Zunon, Elizabeth
Summary: As a little girl and her father work together to make her birthday cake, he tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast. Includes author's note and a cake recipe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZUNElo, Elisabeth.
Summary: "Dennis Lehane meets Smilla's Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions Elisabeth Elo's debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talking girl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north. When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELOSummary: A supernatural thriller driven by fantasy, mystery, and romance follows Ig Perrish, the number one suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, Merrin. Hung over from a night of hard drinking, Ig awakens one morning to find horns growing from his head and soon realizes their power drives people to confess their sins and give in to their most selfish and unspeakable impulses - an effective tool in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HORGunn, Elizabeth
Summary: A gang of grifters and con artists hits the town of Rutherford and has Jake Hines and his team trying to follow a trail of dodging and deceit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M GUNGunn, Elizabeth
Summary: "The Meredith Mountain fire starts on Labor Day weekend and rages for days - an awesome sight, leaving a trail of havoc and destruction in its wake. Alice Adams edits the Clark's Fort Guardian newspaper, ably assisted by her nephew, Stuart Campbell, and the two cover the blaze for the paper, wowing the local community with their stunning photographs and features. When the fire is finally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUNGunn, Elizabeth
Summary: When a family feud between Minnesota farmers ends up with one of them dead, Detective Jake Hines must find the killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUNGunn, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUNSchofield-Morrison, Connie
Summary: "A talented seamstress, born enslaved in 1818, bought freedom for herself and her son"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KECGrimes, Nikki.
Summary: A young girl learns much about her mother as she reads a collection of poems written before she was born that capture her mother's memories of living around the world and growing up as a child of an Air Force serviceperson. Includes author's note, list ofAir Force bases, and explanation of the free verse and tanka poetry forms used.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRIKamkwamba, William
Summary: "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KAMSummary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HIDSummary: A spirited young American girl goes to London in search of her long-lost father. When she finds him, she sets out to prove that love can conquer all, but finds that her unique, impulsive style threatens the relationship she has waited for all her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHASummary: With the emergance of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE X-MEGrimes, Nikki
Summary: "Bath time is full of magic. The faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore, toy boats sail against the waves. An imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas is just what it takes to get little one clean"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRIHarvey, Jeanne Walker.
Summary: In Harlem, New York City, an artist follows the rhythms of blues music as he recalls his North Carolina childhood while painting, cutting, and pasting to make art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Children 2011
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Summary: Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PAUDunn, Elizabeth
Summary: Two rising stars in behavioral science explain how money can buy happiness -- if you follow five core principles of smarter spending.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 DUNSummary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUGrimes, Nikki
Summary: A beloved and very sleepy little boy resists his mother's efforts to put him to bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRISummary: Don't know who Tom Shadyac is? As a writer and a director, Shadyac first unleashed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor remake on the world, and then a string of film fiascoes, but that's all behind him now. A bike accident left him with a host of debilitating maladies and brought him to the verge of suicide, so he took stock of his life and set out on a quest to answer some of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shady Acres, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc ISummary: After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE X-MECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD XME RATED PG-13Summary: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to humanity, he proved to be something far more sinister?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRIHolleville, Élizabeth
Summary: Summer for Louise means sand, surf, and ... the supernatural. Louise spends every summer at her grandma's house with her older sister, cousins, and Rodin the dog. But, this year, her plans to relax and read comics on the beach are about to be turned upside down by a mischievous ghost, bored with being forced to haunt the same house. While the other girls are wrapped up in romance and teenage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow Ltd 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HOLSummary: A collection of ten stories from award-winning YA authors celebrates first love, unrequited love, surprising love, and love that's been there all along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022