Browne, Mahogany L.
Summary: "A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain. When Darius told Angel he loved her, she believed him. But five weeks after the incident, Angel finds herself in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BROMaddox, Jake
Summary: Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2016Black, Saul.
Summary: "When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it's the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the other hand, it's just another stop on a long and bloody journey. And they still have many miles to go, and victims to sacrifice, before their work is done. For San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart, their trail of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Black 2015Shrum, Brianna R.
Summary: After her grandpa got sick half a world away, Hallie Jacob's parents yanked her to Colorado the last semester of her senior year. Career-wise, she has specialized in fighting fire, and now she is surrounded by ice, snow, and a thousand cousins she's half-banned from hanging around with. On one big family weekend in the freaking tundra, Hallie sneaks off with those cousins to an abandoned ski...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHREnglehardt, John
Summary: Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead. In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENGDoleski, Shannon
Summary: "Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles."-- Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOLJacobson, Jennifer
Summary: Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VOX Publishing, a Library Ideas Company] 2020
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Summary: Cora is grappling with the death of her sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time and stop her brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WARJohnston, E. K.
Summary: This story of a small town, fierce friendships, and revenge served cold is a perfect companion to Exit, Pursued by a Bear. In the small town of Eganston, Ontario, five good girls have had enough. They've experienced the best of what their community has to offer, but they've seen the darker side too. Together, they've decided that it's time for a reckoning and that justice is their privilege to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC JOHCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JOHRodman, Sean
Summary: Josh is a gamer. After his parents' divorce and his move from Chicago to a small town where he doesn't know anybody, he copes by staying up way too late playing Killswitch online. Then he discovers a "mod" version of the game that is an exact reproduction of his new town. Strange things start to happen in the game, and they are somehow connected with events in the real world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RODElliott, Rachel
Summary: "Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded-up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ELLMcCranie, Stephen
Summary: "To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon. Amy is finally feeling that she's made a true connection with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver, but their entire relationship is rattled--possibly forever. Amy struggles to come to terms with that friendship ending and reaches out to an old friend. She'll discover that the help of friends from all points...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC MCCSummary: It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCHWing, Natasha
Summary: In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," Billy is too nervous to sleep the night before he begins preschool, but a kind teacher and new friends fill the day with fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD WINMoss, Marissa
Summary: Starting her own all-girls mathlete team, Talia, who loves math puzzles and code-breaking, is determined to lead her team to victory while trying to break the social code of preteen life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOSCrow, Melinda Melton.
Summary: "School Bus is ready for his big job on the first day of school"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ALESkogen, Jennifer
Summary: What really happened during the Fire of 1966? Go back in time and see the famous tragedy through the eyes of student Henry Grey, and history teacher Lorna Evans. Henry's uncle, Principle Grey, is teaching Henry to fight ghosts, but is there something his uncle isn't telling him? Lorna returns to Grey Hills after inheriting her father's house. She also inherits an urn of her grandfather's ashes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOLevy, Dana Alison
Summary: When Theo's photography project is vandalized, the five students nearby all claim it was not them, so Theo's favorite teacher suggests they all spend vacation week together and get to the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVSummary: "A collection of comics about every kid's favorite school subject: lunch!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COMCarr, Jan (M. J.)
Summary: It is the first day of second grade and already Buddy is disappointed because his class has a new teacher, not the one he wanted, and there is a new student, Bea, who is boisterous and much too pushy for the reserved Buddy--and who insists that they are friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CARConnealy, Mary
Summary: "After a rough winter spent alone, Ursula Nordegren realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world and begins a trek down Hope Mountain. Along the way she finds a badly wounded stranger and realizes God may have used her decision to leave as a way of saving the man. Wax Mosby was climbing Hope Mountain in part to atone for his terrible choices. He was hired to drive out the Warden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONJackson, Lisa.
Summary: When Chandra Hill is awakened by a cry in the night, she is shocked to discover an abandoned newborn in her barn. Emergency room doctor Dallas O'Rourke finds himself bonding instantly with the baby and the intriguing woman who brought him in. And when the baby's adoption becomes national news, he's stunned to realize he wants a life with them both.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JACGibbs, Stuart
Summary: "Ben Ripley and his friends are training in Alaska when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis. Ben, Erica, and the others mount a rescue mission, but events quickly spiral out of control in a plot involving the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent with skills to rival Erica's--and lots and lots of bears" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023