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2) Ghost virus
Author
Series
Jerry Pardoe and Jamila Patel novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A young woman pours acid over her own body. A loving husband kills his wife. A headteacher throws her pupils out of a window. DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of Tooting Police are at a loss. Why are such violent crimes being committed by the most unlikely of people? A DEADLY VIRUS Ordinary Londoners are being infected with an insatiable lust to murder . All of the killers were wearing second-hand clothes. Could these garments be possessed by a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes in this inclusive picture book biography of a Lithuanian immigrant with a brilliant eye for fashion and business"--
Author
Series
Would-be wallflowers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
"[A] heiress with the goal of being a wallflower engages a rugged American in a scorchingly sensual, witty wager that tests whether clothing does indeed make the man -- or the wallflower! Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Powerful and...
Author
Formats
Description
In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she’s found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she’s proud they’ve turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success. Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates the story of seventeen-year-old Annie Shapiro, who launched a months-long strike with her fellow clothing workers in 1910 Chicago. Includes a script for a reader's theatre based on this story, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at an upscale department store called Goode's, are run off their feet selling ladies' cocktail dresses during the busy season. But in Sydney in the 1950s, there's always time to pursue other goals... Patty, in her mid-thirties, has been working at Goode's for years. She's married to Frank, who eats a steak for dinner every night, watches a few minutes of TV, and then turns...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Johanna, a German girl, learns on a trip to Israel that her family's successful clothing store was originally owned by a Jewish family and was acquired by her grandfather through the anti-Semitic laws of the Nazi regime.
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