Miki, Slavia
Summary: "Peggy's Impossible Tale is told in the voice of a remarkable guinea pig. Full of action and surprises, it is guaranteed to captivate the attention of beginning readers. Peggy learns how to communicate with the loving family that adopted her, and goes on to win a much-coveted prize for her accomplishments."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tradewind Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MIKPike, Signe
Summary: "The Lost Queen tells the story of Languoreth, Queen of Cadzow, who lived in sixth century Scotland and came of age at a time when invading Anglo-Saxon forces and the rise of Christianity threatened to change her way of life forever. Together with her twin brother Lailoken, destined to be a Wisdom Keeper and eventually known to history as Merlin, she is catapulted into a world of danger and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2018
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIKSong, Mika
Summary: Because no one will deliver the pizza they crave, Norma and Belly must get creative, so with the help of their friends, these squirrels find a way to get a pizza, even if it means taking on a wild beast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Summary: "Rotterham Home was a hospice for young people--a place where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. Nobody who checked in ever checked out. It was a place of pain and sorrow, but also, remarkably, a place of humor and adventure. Every night at twelve, a group of young guys and girls at the hospice came together to tell stories. They called themselves the Midnight Club, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIKHabiby, Emile.
Summary: Saeed is a Palestinian informant in Israel whose story is told in the form of letters to an unnamed correspondent after Saeed has escaped to outer space with the help of an extraterrestrial friend. He tries to gain favor by being the best informant, but his bad luck and dim wit guarantee his failure; his life is lived in constant fear, yet he is never without hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HABMbue, Imbolo
Summary: "Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty--and Jende is eager to please....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MBUAiken, Ginny.
Summary: "When socialite Emma Crowell stops the carriage on the way to Portland to 'exercise' her fussy poodle, she does not expect to become stranded in the woods in decidedly unsuitable attire. The pair of men who find her decide to take her back to their cave, where they've hidden sheep they rustled. When rancher Peter Lowery arrives, furious, to retrieve his property and discovers Emma, he does the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION AIKHite, Ann
Summary: At the age of ten, Annie Todd finds not only is her mother quite mad but that Annie has inherited an unusual legacy. The ghost of a young girl visits Annie in her new home deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where Annie's mother, Grace Jean, has hidden them away from the life they used to know. Annie finds an unlikely ally in Pearl, a young woman who keeps house in Annie's new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mercer University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HITLinke, Dorit
Summary: Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany. Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real--...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LINMoulton, Deke
Summary: Adam and Victor are brothers who have the usual fights over the remote, which movie to watch and whether or not it's morally acceptable to eat people. Well, not so much eat... just drink a little blood. They're vampires, hiding in plain sight with their eclectic yet loving family. Ten-year-old Adam knows he has a better purpose in his life (well, immortal life) than just drinking blood, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOUHoke, Henry
Summary: A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity's foibles, the lion spends their days protecting a nearby homeless encampment, observing hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOKHarper, Maika
Summary: "When the earth was new, words had the power to breathe life into the world. But when creating animals from breath, sometimes one does not get everything right on the first try! Based on a traditional Inuit story passed forward orally for generations in the South Baffin region of Nunavut, this book shares with young readers the origin of the caribou and the walrus--and tells of how very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARKaufman, Amie
Summary: "Above, in the cloudlands, Nimh has no memory of her past, only an aching, undying certainty that she has left something--someone--behind. Below, on the surface, North looks to the sky, desperate to join the person he loves and return to his world. In their desperation to reunite and save their people, Nimh and North face one ultimate question: can they defy their love and their destiny to save...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: Girls growing up into women should feel good about who they are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD KROJean, Emiko
Summary: Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in, it isn₂t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it₂s always been Izumi, or Izzy, because 'It₂s easier this way,' and her mom (and her trusty terrier sidekick, Tamagotchi) against the world. But then Izzy discovers a clue to her previously unknown father₂s identity, and he₂s...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JEAHine, David.
Summary: As the civil war rips apart the Marvel universe, the X-Men find themselves crumbling from the inside out and must admit defeat or finally start to fight back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Comics 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CIVMeloy, Maile
Summary: "An octopus is taken from his undersea home to live in an aquarium, but he soon tires of captive life."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE VOX MELHite, Ann
Summary: Buster and Lee Wright are the sons of Swannanoa Gap's sheriff. Their personalities couldn't be more opposite and these differences bring conflicts that may not be resolved. Ella Ruth Allen was born on Black Mountain. Her mama, a city girl, runs off with another man, leaving the two-year-old Ella Ruth behind with Paul Allen, her father. He in turn promptly dumps poor Ella Ruth on her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mercer University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HITMaker, Martha
Summary: "Emily is desperate to get a puppy. She's worked really hard to convince her parents that she's ready, and they've finally agreed! Their trip to the rescue center, however, does not go as planned. No sooner is Emily surrounded by precious pups than she--ah-ahh-CHOOOO!-realizes she's allergic! Emily is devastated. Luckily, her creative friends have the perfect solution to cheer her up." --Back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MAKBerenstain, Mike
Summary: The Berenstain Bears can't wait to visit the Bear Country Space Center, where rockets blast off into outer space! When the tour guide gives Mama, Papa, and the cubs a tour of the Big Bear Space Rocket, he makes it very clear not to touch anything. But when Papa sees a big red button, he just can't help himself. Get ready to blast off!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN BERLupica, Mike
Summary: "When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim--the man had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. But otherwise, Jesse has no clue as to the man's identity. He isn't a local, nor does he have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUPCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUPMaden, Mike
Summary: "While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. A first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. After making plans to meet later, Jack leaves, only to miss the opportunity to ever speak to Renee again, as the café is destroyed minutes later by a suicide bomber. A desperate Jack plunges...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MADCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MADRipley, Mike.
Summary: Margery Allingham's Mr. Campion finds himself masquerading as advisor to a very suspicious but glamorous film producer hunting for buried treasure that never was in the Suffolk villages of Sweethearting and Heronhoe, which used to host trysts between the future King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIPThaler, Mike
Summary: When Mrs. Green announces that Friday is class picture day, Hubie spends the rest of the week worrying about how he will look and practicing poses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012