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Summary: Manolo Olivar has to make a decision: to follow in his famous father's shadow and become a bullfighter, or to follow his heart and become a doctor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOJWojciechowski, Susan.
Summary: Two towns, Tralee and Tralah, compete in an annual St. Patrick's Day decorating contest which Tralah boastfully always wins, but when their hearts are put to the test by a little man with pointed ears, Tralee wins with no effort at all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOJCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE WOJWojciechowski, Susan.
Summary: A young boy recalls all the Halloween costume agonies he's been through, until, at last, he gets to do things his own way!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 1998
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E WOJWojciechowski, Susan.
Summary: Two towns, Tralee and Tralah, compete in an annual St. Patrick's Day decorating contest which Tralah boastfully always wins, but when their hearts are put to the test by a little man with pointed ears, Tralee wins with no effort at all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E WojChance, Maia
Summary: Former socialite Lola Woodby, not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibition-era New York City, along with her grim Swedish sidekick, Berta, take on a piece-of-cake job: retrieving a rhinoceros trophy from the Connecticut mansion of big game hunter Rudy Montgomery. After all, their client, Lord Sudley, promises them a handsome paycheck, and the gin and tonics will be free. But no sooner do they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAMitchell, Maia
Summary: Follows the misadventures of Jessie and Angela, best friends and high school dropouts, who plan to spend a week at the beach as things begin to go awry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2018
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3 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NEVShibutani, Maia
Summary: Accompanying their journalist parents to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, twelve-year-old Andy Kudo and his eleven-year-old sister Mika find themselves immersed in an augmented reality game developed by a former Olympic medalist, that brings players together from all over the world to search Tokyo for virtual medals and clues to the secretive creator's identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHIChance, Maia
Summary: "After her philandering husband died and left her penniless in Prohibition-era New York, Lola Woodby escaped with her Swedish cook to the only place she could--her deceased husband's secret love nest in the middle of Manhattan. Her only comforts were chocolate cake, dime store detective novels, and the occasional highball (okay, maybe not so occasional). But rent came due and Lola and Berta...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHALunde, Maja
Summary: From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUNMoulite, Maika
Summary: "When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MOUSønderby, Kaia
Summary: "As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she's earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test. The Anmerilli, a notoriously reticent and xenophobic people, have invented a powerful weapon that will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Kraken Collective 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SONAlderson, Kaia
Summary: The first Black women allowed to serve in the army, Grace Steele and Eliza Jones, helping form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, navigate their way through the segregated ranks, finally making it overseas where they do their parts for the country they love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALDIbrahim, Maiya
Summary: When she learns that her brother is spreading the nation's secret spice magic to outsiders, sixteen-year-old Shield warrior Imani sets out on a dangerous mission to find him, discovering secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes--and in her own heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC IBRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC IBRKalman, Maira.
Summary: When Pete the dog, who has an insatiable appetite, arrives at school he and his owner are sent to the principal's office, where he devours a set of encyclopedias and is suddenly able to speak and answer any question.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KALKalman, Maira.
Summary: In this alphabet book, a child relates some of the unusual things eaten by Pete the dog, including an accordion, a lucky quarter, and cousin Rocky's underpants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KalmaMaunakea, Malia
Summary: 12-year-old Lei is forced to spend summers in Hawaiʻi with her grandma who is determined to make sure she knows all her family's moʻolelo--stories the kids back home donʻt care about or believe. But after insulting Pele, the Goddess of Fire, she learns just how real these legends are when the goddess takes her best friend and places a curse on her family--one that only Lei can lift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAUCornwall, Gaia
Summary: "Mama and Mommy would like Sweet Pea to settle into bed, but it's not quite time. Even though the bed is fluffy, it's not as snuggly as curling up like a pig in the mud, or as spacious as sleeping in the wide ocean like a blue whale. It's not as fun as sleeping high up in a tree like a koala, or hanging upside down like a bat. And it's definitely not as relaxing as sleeping standing up, like an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "Luna, Bianca and Billy are on a secret spy mission when they come across what looks like an abandoned and overgrown yard. With the help of some neighborhood volunteers, the kids turn the yard into a beautiful and sustainable garden and help an old man reconcile his past along the way. Includes extensive nonfiction information about no-till gardening throughout."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2024
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Summary: When a young American woman and her husband move to Bucharest, she begins to suspect that the stranger who is stalking them is a serial killer who decapitates women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Distribution Solutions 2022
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WATWilliams, Maiya.
Summary: Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a popular catchphrase.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2010
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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 HARIbrahim, Maiya
Summary: The first book in an epic fantasy series set in an Arabian-inspired land with secret spice magic. Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, sixteen-year-old Imani must fight to find her brother, whose betrayal is now the country's greatest threat. In the hidden desert city of Qalia, there is secret spice magic that awakens the affinities of those who drink the misra...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: After he passes his swimming test, little Jabari decides he's ready to try jumping off the diving board, but when the big moment arrives, Jabari needs to work up the courage to jump.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH CORCornwall, Gaia
Summary: Jabari tries to make a flying machine all by himself in his backyard, but when it doesn't work, he finds it is okay to ask for assistance from Dad and his little sister, Nika.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020