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Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how. Then she loses her favourite book, a heavily annotated copy containing her friend's final words to her. When James finds Erin's note-filled book in his local community library, it sparks a life-changing conversation. He writes his own message back, and soon they are locked in an anonymous book exchange, with no idea who the other person in the...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Hart Ralston is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the wasteland of Tanria, hunting for drudges. It's an unforgiving job, and Hart's got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy Birdsall never has a moment to herself. She's been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat - despite definitely not being a son - in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart Ralston, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Mickey, who lives on a faraway moon, receives a distress call from his pen pal, Quiggle, whose space scooter has crashed on a nearby asteroid, and they both get a big surprise when they finally meet face to face.
Author
Series
Surprised by love volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a horse and buggy accident that took the lives of his family, Jacob Zook is struggling to regain both his spirit and his body. While his legs remain stubbornly opposed to moving, he exercises his hands by writing, and finds the perfect outlet for his grief in inspirational letters to the Amish newspaper. When Keturah Esch, a woman who works at the Green Valley Farmer's Market, responds with gratitude, Jacob has no idea that his hardship...
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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pages cm
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English
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Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
243 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The only child of an over-protective mother and a well-meaning father, and in therapy since the age of seven, eighth-grader Calman Pulowitz spends two weeks with his pen pal in Washington State, getting drunk, running away, and learning a lot about himself.
Author
Series
Hidden Springs volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Waitress Hallie Brunstetter has a secret: she writes a popular column for her Amish paper under the pen name GHB. When Hallie receives a letter from a reader asking to become her pen pal, she reluctantly agrees. She can't help but be drawn to the compassionate stranger, never expecting him to show up in Hidden Springs looking for GHB . . . or for him to be quite so handsome in real life. But after losing her beau in a tragic accident, Hallie won't...
11) Until we meet
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Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
ix, 372 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Beck is proud of her work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard sewing stars onto the Stars and Stripes, but she yearns to contribute to the war effort more meaningfully. She's angling for a promotion to the mechanic section, but she doesn't want to wait to make a difference. So with her two best friends, she decides to start a knitting club, where they will knit socks for the boys at the front. Thinking of the young men so far from the comforts of...
12) Dear Emmie Blue
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Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel about teenager Emmie Blue, who releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it; now, fourteen years later, the one thing Emmie has been counting on is gone for good, and everything she planned is up in the air"--
Years ago Emmie Blue released a red balloon into the sky; attached was her name, her email address-- and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of....
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to long-distance friendships, a delayed response or no response at all can lead to plenty of hurt feelings. Cross-country pen pals Molly and Olive find that out the hard way when an unanswered gift causes Olive to go a little crazy, spinning tales of trips to Paris and dinners with royalty in an effort to make Molly jealous. Readers can follow the wild ride themselves by reading the girls' correspondence and listening to their alternating...
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Once you let a book into your life, the most unexpected things can happen ... Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her book-loving pen pal. When she arrives, however, she finds Amy's funeral guests just leaving. The residents of Broken Wheel are happy to look after their bewildered visitor -- not much else to do in a small town that's almost beyond repair. They just never imagined that...
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language
English
Description
Molly's birthday is coming up, and she desperately wants her cross-country pen pal, Olive, to attend. The two have never met, but they've got a plan to change that! Unfortunately, it involves selling a lost necklace that isn't theirs. Readers can climb right inside the friends' heads by reading their emails and letters to each other as they struggle to do the right thing. Alternating first-person narratives further flesh out the main characters.
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
482 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this funny and poignant novel, two strangers learn that their soul mate might be both as close as breath and as distant as a star, from British Fantasy Award recipient Sarah Lotz. Bee thinks she has everything: a successful business repurposing wedding dresses, and friends who love and support her. She's given up on finding love, but that's fine. There's always Tinder. Nick thinks he has nothing: his writing career has stalled after early promise...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
There's a new girl in the third-grade, and for some reason, she brings out the worst in Molly. If only Molly's cross-country pen pal, Olive, were there. But Olive's got her OWN set of troubles with her new gymnastics team. As both girls struggle to make new friends, their dishonest emails and letters to each other threaten their relationship. First-person narratives that alternate point-of-view from chapter to chapter bring the main characters to...
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Publisher
Landmark
Pub. Date
2016.
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pages cm
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English
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"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91 pages) : illustrations, map.
Language
English
Description
Molly's having a string of good luck, while nothing is going right for her cross-country pen pal, Olive. After some investigation, Molly's convinced magical powers are at work, and she sets out to restore balance in the friendship. A variety of types of correspondence and points-of-view that alternate from chapter to chapter give readers a well-rounded look at the main characters and the joys and challenges of a long-distance friendship.
Author
Series
Brides of Amish country volume 8
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
311 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
So what if Joann Yoder's Amish community deems her a spinster? She's content to stay single. In the meantime, she's working hard to finally buy her dream house. So it's problematic when she's fired from her job to make room for the owner's nephew, Roman Weaver. His blue eyes aside, she simply can't stand him! Good thing she has the secret letters she's been exchanging with a mystery man to keep her going. But who is writing her letters? And could...