Summary: From powerful and moving to knee-knocking suspense and troubled love, these darkly comic tales of lives on the edge represent some of the best of recent seasons of the hit public radio series Selected Shorts. Performances recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City and on tour around the country.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Symphony Space Inc. 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SELWatson, Jude
Summary: March and Jules are teenage twins, following in their father's footsteps as jewel thieves, but when their latest job goes wrong they end up with one jewel, a sapphire called the Morning Star, one of three cursed jewels--and the only way they can break the curse is to elude the FBI, Interpol, and a gang of international criminals, find the other two jewels, and reunite them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WATClark, C. L. (Cherae L.)
Summary: "Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLACampbell, Jack
Summary: Geary leads the fleet through space controlled by mysterious and hostile aliens. The fate of the fleet will depend on him making the right decision. If he can stay alive long enough to do that.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAMPakkala, Christine
Summary: Tired of being called on last in class because her name falls at the end of the alphabet, second-grader Lola Zuckerman aspires to beat her ex-best friend--whose last name begins with A--in the school's Going Green contest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PAKPakkala, Christine
Summary: Lola doesn't want to share her on-again, off-again best friend Amanda with Jessie and Savannah, but when the girls embark on a field trip to a local farm, an encounter with a wild chicken may be just what's needed to bring them together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PAKKim, Dong Hwa
Summary: "A celebration of the triumph of true love. As Ehwa grew from a girl to a young woman in The Color of Earth and The Color of Water, she began to understand and experience love and relationships, with her mother as a model and confidante. Now, in the heartwarming conclusion to this lyrically written and delicately drawn trilogy, Ehwa's true love comes at last, and as her mother looks on, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 COLBarron, T. A.
Summary: Merlin's fragile home on the isle of Fincayra is threatened by the attack of a mysterious warrior with swords for arms and by the escape of Stangmar from his imprisonment, as Merlin continues to move toward his ultimate destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARMessenger, Shannon
Summary: "Sophie Foster is on the run-but at least she's not alone. Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new lives, they uncover secrets bigger than anything they'd imagined. But their enemies are far from done...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy thatcould threaten all she loves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MES Book 3Nix, Garth
Summary: "There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity that inhabits the ancient hot spring. This time trouble comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger, requiring a desperate rescue attempt from his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NIXBunting, Eve
Summary: As the seasons change, there are fatter caterpillars, thicker corn husks, and brighter fall leaves predicting a hard, cold winter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUNHoffman, Paul
Summary: Follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOFHicks, Deron R.
Summary: "No matter how dangerous his adventures have been, Art has always been able to count on his best friend, Camille. Now that Camille is meeting her estranged father, Art wants to be there for her--which means going to London. But Camille's history professor father, renowned for expertise in British legend, is missing. When they visit his apartment, Art and Camille find a long-missing object that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HICVan Dyken, Rachel
Summary: Boring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night. The biggest problem? She can't seem to remember anything about the night before except for crying into a box of cookies, and she’s pretty sure Grandma Nadine slipped something in her drink. And what should have been a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rachel Van Dyken Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANNiven, Larry.
Summary: When a chain reaction of supernovae explosions at the core of the galaxy unleashes a deadly wave of radiation that will sterilize the entire galaxy, the Citizens--accompanied by Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs, a descendant of human survivors--flee into the unknown.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NIVWatson, Angus
Summary: When his settlement is massacred by a hostile empire, Finn and his clan make their escape across an unforgiving land, battling animals and monsters, determined assassins, powerful tribes, and each other to fulfill a prophecy that is their only hope.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WATSmith, Edward E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Old Earth Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMITolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1984
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOLWeber, David
Summary: "We've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the other sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... wasn't an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2024
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADSummary: The Cat in the Hat takes Nick and Sally on the craziest Halloween ride filled with howlers and shockers and scary fandangles, big laughs and music and fun from all angles! Their fright-filled adventure takes them deep into the Oooky-ma-kooky Closet where Nick and Sally discover the very best Halloween costumes ever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2016
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD JUV CATDeLuca, Jen
Summary: "An upbeat rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, sword fights, tavern wenches, and an accidentally-in-love romance. Single mother April Parker has lived in the small town of Willow Creek for eighteen years. April is about to become an empty nester, and while she likes her quaint little town, she's decided it's time to move on. She asks her friend Mitch for his help with some home...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELLucas, Chad
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023