Foley: 401 books

Lizzie Fowler, the prison warden’s daughter, is alone in their home inside the prison walls. The angry inmates riot, burn the shops and invade the house, threatening Lizzie’s life. She manages to live, but the constant fear, the horrible nightmares and her self-induced isolation make living unbearable....

From his early life, through his career, personal life, death, and legacy, learn about the father of the fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen in this compiled biography.

Dylan McCafferty enjoys anything that gets his adrenaline pumping. He’s an avid risk-taker, except when it comes to love. He has too many adventures left on his bucket-list to ever settle down. But when Hayden Temple rolls into town, bringing her two young nephews and a whole lot of trouble with...

This is the story of three different children, some escaping piglets, and a cheeky goat. Alex is a very naughty little boy who likes playing jokes on his buddies. Keisha is a kind but impulsive young girl whose kind heart saved the day. While Leo is just a happy child who loves his goat.

There's no fairy godmothers on the prairie. It doesn't take a magic spell to dance into danger in the Jazz Age. And there's more than one kind of wolf waiting at the end of this mountail trail. Corral Nocturne: Life on her brother’s ranch is lonely for Ellie Strickland. Ed’s...

Marcia Gardinier is leaving Wyoming to begin nurses training in Colorado. She is eager to escape an impoverished and chaotic home, an unstable and juvenile mother, and a distant but controlling father. Her small suitcase is light on clothes but filled with painful memories. Much to her fathers...

Bear and his friends will charm little ones in this new format. Early one morning, a little bear found a little box. So begins this simple but extremely satisfying picture book, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow award. Now in board book format for little hands, Thank You Bear is a wonderful...

A friendship book perfect for the holiday season One clear night, Bear makes a wish on a twinkling star and Mouse joins him in waiting for the wish to come true. But the other animals who come by all have advice for Bear. "Don't tell anyone," says Owl. "Close your eyes," says Fox. And Elephant...

This book is about a young school child growing into a teenager and the various challenges encountered along the way. This is the story of Alex growing up without a father and being challenged by the school bully. But with a strong determination to always try to be good. He eventually overcame his difficulties and realized that people are all the same and like to be treated kindly.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses meets the heady glamor and danger of the Jazz Age All Dorothy Perkins wants is to have a good time. She’s wild about dancing, and can’t understand or accept her father’s strictness in forbidding it. Night after night she sneaks out to the Lost Lake House,...

The fire wasn't an accident. Mrs. Meade hopes it wasn't what the sheriff thinks it is. It was supposed to be a pleasant visit with old friends. But it turns to terror when a fire destroys the Lansburys' house during the night, and one of their guests is killed. Even worse, the fire appears...

Sleepy Block Island seems just the place for ghost whisperer Anza O’Malley to find some much-needed peace and quiet. But with troubled spirits dead set on making their voices heard, rest is in short supply! February 1907, Block Island. Residents of this tiny Rhode Island community awaken...

It is easy to look at a place such as Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood and think that it encompasses strictly the dead. But a closer look reveals many lives and stories told throughout the pages of time by those who have lived them. To define Allegheny Cemetery as simply...

The communities that feature in this book lie to the east of Edinburgh and all have fallen prey over the years to its inevitable expansion. Portobello accepted merger with Edinburgh in 1896 when this proudly independent burgh was not only Scotland's premier seaside resort but also boasted a strong...