Foster, Sara
Summary: Tom Carruso left home soon after Lizzie Burdett disappeared under a darkening cloud of suspicion, and now he's back for the inquest into Lizzie's disappearance, intent on telling his side of the story.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC FOSKrasikov, Sana
Summary: "When the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for what appears to be a plum job in Moscow-and the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia, she quickly becomes entangled in a country she can't escape. Many years later, Florence's son, Julian, will make the opposite journey, immigrating back to the United States. His work in the oil industry takes him on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRASummary: A family must use a magical box of animal crackers to save a run-down circus from bing taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Kara, Jessica
Summary: A year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the best in him, Gage doesn't know who he is. He likes working as a fry cook and loves his small-town friends and family, but they weren't in the wreck and he can't tell them how much he's still hurting. He just wants to forget all his pain and move on. So when his stepdad...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publising Co. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KARMosher, Howard Frank.
Summary: "Earnest and innocent, a bright high school student, Jim grows curious about the unspoken 'trouble in the family' that haunts his father, a small-town newspaper editor, and his grandfather, a raconteur who keeps the Kinnesons' secrets to himself. Layer by layer, tale by tale, sorting out fact from deliberately obscured legend, Jim explores the Kinnesons' long relationship with others in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOSTaffera, Tara
Summary: Anna Andros is looking for Mr. Right. When she becomes enraptured by Garett, the worship leader on stage each Sunday, she has no idea he’s not who he seems. He draws her in with his good looks and charm, while he’s jealous of anyone who gets in his way, especially her friend Tony. Meanwhile, Tony aches to take his relationship with Anna beyond friendship, and he’s there for her when Garrett’s...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forget me not romances, an imprint of Winged Publications 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAFThomas, Kara
Summary: The surviving sister of a cheerleader who was one of five girls who died violently years earlier realizes during a memory-laden memorial that the tragedies may have been more sinister.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC THOO'Leary, Sara
Summary: "When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways -- but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE OLEPennypacker, Sara
Summary: While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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Summary: Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WESPennypacker, Sara
Summary: What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PENKnudson, Tara
Summary: A child uses origami to stay connected with family members who are far away.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE KNUPennypacker, Sara
Summary: It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax and his mate, Bristle, have welcomed a litter of kits they must protect in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, newly orphaned after the war, wracked with guilt and loneliness, leaves his adopted home with Vola to join the Water Warriors, a group of people determined...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The iconic characters and world of Sex and the City are the exciting jumping off point for this all-new series, which finds Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte navigating the complicated reality of friendship, family, and New York in their 50s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ANDFowler, Karen Joy
Summary: "From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FOWSummary: "A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu's perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARFisher, Tarryn
Summary: Juno was wrong about the Crouch family. She thought that they had the perfect life. But after overhearing a chilling conversation, she knows this could be her chance to make a few things right.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2020
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC FISSummary: The lives and adventures of the Partridge family a pop music group made up of a widow and her five children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RANCarr, Robyn
Summary: "Anna McNichol is at the peak of her career and ready to focus on her future. But when her husband dies suddenly, Anna's carefully constructed world falls apart. The mysterious young woman at the memorial service confirms her husband had been keeping secrets, and Anna is determined to get to the truth. For once, she doesn't have the answers. Her kids are struggling with their grief, her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CARSummary: In the final season of this popular series, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Laura Linney reprises her role as Cathy Jamison, who comes to a realization about her battle with skin cancer. Deciding to quit chemotherapy, Cathy finds peace and resolution with her husband, son and even her estranged father. With four one-hour episodes, Cathy's journey is filled with laughter, tears and poignancy- a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BIGSummary: Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a rundown shack. On top of that, he learns that the object of his affection is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay's personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick set pieces...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019