Summary: Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet isolation until his past sins catch up to him. Recreating the family which was stolen from him by a drunk driver, a young girl now lives with Norman, and when criminals kidnap her, he will do anything to save her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR DONRode, Rebecca
Summary: In a world where female sailors are executed, Lane's dream of being a ship's captain seems impossible. Sea life is all she knows, and Lane has to hide as a captain's boy to avoid being killed. Then an old pirate enemy comes after her father, and she begins hearing rumors that her father was once a pirate as well. Then a mysterious prince shows up, and Lane finds her very survival tied to a boy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RODAhmed, Roda
Summary: When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHMRodi, Robert.
Summary: "There are two sides to every story. You've heard Thor's -- now it's time to hear Loki's. Odin's least favorite son rewrites Asgardian lore from his perspective! Loki's insatiable lust for power, his conflicted sentiments toward Sif, his antipathy toward Balder, and the deep-seated feelings of longing and resentment toward his older brother, Thor, and uncaring father, Odin, will take on new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2010
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Summary: Born to be a star, Etta prepares for her big performance in her school's talent show, but when she gets pre-show jitters, her loving family helps her through it so she can shine in the spotlight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHMTolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
Summary: A dramatized radio production adapted from Tolkien's classic work.--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Pub. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOLSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWICampbell, Rod
Summary: Rod Campbell, the creator of the preschool lift-the-flap classic Dear Zoo, has been a trusted name in early learning for over thirty-five years, and Oh Dear! has been a firm favorite with toddlers and parents alike since it was first published in 1983. Buster's staying with Grandma on the farm. But where will he find the eggs for breakfast? Not in the stable - oh dear! Young children will love...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD CAMBono, Mary.
Summary: Rhyming text and illustrations present various reactions to encounters with such bugs as an ant, beetle, and ladybug.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BONPodos, Rebecca
Summary: On her seventeenth birthday, Hannah Williams begins exhibiting impossible, temporary mutations--gills one day and horns the next--that are the consequences of a desperate bargain her mother made with a sheyd decades ago, and to break the family curse, Hannah and her brother track down their mother's estranged family and discover a legacy that traces back to the Golem of Prague.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PODYoshimizu, Eldo
Summary: "Dismayed by the havoc wreaked on the Earth by humankind, its five guardian spirits decide to act. But as they argue amongst themselves on what the judgement should be, one enraged spirit, Nila, becomes determined to take matters into her own hands, forcing the remaining four to unite in a desperate final battle to prevent her from wiping not just humans, but all life from the face of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOSKeplinger, Kody.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEPKodzo, LoraLee.
Summary: "This fast paced novel follows Sheridan Alexander through the halls of North Harbor High. She proves she may be a foster child, but she is no pushover in the face of Barbie lookalike bullies." -- from publisher's website
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: WinePress Pub. 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KODSummary: When a dangerous and powerful magic ring falls into his hands, a hobbit named Frodo gets caught up in an adventure. The mighty wizard Gandalf and a daring band of elves, dwarfs and warriors defend their enchanted land from the wicked sorcerer who would see it destroyed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY LORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LordAshton, Brodi.
Summary: Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the "Hades and Persephone" myth.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ASHMoyes, Jojo
Summary: "Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium. Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOYBelleza, Rhoda.
Summary: It does not necessarily take a fist to create a punch in the gut. This fourteen-story YA fiction anthology delves into the experience of being bulliedsocially, emotionally, physically, psychologically, and sexually. The school hallways, walks home, and house walls are no longer the boundaries for intimidation and harassment. With the rapid-fire response time of social media and smartphones,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2012
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Summary: Clap, play, and giggle as you spin the dreidel, light the menorah, and fill the plate with latkes! Inspired by Hervé Tullet's Press Here, Let's Play Dreidel is the perfect Chanukah gift for the preschoolers in your life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Menucha Publishers, INC. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: JE BRONesti, Fido
Summary: One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. The story is told from the point of view of Winston Smith, a functionary of the Ministry of Truth whose work involved the "correction" of all records each time the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: A fox who teases other animals receives a lesson in humility when he is left behind, uninvited to a party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 RAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RAY (Graphic Novel)Montijo, Rhode.
Summary: A lonely little cloud boy uses his imagination to overcome his loneliness.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MONMontijo, Rhode.
Summary: The brave and trusty Halloween Kid saves trick-or-treaters from a crowd of sweet-stealing Goodie Goblins.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE MONGoto, Hiromi
Summary: Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko's well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it's not where she wants to be. She...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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2 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 741.5 GOT (Adult graphic novel)Growler Radio
Summary: Those beautiful crystals are much more than rocks. They're magically encrusted substrates, and they have awesome powers. Although huge, they have almost no weight, so they're lots of fun. But be warned: Growler Fred does no like intruders, so be careful not to get caught inside the Hazardous Disposal Area.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Earthling Music (ASCAP) 1997