Ohanesian, Aline.
Summary: "When Orhan's brilliant and eccentric grandfather, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But his grandfather's will raises more questions than it answers. Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OHAAlikhan, Salima
Summary: When a massive fire breaks out in 1871 Chicago, twelve-year-old orphan Ollie and his young charge Leo scramble to escape the burning city, but before they find shelter they must search for Ollie's lost sister Eliza among the wreckage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ALICopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: "In the aftermath of the Hyperspace Disaster, young Jedi Knight, Lily Tora-Asi is assigned to help displaced civilians relocate to Banchii, a newly inhabited planet in the Inugg system far in the outer rim. Banchii is the site of a new Jedi temple led by Master Arkoff, Lily's Wookiee mentor, who imagines the temple as a place of peace for new inhabitants and for those who are traveling beyond....
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC STAAlikhan, Salima
Summary: Emmi, a German immigrant, is living in Chicago when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, and, separated from her father, she finds herself with her neighbors, Cara and Seamus, braving the smoke and flames trying to escape the danger of the burning city, and searching for all their parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ALISlate, Joseph.
Summary: A farmer rescues the Liberty Bell from the British in his big wagon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Cavendish 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SLAFontenaille, Élise
Summary: A six-year-old boy loves nothing more than spending time with Luis, his immigrant grandfather, who teaches the boy about birds, plants, and the natural world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FONKlise, James
Summary: While running a con in 1934 Chicago, sixteen-year-old Joe splits his time between Eddie, a handsome flirt, and Raymond, a carefree rich kid who shows Joe the queer life of the big city, but as danger closes in, Joe must decide who he wants to be before disappearing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KLIKlise, Kate.
Summary: After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, continues as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to run the Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLIKlise, Kate.
Summary: As his fifth birthday party approaches, Little Rabbit decides to invite only those friends who are also too old to cry--until he learns that others of all ages weep for all sorts of reasons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Klise 2006Shima, Shin'ya
Summary: Siblings Minato and Akira Lee have moved to a new town, and they're expecting things to be different--but not this different! Ghostly figures tower over and pass through buildings, drawing no reaction from the locals, some of whom appear far from normal themselves. When Akira spots a strange creature outside her window, she and her new friends organize a search. If no one else can explain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GLIShinya, Shima
Summary: "Centuries before the Skywalker saga, a new adventure begins... It is the era of the High Republic and interstellar expansion is at its height. As trusted guardians of peace, the renowned Jedi protect the Republic and shine their light on those exploring the darkest reaches of the galaxy. When Padawan Keerin Fionn and Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi learn that the recent Drengir battle was not an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC STAClimo, Liz
Summary: A rabbit tries everything he can think of to prevent a hungry bear from eating him, but the bear has something else in mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLIClimo, Shirley.
Summary: Long ago in Germany, an old woman cleans her house and decorates her Christmas tree, hoping that this year she will witness some special Christmas Eve magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC CLIKlimo, Kate
Summary: "A dachshund loses his hind leg in an accident and finds his life's calling as a therapy dog"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC KLIKlimo, Kate.
Summary: Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013
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Summary: Dragon Keepers Jesse and Daisy, along with their dragon, Emmy, must save their friend Professor Andersson from an evil witch, who happens to be St. George the Dragon Slayer's girlfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Childrens Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLICollins, Olive
Summary: Betty O’Fogarty is proud and clever. Spurred on by her belief in her husband Seamus’s talent as a violin-maker and her desire to escape rural life, they elope to Dublin. She expects life there to fulfil all her dreams. To her horror, she discovers that they can only afford to live in the notorious poverty-stricken tenements. Seamus becomes obsessed with republican politics, neglecting his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Collins 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLCollins, Olive
Summary: "In 1865, Goldie O'Neill was nine years of age when she trekked across the unclaimed American West with her family to form their own Irish catholic Colony. Their new community had dreams of self-governance and prosperity far removed from the anti-Irish sentiment and prejudice of the ruling classes. They soon learned about the extremes of the American West and the ongoing Indian war. A year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Collins 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLSummary: Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENDSlate, Jenny
Summary: Batman works on his social skills as he tries to team up with Alfred, his adopted son who dresses as Robin, and police commisioner Barbara Gordon to save Gotham from the Joker's clutches.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2017
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LEGCopies Available at East Bay
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Summary: In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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Summary: Eli the dog has been with Astrid since she was a baby, and now that Eli is getting older and slowing down, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him, but knows what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KLIKlise, Kate.
Summary: In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC KLIKlise, Kate.
Summary: With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois. Story told mostly through letters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books 2012