Jaff, Sophie
Summary: "This electrifying, stunningly written debut opens with a killer preying on the women of New York City, but as the body count rises over the course of a summer it becomes clear that he is being driven by something beyond our comprehension--igniting a trilogy that brings a darkly sophisticated twist to the epic fantasy of Deborah Harkness, Lev Grossman, and Diana Gabaldon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAFWinterhart, Joff
Summary: Sue, 52, works in a library. Daniel, 15, is still at school. This was the summer holidays Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's pregnant new wife in Florida. When they cancel his trip, Sue and Daniel face six long weeks together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jonathan Cape 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WINNeff, Amy
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Sue works in a library; her son Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. When his father and stepmother cancel his summer plans to visit them in Florida at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies, and pursue their passions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DAYNeff, Henry H.
Summary: GRAVE FORCES ARE converging to seize control of the Book of Thoth, a hidden artifact whose pages hold the key to creating--or unraveling--the very threads of existence. Under the care and tutelage of Cooper, Rowan's most lethal Agent, Max McDaniels and David Menlo embark on a quest to protect the book from the demon Astaroth, who would exploit its secrets with dire consequence. And with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2008
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Aerts, Jef
Summary: Adin and Dina are best friends. They live in the beautiful countryside surrounded by cherry trees. Their favorite game is to plant cherry pits around their little village - in the cracks in the sidewalk and in the flowerbeds outside the post office. Then one day Adin and his family move away to the city. Will Adin and Dina's friendship survive the new distance between them? In this beautifully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AERCzekaj, Jef
Summary: Perfect for back-to-school and Halloween, this is a funny and sweet story about a monster's first day of school by the popular author-illustrator of Cat Secrets. Little Ghoul is nervous about her first day of school. Her mom assures her that it will be great: The teachers will be scary. The lunch will be revolting! And the other classmates will be spine-tingling and creepy. But what if Little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blazer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CZENeff, Henry H.
Summary: The Tapestry series continues to weave threads of fantasy, mythology, science fiction, and mystery into a wholly original adventure that appeals to fans of everything from Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings to The X-Men. Genre-blending and fully illustrated, The Tapestry novels have caught the attention of middle-grade and young adult readers alike--and the series is only getting bigger. Book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2010
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Buff, Mary
Summary: Eleven-year-old Walter Tell awaits the skillful demonstration of his father William, a Swiss freedom fighter, who will shoot an apple from his head.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUFLarsen, Reif.
Summary: "The moment just before Radar Radmanovic is born, all of the hospital's electricity mysteriously fails. The delivery takes place in total darkness. Lights back on, the staff sees a healthy baby boy-with pitch-black skin-born to the stunned white parents. No one understands the uncanny electrical event or the unexpected skin color. "A childbirth is an explosion," the ancient physician says by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LARSelf, Jeffery
Summary: JT is a gay high school senior determined to get out of Clearwater, Florida, and be the first person in his family to go to college, even though he can not figure out how to pay for it--until his friends convince him to compete in a drag teen competitionwhere the first prize is a college scholarship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SELNeff, Henry H.
Summary: The world is at the brink of ruin . . or is it salvation? Astaroth has been weakened, and the demon Prusias is taking full advantage of the situation to create an empire of his own. His formidable armies are on the move, and Rowan is in their sights. Rowan must rely on Max McDaniels and David Menlo and hope that their combined powers can stop Prusias's war machine before it's too late. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2012
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Atta, Sefi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATTSenf, Lora
Summary: To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story thief, all while trying to fulfill her deal with the Clackity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SENNeff, Henry H
Summary: "Two unlikely allies confront a conspiracy that is even bigger and more sinister than they imagine in this high-stakes fantasy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Neff, Henry H.
Summary: MAX MCDANIELS LIVES a quiet life in the suburbs of Chicago, until the day he stumbles upon a mysterious Celtic tapestry. Many strange people are interested in Max and his tapestry. His discovery leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where great things await him. But dark things are waiting, too. When Max learns that priceless artworks and gifted children are disappearing, he finds himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2007
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Westerson, Jeri.
Summary: Witnessing the apparent suicide of a man who fell from the London Bridge, Crispin Guest investigates suspicions that the victim was actually murdered and discovers links to a powerful religious artifact before his efforts are complicated by the arrival of his friend, Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WESNeff, Robert Arthur
Summary: In less-conflicted times they might never have met, but as Germany lurched toward World War II many lives were forced to change direction. Dieter is the orphaned son of a music professor and one of that teacher's pupils. His father had been killed in World War I and his mother died in the influenza pandemic of 1917, leaving the young man as a ward of the music school where he had been born....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Old Stone Press 0000
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Summary: "Summer, 1957. Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Carolina, where they plan to mark the centennial of their ancestor's escape from slavery by retracing the route he took into the Great Dismal Swamp. But an encounter with an old nemesis turns their historical reenactment into a real life-and-death pursuit. Back in Chicago, George Berry fights for his own life. Diagnosed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUFSmith, Geof.
Summary: When Carlos falls into a hole while digging for lost treasure, he is saved by Tracker, a puppy that calls the PAW Patrol for help and then joins the team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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We have 3 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Taylor, Jeri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAYTuma, Refe
Summary: "Frances Stenzel was just trying to prove her scientific worth to her parents ... instead, she reawakened her great-grandfather's secret and most terrible invention. Before it can destroy the town, she sets off after it ... and she'll have to face ... angry locals and an unexpected friendship ... while the trail for the monster goes cold and time is running out before her science career, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022