Pastro, Joana
Summary: In the city of Olinda, Brazil, Clara is looking forward to the Carnaval street parade, with the colorful, fantastic costumes that her great-grandmother makes for the family--but her Bisa is too old to follow the parade, so Clara decides to bring the parade to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PASSummary: Morgan Adams, the female captain of a pirate ship, is on a treasure hunt for millions of pounds of gold reportedly buried somewhere on Cutthroat Island. She and her uncles each hold sections of the map to the treasure. While Morgan is willing to make deals and agree to share the wealth in order to put the map together, her Uncle Dawg would rather kill everyone in his way, including his niece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A naive roustabout is drawn to a mysterious and very sexy young woman who propels him into a secret clan of savage, roaming vampires who prowl the night, and sometimes the day, seeking victims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR NEAKenna, Alex
Summary: "Kate Myles was a promising Los Angeles police detective, until an accident and opioid addiction blew up her family and destroyed her career. Struggling to rebuild her life, Kate decides to try her hand at private detective work--but she gets much more than she bargained for when she takes on the case of a celebrated painter found dead in a downtown loft. When Margot Starling's body was found,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KENFagan, Jenni.
Summary: Like everyone else in the Panopticon, 15-year-old Anais Hendricks has been in and out of foster care practically since birth. "[B]orn in a nuthouse to nobody that was ever seen again," she had her only successful foster placement with a prostitute later stabbed to death (Anais found the body). She's been sent to this facility, where the inmates are under constant surveillance, because she had a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAGSenna, Danzy
Summary: As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, "King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom." Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SENTessaro, Kathleen
Summary: Fraught with insecurity about her husband's increasingly distant behavior, Louise Canova obtains a faded fashion guide from a second-hand bookshop and discovers that its lessons have unexpected results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TESCassara, Joseph
Summary: 1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASBlum, Jenna.
Summary: For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph; a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuumlehrer of Buchenwald. Driven...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BLUMueller, Jenna
Summary: Cinderella is too busy cleaning and fixing things around the house that she runs out of time to get ready for the ball with her stepsisters, but then her Fairy Godmother shows up to help the aspiring interior designer and Clementine go to the party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUEMueller, Jenna
Summary: Hansel and Gretel's stepmother is a real meanie. She makes them do chores and never lets them eat dessert. And then she ditches the kids and Clementine in the woods! The trio tries to find their way back, but they stumble upon a mysterious house made of sweets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUEAyoub, Jenna
Summary: "There's no place like (a haunted) home. Willow has never had a place she can call home. With two parents in the military and a nomadic childhood, finding a place to make her own has become a total pipe dream. And when the family arrives at their latest stop -- the historic Hadleigh House -- Willow encounters something that doesn't help her chances of staying put... GHOSTS! Hadleigh House's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KaBOOM! 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AYOBlum, Jenna
Summary: In 1960s Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's for the delicious food, impeccable service, and dashing owner and chef, Peter Rashkin. Peter suffers from the terrible guilt of surviving Auschwitz while his wife, Masha--the restaurant's namesake--and two young daughters perished. Although he is considered the most eligible bachelor in town, Peter has resigned himself to a solitary life. Then he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLUCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Blum 2018Blum, Jenna.
Summary: Twenty years after her bipolar brother's penchant for chasing tornadoes leads to deadly consequences, Karena Jorge finds out that he has escaped from a psychiatric ward, prompting her to join a band of professional stormchasers in hope of finding her disturbed brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BLUGlass, Jenna
Summary: "In a feminist fantasy epic, a revolutionary spell gives women the ability to control their own fertility--with consequences that rock their patriarchal society to its core. When a nobleman's first duty is to produce a male heir, women are treated like possessions and bargaining chips. But as the aftereffects of a world-altering spell ripple out physically and culturally, women at last have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GLAGuillaume, Jenna
Summary: The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone. Not when her Dad is AWOL and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's already shaky confidence. And especially not when her best friend starts flirting with the boy she's always loved. But Maisie's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GUIHarrington, Jenna.
Summary: "Katy McGinty wants a pet. But not just any pet ... Oh, no. Katie McGinty wants a very unusual pet. One that's striped and loves eating spaghetti... A funny, sweet tale about wanting a pet of your very own."-- From dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARMcCarthy, Jenna.
Summary: "Known for her "hilarious and spot-on"* memoirs I've Still Got It...I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It and If It Was Easy, They'd Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon, Jenna McCarthy turns her comedic talents to fiction with a novel about picking yourself up out of the gutter when life kicks you to the curb... "I don't love you anymore." For Charlotte Crawford, the worst part about being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCMiller, Jenna
Summary: "Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn't happened yet, but it will. It's positive thinking that has gotten Jordan this far. Ever since Mackenzie West, her friend-turned-enemy, humiliated her at the start of freshman year, Jordan has thrown herself into journalism and kept her eyes trained on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MILMueller, Jenna
Summary: Jack and Clementine trade Jack's cow for some magic beans in order to support his mom's new karaoke career. But when the beans turn into a giant beanstalk, they discover a castle at the top. It's up to Clem to distract the giant so Jack can steal some treasures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUEGlass, Jenna
Summary: "In this feminist fantasy series, the ability to do magic has given women control over their own bodies. But as the patriarchy starts to fall, they must now learn to rule as women, not men. Alys may be the acknowledged queen of Women's Well--the fledgling colony where women hold equal status with men--but she cares little for politics in the wake of an appalling personal tragedy. It is grief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Lynn, Jenna
Summary: Robyn Hood is a master thief, but has she met her match in a mysterious archer?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LYNLynn, Jenna
Summary: When a rival gang comes to town and starts stealing from innocent people, can master thief Robyn Hood find a way to give them a taste of their own medicine?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LYNMueller, Jenna
Summary: Clementine and Little Red Riding Hood bake a batch of muffins to bring to Little Red Riding Hood's Granny. But when they arrive, they discover something is different about Granny, and maybe a little smelly according to Clem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021