Bacon, Beth
Summary: OK. So, you have to read for 20 minutes, but you don't want to. Maybe your mom or dad or teacher even has a timer--yikes! If you have to read, but you don't like reading, this book is for you! If someone's bugging you to open a book, grab this one. In this book, you'll zoom through 20 minutes of reading ... without really reading!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BACWillems, Mo
Summary: The wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding in order to trap a tasty little girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WILBarry, Dave.
Summary: An uproarious tale told in alternating voices follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on the run from police, terrorists, and a pizza chain mascot. One character, Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. The other, Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARPeirce, Lincoln
Summary: "Nate Wright's a winner--in his own mind, anyway. So when things go wrong, he's at a loss to explain why. How does his soccer team manage to lose to a school with a sixty-game winless streak? What's he doing at the movies on a Friday night--with Gina? And why, oh why is one of his classmates (hint: she's Nates dream girl) suddenly moving 3,000 miles away? It's all enough to make a sixth-grade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal 2017
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Big Peirce 2017Hatori, Bisco.
Summary: The Host Club is determined to discover why Hunny's little brother Chika visits the Host Club and starts attacking Hunny with all his martial arts prowess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURHatori, Bisco.
Summary: The first years in Class 1-A are particupating in a test of courage, the loser of which will be dubbed "Best of Cowards." Kazukiyo Souga, a coward at heart, is happy to be on a team with Haruhi, but will he be able to stomach the antics of his other teammates, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURHandford, Martin
Summary: "Maybe you're good at spotting Waldo. But can you spot the difference? Head to the museum, where even the sharpest eyes are seeing double. Waldo is wandering through the museum, where there are some devilishly difficult differences to decipher. Finding Waldo and his buddies is hard enough, but who can spot the minutiae that separate one Egyptian tablet from another? The dastardly details that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HANPeirce, Lincoln.
Summary: "Nate thinks studying is no sweat. But Francis isn't so sure. Can Francis convince Nate to hit the books? Or will Nate's genius wow everyone?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2013
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2 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PEISummary: National Public Radio presents a collection of entertaining stories about family vacations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Keyes, Marian.
Summary: Go further under the covers and stay in bed a little longer with Marian Keyes in this winning follow-up to her smash essay collection, Under the Duvet. Written in the witty, forthright style that has earned her legions of devoted readers, Cracks in My Foundation offers an even deeper and more candid look into this beloved author's mind and heart, exploring such universal themes as friends and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 824.914 KEYNotaro, Laurie.
Summary: Following her academic husband to a new job in a small college town in Washington, Maye is confronted by the challenges of making new friends and, after a series of missteps, decides to enter the annual Sewer Pipe Queen pageant, a popular local tradition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOTRoss, Ann B.
Summary: When Miss Julia's new friend, Hazel, disappears after going on a date with an upright church member, Miss Julia and little Lloyd must go in search for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSBuckley, Christopher
Summary: Inciting a culture war when she suggests that baby boomers should be given government incentives to commit suicide by age seventy-five, a twenty-nine-year-old blogger and political malcontent catches the attention of an ambitious senator seeking the presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner 12 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Twain, Mark
Contents: Introduction -- Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- A touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- Advice for good little girls -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The story of the bad little boy -- Answers to correspondents -- Concerning chambermaids -- An inquiry about insurances -- Cannibalism in the cars -- A fine old man -- A visit to Niagara -- The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prion Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TWATwain, Mark
Summary: A tramp abroad (1880) is based on Twain's travels in Europe from April 1878 to August 1879, blending autobiography and fiction. Presented with the author's original sketches, Twain provides a humorous travelogue with commentary on Old World customs, Wagnerian opera, and the German language interlaced with American reminiscences. Following the equator (1897) chronicles Twain's 1895...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.4 TwainBrandeis, Gayle.
Summary: A woman who supports her family by selling her yard-sale and self-storage auction acquisitions, Flan Parker embarks on a life-changing odyssey of self-discovery and awareness after bidding on a mysterious box that is empty except for the word "yes."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Barry, Dave.
Summary: In this brilliantly funny exploration of the treacherous state of adulthood by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist, Barry tackles everything from fatherhood to new fatherhood to songs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 BARHelakoski, Leslie.
Summary: "Finding the farmhouse is no picnic for this pack of panicky poultry! The four big chickens are all cooped up when their dream is to see the farmhouse--so they set out in search of it. But what makes something a farmhouse anyway? A roof? Not, that's a doghouse! A chimney? No, that's a tractor! It's nothing but mixed-up mayhem when hapless hens with the right idea go looking for the farmhouse in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION HelakoskiSedaris, David.
Summary: From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2008
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Summary: A boy is so sleepy that he vows nothing will get him out of his morning bed, neither peas and beans nor the United States Marines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beginner Books 1987
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SEUStilton, Geronimo
Summary: When the owner of the Daily Rat newspaper thinks Thea Stilton, who has vanished without a trace, is responsible for a recent string of robberies in New Mouse City, Geronimo must employ his "famouse" investigative skills to find Thea - and the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Holey cheese -- my sister, Thea, was in danger! She had traveled to Easter Island in search of a secret treasure, and now she needed my help. There was no time to lose! My friends and I hopped on a plane to begin our search, aided by a map and a mysterious riddle. What an exciting adventure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STIAllen, Woody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5407 ALLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 818.5407 ALLBreslin, Jimmy.
Summary: A satire on the cult of the Mafia tells the story of an inept gang of Sicilian cretins and their criminally foolish plots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1997