Hoffmann, Mark
Summary: Birdie wants a very expensive soccer ball but has no money, so she starts selling dirt and learns some important lessons along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFHoffmann, Jilanne
Summary: "A narrative nonfiction story detailing the long distance that dust from the Sahel in Africa travels across the Atlantic Ocean to replenish life in the Amazon Rainforest. Told from the perspective of dust, A River of Dust takes readers on a journey through vibrantly illustrated landscapes, celebrating the power and wonder of Earth's ecosystems, and showing how these tiny particles are in fact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: A tomato tries to convince his fellow companions that he belongs in the fruit bowl too, but his efforts prove "fruitless" and will require the authorative voice of Old Man Produce to settle the debate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E HOFSummary: Powell and Pressburger merge film with opera and dance to tell the tale of a poet who dreams of three women who all break his heart. He tells "the three tales of my folly of love"--In Paris, when he fancied himself in love with Olympia, who turned out to be a life-sized doll; in Venice, when bewitched by a beautiful courtesan; and on a Grecian isle, in love with daughter of a singer and conductor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TALAnthony, Gretchen
Summary: All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover. That was Elliott's belief and the reason why he started The Book Haters' Book Club, a newsletter of reading recommendations for the self-proclaimed "nonreader." As the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookstore, Elliott's passion and gift was recommending books to customers. Now, after his sudden death, his grief-ridden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANTAnthony, Gretchen
Summary: Full of humor, emotion and surprises at every turn, the author brings to life a remarkable cast of quirky, deeply human characters who must learn to adapt to the unconventional, or else risk losing one another. This is the story of a family falling to pieces--and the unexpected way they put it all back together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P ANTBerg, Gretchen
Summary: The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. In a small town, everyone knows everyone else's business... Nobody knows the people of Wooster, Ohio, better than switchboard operator Vivian Dalton, and she'd be the first to tell you that. She calls it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Berg 2020Schreiber, Gretchen
Summary: Ellie, a high schooler with a rare genetic condition, navigates the divide between her "hospital-life" and "home-life," as a hospital stay brings her closer to Ryan, who challenges her perspective and makes her consider the extraordinary possibilities of her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SCHMcNeil, Gretchen
Summary: Izzy and her family welcome foreign exchange student Alberto into their home, but after a series of mishaps and coincidences, and with a serial killer on the loose, Izzy begins to suspect Alberto is not who he seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNSprague, Gretchen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPRWoelfle, Gretchen.
Summary: When a dike breaks during a violent storm, flooding a little Dutch town, Nico's baby is saved by his heroic cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WOELFMcNeil, Gretchen
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Becca auditions for a new, non-lethal reality show featuring Painiacs, hoping to prove that her deceased mother was not Alcatraz 2.0 executioner Molly Mauler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform Books 2019
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Summary: When contestants in an escape room challenge start being killed, seventeen-year-old Persey must solve a series of bizarre and gruesome puzzles, riddles, and games to make it out alive. Escape-Capades, Ltd. is part of the wildly popular "escape room" trend. When Persey, along with five other teens, enters the latest escape room game, they're competing for a grand cash prize. But while most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNRue, Gretchen
Summary: "Phoebe Winchester's beloved Aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure--and a knack for making magical tea. It's even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her niece--her Victorian mansion, her bookshop/tea store, The Earl's Study, and one very chubby orange cat named Bob--Phoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows she's in deep when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RUEHalfmann, Janet.
Summary: Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean's surface.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Star Bright Books 2010
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Summary: Bree Deringer, Olivia Hayes, Kitty Wei, and Margot Mejia have nothing in common. At least that's what they'd like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They're all members of Don't Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blazer & Bray 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNMcNeil, Gretchen
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Kate Williams is willing to do whatever it takes to get her acting career back on track, even if that means getting a boring office job to support herself--but when she witnesses a double murder in the office across from hers, will she be able to get anyone to believe her before she becomes the next victim?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNSprague, Gretchen.
Summary: If you are upset that you couldn't get tickets for the world championship boxing bout, ask a friend to invite you to her next coop apartment board meeting. The language may be more controlled than a left to the chin, but the passion behind it is sometimes no less fierce. When retired attorney Martha Patterson agrees to take a place on her coop board, she finds herself in the midst of turmoil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPRHoffmann, R. J.
Summary: "A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother reclaims her child"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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Summary: Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNMcNeil, Gretchen
Summary: The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil's sharp and thrilling sequel to Get Even. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Karen M. McManus, and Maureen Johnson. The members of Don't Get Mad aren't just mad anymore... they're afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree under house arrest, it's up to Olivia and Kitty to try to catch their deadly tormentor. But just as the girls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blazer & Bray 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNRue, Gretchen
Summary: "Este March runs the family-owned Lucky Pie Diner on Split Pine Island in Northern Michigan. The pies at Lucky Pie aren't just good, they're magical, with a family recipe that grants certain customers their greatest hopes and dreams when they eat the pie. The remote island is closed to outsiders over the winter months, but on the last day of the season, the unpopular new produce vendor, Jeff,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2024
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Summary: "Cuando la madre de Nieve dice que se mudarán a un nuevo y emocionante lugar, Nieve no está tan segura. Le gusta su casa y sus amigos, y la diversión que tienen juntos. El viaje dura una eternidad y su nuevo hogar es muy extraño. Todo es diferente: el clima, la comida, la gente y el idioma. Nieve intenta hacer amigos, pero todos parecen estar demasiado ocupados y preocupados como para prestarle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's Play Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH HOFCoffman, Elaine.
Summary: With her sword for protection, Lady Kenna Lennox of Scotland defies social convention and reopens her family's ancient distillery. This feat of wit and daring captures the attention of the sadistic Lord Walter--the Englishman who nearly destroyed her beloved older sister, a man who is determined to bring Lady Lennox to heel. When Colin Montgomery, an American privateer, appears on the scene...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2013