Coleen Paratore
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Willa Havisham books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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A romantic twelve-year-old girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cod's most popular wedding planner.
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Willa returns in this new stand-alone novel in the WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER series.Willa returns in this new adventure for the tween set! It is summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey Kennelly are enjoying their status as most compatible couple. What does the summer hold? New friends, more books, lazy afternoons, and of course Willa will be busy planning more weddings with her mother, Stella Havisham, the Cape's most famous wedding planner...
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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...
5) Wish I Might
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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...
6) Dreamsleeves
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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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...
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Author Coleen Murtagh Paratore brings fairytale love stories into modern fashion through the eyes of 12-year-old cherry-cordial eater and classic-literature reader Willafred Haversham. What Willa wishes for most in the world is a father, but so far no luck. When she and her wedding planner mother, Stella, move back home to Cape Cod, Willa's luck begins to change. With help from her best friend Tina and candy making Nana, Willa decides wishing for...
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In this sequel to Paratore's popular The Wedding Planner's Daughter, Bramble Cape Cod's only library is rumored to be closing its doors forever. Willa Havisham just can't let that happen, so she's got to raise money-fast. Plus she simply has to find a date for the Midwinter Night's Ball. Thankfully her best friend Tina has devised a love compatibility test that might be table to take care of both problems. And before long, Cupid's arrow seems to be...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
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During a Cape Cod summer, Willa is enjoying her relationship with "JFK" Kennelly and the challenges of planning a wedding all by herself, but when jealousy enters her love life, best friend Tina pulls away, and the bride proves impossible to please, a sweet dog begins to turn things around.
11) Willa by Heart
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
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As her freshman year nears an end, fourteen-year-old Willa finds herself helping plan two weddings, auditioning for "Our Town," organizing a book drive, fighting jealousy over her boyfriend's beautiful new friend, and preparing to become a big sister.
14) Sunny Holiday
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[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Spunky third-grader Sunny Holiday tries to make the best out of every situation, and even though her father is in prison, she and her mother count their blessings and manage to find joy in every day.
15) Dreamsleeves
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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During a momentous summer, thirteen-year-old Aislinn's dreams include that her father will stop drinking and give her more freedom, that her fifth sibling will be born safely, that she will not lose her best friend or her potential boyfriend, and that she can teach members of her community both to express their dreams and to help others' dreams come true.
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Series
Willa Havisham books volume 5
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
For fourteen-year-old Willa, summer on Cape Cod is lonely with her boyfriend away and best friend missing, but she fills her time with books and working on a secret project with the half-brother who just entered her life.