Summary: Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COOSummary: Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Baker, Liza
Summary: Presents excerpts from the Disney versions of five classic fairy tales--"Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," "The Little Mermaid," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and "Aladdin."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Heyman, Alissa.
Summary: A collection of well-known pirate tales, abridged and adapted for younger readers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.45 VINArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: "Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930's woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Archer 2017Archer, Jeffrey
Contents: The man who robbed his own post office -- Maestro -- Don't drink the water -- It can't be October already -- The red king -- The wisdom of Solomon -- Know what I mean? -- Charity begins at home -- The alibi -- A Greek tragedy -- The Commissioner -- In the eye of the beholder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007
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Summary: Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out Who Killed the Mayor? and the pretentious schoolboy in A Road to Damascus, whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way. Revel in the stories of the 1930's woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Archer 2017Archer, Jeffrey
Summary: Fifteen short pieces are set in various world regions and include "Members Only," in which a young man's life is transformed by a Christmas cracker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARCJen, Gish.
Contents: Who's Irish? -- Birthmates -- The water faucet vision -- Duncan in China -- Just wait -- Chin -- In the American society -- House, house, home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JENMosley, Walter
Summary: "Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to display the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle to move through the world in each of these stories...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOSSummary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALSummary: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THIAndersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Summary: This compilation of eleven classic tales, including "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Emperor's New Clothes," provides readers of all ages an illustrated introduction to these timeless tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minedition 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ANDDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes mystery stories including "Silver Blaze" and "The Dancing Men."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOYDoyle, Arthur Conan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, c1930. 9300
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A collection of 13 horror stories all written by queer authors of color and each told through the lens of a teenager of color about the Halloween night that changed their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NIGSummary: A collection of ten stories from award-winning YA authors celebrates first love, unrequited love, surprising love, and love that's been there all along.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SERSummary: Featuring original illustrations created by diverse artists from around the world, this collection of empowering short stories highlights inspiring acts of courage and kindness shown by Disney princesses and "Frozen" queens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021