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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
  • Author(s): Benson Deng
  • Location(s): South Sudan, The Sudan
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Benjamin, Alepho, and Benson were raised among the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Their world was an insulated, close-knit community of grass-roofed cottages, cattle herders, and tribal councils. The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the...

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?
  • Author(s): Natalie Vellacott
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 2011

A true story detailing how a Christian Police Sergeant from England boarded the Logos Hope Missionary Ship in 2011 and was forever changed when, in the Philippines, she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street...

The House with Chicken Legs

The House with Chicken Legs
  • Author(s): Sophie Anderson
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019. Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019. Shortlisted for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2019. Marinka dreams...

Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water
  • Author(s): Maggie Shayne
  • Location(s): Syracuse NY
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern

It was called a haven for runaway teens. In truth, it was a nightmare, one that ended in fiery violence sixteen years ago. Or so its survivors believed… Syracuse news anchor Julie Jones is afraid. Her long-dead past was...

Thin Air

Thin Air
  • Author(s): Michelle Paver
  • Location(s): Kangchenjunga
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all. Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far – and the mountain is not...

Thin Air

Thin Air
  • Author(s): Lisa Gray
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporay

She investigates missing persons—now she is one. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little...

Things a Bright Girl Can Do

Things a Bright Girl Can Do
  • Author(s): Sally Nicholls
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Suffragette Movement

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and...

Things Can Only Get Feta

Things Can Only Get Feta
  • Author(s): Marjory McGinn
  • Location(s): The Peloponnese
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After an Arctic winter, a British recession, and a downturn in the newspaper industry, two journalists and their dog embark on an adventure in the wild and beautiful southern Peloponnese. A perfect plan, except for one thing – Greece...

Things in Jars

Things in Jars
  • Author(s): Jess Kidd
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Victorian times

London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling from her last job and with her reputation in tatters, a remarkable puzzle has come her way. Christabel Berwick has...

Things Left Unsaid

Things Left Unsaid
  • Author(s): Courtney Walsh
  • Location(s): Michigan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Lyndie St. James is thrilled that her best friend, Elle, is getting married but unprepared for the emotional storm of the wedding week and returning to her childhood summer home of Sweethaven. The idyllic cottage community harbors some of...

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