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2) Texas fury
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Texas series volume 3
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Texas Heat continues her multigenerational saga of the Coleman family dynasty as tensions rise . . .
Set in the heart of wealthy Texas, Fern Michaels's bestselling series takes us inside a privileged family that lives and loves with intense abandon, generation after generation.
For Amelia Coleman Assante, the last surviving child of a legendary tycoon, it's...
Set in the heart of wealthy Texas, Fern Michaels's bestselling series takes us inside a privileged family that lives and loves with intense abandon, generation after generation.
For Amelia Coleman Assante, the last surviving child of a legendary tycoon, it's...
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"From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all. Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man who sees her seems to want her; every woman just wants to...
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"A stunning and emotional conclusion to the story of a family that readers have come to care for and love" from the #1 bestselling author of Texas Fury (Los Angeles Daily News).
From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendor of Vermont, from the sprawling family ranch, Sunbridge, to the high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But...
From the seductive waters of Hawaii to the rustic splendor of Vermont, from the sprawling family ranch, Sunbridge, to the high-tech glamour of Japan, the Colemans have been driven apart by the passions and betrayals of a new generation. But...
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Books about Nature (Youth)
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Staff Picks March 2023
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Staff Picks March 2023
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In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
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Sam Abernathy books volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
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OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (teens)
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Unidos: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (teens)
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When resentment surges during the Great Depression in a Texas border town, Estrella, fifteen, organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos and soon finds herself with her mother and baby brother in Mexico.
10) Perish: a novel
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"From a stunning new voice, comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, exploring the effects of inherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes together to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed. Bear it or perish. Those are the words Helen Jean hears that fateful night in her cousin's outhouse that change the trajectory of her life. Spanning decades, Perish tracks the choices Helen Jean--the matriarch...
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
12) Picture perfect
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When her mother leaves her family suddenly to take a new job, fourteen-year-old Phoebe tries to deal with her own confused feelings and, in the process, learns some things about love and the complicated ties that bind families together.
13) Giant
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The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century.
When larger-than-life cattle rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict arrives at the family home of sharp-witted but genteel Virginia socialite Leslie Lynnton to purchase a racehorse,...
16) Brave
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American dog volume 1
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When twelve-year-old Dylan rescues Brave, he knows it will take hard work, patience, and training to convince his parents that he can keep the skittish stray dog.
17) Texas! Lucky
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Following a suspicious fire at his family's ranch, ladies' man Lucky Tyler, framed by old enemies, must find Devon Haines, the beautiful redhead he had rescued at a seedy bar and his only alibi in proving his innocence.
18) Orpheus girl
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When sixteen-year-old, mythology-obsessed Raya and her true love, Sarah, are sent from their conservative Texas town to a re-education camp, Raya assumes the role of Orpheus to save them.
Raya-- abandoned by her mother, obsessed with ancient myths-- lives with her grandmother in a small conservative Texas town. For years she has hidden her feelings for her best friend and true love, Sarah. When the two are caught in an intimate moment, they are sent...
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Princes of Texas volume 2
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"No one cheats on a Prince and gets away with it. And Hallie-Texas socialite, would-be ballerina, and the only daughter of the renowned Prince family-is ready to give her two-timing fiance̹ a piece of her mind. But fate plants hot, sexy ranch hand and ex-Army Ranger Rafael Fontana quite literally in her way. Her childhood friend is all grown up. He's sexy, he's handsome, and suddenly, after all these years, Hallie is taking notice. Rafe has been...
20) Echoes of Grace
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On the Texas-Mexico border, eighteen-year-old Grace's relationship with her older sister Mercy is fractured when Mercy's two-year-old son dies in an accident, bringing to the surface old family traumas and literal ghosts as the family struggles to heal.
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