Oyeyemi, Helen
Summary: The stories collected here are linked by more than the exquisitely winding prose of their creator: Helen Oyeyemi's ensemble cast of characters slip from the pages of their own stories only to surface in another. The reader is invited into a world of lost libraries and locked gardens, of marshlands where the drowned dead live and a city where all the clocks have stopped; students hone their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Oyeyemi 2016Oyeyemi, Helen
Summary: "A collection of intertwined stories built around the idea of keys, literal and metaphorical"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC OYEHorrocks, Caitlin
Summary: Eleven women confront dramas both every-day and outlandish in stories as darkly comic as they are unflinching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sarabande Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HORMaihack, Mike
Summary: Feeling guilty after the events that occured on planet Hykosis, Cleopatra sets out on a solo mission to Cada'duun to investigate the Golden Lion, a weaponized star, that puts her in the path of a murderous assassin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2017
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Summary: Zoom off into space for an adventure where YOU CHOOSE what happens next. Which alien would you most like to be friends with? And what fantastically freaky food will you decide to munch for lunch? The possibilities are infinite in this mesmerising creative toolkit which will inspire children from 3 up to make their own stories time and again - a spectacular sequel to the bestselling You Choose -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Sam Wu tries to hide his fear of Tulip, the pet tarantula that is coming to visit his class, but when Tulip escapes from its cage, he bravely decides that it is up to him and his friends to save the school from the scary spider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED TSASpanbauer, Tom.
Summary: In 1967, seventeen-year-old Rigby John Klusener escapes the narrow confines of his strict, religious farming family and the bigoted community in which he has grown up to hitchhike to San Francisco to discover life's mysteries and his own identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006
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Summary: "What could be worse than losing your child? Having to pretend he's still alive... Bestselling author Will Shepard is caught in the twilight of grief, after his young son dies in a car accident. But when his father's aging mind erases the memory, Will rewrites the truth. The story he spins brings unexpected relief...until he's forced to return to rural North Carolina, trapping himself in a lie....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIDylan, Bob
Summary: Iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and illustrator David Walker team up to present this charming, cozy, and touching interpretation of "If Not for You." If not for you... I'd be sad and blue. If not for you... I just wouldn't have a clue. If not for you... What would I do? In this inventive interpretation of Bob Dylan's 1970 song "If Not for You," illustrator David Walker beautifully imagines...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Summary: In a world of villainous cowboys, high-speed chases, and falling pianos, can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late? And who would want to poison her? With few she can trust in her own royal court, Moon Queen and First Cat will have to journey alone to find the antidote. If only LOZ 4000 were still with them... but our once-heroic toenail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen work together to uncover who poisoned the Queen's soup. Unbeknownst to our trio, secret forces are working against them. With villainous cowboys about, high-speed chases, and pianos falling from the sky--can our iconic trio find their way back to one another and save the Moon Queen before it's too late?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Nat's class trip is a bigger adventure than she imagined! Nat is on an overnight class trip to Philadelphia, which is her first time in a big city without her parents. And it's a big deal because Nat's mom and dad are finally giving her the independence she's been longing for. But the trip is off to a bad start--with one disaster after another--and if things keep up, Nat's on track to lose her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024
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Summary: A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2012
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Summary: As a kid, Charlotte Illes' uncanny sleuthing abilities made her a minor celebrity. But in high school, she hung up her detective's hat and stashed away the signature blue landline in her "office"--aka garage--convinced that finding her adult purpose would be as easy as tracking down missing pudding cups or locating stolen diamonds. Now twenty-five, Charlotte has a nagging fear that she hit her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SIEMcWilliams, Kelly
Summary: Harriet Douglass lives with her historian father on an old plantation in Louisiana, which they have transformed into one of the South's few enslaved people's museums. Mother and daughter duo Claudia and Layla Hartwell plan to turn the property next door into a wedding venue, and host the offensively antebellum-themed wedding of two Hollywood stars. Harriet tried to convince them to change their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCWGoodwin, Idris
Summary: "Look around, what do you see? Windows, walls, and doors? Look closer, there's so much more. One rainy day, a kid opens their closet to discover a teleporation chamber. In the adventure of the imagination that follows, we are invited to see our homes as more than places to live -- they are vessels for creativity and joy."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOOHigson, Charles
Summary: After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HIGSwinson, Kiki
Summary: "A former journalist with a knack for unraveling dirty secrets, Khloé Mercer figures if she's going to risk her life, she might as well make big money as a private investigator. But this reckless newbie needs a major case to make her name - and really show she can handle Norfolk, Virginia's toughest streets ... When a narcotics detective's widow needs someone to investigate her disgraced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAFINA, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
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Summary: "Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Girls rights activist, Maya Penn introduces her inspirational handbook for teens and young adults to help them discover their passions and maximize their full potential for a creative, successful life."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Star Way 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 650.1 PENMacomber, Debbie
Summary: Debbie Macomber returns with a powerful and uplifting novel set in the same world as her New York Times bestseller A Girl's Guide to Moving On. After living in the shadow of her overbearing parents for twenty-five years, Beth Prudhomme is finally taking charge of her life. She moves from Chicago to Portland, reconnects with her favorite aunt, and finds a job as a high-school music teacher....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MACRule, Jane.
Summary: Jane Rule's second novel follows a group of friends through New York and abroad as they explore the freedoms—and limitations—of sexuality in a time of stifling social conventionKatherine George—Kate to her intimates—is captain of her high school debating and swimming teams. But beneath her high-achieving exterior is a young woman on a quest for meaning and fulfilling relationships. Through her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road Media 2013
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Litwin, Eric
Summary: Hazel Nut wants to sing and dance, but Mama, Papa, and Wally Nut are too busy, so Hazel calls in a special family member to get everyone moving.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015