Plaidy, Jean
Summary: A fictional portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, follows the tragic character from her youth, through her tumultuous adulthood at the center of political intrigue, betrayal, rivalry, and murder, to her execution, ordered by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, in a meticulously detailed historical novel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub Co Inc 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PYLFlintham, Thomas
Summary: Super Rabbit Boy falls down a pipe and discovers himself in a mirror reality where everyone good is now evil, including his mirror self, Super Rabbit Boss. He must make friends with King Viking (now one of the good guys) and somehow defeat his alter ego in order to save this world. Then he needs to find a way back to his own reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: An abridged retelling of the adventures of the puppet boy whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie. Includes discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2008
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Summary: Alice in Wonderland: Alice falls down a rabbit hole to find herself in a bizarre land ruled by a ruthless Queen of Hearts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED CARPlaidy, Jean
Summary: Ten years after Charles I was deposed and executed, his son, Charles II, regains the throne after many years in exile. Charles is determined not only to restore the monarchy but also to revive a society that has suffered under many years of Puritan rule, when everything from theater to Christmas festivals was illegal. As king, Charles II throws himself into the gaiety of court life, becoming a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLABalter, Michael
Summary: Most investor pitch meetings don’t end in murder - but then Marty and Bo haven’t had a lot of luck lately. They’ve been struggling to keep their startup business alive. It’s not high-tech, it’s not highly successful and the pressure to find capital has strained their bank accounts and Marty’s marriage. So when Nico Scava offered to invest they eagerly accepted. He had money, connections in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALChurch, Lisa R.
Summary: An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SPYOlmstead, Kathleen.
Summary: An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MELTait, Chris.
Summary: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STEAndrews, Claire M.
Summary: Guided by the handsome Apollo, Daphne journeys across ancient Greece to recover nine mysterious items stolen from Mount Olympus before the gods lose their powers and throw the mortal world into chaos in this reinterpretation of the Greek myth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDBergeron, Alain M.
Summary: "In this illustrated novel for middle-grade readers, Billy Stuart and his loyal Scout group get lost on a hike and inadvertently travel through time."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BERAndrews, Claire M.
Summary: "As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must user her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: "Emily Climbs" is the second tale in The Emily Starr Series, and tells the story of Emily moving to a high school in Shrewsbury and beginning her career as a writer with the local newspaper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Read Books Ltd. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: "Emily's Quest" is the final tale in The Emily Starr Series, and tells the story of Emily being separated from her childhood sweetheart and agreeing to marry another man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Read Books Ltd. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONBardugo, Leigh
Summary: When the dark magical force within him challenges his effort to forge new alliances and build a defense against a new threat, Nikolai Lantsov, the young king of Ravka, embarks on a journey to his country's most magical places to vanquish it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction BardugoMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: When her beloved father dies, thirteen-year-old Emily Starr, orphaned and lonely, is sent to live with her mother's relatives at New Moon Farm, but despite her stern Aunt Elizabeth and malicious classmates, Emily's quick wit and lively imagination help her to form friendships and begin to feel at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Set in the international art world and the criminal underworld of London, There Hangs the Knife is loaded with intrigue, danger, and suspense. It is also the story of a woman trying to come to terms with her past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MULThreadgill, Tom
Summary: "After her rescue of nearly fifty kidnapped children made international headlines, Amara Alvarez gets what she's worked for: a transfer to San Antonio's Homicide Division. But reality sets in quickly when her first case, the suspicious death of a teenager at a crowded local water park, plunges her life into chaos. As the investigation moves forward, Amara finds herself stalked online by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THRCapetta, Amy Rose
Summary: "Ari Helix has been running her whole life. A fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer Corporation, she's always had to hide who she was. Until now. When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur. The wizard Merlin has been waiting for centuries for a king...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CAPMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "In a delightful sequel to the best-selling comedic novel My Italian Bulldozer, we are in a French village where the local restaurant's haute cuisine leaves a lot to be desired--and two books into an astounding ninth series from one of our most beloved authors. Renowned cookbook writer Paul Stuart, renewed and refreshed from his time in Tuscany, has returned to Scotland to work on his new book,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2019Capetta, Amy Rose
Summary: Resets the Arthurian legend in outer space, with King Arthur reincarnated as seventeen-year-old Ari, a female king whose quest is to stop a tyrranical corporate government, aided by a teenaged Merlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CAPFlintham, Thomas
Summary: When Sunny's father enters a video game he finds himself as the evil King Viking, but he is not very good at playing, so King Viking finds himself falling down and getting lost, and wondering if he will ever escape from the game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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Summary: King Viking is doing a lot of evil plans at the same time so, with the help of Moon Girl and others, Super Rabbit comes up with a plan to stop the supervillain's attacks.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022