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Gates of thread and stone

Seventeen-year-old Kai tries to keep her secret hidden--she can manipulate the threads of time. But now her older "brother" Reev, who found her and has cared for her since she was little, has disappeared. Kia strikes out from the safety of her home to find Reev, and is forced to confront her past, truths about her brother, and her powerful ability.

The Order of the Owls

2014
As a baby Minerva Mint was found in a travel bag in the waiting room of a London train station, together with the deed to a rundown mansion called Lizard Manor, and for nine years she has been living there with Geraldine Flopps, the former station custodian who found her--now, together with two friends, she is determined to find her true identity.

Tom Jones

the authoritative text, contemporary reactions, criticism
1995

The importance of being Earnest

a trivial comedy for serious people
1980
Presents an annotated edition of the nineteenth-century comedy of mixed identity about a man who, as a child, was absentmindedly placed in a handbag and left at the railroad station; and includes modern spelling, a critical introduction, a biography of author Oscar Wilde, and other reference information.

Silas Marner

the weaver of Raveloe
2002
Embittered by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold, but fate steals his gold and replaces it with a golden-haired foundling child.

Summer's child

2010
Daria Cato, having found an abandoned newborn twenty years ago on the beachside that was adopted by her family, finds her life and community unsettled by television producer and childhood friend Rory Taylor's questions about her sister's birth which bring to light secrets from that summer.

The silver bracelet #3

2002
Heart hopes to use her mysterious silver bracelet to find a safe place to hide her beloved unicorn, Moonsilver, from Lord Dunraven's hunters.

Far World: Land Keep: BookTwo

2009
Having discovered that his destiny is tied to that of Farworld, Marcus, despite his growing power over water, struggles with physical pain and inner doubts as, with the help of his companions, he tries to complete the quest to find the other elementals that will help destroy the evil force of the Dark Circle.

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