Sobol, Donald J.
Summary: Challenges readers to solve ten mysteries using the same clues as the ten-year-old detective Encyclopedia Brown, with answers given in a separate section.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED SOBSobol, Donald J.
Summary: Presents the essential facts of ten mysteries, giving the reader the opportunity to solve the cases before examining the boy detective's solutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Sobol 2007O'Brien, Tim
Summary: Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1998
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction O'Brien 1990Summary: "26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar. The Best of World SF draws together stories from across the spectrum of science fiction - expect robots, spaceships and time travel, as well as some really weird stuff - representing twenty-one countries and five continents."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Twenty-nine new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction.The future is coming. It knows no bounds, and neither should science fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THIJames, Henry
Contents: The real thing -- The figure in the carpet -- The turn of the screw -- The tree of knowledge -- Maud-Evelyn -- The beast in the jungle -- The jolly corner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Konemann 1969
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JamesL'Engle, Madeleine
Summary: "This powerful collection of short stories traces an emotional arc inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's early life and career, from her lonely childhood in New York to her life as a mother in small-town Connecticut. In a selection of eighteen stories discovered by one of L'Engle's granddaughters, we see how L'Engle's personal experiences and abiding faith informed the creation of her many cherished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC L'ENSummary: "Adolescence is a time of firsts. First kiss. First love. First loss. First job. The first taste of adult responsibilities, and the first look at an independent life away from both the restrictions and the security of home. And in this case, a very different type of "first": murder. This short story collection of murder mysteries adds a sinister spin to the joy and pain of firsts that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIFGates, David
Summary: Stories dealing with human relationships. In Star Baby, a homosexual man caring for a nephew treads softly lest he be mistaken for a pedophile, Beating is on the making of a racist, while Saturn is on the perils of self-improvement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GATSwanwick, Michael.
Summary: The first comprehensive overview of the extraordinary career of a master storyteller.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SWAHeyman, Alissa.
Summary: A collection of well-known pirate tales, abridged and adapted for younger readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.45 VINSummary: Follows the adventures of four noble animals who sacrifice everything to protect their homes from a mad king in the world of Erdas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SPIAkpan, Uwem.
Summary: These stories are told from the viewpoints of the children of Africa. Akpan's ability to capture a child's imagination and his skillful portrayal of the situation they endure is nothing short of transcendent. His stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AKPBarnes, Julian.
Summary: An eccentiric, playfully skewed, surprisingly comprehensive chronicle of life on planet Earth. A novel whose threads of coincidence and hidden connection are woven into a narrative tapestry brilliant with wit, intelligence, and emotion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1989
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARWeil, Josh
Summary: ""A storyteller of the first order."--Joshua Ferris. "Josh Weil is a spectacular talent."--Lauren Groff. Following his debut Dayton Literary Peace Prize-winning novel, The Great Glass Sea, Sue Kaufman Prize winner and National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" author Josh Weil brings together stories selected from a decade of work in one stellar new collection that explores themes of progress, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEIDahl, Roald.
Summary: An account of how the author came to be a writer and selections from his writer's notebook augment stories juxtaposing fantasy and truth, and peopled with outrageous and courageous characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAHMatheson, Richard
Summary: "The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle. Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Collects sixteen interconnected short stories about a high school's battle of the bands competition, from such authors as Shaun David Hutchinson, Brittany Cavallaro, and Preeti Chhibber.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BATCisneros, Sandra.
Summary: The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Wilson, Kevin
Summary: Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider<U+2014>a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILIrving, Washington
Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013