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1) Queenie
Author
Publisher
Gallery/Scout Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking.'--Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You; Bridget Jones's Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who loved fizzy drinks, naughty words, and liked playing with ghosts and matches. When her beloved father suddenly disappeared, she and her fragile, difficult mother moved into Queenie Malone's magnificent Paradise Hotel in Brighton, with its endearing and loving family of misfits--including the exuberant and compassionate Queenie herself. But then Tilly was dealt another shattering blow when her mother sent...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The chaotic, confusing, funny, and inspiring story of ten-year-old Queenie and her mission to fit in and make friends at her new school while figuring out how to manage her ADHD. When ten-year-old Queenie and her family move from small-town Ontario to a glitzy suburb of Vancouver, she is desperate to fit in and make a best friend for the first time in her life. With her creativity and bubbly personality, Queenie arrives at Western Canada Preparatory...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little peach-walled house she's lived in forever, all art deco and flaky paint. Always a provider of solace. But when she and her mom have to move out, suddenly one temporary move follows another, from a retirement village to a flood-prone old camper van to a shared home, sometimes with just her father's guitar under her arm and some budding lyrics in her head. Along the way, the change-resistant Queenie discovers...
6) Queenie of Norwich: A compelling tale based on the true story of one woman's quest to beat the odds
Author
Publisher
Laura Garcia
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"You're Nellie Westrop and don't you forget it.
We'll see each other one day, but until we do, take good care of yourself.
Live a good life.
Now go, my love."
From the author of Silver Darlings comes LK Wilde's captivating portrayal of the life of Queenie Read.
Heart warming and breaking in equal measure, Queenie of
...Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Megascope
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and found success in New York, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth...
Author
Publisher
Arbor House
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
English
Description
A cheeky portrait of an old-fashioned young woman's assimilation into the modern world Set in 1960s New York, this piquant coming-of-age story concerns a teenage girl, Queenie, raised to become a "kept woman" in an exceedingly comfortable and well-adjusted-yet insular and retrograde-household. After enrolling in college, Queenie confronts new understandings, both personal and political, and gradually becomes cognizant of the dated values imparted...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Perfect comes an exquisite love story about Queenie Hennessy, the remarkable friend who inspired Harold Fry's incredible journey"-- Provided by publisher.
"When Queenie Hennessy is told she has days to live she sends a letter on pink paper in which she bids goodbye to Harold Fry. It is a letter that inspires an unlikely walk, a cast of well-wishers and the examination of many...
Author
Publisher
LK Wilde
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"I was born Ellen Hardy in 1900, dragged up in Queen Caroline's Yard, Norwich. There was nothing royal about our yard, and Mum was no queen. At six years old Mum sold me. I became Nellie Westrop, roaming the country in a showman's wagon, learning the art of the fair. And I've been the infamous Queenie of Norwich, moving up in the world by any means, legal or not. I've been heart broken, abandoned, bought and sold, but I've never, ever given up. After...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Busy observing the world, Queenie Quail is often admonished to keep up with her parents and nine siblings. When Queenie's watchful eye spots a cat in the grass, she rescues her family from danger and teaches them the value of slowing down."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Queenie Baby novel volume 01
Publisher
Gemma Halliday Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Author
Series
Queenie Baby novel volume 03
Publisher
Gemma Halliday Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Series
Queenie Baby novel volume 02
Publisher
Gemma Halliday Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Temp-by-day and rockstar-by night, Diana Hudson takes a chance on love with her new boyfriend on the romantic island of Puerto Rico. She is also trying to track down the singer who stole her song. When a hot bodyguard from Diana's past exposes her new boyfriend's secrets her world is turned upside down.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The true and tragic story of one of the most famous elephants of all time: Queenie, the gentle Indian elephant. Evoking a time when elephants were giving rides in zoos all around the world, the true story of Queenie follows her from her birth in an Indian jungle to Australia's Melbourne Zoo, where she lived for more than forty years.
18) Queenie Farmer
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In the absence of her beloved cows, who have run away, Queenie Farmer treats her fifteen daughters like a prize herd, baking them cakes, building them beds, sewing them dresses, helping them get married, and taking care of their children when they finally have them.
20) Queenie's secret
Author
Series
Publisher
Grolier
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"The AlphaPets are curious about Queenie the Quiet Quail. They are convinced that she must have a special secret because she's always so quiet and seems so contented. . . [T]o find out her secret, the AlphaPets follow her [and] inadvertently find out about the many satisfactions that quiet activities and contemplation can bring."--Prelim.

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