Jahn-Clough, Lisa
Summary: On Valentine's Day morning, Petal the elephant wakes up to find chocolates and Poppy the rhinocerous finds flowers, but they forgot to get gifts for each other, so who is their mystery Valentine?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR GREEN CLOSohn, Emily
Summary: "With help from his friends Ben and Eva, Astro the Alien learns about friendship when he makes new friends on the first day of school. Includes a note to caregivers, reading activities, and a word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SOHCohen, Jon
Summary: "When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight...Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION COHJohns, Rachael
Summary: They started out as the "misfit moms"—the trio of less-than-conventional parents at their sons' tony private school. They've shared everything. Or so they thought. Now, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York City, they'll sightsee, they'll shop, they'll catch a few Broadway shows. They'll tell all… After seventeen years as a single parent, Neve will reveal a past sin that could destroy her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Books 2017
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Sohn, Won-Pyung
Summary: Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He lives with his mother and grandmother above their used bookstore, decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say "thank you," and when to laugh. When a shocking act of random violence shatters his world, it leaves him alone and on his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOHHahn, Sabina
Summary: "A squad of frogs is excited when they spot a Very Big Frog in their pond. But when the creature says that he isn't a frog, the frogs insist that he's the one who is wrong. What happens when the creature has had enough of the frogs' quibbling? Find out in this pitch-perfect, hilarious read-aloud about misunderstandings, imagination, forgiveness, and friendship!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong--but Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can playwith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAIMoyes, Jojo
Summary: In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was also beautiful, spoiled, and out of control. When she agreed to marry the gorgeous young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme, her parents breathed a sigh of relief. But within two years, rumors had begun to circulate about Athene's affair with a young salesman. Thirty-five years later, Suzanna...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION MOYFrank, Joan
Summary: Frances Ferguson is a lonely, sharp-tongued widow who lives in the wine country. Oliver Gaffney is a painfully shy gay man who guards a secret and lives out equally lonely days in San Francisco. Friends by default, Fran and Ollie nurse the deep anomie of loss and the creeping, animal betrayal of aging. Each loves routine but is anxious that life might be passing by. To crack open this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Massachusetts Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAHolub, Joan
Summary: Elpis, a hope-spreading bubble, is given the chance to become the Spirit of Hope at Mount Olympus Academy if she can prove herself as a human girl among the students, but quickly realizes that being a human girl comes with its own challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HOLBennett, Jenn
Summary: Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it's not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there. What she doesn't plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BENIm, Seo-Ha
Summary: "Eunji didn't know when she borrowed her sister's dress that there would be gongghidols hidden in the pockets, but Jingu-the annoying kid that doesn't stop calling her partner-sees them. Instantly, he starts to play. All the kids marvel at his skills, and they start playing too. Soon, the whole class is hooked and decide to have a gonggi tournament. Eunji has never played gonggi, and watching...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Books Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IMHolub, Joan
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sif, goddess of the harvest and a reluctant seer whose abilities are woven into her hair, goes on a quest with Freya and Loki after Loki cuts her hair in a prank gone wrong, causing the crops of Midgard to fail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOLHolub, Joan
Summary: Unlike her twin brother Frey, twelve-year-old girlgoddess Freya is not excited about their invitation to Asgard Academy, especially after she loses her magical jewel, leaving her powerless and worried about making friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOLBennett, Jenn
Summary: When teens Zorie and Lennon, a former couple, are stranded in the California wilderness together, they must put aside their differences, and come to terms with lingering romantic feelings, in order to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BENDoan, Amy Mason
Summary: A decade after an ill-fated affair ends her career, a woman attends the wedding of a childhood friend while coming to terms with her feelings for the person for whom she gave up everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOABishop, Jenn
Summary: New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BISColfer, Eoin
Summary: When Sam, a lonely little boy, wishes for a friend, Fred, an imaginary friend, appears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLBailey, Jenn
Summary: Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships, and sudden changes in classroom routines--like a parade on Friday instead of share time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2023
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Summary: Budding sleuths Helena and her best friend Ben hire an insufferable ghostly guide named Grumbones to track down her recently deceased grandmother in the underworld.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life -- steady boyfriend, close family -- who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, now wheelchair-bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life -- big deals, extreme sports, world travel -- and he's pretty sure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MOYScieszka, Jon.
Summary: With a mysterious new principal and fifth-grade graduation fast approaching, will Michael K. and his friends be able to find the missing Brainwave before the chief of the Anti-Alien Agency uses it to destroy a planet?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCIHolub, Joan
Summary: With some extra magic and the power of friendship, Artemis and Orion help each other on their respective quests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin QUIX 2024
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Summary: After the sneaky river god Alpheus takes a precious cup from a river nymph, it's up to Artemis to get it back! When Alpheus challenges Artemis to a surprisingly easy bet, with the winner getting the cup, Artemis thinks it's too good to be true-and realizes Alpheus will stop at nothing to win. Can Artemis be a hero to her friends?--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2022