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Summary: From the best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce, this debut novel is a gripping survival story of a young man trapped, perhaps fatally, during a border crossing. Héctor is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers’ money for a mechanic and have not returned. Those left behind have no choice but to wait....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAIWallant, Edward Lewis
Summary: For most of us, remembering the Holocaust requires effort; we listen to stories, watch films, read histories. But the people who came to be called "survivors" could not avoid their memories. Sol Nazerman, protagonist of Edward Lewis Wallant's The Pawnbroker, is one such sufferer. At 45, Nazerman, who survived Bergen-Belsen although his wife and children did not, runs a Harlem pawnshop. But the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fig Tree Books LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALBedard, Tony.
Summary: Four action-packed stories starring Thor, God of Thunder. First with great power comes...a whole lotta trouble? That's what the Wrecker finds out when he's zapped by a jolt of magical muscle meant for Loki, the god of mischief. Next, villains march across Bifrost Bridge, to challenge the forces of Odin! But wait...these are the Avengers?! Third, see how the God of Thunder came to our world, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BED SPINDLESummary: An American tail: While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANAWeber, Johny
Summary: In the mountains at the southern edge of Wyoming Territory, three families banded together in the mid-1800s and formed a community, raising livestock and garden produce. The founding family, the Welles, took excess livestock to trade with the pioneers along the Oregon Trail. This is the story of those families and the young people that are coming of age. Central to the story is Jake Bates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hildebrand Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEBKlungel, Johan
Summary: "Tom and Daddy are home today. Daddy wants to clean the house and do the dishes, but Tom wants to play. Quickly they come up with a solution: together they'll try to conquer the dish monster and go on a quest in the jungle of socks. A funny and recognizable story about doing chores with Dad, which doesn't have to be boring at all."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KLUTheorin, Johan
Summary: Twenty years after Jens disappeared without a trace from the island of Oland, a package is mailed to the boy's grandfather that contains the worn and mended shoe of a child, prompting the grandfather to contact the child's mother, resume the hunt for the boy, and make a shocking connection between Jens's disappearance and the island's most notorious murder case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta Trade Paperbacks 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THESohn, Emily
Summary: "Astro the Alien and his friends Ben and Eva visit and learn about ocean animals, including animals that live near coral reefs, in the deep ocean, and in tide pools. Includes reading activities and a word lis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2019
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Summary: When Birdie discovers cash in an abandoned house she thinks it could be the answer to her and her mother's problems, but she wonders about the people who left that money behind and tries to figure what is best for her family and what is the right thing to do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COHJohns, Geoff
Summary: Features a story that reintroduces the team's greatest champion, Steve Trevor; and Green Arrow intends to join the Justice League, but one member stands against this: Aquaman. Then the Justice League faces an all-new major nemesis!
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JOHJahn-Clough, Lisa
Summary: On Valentine's Day morning, Petal the elephant wakes up to find chocolates and Poppy the rhinocerous finds flowers, but they forgot to get gifts for each other, so who is their mystery Valentine?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JBR GREEN CLOSohn, Emily
Summary: "With help from his friends Ben and Eva, Astro the Alien learns about friendship when he makes new friends on the first day of school. Includes a note to caregivers, reading activities, and a word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SOHSohn, Emily
Summary: "With help from his friends Ben and Eva, Astro the Alien learns about honesty when he lies about breaking a toy and cleaning up his room. Includes a note to caregivers, reading activities, and a word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2020
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Summary: Thirty-year-old Matthias, a self-effacing gardener in Stavanger, Norway, is content to be what he calls a cog, idolizing Buzz Aldrin as the second man on the moon, but he drifts farther and farther away from other people until one day he wakes up on a road in the Faroe Islands with a pocket full of money, and no memory of how he got there, and must begin to rebuild his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARRundberg, Johan
Summary: It's 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. Twelve-year-old Mika knows that everyone in her orphanage will struggle to survive this winter. But at least the notorious serial killer the Night Raven is finally off the streets...or is he?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RUNCohn, Rachel
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Lily left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to find the notebook and rise to its challenges. What follows is a whirlwind romance as the two trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COHCohn, Rachel
Summary: Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years throwing parties for their friends--and now they've prepared their final blowout, just before graduation. The rules are simple: each twin gets to invite three guests, and the other twin doesn't know who's coming until the partiers show up at the door. With Sam and Ilsa, the sibling revelry is always tempered with a large...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COHJohns, Geoff
Summary: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps must join forces with their rivals of the other colors to battle the Black Lanterns, an army of undead superheroes and villains--all their deceased friends and foes--who are out to destroy all life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JOHJohns, Geoff
Summary: Twelve superheroes brought back to life by White Lantern rings must come to terms with the horrors they committed as Black Lanterns and discover why they have been resurrected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2010
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Summary: The United States government creates an answer to the Justice League by bringing together the world's most dangerous heroes to form the Justice League of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dc Comics 2013
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2 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 JOHCohn, Rachel.
Summary: It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who's just walked in to his band's show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure set against the backdrop of New York City--and smack in the middle of all the joy, anxiety, confusion, and excitement of a first date. This he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2007
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Summary: "With help from his friends Ben and Eva, Astro the Alien learns about patience when he waits in line to ride a roller coaster. Includes a note to caregivers, reading activities, and a word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2020
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Summary: "Astro the Alien and his friends Ben and Eva visit and learn about desert animals, including lizards, birds, and spiders. Includes reading activities and a word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SOHCohen, Jon
Summary: "When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight...Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2018