Marquis, Krystal
Summary: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MARMarquis, Krystal
Summary: The first in a breathless YA series set in 1910 Chicago, The Davenports offers a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked, while delivering a totally escapist, swoon-worthy read The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MARLamazares, Ivonne.
Summary: During the 1960s, at the height of the Castro revolution, Tanya and her mother join other native Cubans on a perilous midnight escape from their homeland headed for refuge in the United States. .
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMMayquist, Kit
Summary: "Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. So, when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston's most elite families, the illustrious and secretive Verdeaus, she knows she must accept it-no matter how bizarre the interview or how vague...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYAdamson, Yvonne.
Summary: Set in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado, this is the passionate story of four generations of women who overcame all odds to keep the promise of a beloved piece of land called Bridey's Mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADAHarris, Yvonne.
Summary: Texas Ranger Jake Nelson patrols the U.S.-Mexico border, protecting the settlers from cattle rustlers, outlaws, and bandits. Sparks fly when Manuel Diego stirs up a revolt against the government, which leads to the murder of a newspaperman, who is the son of a U.S. senator, and the kidnapping of his sister, Elizabeth Madison, a journalist in the making. With Elizabeth's photograph in hand—a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Navarro, Yvonne.
Summary: A plague of vampirism has crept across the country, reducing once-thriving cities to ghost towns. In Chicago, a few scattered survivors hide behind the fortified walls of office buildings and museums, raiding deserted stores for dwindling supplies of clothing and food. A small band of humans makes a despearate last stand against their vampire masters with the only weapon that can kill the dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Press 2011
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Ivinson, Yvonne
Summary: A fox sets out across the sea in a floating box on a grand adventure full of endless possibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IVIIvinson, Yvonne
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow Bear as he tries to help Fox, Hare, and Badger find one missing sock, one missing mitten, and one missing boot--but no missing pears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IVINg, Yvonne
Summary: "A boy walks home one day, only to find his street under construction! As he enjoys watching the excavators, bulldozers, dump trucks, pavers, and more, he gets a sense of the building process from start to finish. From blueprints to demolition to fresh, new asphalt, friendly, bright illustrations show the construction machines and workers up close"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NGWoon, Yvonne
Summary: Dealing with a vindictive nemesis at Foundry, an app incubator for tech prodigies in Silicon Valley, Xia gets some help from her idol while trying to decide between two very different boys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOWoon, Yvonne
Summary: "At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong--buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOHall, Tarquin.
Summary: When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman's parents are dead set against the union. She's from a high-caste family. He's an Untouchable, from the lowest stratum of Indian society. Fortunately, India's Love Commandos, a group of volunteers dedicated to helping mixed-caste couples, come to the rescue. Just after they liberate Tulsi, Ram is mysteriously snatched from his hiding place. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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Summary: "From the author of Hum if You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time, and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries. On the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa Bambisa lives in desperate poverty in tiny metal shack in a squatter camp,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARGabriel, Marius.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GabriMarais, Bianca
Summary: "Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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Summary: Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge, Queenie, who confesses they've fallen far behind on their mortgage payments. Still, there's hope, since the imminent return of Ruby--one of the sisterhood who's been gone for thirty-three years--will surely be their salvation. But the mob is only the start of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MaraisZusak, Markus.
Summary: Before THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: THE UNDERDOG, FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE, and GETTING THE GIRL. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ZUSPuig, Yvonne Georgina.
Summary: "Thirty-year-old Vivienne Cally is wealthy in name only. Orphaned as a child and raised by a cold but regal aunt, Vivienne was taught to rely on her beauty and Texas tradition, and is expected to marry a wealthy and respectable man who will honor the Cally name. Friends with Houston's richest and most prominent families, she's a beloved fixture at the social events big and small, and suffers no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUIHall, Tarquin.
Summary: A prominent Indian scientist dies in a fit of giggles when a Hindu goddess appears from a mist and plunges a sword into his chest. The main suspect is a powerful guru named Maharaj Swami, who seems to have done away with his most vocal critic. Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and spicy, doesn't believe the murder is a supernatural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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Summary: Introduces mustachioed Vish Puri, a respectable family man who styles himself as India's forefront private investigator and who runs background checks for prospective brides and grooms until more sensational cases take him into India's increasingly divergent communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALGabriel, Marius.
Summary: Thirty years after the end of World War II, Francine Lawrence, a wealthy, half-Chinese businesswoman, is forced to confront her past, when a young woman claiming to be her daughter, Ruth, given away to preserve the child's life, returns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GABRandall, Ronne.
Summary: Three billy goats attempt to cross a bridge guarded by a hungry troll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2013
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Summary: When Jack buys some magic beans from a mysterious old man, they lead him to a place he could never have imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2012