Summary: Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary with this hilarious comedy about the playwright's mysterious lost years. Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. When his bandmates kick him out of their group, Bill leaves his wife and kids behind to seek fame and fortune in the big city of London. He's written a great work for the stage and he's certain he'll prove all his doubters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BILSummary: After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KISKells, Claire
Summary: A "debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer's harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her--only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KELCrocker, Kellye
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ava travels to Colorado to meet her dad's girlfriend Jenn and her daughter Mackenzie, but managing her anxiety, avoiding altitude sickness, and surviving the mountains might take all of her strength.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CROKells, Claire
Summary: "Brought in as chief investigator when a party of campers go missing, 32-year-old Felicity Harland must place her trust in a Navy SEAL turned park ranger when the investigation takes them from the wilderness to the streets of Los Angeles where the grisly truth comes to light"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KELHelle, Helle
Summary: "Dorte is twenty and adrift, pretending to study literature at Copenhagen University. In reality she is riding the trains and clocking up random encounters in her new home by the railway tracks. She remembers her ex, Per - the first boyfriend she tells usabout, and the first she leaves - as she enters a new world of transient relationships, random sexual experiences and awkward attempts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELSummary: Jack Mabry, a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, in prison for arson. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision with his wife Lucetta have profound and unexpected effects on them both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STO RATED RParrack, Keely
Summary: Lily needs a ride--a fire warning in Oregon has cancelled her train home to California. Her ex-best friend, Natasha, has offered to pick Lily up on her way back from Portland, though they're barely on speaking terms. As it turns out, Natasha's also giving a ride to Elke Azizi, the girl Lily got expelled from their school four years ago. Elke hasn't forgotten, and neither has Natasha. It's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire, an imprint of Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PARGarrett, Kellye
Summary: In this "tense, twisting mystery" (Megan Miranda), no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead--except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth. "I found out my sister was back in New York from Instagram. I found out she'd died from the New York Daily News." When the body of disgraced reality TV star...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GARGarrett, Kellye
Summary: For their romantic getaway to New York City, Breanna's new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything--the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the luxury row house where they stayed. But on the final morning, when Breanna came downstairs, she found a dead white woman in the foyer, and Ty was gone. The woman is Janelle Beckett, a missing person with a social media following, #Justice4Janelle....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GARKeller, Holly.
Summary: Henry makes fun of his cousin Newton for always wearing his hat, but the hat comes in handy for Henry's sister Wizzie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELKeller, Holly.
Summary: Henry makes fun of his cousin Newton for always wearing his hat, but the hat comes in handy for Henry's sister Wizzie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELKeller, Holly.
Summary: Geraldine can't wait for the snow to come so that she can coast down the hill on her sled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC KELKeller, Holly.
Summary: When Caruso, a little bird who is afraid to fly, is blown out of his home one windy night, he must rely on a new friend, a dog named Sophie, to take him back to his parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELWoods, Kell
Summary: "After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOBuchet, Nelly
Summary: "A story of a blended family-- from the pets' point of view!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2020
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Summary: "Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring... Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can't help feeling something's missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: Juliette, a computer engineer, and Olivier, a journalist, have two young children and the busy lives of a modern Parisian couple. On a beautiful spring day, while sitting by the river watching her children play, Juliette’s cell phone rings. It is her husband. When Olivier confesses to having an affair, Juliette’s world is shattered. How do you survive betrayal? Can a couple ever be united...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALABuchet, Nelly
Summary: When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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Summary: Lee fears he has lost his pet cat Flora, until Flora returns with a new family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1999
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN KELKeller, Holly.
Summary: Pearl's birthday skates have a single blade and learning to use them is harder than she expects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELConaway, James.
Summary: Delightedly discovering a Cabernet worthy of his highest score, egotistical wine critic Clyde Craven-Jones investigates the vintage's mysterious origins only to land in the middle of a scandalous family squabble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONDorr, Roberta Kells.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moorings 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DORKeller, Holly.
Summary: A caterpillar and a young goose become great friends, but as they grow up they undergo changes which separate them for awhile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2002