Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Summary: "Abbas has never told anyone about his past--before he was a sailor on the high seas, before he met his wife Maryam outside a Boots in Exeter, before they settled into a quiet life in Norwich with their children, Jamal and Hanna. Now, at the age of sixty-three, he suffers a collapse that renders him bedbound and unable to speak about things he thought he would one day have to."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUREves, Rosalyn
Summary: Elizabeth Bertelsen dreams of becoming an astronomer, but for her such dreams are as unreachable as the stars she so deeply adores. As a Mormon girl, her duty is to her family and, in a not too far away future, to the man who will choose to marry her. When she unexpectedly finds herself in Colorado, she is tempted by the total eclipse of the sun that is about to happen-- and maybe even meeting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EVEHenkes, Kevin
Summary: Four-year-old Sal cannot find a gift she received from Santa, her new baby sister still does not have a name and takes up all of Mama's attention, and her brother Billy is annoying, but Sal finds her own strengths over an eventful Christmas season with her family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HENKinney, Jeff
Summary: When an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley's family a chance to make big changes to their house, they soon discover that renovations may not be worth the effort.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed and manufactured by Playaway/Findaway World, LLC 2019