Grippando, James
Summary: Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random violence and, Julia's abusive husband back in El Salvador. Arriving in Miami, mother and daughter struggled to carve their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia's rejects her boss's unwanted sexual advances. Suddenly--thanks to an "anonymous" tip to U. S....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRIStutzman, Jonathan
Summary: Tiny T. Rex and his friend Pointy are planning a campout in the backyard, but they are both worried that the dark will be altogether too dark, so they plan on bringing a night light with them--but when the night light does not work they bravely open their eyes and discover the stars above.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STUGoldembaum, Sally
Summary: "Birdie, Nell, Cass, and Izzy are prepping their coziest handiwork for a holiday gathering in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But as murder makes waves in their tightly knit coastal village, can the Seaside Knitters prevent a deadly trend from catching on? While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can't stop talking about Tess Bean--a bright-eyed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOLRyan, Pam Muñoz.
Summary: Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2003
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH RYAErickson, J. R.
Summary: "Orla has a gift, an ability to sense things she touches: memories, traumas ... murders. On a sunny day in 1975, she sets off on a bike ride into the picturesque countryside and vanishes. She is not the first young woman to go missing and she will not be the last. Ashes beneath her is a paranormal murder mystery that will take you into the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane. Ashes Beneath...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIErickson, J. R.
Summary: "Jake Edwards hasn't thought about the Northern Michigan Asylum in three decades. When Petra, a mysterious woman from his childhood, appears at his business, he suspects a practical joke. Until the woman vanishes, leaving behind a blood-spattered apartment and a trail of secrets that all lead back to the shuttered asylum. As Jake digs into his dark past, he must face the sinister forces who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIValasse, Bruno
Summary: "A little moth hides from the dark, and doesn't want to leave his bright and cozy home. But here's a secret: he loves watching the stars. They only come out at night, though . . . when it's dark outside. One night, the stars give the moth the courage to go outside into the night. There, he makes friends with other creatures who are also afraid of the dark, and they play and sparkle under the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Forbidden, passionate and all-encompassing, Margo and Richard's love affair was the stuff of legend--but, ultimately, doomed. When Richard walked out, Margo locked herself away, leaving her three daughters, Rachel, Imogen, and Sasha, to run wild. Years later, charismatic Margo entertains lovers and friends in her cottage on the Isle of Wight, refusing to ever speak of Richard and her painful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOSummary: In the late 1980s, 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian launched a crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill--assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend Neal Nicol, and his older sister Margo Janus, Kevorkian begins offering his "death counseling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientele. He earns the support of Hemlock...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Films 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You 2010McInerny, Ralph M.
Summary: Investigating the murder of a Notre Dame athletic department faculty member, professor Roger Knight and his P.I. brother Phil, meet a host of suspects at the victim's wake, including two women who both claim they were secretly engaged to him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M MCIFlorence, Melanie
Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017
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Summary: "They're not going down without a fight. When FDLE special agent Amy Larson discovers a small horse figurine amid the bloody aftermath of a gang massacre in the Everglades, she recognizes it immediately. The toy is the calling card of the apocalypse cult that Amy and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have been investigating, and it can only mean one thing: this wasn't an isolated...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRAKey, Watt
Summary: When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEYRankin, Ian.
Summary: When a Scottish delegate dies mysteriously before a summit of world leaders, Rebus' superiors would rather that he stay as far away from the whole mess as possible. But Rebus will do whatever is necessary to ferret out the truth. As demonstrators and the media fuel the mounting tension in Edinburgh, events spiral out of control and Rebus may have finally bitten off more than he can chew.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Clipper Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M RANHurley, Graham.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orion 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURTerry, Mark
Summary: A summit of world leaders convenes at a beautiful Colorado resort just in time to encounter a former government agent gone rogue. Threatening to kill a world leader every hour unless his demands are met, the madman and his team seem impossible to stop. It falls on Derek Stillwater, an agent working undercover at the resort as a maintenance guy, to stop his former colleague. Unfortunately,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TERMilbourne, Anna
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a little boy's fear of the dark. Lyrical writing inspires a positive attitude to the dark, including the idea that it's only when it's truly dark that you can see the stars. Laser-cut holes show shadows, monster eyes in a dark bedroom, and a stunning starry sky." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Educational Development Corporation 2019
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Summary: One dark and noisy night the Fraidy Cats let their imaginations run wild, visualizing scary things from wild elephants to hungry wolves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1993
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Place a hold to request this item.Rankin, Ian.
Summary: The assorted leaders of the G8 countries have gathered in the capital and with daily marches, demonstrations and scuffles on the streets, the police are stretched to the limit. DI John Rebus has been sidelined for fear of embarrassing his superiors at this most crucial time. However, all that changes when the night-time plunge of a young politician from the walls of Edinburgh Castle drags Rebus...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orion 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RANFrost, Mark
Summary: In an attempt to regain the upper hand for Germany in the fall of 1944, famed commando Otto Skorzeny plots to have 2,000 English-speaking soldiers infiltrate and compromise Allied lines, while a smaller band of highly skilled commandos embark an a more sinister mission with history-changing potential. -- TitleSource III.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FROMayer, Gina.
Summary: In four stories, Little Critter complains about the unfairness of his parents' rules, realizes he doesn't know everything, decides that a new critter is not too different to be his friend, and takes part in the school play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: FastPencil Premiere 2012
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE CRIGal, Susan.
Summary: While preparing for bedtime, a little girl and her dog note all the different kinds of lights that brighten up the night, from headlights to moonlight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALSlaughter, Karin
Summary: Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation takes on the case of a girl who has been savagely murdered in one of Atlanta's most desirable neighborhoods.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLASoo, Phillipa
Summary: When Piper is offered a solo at her school's Spring Sing, she must overcome her stage fright to put on an unforgettable performance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2024