well-financed opponent, who does not have a firm grip on American history or even the most basic economics.
Author
Series
Serge Storms novels volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Serge Storms, that lovable thermonuclear vigilante and one stop Florida trivia shop, has been leaving corpses strewn across the Sunshine State for more than a decade. The authorities, especially one tenacious state agent, have begun to notice the exponential body count, and send a police task force to track down Serge. Could his luck finally have run out?"--From publisher.
Author
Series
The Brown sisters volume 3
Language
English
Description
When his life is taken over by a purple-haired tornado of a woman named Eve Brown, B&B owner Jacob Wayne tries to fight his attraction to this sunny, chaotic woman who is his natural-born enemy.
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