Summary: The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Nothing ever changes in Redford, Georgia. That's what freelance editor Jess Reid loves about her hometown--and part of what keeps her from leaving. Content taking care of her father, a car mechanic who singlehandedly raised her after her mom skipped out, Jess is resigned to a safe, unremarkable existence...until Jasper Wilhelm, the town's eccentric benefactor, dies suddenly and leaves behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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Summary: "After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old Nora Nichols decides to escape her hometown and take a summer job as an arts and crafts counsellor at an all-girls' camp in the mountains of West Virginia. There, she meets girls and women from all walks of life with their own heartaches and triumphs. But when a letter from home comes bearing unexpected news, Nora finds inner strength in her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VANGrimes, Nikki
Summary: In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Bath time is full of magic. The faucet flows like a waterfall, the bathroom floor is a distant shore, toy boats sail against the waves. An imagination-fueled adventure on the high seas is just what it takes to get little one clean"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2021
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Summary: A group of high school students grow in understanding of each other's challenges and forge unexpected connections as they prepare for a boys vs. girls poetry slam.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GRIPayne, Nikki
Summary: "Pride and Prejudice meets Black-ish in this exciting new rom-com by debut author Nikki Payne. Liza B-The Only DJ That Gives a Jam-wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at their corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PAYSummary: When there is an assassination attempt on US President Allan Trumbull, his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the president. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: "The teddy bears' picnic gets a modern twist in this warm and fuzzy picture book about a young teddy bear who learns that small acts of kindness can make a big difference."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2020
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Summary: "Mankind has long dreamed of reaching out to live on other planets, and with the establishment of the Mars Endeavour colony, that dream has become reality. The fledgling colony consists of 120 scientists, astronauts, medical staff, and engineers. Buried deep underground, they're protected from the harsh radiation that sterilizes the surface of the planet. The colony is prepared for every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: Buried deep beneath the surface of Mars to protect it from radiation, the fledgling Endeavour colony--consisting of one hundred twenty scientists, astronauts, medical staff, and engineers--is presented with the ultimate challenge when disaster strikes Earth.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC CAWSummary: In this all-new movie, we find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with "scream time." To reclaim their bond they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out of their element...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ADDBarthelmess, Nikki
Summary: Forbidden by her strict Mexican grandma to learn Spanish, Ri Fernaandez decides to find her mother in an effort to understand her mixed heritage, but nothing goes as planned, forcing Ri to define who she really is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Dax and Zoe are twins. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's the night before the twins are starting kindergarten, and they have the just-about-to-start-school jitters. After all, they will be in different classrooms! What will kindergarten be like when they're not together all day? But Dax and Zoe will learn that kindergarten is full of new surprises and adventures, and being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE EHRMcClure, Nikki
Summary: While waiting with family members for high tide to come in, a youngster who is very knowledgeable about the seashore and what lives there helps to build a raft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016
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Summary: "Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated beach-town inn but must learn to work with the current tenants in this deliciously spicy reimagining of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by Nikki Payne. Nora needs a reinvention fast. But where can you go when the entire Internet knows your face? (And ass... but Nora tries not to talk about that.) After discovering at her father's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2024
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Summary: It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: A wife and mother of three has lost the passion that once drove her, and returns to the memory of an old love affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEMGrimes, Nikki
Summary: A beloved and very sleepy little boy resists his mother's efforts to put him to bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2020
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Summary: "Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GRIGrimes, Nikki
Summary: A grieving son follows a treasure map his late father left him through the woods they used to explore together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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Summary: In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: In this story told in a series of rhyming poems, Gorilla the cat enjoys answering the telephone, eating soul food, and sharing mischievous adventures with her young owner.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2007