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Summary: "The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANBandi
Summary: "Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BANVan, Sandi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: After witnessing a dramatic death in the Gorge, Jamaica Wild examines a secret, ancient religious group that reenacts Jesus' crucifixion and practices excessive penance, but is warned not to investigate too closely when someone makes an attempt on her life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AULAult, Sandi.
Summary: Witnessing the death of a Tanoah man during a buffalo stampede, Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild suspects that the man's demise may not have been accidental and evaluates the evidence at the side of her Pueblo surrogate grandmother.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AULAult, Sandi.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Thomson Gale 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M AULTan, Sandi
Summary: "In a suburban LA neighborhood, a group of neighbors keep wary distance and at times collide, propelled by loneliness, desire, fury, and sorrow. Precocious Korean American sisters Mira and Rosemary find their world rocked by a suicide; a charismatic and creepy drama teacher grooms his students; an aging gay horror novelist fights loneliness; and a white mother and her adopted Vietnamese...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANAult, Sandi.
Summary: While tracking a wounded mountain lion on a desolate canyon rim, Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild and her wolf, Mountain, discover the desecrated body of an old Anglo woman.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Summary: A boy and his cat. It's an unconventional friendship, perhaps, but for Charlie and Lily, it works beautifully. It was Charlie who chose Lily from among all the cats in the shelter. He didn't frown, the way other humans did, when he saw her injured back leg, the legacy of a cruel previous owner. Instead, Charlie insisted on rescuing her. Now Lily wants to do the same for Charlie. She's the only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION WARSaedi, Sara
Summary: Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to a pandemic that disproportionately affects young people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAEHampson, Randi
Summary: "Based on the classic folk song made famous by a beloved trio of children's entertainers, this picture book is best sung aloud! "Skinnamarink" is a timeless anthem of love and inclusion. What does "skinnamarink" mean? You may not find its definition in a dictionary, but the meaning is clear to the generations of children who sang along: friendship, happiness, sharing, community and, ultimately,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDRoy, Sandip
Summary: In a boxy apartment building in an Illinois university town, Romola Mitra, a newly arrived young bride, anxiously awaits her first letter from home in India. When she accidentally opens the wrong letter, it changes her life. Decades letter, her son Amit finds that letter and thinks he has discovered his mother's secret. But secrets have their own secrets sometimes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROYSaedi, Sara
Summary: In San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of life as an Iranian American and her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SAESanda, Makoto
Summary: "The alchemist communes of Paris vie to gain influence over Giselle. While they clash, the resistance group Flamme pulls on the strings that connect them, sowing chaos. Giselle and Ao care deeply for each other, but they are being steered by the hand of fate. The game in which the legendary dragon of Paris and her chosen groom are entwined is about to begin."--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANCBalmes, Santi
Summary: "Two little girls--one human and the other a monster--are afraid to go to sleep for fear of what's living under their beds"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BALSanda, Makoto
Summary: "Giselle, the ancient secret Queen of Paris, finally tells the story of her youth. What fate befell her in years long past? Do her memories hold a clue about how she can avoid death? What can Ao do for her, as her apprentice -- or as her groom?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANCSandu, Anca
Summary: After losing his tail, Churchill the pig's friends help him search for a new one but he becomes so caught up in how each new tail makes him feel, he forgets his friends completely.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Paris, France. Ao is a young orphan of Japanese descent who longs to become an artist. Into his life comes Giselle, a mage who is as powerful--and as inhuman--as Thorn. She sees Ao's potential and takes him as her groom. Under her wing, he learns about the wider world and all the colors in it."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ANCSonenshine, Randi
Summary: Two wrens carefully weave an intricate nest to raise their chicks, gathering treasures of the forest, from soft moss to protective snakeskin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SONPink, Randi
Summary: Ruth Fitz is surrounded by activism. Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting for legislative social change within the Black community. Her father, a professor of African American history, is a walking encyclopedia, spouting off random dates and events. And her beloved older sister, Virginia, is a natural activist, steadily gaining notoriety...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PINSonenshine, Randi
Summary: "The solitary and ingenious octopus is a master of disguise and invention, creating her den out of the objects of the ocean, from shells and rocks to tiny glass shards. Using creative methods of hunting and construction, the octopus prepares for the biggest task of her life: motherhood. With one last, poignant gesture of love, the mother octopus sends her hatchlings on their way, starting a new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: "In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones's heart-pounding new novel The Blame Game will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Games can be dangerous. But blame can be deadly. As a psychologist specializing in domestic abuse, Naomi has found it hard to avoid becoming overly invested in her clients' lives. But after helping Jacob make...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JONCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONJones, Sandie
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of the Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, comes a compelling new domestic suspense novel about a family who is forever changed when a stranger arrives at their door. THE TRUTH Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father. THE LIE But a knock at the door is about to change...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONJones, Sandie
Summary: "For Stella, deputy editor of The Globe, the choice has always been clear. It doesn't matter how low she has to stoop--getting the best story is what she's built her reputation on. For Jess, The Globe's rookie reporter, the story stops when the truth does. But she knows that the dirty tricks of the tabloids will be hard to overturn. And when a celebrity is hounded by The Globe and pays the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023