Junko
Summary: "DIVINE INTERVENTION. Has a concert ever changed your life? Azusa adores Chika-kun, the cutest and most popular star in the idol group Prince 4 U, and she's thrilled to get front-row seats to his latest show. She would do anything for him. So when a stage light falls, Azusa leaps onstage and...fails to save Chika's life. The two are off to heaven, where God gives them a second chance--except a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 STAKuhlmann, Jekka
Summary: "So many dumplings to love! This sweet rhyming board book introduces the youngest of readers to traditional dumplings from all over the world, from bao to pierogi, samosa, and more! Featuring more than 30 different dumplings, this multicultural board book is just right for sharing a love of food and diverse culinary traditions with little ones. Everyone is welcome at this dumpling celebration!" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: English professor Maggie Daley and her college-student daughter struggle with guilt, fear, and the dangerous bonds of family in the aftermath of a mass shooting in their small New England town when it is revealed that the gunman had been one of Maggie's students.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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Summary: "It's June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons. Single mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEAlharthi, Jokha
Summary: Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency by Jokha Alharthi. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman's attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish. Zuhour, an Omani student at a British university,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALHMedina, Juana
Summary: A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEDAlharthi, Jokha
Summary: In the village of al-Awafi in Oman live three sisters. Mayya Marries after a heartbreak. Asma marries from a sense of duty. Khawla rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. Celestial Bodies is the story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family's losses and loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALHARKim, Juhea
Summary: "An epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIMRucka, Greg
Summary: When the Empire assumes control of the Kyber Temple on Jedha, Baze and Chirrut do what they can to secure the population of the Holy City with the help of Saw Gerrera, who has a plan to bring down the Empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: In a dystopian near-future, government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and possession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family's holdings through deception and force as their protector, their Lazarus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LAZLangreuter, Jutta.
Summary: "Brayden Bunny doesn't feel like picking up his toys or washing his whiskers. It'd be so much easier to live with his friends, so Brayden decides to give it a try. But every new home he visits come with a new problem: Missy Mouse's house is too messy, Benny Badger's house smells a little funny, and Fipsi Squirrel's house is too high. At last Brayden Bunny visits his Cousin Pepi. Everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North South 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LANMedina, Juana
Summary: When Juana's mother starts spending lots of time with her new friend Luis, Juana worries that these new developments will mean lots of change for her and her dog Lucas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEDRucka, Greg
Summary: Gotham City: Witness to the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city, taking a form to inspire hope in the innocent...and fear in the guilty. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. Now the battlefield has changed. Leveled by a massive earthquake that left thousands dead and millions more wounded, Gotham City has been transformed into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: Kate Kane transforms herself into Batwoman and battles a madwoman who calls herself Alice, after the character Alice in Wonderland, and thinks that everyone in Gotham is expendable in the fairy tale she has created.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: "This is a fairy tale of blood and bullets. It is a story about time, and age, and ages, and about friendship, and love, and regret. It is a story of two women and three men who cannot die. Mostly. Their names are Andy, Nicky, Joe, Booker, and Nile. They are soldiers, and their war never ends. They've been everywhere, seen everything, and fought in virtually every conflict through the present...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OLDSummary: In this offbeat comedy from Finland, Turo is stuck in a small village where the best thing is his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem? He and his bandmates have practiced for twelve years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decided it's now or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HEALee, Juck
Summary: "A story about loss and connection. After his grandfather dies, a young boy tries to deal with his grief and imagines where his grandfather is"--OCLC.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEERucka, Greg
Summary: Picking up where BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOLUME 5 left off, this trade paperback begins the rebirth of Gotham City. Once again sanctioned by the government, Gotham finds itself on the brink of a civil war between the OG's, those that stayed in Gotham when it was declared off limits, and the DeeZee's, those that left and have now returned. As Batman, Nightwing, Robin, and Batgirl try to prevent a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2001
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BATRucka, Greg
Summary: From New York’s Russian enclaves to the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean, Atticus becomes Drama’s protector, and her only hope for survival as she tries to outlive and outrun her bloody past. But once immersed in Drama’s high-stakes, covert world, Atticus breaks a cardinal rule: He gets to know Drama as a woman rather than just a client — and it’s a bond that could cost them both their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: Professional bodyguard Atticus Kodiak becomes caught in the crossfire when he accepts an assignment guarding fifteen-year-old would-be runaway Erika Wyatt, the daughter of a retired military intelligence operative who claims the girl is being stalked by a platoon of British Special Air Service mercenaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: Following a devastating terrorist attack on London, Tara Chace, Head of Special Operations for the British Secret Intelligence Service, goes back into the field to retaliate against those responsible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUCRucka, Greg
Summary: "Diana's search for the truth about herself, her history, and her home Themyscira, takes her on a journey into darkness. But the price of understanding may be one sacrifice too many for Wonder Woman"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUCRucka, Greg.
Summary: "Journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (Punisher, Wolverine, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (Avengers World, Punisher) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star -- and into the chaos of a shattered Empire. Everything you need to know is right here!" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 STAMedina, Juana
Summary: Introduces the letters of the alphabet, depicting a circus of performers and animals created out of yummy noodles, tasty veggies, and whimsical utensils.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017