young women

"The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and her heart is torn between two strong men with conflicting views about how to care for the families of the Cove. Yearning to make a difference, will Christy's determination and devotion be enough?"--Back cover.

"The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls--they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a 'welcome house' as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta's most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe"--Provided by publisher.

A graphic novel adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Sense and sensibility" in which two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the sisters, and true love finally triumphs.

"The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. She opens it--and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea's demise, but success could make her dreams come true. In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucat?n to the bright lights of Mexico City--and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the nineteenth-century novel of Regency England that centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Presents an adaptation Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" in which a young woman finds herself the victim of fate and of forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England.

Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love, but their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between them and true love finally triumphs.

A novel of Regency England that centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Firethorn flees a life of drudgery to live alone in the forest and then accompanies one of King Thyrse's noblemen to war where she learns to use her gifts as a healer.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.