title: Sam Is My Half-brother (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)
author:  Lizi Boyd 
description: PreSchool-Grade 3-- Hessie, who found out that stepmothers can be pretty nice in The Not-So-Wicked Stepmother (Viking, 1987), returns to the house by the lake to spend another summer with her father and Molly. But things have changed. There is a baby now, and he is getting a lot of attention. Hessie feels that everything revolves around Sam and finally runs into the woods to escape all the rules about babies. Her father comforts her by telling her about herself as a baby and then points out some advantages to being a big sister. The colorful watercolor illustrations have a slightly lopsided appearance, giving them a childlike quality. A reassuring book, written with a loving tone. --Phyllis K. Kennemer, Jefferson County School District, Lakewood, CO<br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  THE ENGLISH LIEUTENANT’S LADY
  
  AVA STONE
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Ava Stone
  
  Covers by Covers By Lily
  
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  ISBN: 978-1-4760-7931-8
  
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  > > DEDICATION
  
   _For my brothers ~_
  
   _Ryan and Nicholas, you are as different as Tristan and Russell. And like
  Cordie loves her brothers, I love you both dearly and want the very best for
  each of you._
  
   _~ Ava_
  
  CONTENTS
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
   _Chapter 11_
  
   _Chapter 12_
  
   _Chapter 13_
  
   _Chapter 14_
  
   _Chapter 15_
  
   _Chapter 16_
  
   _Chapter 17_
  
   _Chapter 18_
  
   _Chapter 