Vérant, Samantha
Summary: "A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one dream: to be part of the 1% of female chefs running a Michelin-starred restaurant. From spending summers with her grandmother, who taught her the power of cooking and food, to attending the Culinary Institute of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents. This was the collection that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv,bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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Summary: Grandmothers go by many different names, but they are all glamorous and special in their own way, so they are all Glam-mas--especially to the children that they love, and who love them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: The Gabba Land gang welcomes the spring rain, knowing flowers and rainbows are not far behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2010
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE BROCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "A young boy building a train track with his friend is headed for trouble until a teacher steps in and helps him learn social cues of anger and happiness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "Laila's birthday party, perfectly planned with her autism in mind, goes awry due to a change in weather and an accident with her cake, but with the help of her mom and her service dog, Laila knows she can handle this"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTHunt, Samantha.
Summary: "A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning. Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later, Ruth's niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNShannon, Samantha
Summary: "Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population. But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilizing the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. Little does Paige know that her reign may be cut short by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHAAllen, Samantha
Summary: When the final four women in competition for an aloof, if somewhat sleazy, bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they mentally prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and of course, the salacious drama that viewers nationwide tune in to eagerly devour. Each woman came on "The Catch" for her own reasons--brand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zando 2022
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC ALLBerger, Samantha
Summary: "Starting with A and ending with Z, this beautifully illustrated book will show young readers the many ways they can make the world a kinder place."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Highlights Press 2020
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Summary: A child who likes to draw and write stories imagines what would happen if there were no pencils, paper, or other tools for being creative.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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Summary: "An overworked witch pampers herself after Halloween at a spa designed just for witch relaxation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC BERHarvey, Samantha
Summary: Jake ponders his life on his birthday, though his memories are becoming elusive and unreliable as Jake suffers from Alzheimer's disease and the disease has taken a greater hold on him. He tries to sort out what went wrong in his life. What has happened to his daughter, as he doesn't know if she's alive or long dead and he wonders why his son is in prison. And events keep changing as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMabry, Samantha
Summary: Sarah Jac Crow and James Holt have fallen in love working in the endless fields that span a bone-dry Southwest in the near-future--a land that's a little bit magical, deeply dangerous, and bursting with secrets. To protect themselves, they've learned to work hard and--above all--keep their love hidden from the people who might use it against them. Then, just when Sarah Jac and James have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MABMorton, Samantha
Summary: Prince Max and Queen Grandma use marbles to figure out if Ruby is a true princess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAXShannon, Samantha
Summary: Fugitive Paige Mahoney flees Scion while Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare for a rare assembly of the clairvoyant community that is clouded by dark secrets, the emergence of the Rephaim, and an elusive Warden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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Summary: "Lily and her friends organize a protest in order to save their neighborhood public garden from being demolished"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE THOBrooke, Samantha
Summary: Ms. Frizzle's class learns about camoflage in the animal world and competes in a school-wide game of hide-and-seek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: A determined dog runs away from home after his young owner dresses him in one too many ridiculous bows, a decision that he questions when he realizes that life is better at his friend's side.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE COTCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "A sensitive boy gets overwhelmed by all the sights, sounds, and sensations at the beach, but his dad has a trick to help his son face these unexpected obstacles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTDowning, Samantha
Summary: "USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing teaches all the wrong lessons in her latest sneaky thriller about a calculating teacher in a privileged private school who knows he has the power to make or break your kid's future...and he uses it.... Teddy Crutcher has just won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021