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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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"'La frontera'... I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la front era, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California - to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks, from...
Author
Series
Heart of San Francisco novels volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jilted by a fortune hunter, cowgirl Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who would just as soon hogtie a man as look at him. Hoping a summer visit with her wealthy cousins in San Francisco will help her forget her heartache, Cassidy travels west. But no sooner is she settled in beautiful California than Jamie McKenna, a handsome pauper looking to marry well, captures her heart. When Jamie discovers the woman he loves is...
Author
Series
Heart of San Francisco novels volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Allison McClare is determined to be a fearless, independent woman. But when she takes a notion to explore the wild Barbary Coast, she quickly discovers she's no match for the unsavory characters that haunt the dark streets. Detective Nick Barone would rather do almost anything than teach this petite socialite self-defense, but it seems he has little choice. Sparks fly every time the two meet until a grudging friendship develops into something...
Author
Series
Heart of San Francisco novels volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Shy and unattractive as a child, Megan McClare was teased by her classmates. Now, back from her senior year in Paris, the wallflower has blossomed into a beauty. With career ambitions, Megan accepts an internship at the district attorney's office only to discover that she'll be working with Devin Caldwell, who mercilessly mocked her at school--and with whom she was hopelessly enamored. Megan turns to dear friend Bram Hughes for advice, but Bram's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2015
Language
English
Description
In this atmospheric historical mystery series debut, a courageous nurse and a war-scarred police detective in 1860s San Francisco champion the down-trodden and fight for justice. After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, British-born Celia Davies left her privileged family for an impulsive marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to San Francisco's bustling shores but then disappeared and is now presumed dead. Determined to carry on, Celia...
Author
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, British-born Celia Davies left her privileged family for an impulsive marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to San Francisco's bustling shores but then disappeared and is now presumed dead. Determined to carry on, Celia partnered with her half-Chinese cousin Barbara and her opinionated housekeeper Addie to open a free medical clinic for women who have nowhere else to turn. But Celia's carefully...
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Series
Language
English
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""Herriman skillfully brings 1867 San Francisco to life in all its beauty and treachery."--Anna Lee Huber, National Bestselling Author of the Lady Darby Mysteries -- The author of No Comfort for the Lost returns with a new mystery of Old San Francisco... British-born nurse Celia Davies runs a free medical clinic to assist the poor women of San Francisco. Aided in her endeavors by her half-Chinese cousin, Barbara, and her feisty housekeeper, Addie,...