Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/anthologies/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0007 404400 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/anthologies/engine/rss.php:0 Coleen Murtagh Paratore - Free Library Land Online - Anthologies https://anthologies.library.land/ ru Coleen Murtagh Paratore - Free Library Land Online - Anthologies DataLife Engine Wish I Might https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/177090-wish_i_might.html https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/177090-wish_i_might.html Wish I Might
It's a sparkling, magical summer for Willa!It's July on Cape Cod, and Willa Havisham isn't so happy about her boyfriend, JFK, being away all summer at baseball training camp. With best-friend Tina and Ruby edging her out lately, Willa wonders what the summer will bring. It turns out there are plenty of surprises in store! For one, there's been a mermaid sighting. There's also a boy named Will who claims to be her long-lost brother. He shares Willa's sea-blue eyes, but Willa wonders what secrets he's hiding and what this news will mean for her famous wedding planner mother. It's going to be a summer filled with fireworks for sure!]]> Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:51:49 +0200 The Cupid Chronicles https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/156158-the_cupid_chronicles.html https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/156158-the_cupid_chronicles.html The Cupid Chronicles
When the only library in Bramble, Cape Cod, announces it's in danger of closing its doors, the town residents have got to raise BIG money and FAST. Thirteen-year-old Willa Havisham must put her crush on Joey Kennelly on the back burner to save the library, but the question is: How? Willa's best friend, Tina, is positive that her compatibility test, expertly designed to match up every girl in school with her "perfect match," will raise the money and get everyone paired up for the Midwinter Night's Ball. Willa, an old-fashioned romantic, is not so sure. But with a little help from Shakespeare, a Southern beauty queen, and Cupid himself, romance is striking all over Bramble. Readers will be swooning until the stroke of midnight with this delightful sequel to The Wedding Planner's Daughter.]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:52:45 +0200 From Willa, With Love https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/156157-from_willa_with_love.html https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/156157-from_willa_with_love.html From Willa, With Love
It's a surprising, sparkling summer for Willa!It's August on Cape Cod and Willa has a lot to look forward to. Soon, JFK will return home from baseball camp, and Willa has an idea for an exciting new project that will challenge her to dream big! But life throws Willa some unexpected twists and turns: Ruby has bad news, a beloved friend leaves, a dear friend returns, her brother Will has something he does't want to talk about, and of course, there's a wedding to plan! There's also a cute boy who likes Willa . . . a lot, and Willa thinks she might like him too. It's a summer full of romance and surprises!]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:52:45 +0200 Dreamsleeves https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/149238-dreamsleeves.html https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/149238-dreamsleeves.html Dreamsleeves
A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . .Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under lock and key and put in charge of her younger siblings. The average girl might give up, but not Aislinn. A person, she says, should write their dreams on their sleeve, putting them out there for the world to see, because there's a good chance that someone might come along and help you make your dream come true. What begins as a plea for help for her father to stop drinking, turns into a spark that has the whole community making their own dreamsleeves. At times heartbreaking, DREAMSLEEVES is also surprising, powerful, and luminously hopeful. Everyone will see a little of themselves in Aislinn, a girl with talent, ambition, and big dreams.]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:46:09 +0200 Willa by Heart https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/177089-willa_by_heart.html https://anthologies.library.land/coleen-murtagh-paratore/177089-willa_by_heart.html Willa by Heart
It's almost summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey Kennelly are finally enjoying their status as the most compatible couple at Bramble Academy. When the community theater advertises auditions for Our Town, Willa and Joey seem fated to play the romantic leads. But when Marielle, the dazzling new girl, offers up some dramatic competition, Willa turns greener than the lawn at her parents' inn. With two inn weddings the same weekend in June, Willa, who is now the official assistant wedding planner, has enough to do just helping Chef Rosie bake the wedding cakes of the century, and keeping sixteen beauty pageant bridesmaids in check. When a dance with a Southern gentleman sends her spinning under the stars, there's no telling what is destined for Willa and Joey.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 1995 17:51:49 +0200