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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
"When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever"--Book cover p. [4].
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
In 1811, Jane Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility," " marked the debut of England's premier novelist of manners. Believing that "3 or 4 families in a country village is the very thing to work on," she created a brilliant tragicomedy of flirtation and folly. Romantic walks through lush Devonshire and genteel dinner parties at a stately manor draw two pretty sisters into the schemes and manipulations of landed gentry determined to marry...
3) Emma
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: The funny and heartwarming story of a young lady whose zeal, snobbishness and self-satisfaction lead to several errors in judgment. Emma takes Harriet Smith, a parlor boarder and unknown, under her wing and schemes for advancement through a good marriage. The attempts at finding Harriet a suitor occupy all of Emma's time. However, in the midst of the search she settles on a most unlikely union with her own constant critic: Mr....
4) Persuasion
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Published after Jane Austen's death in 1817, 'Persuasion' is poignant and passionate story of love, disappointment, loss and redemption. 27-year-old Anne Elliot is resigned to an unhappy fate and forced to move with her family to humbler lodgings when an old, lost love re-enters her life. The handsome young naval officer, whose marriage proposal she was persuaded to reject seven years prior, has moved up in the world, and now she has a second chance...
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English
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"On the anniversary of his beloved wife's death, Dr. Michael Everett receives a letter Hannah had written him. In it she reminds him of her love and makes one final request. An impossible request. I want you to marry again. She tells him he shouldn't spend the years he has left grieving --and she's chosen three women she asks him to consider. First on Hannah's list is her cousin, Winter Adams, a chef who owns a café on Seattle's Blossom Street....
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for...
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Language
English
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"[The author] introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond. Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following...
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Language
English
Description
Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, it's a high-risk game. Kate Madison's stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husband's untimely death. Now they are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their mother's dismay. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"They seemed like the perfect couple?young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother?s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married"--Amazon.com.
11) The forbidden
Author
Series
The courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Caleb Yoder's father has forbidden him to court Nellie Mae Fisher, but words alone cannot stop Caleb's devotion. Yet if he continues to pursue Nellie, he risks losing everything. Nellie, too, is torn. She longs to marry her Old Order beau but cannot ignore the gentle pull she feels toward the faith of her New Order family. Can she and her beloved satisfy the expectations of the People while remaining true to their hearts?
12) The matchmaker
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Storied matchmaker and Nantucket resident Dabney Kimball has her own life and match turned upside down when her true love of twenty-seven years prior returns to the island. She must fac the choices she's made and share painful secrets with her family.
13) The Duke and I
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Series
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood....
14) Matched
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Series
Publisher
Dutton Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
15) The longing
Author
Series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher volume 3
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Although she still prays for Caleb, Nellie Mae Fisher has broken up with her beau, and now, her heart's greatest longing is for more knowledge of the Lord. Caleb must stay in Honeybrook as caretaker for his crippled father, but he hopes Nellie will return to the Old Order and to him.
17) The crown
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Events at the palace force Eadlyn to make an important--and impossible--choice, knowing that her Selection might not lead her to the fairytale ending her parents found.
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Language
English
Description
For Cassie Beaumont, a perfect Christmas would mean meeting her perfect match. At thirty-three, Cassie wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the internet, and certainly not leaving love to chance. What's left? A professional matchmaker. Simon Dodson is difficult, acerbic, and very choosy about the clients he takes on. But Simon accepts Cassie as a client, and assigns her three tasks to complete before she meets...
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Series
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English
Description
With Joy, Love, and a Little Trepidation Courtney, Sienna and Rachel Invite You To the Most Emotional Wedding of the Year... Their Mother's. Courtney ~ The Misfit ~ As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing -- keeping secrets, including her white-hot affair with a sexy music producer. Planning Mom's wedding exposes her startling hidden life, changing her family's view of her -- and how...
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