Kantner, Seth
Summary: A white boy transplanted from Chicago to the Arctic tundra of Alaska finds himself struggling to adapt to his new home, where he must learn to hunt, fish, and live off the land, separated from the constant call of consumer culture. In the tradition of Jack London, Seth Kantner presents an Alaska far removed from majestic clichs of exotic travelogues and picture postcards. Kantner's vivid and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KANSummary: "Parent trap": Susan and Sharon are identical twins that are separated by birth. Once they realize who they are, they make a plan to switch place with the high hopes of getting their parents back together again. "Parent trap II": Now grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose daughter meets Mary and the girls turn into scheming matchmakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAR RATED GSummary: Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RuKastner, Emmy
Summary: While reading a bedtime story starring sleepy animals dozing off, the unflappable narrator, distracted by nocturnal animals who have anything but sleep on their minds, improvises the nocturnal brood into the verse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE KASSeny
Summary: "The Initiation Exam throws an unexpected curveball at young Saigami candidates, including Ayumi, who has arrived in this strange fantasy world under mysterious circumstances. While these young, powerful teenagers have no way of knowing, the contest strings are being pulled from the shadows, putting their future careers--and their lives--in jeopardy. Ayumi and the others will have to act fast,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockport 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SAILeth, Kate
Summary: Liv Holme is not exactly thrilled to be moving to a new town with her mother. After all, high school can be brutal, even more so when you're a fifteen-year-old, bisexual goth. But Liv is determined to be who she is, bullies or not. Still, being the new kid and the only out student brings her a lot of unwelcome attention, and Liv flounders in her search for community. The only person who makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 LETGartner, Ben
Summary: "Siblings John and Sarah barely made it home last time, but in their next time traveling adventure the challenge really heats up. Surrounded by clashing cultures on the ancient Roman frontier, they must fulfill their quest to unite the emperor with his enemy, an Alemanni barbarian, or risk being stuck in time forever. An action-packed fantasy full of sword fights, chariot chases, fearsome wild...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Vista Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GARSethi, Mira
Summary: "An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart. From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SETSheth, Kashmira
Summary: Nina Soni is a lovable, distractible Indian American girl with big plans and cast of family and friends to help her make her realize her dreams, or resolve the chaos that often results. A long rainy stretch during spring break has Nina restless and hungry for a new project and aggravated with little sister Kavita's embarrassing behavior. Then, a fresh pile of dirt is delivered to the neighbor's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SHESheth, Kashmira.
Summary: Two young sisters raised in America learn about the beauty and art of wearing a sari from their wise Indian grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHESheth, Kashmira.
Summary: Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SHESeto, Loretta
Summary: A little girl celebrates the Chinese Moon Festival with her parents, who tell her three legends about the moon while they eat mooncakes and drink tea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: When Halle Levitt arrives to spend senior year in her grandfather's small town, she meets Nash, her online best friend who thinks her online persona, Kels, is as confident and popular as he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Kanter 2020Zentner, Alexi.
Summary: A story inspired by the plot of "King Lear" relates the fortunes of a family who has reaped the sea's bounty on Loosewood Island for three hundred years, but pays for it with the loss of every firstborn son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZENSheth, Kashmira
Summary: "Halloween brings out Nina Soni's competitive spirit. Her friend Jay has a great costume planned, so, of course, Nina has to come up with an even better idea. A bunch of old boxes in the basement inspires her to create an impressively scary haunted house, for which she can charge admission. So what could possibly go wrong for the Halloween queen?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SHESheth, Kashmira
Summary: It's Take Your Child to Work Day, and Nina, Kavita, and Jay are all going to work with Mom, a landscape architect, to learn how to start a garden. Naturally that's not enough for Nina, who quickly develops big plans for a business selling the vegetables she plans to grow. But her plans don't include managing the problems that inevitably arise, including rabbits, slugs, mosquitos, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SHELeth, Kate
Summary: When the water supply of Fraggle Rock mysteriously runs dry, the Fraggles will have to journey deep in the caves of Fraggle Rock to find the fabled Everspring where adventure awaits and no Fraggle has ever gone before! -- Publisher marketing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FRASheth, Kashmira.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Gopal and his family leave their rural Indian village for life with his uncle in Mumbai, but when they arrive his father goes missing and Gopal ends up locked in a sweatshop from which there is no escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHESheth, Sheetal
Summary: "Anjali and her friends are excited to get matching personalized license plates for their bikes. But Anjali can't find her name. To make matters worse, she gets bullied for her "different" name, and is so upset she demands to change it"--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bharat Babies 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHEGartner, Ben
Summary: Exploring a mysterious cave in the mountains behind their house, John and his sister Sarah are shocked to discover they've time traveled to ancient Egypt! Now they must work together to find a way back home from an ancient civilization of golden desert sand and a towering new pyramid, without parents to save them. The adventures abound--cobras, scorpions, a tomb robber, and more! The two kids...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Vista Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GARKassner, Heather
Summary: Made from bone dust and imagination, Irreélle accidentally destroys another of Miss Vesper's creations and flees to the underside of the graveyard, seeking the magic that brings bones to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KASVatner, Jonathan
Summary: "From the author of Carnegie Hill, comes Jonathan Vatner's The Bridesmaids Union, a captivating novel of family, Facebook groups, and bridesmaids gone rogue. Iris Hagarty has just about had it with weddings. After witnessing one too many meltdowns over flower arrangements, she takes to the internet to vent about the trials and tribulations of being a bridesmaid to her usually reasonable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VATSheth, Kashmira
Summary: Accompanying their landscaper mother on Take Your Child to Work Day, lovable Indian American Nina Soni and her siblings learn about how to start a garden, before Nina's enthusiastic ambitions for a vegetable business spiral out of control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHESheth, Kashmira
Summary: Nina is prepared to show her new friends, who moved to Wisconsin, how to have fun in the snow. And then Nina notices a strange car at her neighbors' house while they're out of town. Clearly, it's time to be a Snow Spy and identify the MP (mystery person) -- edited from jacket flap by cataloger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022