Easy Reads

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"Melissa and Sophie have been friends all of their lives. Or that's what Sophie likes to think. Sophie is a giver; Melissa is a taker. Their friendship is put to the test on vacation in Spain. When the gorgeous Paulo appears on the scene, Melissa drops Sophie like a hot potato. Hurt and furious, Sophie thinks the trip is a disaster. But things change for Sophie when she lends a little help to an old man and a small girl. Melissa can only watch in a jealous rage as her quiet friend finally comes into her own" -- from publisher's web site

A brutal serial killer is murdering women in Vancouver's West End, leaving their headless bodies to be found in public places. It soon becomes apparent that all his victims are members of the neighborhood fitness center. Sebastian Casey, a reporter with the weekly community newspaper, has just begun to work out at the center. As he gets to know some of the others who use the facility, Casey finds himself drawn into the search for the killer

Provides instruction on succeeding at work, including fitting in with co-workers, taking the initiative, and handling criticism

Women, such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Elizabeth King, Gloria Naylor, and Kyoko Mori, celebrate the unique roles of grandmothers

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression

A collection of the comedians funny stories, anecdotes, and jokes.

When Linda lears that her son Dre needs a kidney transplant, her family's already shaky financial situation takes a turn for the worse. But when she discovers that the only one who can realy help Dre is his half brother LeVon, a drug dealing gang-banger, money is suddenly the least of her problems

Jo and John's marriage has been stalled for years. When John is dignosed with a terminal illness, Jo is overcome with sadness and regret. But then a mysterious stray dog enters their lives. And he brings with him the most wonderful and rare gift: a second chance

Recounts the adventures of a young boy and an escaped slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft, adapted for easier reading by Joanne Suter.

A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him

Diary kept by Anne Frank when she was hiding with her family and other Jews from the Nazi's during World War II.

Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, and relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace.

Stories of childhood in a Quebec village.

In contemporary Botswana, sleuth Precious Ramotswe decides to go against tradition and start her own business--a detective agency. Soon she is in the thick of several perplexing cases

Classic story of an aging Cuban fisherman struggling with a giant marlin far out at sea.

When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.