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Summary: Inspired by a mysterious message, seventeen-year-old Ginny Park sets off to find herself as she reflects on her experiences of growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHEScroggs, Kirk.
Summary: Targeted by the biggest bully in school after transforming into a Muppet, Danvers Blickensderfer, the star of Kermit's upcoming band camp movie musical, explores a theory that he has also become a superhero with powers he has yet to discover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCRScroggs, Kirk.
Summary: "Fifth-grade private eyes Logan and Gustavo use their doodling and detective skills to solve the mystery of a cloaked bandit who has filled their school's sloppy joe supply with stink bugs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCRScroggs, Kirk
Summary: "In this early chapter book/graphic novel mash-up, fifth grade private eyes Logan and Gustavo use their doodling and detective skills to solve the mystery of a tiny ninja who is stealing their town's supply of potatoes. Over a dozen pages of bonus backmatter are loaded with extra puzzles and doodle activities!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCRBurke, Chesya.
Summary: Gritty and sublime, the stories of Let's Play White feature real people facing the worlds they're given, bringing out the best and the worst of what it means to be human. If you're ready to slip into someone else's skin for a while, then it's time to come play white.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apex Publications 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURScragg, Robert
Summary: Did she slip through the cracks, or was she pushed? When a severed hand is found in an abandoned flat, Detective Jake Porter and his partner Nick Styles are able to DNA match the limb to the owner, Natasha Barclay, who has not been seen in decades. But why has no one been looking for her? It seems that Natasha’s family are the people who can least be trusted. Delving into the details...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allison & Busby 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCRBrooks, Cheryl
Summary: He's never met anyone who made him purr... Starship pilot Dax never encountered a woman he wanted badly enough. Until he met Ava Karon... And he'll never give his body without giving his heart... Dax is happy to take Ava back to her home planet, until he finds out she's returning to an old boyfriend... As their journey together turns into a quest neither expected, Ava would give herself to Dax...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2011
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Callender, Kheryn
Summary: Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CALCharyn, Jerome
Summary: "J.D. Salinger, the mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a litigious misanthrope who disowned his daughter. Jerome Charyn's Sergeant Salinger is a young WWII draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a band of secret soldiers who trained with the British. A rifleman and an interrogator, he witnessed all the horrors of the war--from the landing on D-Day...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellevue Literary Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHACharyn, Jerome
Summary: ""Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer--so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible."-- Tom Bissell Raising the literary bar to a new level, Jerome Charyn re-creates the voice of Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon- to-be twenty-sixth president through his derring-do adventures, effortlessly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Charyn 2019Charyn, Jerome.
Summary: Brooklyn is dead. Long live the Bronx! In Bitter Bronx, Jerome Charyn returns to his roots and leads the literary renaissance of an oft--overlooked borough in this surprising new collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1992
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E HARBrooks, Cheryl
Summary: He may be the last of a species whose sexual talents were the envy of the galaxy. Cat is an enslaved warrior from a race with a feline gene that gives him awesome beauty, fearsome strength, and sensuality and sexual prowess unmatched by any other males in the universe. Even filthy, chained, and beaten, he gives off an aura of power and virility and his feline gene gives him a special aura....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2008
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Honigford, Cheryl
Summary: The last thing Vivian expects to see during a garden party at her family's opulent lake house is the love of her life, Charlie Haverman, standing over the body of Hap, a man from Vivian's past, and clutching a pair of blood-covered scissors. But there's no denying the grisly scene in front of her--or that fact that Hap, who Vivian hasn't seen since he abruptly broke off their fling to realize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HONCharyn, Jerome
Summary: "Narrated by a starry-eyed lesbian, Big Red reimagines the tragic career of Rita Hayworth and her indomitable husband, Orson Welles. Set amidst the noir glamour of Hollywood's Golden Age, Big Red reenvisions the life of one of America's most enduring icons: Gilda herself, Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red hair and hypnotic dancing helped make her the quintessential movie star of the 1940s. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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Summary: As part of a contest at the Fashion Academy of Brooklyn's middle school, twelve-year-old Mickey Williams and her classmates design a dress for a pop star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BERBerk, Sheryl
Summary: At the Fashion Academy of Brooklyn's middle school, twelve-year-old MacKenzie "Mickey" Williams gets a double assignment: create an adorable party dress for the demanding granddaughter of a fashion legend and babysit the tiny terror at NYC Fashion Week.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BERBerk, Sheryl.
Summary: MacKenzie has dreamed of becoming a fashion designer all her life, and when she wins a scholarship for middle school at the Fashion Academy of Brooklyn she shines, but her unique style keeps her from fitting in until classmate JC gives her a makeover, hiding her natural-born talents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC BERCoumans, Sheryl
Summary: The prayers of a kidnapped little girl rip JC Berkley from a hangman's noose in 1896 for a crime he didn't commit, landing him in present day Reno, Nevada. Rescued by a beautiful woman, Madison Matthews, who finds the handsome stranger and his old-fashion manners quirky but sweet, they embark on a mission to clear his name and find the little girl. Whether or not they are successful depends on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Wild Rose Press, Inc. 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COUCrane, Cheryl
Summary: When Ryan Melton, husband of television star Diara Elliot, is found murdered, realtor and amateur detective Nikki Harper sorts through a tangled web of lies to find the truth before she becomes the next target.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAHarness, Cheryl.
Summary: Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1992
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE HARHonigford, Cheryl
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HONReid, Cheryl.
Summary: August 1956. After a night of rage and terror, Anna Nassad wakes to find her abusive husband dead and instinctively hides her bruises and her relief. As the daughter of Syrian immigrants living in segregated Alabama, Anna has never belonged, and now her world is about to erupt. Days before, Anna set in motion an explosive chain of events by allowing the first black postman to deliver the mail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REIMatthews, Beryl.
Summary: After a traumatic past, life finally seems to be looking up for Hanna Foster. But war is on its way... London, 1938 Hanna and Jack Foster had been sent to an orphanage when their parents were killed in a train crash, but were separated when a couple adopted Jack. Bullied and treated like a slave, it soon became clear it was a dreadful mistake. In desperation, Jack takes his future into his own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House Publishers Ltd 2012