connecticut

Looks at ghost stories and legends from Connecticut.

"It may boast the oldest public library and longest-running newspaper, but Connecticut isn't free from scares, too. Take a trip through haunted graveyards, spooky houses, and even an occult museum. Read four terrifying tales about Connecticut . . . if you dare"--Provided by publisher.

"Take a walk down memory lane with the Gilmore girls as they reminisce on the moments that made Stars Hollow the perfect home for a young mother and daughter . . . See the potting shed behind the Independence Inn where the girls made their home, experience how Rory and Lane first met, and celebrate the seasons with the whole community of Stars Hollow"--Provided by publisher.

Carley struggles with being open to love after she suffers a betrayal that forces her to move in with a foster family.

A biography of Sybil Ludington, who rode alone over forty miles in 1777 to save the town of Danbury, Connecticut, during the American Revolutionary War.

Louise finds the perfect dress for her junior high school dance at a traveling vintage fashion sale, and puts it on only to be transported back in time to a luxurious cruise ship in 1912 where she is feted as Miss Baxter, a teenage silent film star, but when she realizes the ship she is on is the "Titanic," she knows she must somehow find a way back home.

During the first three years of World War II, an unconventional New England prep school struggles to stay out of bankruptcy.

When eleven-year-old Rigel Harman's parents divorce, she and her sisters must move from the Alaskan wilderness to suburban Connecticut, and while she yearns to return in a year, she eventually realizes she must move forward.

"After the death of her mother, Lydia moves in with her aunts and learns to find a new family of inspiring women and loving dogs"--Provided by publisher.

It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school. Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all. He makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn’t let them get away with much . . . until the snowy winter day when an accident changes everything—and everyone.