Shockey, Jim
Summary: "The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books / Atria 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOShocklee, Michelle
Summary: "Count your nights by stars, not shadows. Count your life with smiles, not tears. 1961. After a longtime resident at Nashville's historic Maxwell House Hotel suffers a debilitating stroke, Audrey Whitfield is tasked with cleaning out the reclusive woman's room. There, she discovers an elaborate scrapbook filled with memorabilia from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Love notes on the backs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOFagan, Deva
Summary: After twelve-year-old Lark, determined to escape her squalid life, steals a magical sword from the Royal Museum, she reluctantly becomes the next Nightingale, destined to vanquish an ancient evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FAGFagan, Deva
Summary: Apprentice wizards Antonia and Moppe must set aside their rivalry and unite their opposing skill sets to save Master Betrys, their island nation, and themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum, Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FAGHickey, Elizabeth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HICKurniawan, Eka
Summary: ""After half a century," writes renowned Indonesia scholar Benedict Anderson, "Pramaoedya Ananta Toer has found a successor." Eka Kurniawan has been described as the "brightest meteorite" in Indonesia's new literary firmament, the author of two remarkable novels whose sheer beauty, elegance, cosmopolitanism, and ambition have brought comparisons not only to Pramaoedya, universally considered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KURGates, Eva
Summary: Winter falls on North Carolina's Outer Banks as Lucy Richardson and her friends joyfully help her favourite cousin, Josie O'Malley, plan her wedding. The owner and head baker of Josie's Cozy Bakery and her fiance´, chef Jake Greenblatt, want a small, simple wedding. But to their horror, Josie's imperious grandmother, Gloria, descends with the "Louisiana Mafia": a gaggle of aunts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GATIbbotson, Eva
Summary: Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the Amazon. She imagines a loving family with whom she will share great adventures. Instead she finds two spiteful cousins who see the jungle as the enemy and refuse to go outdoors. But the wonders of the rainforest more than make up for the hideous twins and their parents. And when Maia meets a mysterious boy who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC IBBMontanari, Eva
Summary: "A little crocodile has a birthday party in this colorful, noisy book filled with sounds and new experiences that are sure to delight toddlers."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONStocker, Shannon
Summary: B picks on the vowels, because their numbers are so small, while other consonants laugh, but when the vowels disappear one by one, only U can set things right.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE STOChen, Eva
Summary: A young girl embarks on an epic journey through time and space, stepping into the shoes of such female icons as Frida Kahlo, Cleopatra, Sally Ride, and Jane Goodall, with each pair bringing a brand new adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E CHEDolan, Eva
Summary: This is how it begins. With a near-empty building, the inhabitants forced out of their homes by property developers. With two women: idealistic, impassioned blogger Ella and seasoned campaigner, Molly. With a body hidden in a lift shaft. But how will it end?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOLGates, Eva
Summary: "Lucy planned the perfect Outer Banks wedding, until one of the guests goes missing. Before Lucy can look forward to the rest of her life and the work she does at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, she gets a phone call from her boss, Bertie. Eddie, Bertie's friend, never made it back home after the reception. Initially, Lucy doesn't think anything of it. But then she discovers the body of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC IbbotsonMontanari, Eva
Summary: "A little crocodile explores the beach and campsite in this colorful, noisy book filled with sounds and new experiences that are sure to delight toddlers. For fans of Bark, George."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONMoore, Eva.
Summary: Ms. Frizzle takes her students to Hugh Mann's Costume Company to find out why their skeleton costumes are all missing different bones, and in the process the class learns all about the skeletal system and how it works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MOOStachniak, Eva
Summary: Told in the voice of Catherine the Great as the Romanov monarch reflects on her ascension to the throne, her rule over the world's greatest power, and the sacrifices that made her the most feared and commanding woman of her time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Hockey great Gordie Howe retired after 25 winning seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. But he realized that retirement just didn't work for him... When his sons were drafted to the Houston Aeros he came out of retirement to join the team! He was written off by many, who thought he was too old to be playing competitively. Through hard work, perseverance, and the loving support of his wife and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Number Nine (MB) Productions Inc. 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.Chen, Eva
Summary: This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEEland, Eva
Summary: A young child experiences sadness as if it were a visitor, acknowledging the emotion and suggesting activities to do with it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2019
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Summary: While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC IBBIbbotson, Eva.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IBBIbbotson, Eva.
Summary: When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2012
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Summary: From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only fiction can, the early life of one of history's boldest women. The Winter Palace tells the epic story of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne. Her name is Barbara--in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012