Denson, Abby
Summary: "There's just one thing Kitty Sweet Tooth loves more than going to movies, and that's eating delicious desserts. Now that Pop-Pop's movie theater has fallen on hard times, Kitty decides that only dessert can keep it from closing its doors. With a coat of paint, a tasty new menu, and a lot of hard work, Kitty and her friends transform this ramshackle theater into the Taste-O-Rama, a combination...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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Summary: A super-secret operative saves the world from a diabolical threat with her ability to brandish just the right book at the right time in this delightful superhero tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media, LLC 2019
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Fforde, Jasper.
Summary: The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFOBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: "An encounter between a brown mermaid and pirate launches a humorous tale of friendship that shows how kindness and empathy go beyond words."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAPDahl, Roald.
Summary: Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr Willy Wonka, the wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of his chocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize of a lifetime. Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await. Charlie needs just one Golden Ticket and these delicious treats could be all his ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Pop-Up Books, Call number: J FIC DAHLukens, F. T.
Summary: Arek has managed to fulfill the prophecy and save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler, but the quest is not over because until they free the princess locked in one of the towers he has to assume the crown himself; only the princess proves to be very dead, and Arek is stuck as king; then he discovers that magic requires him to find a bride before his eighteenth birthday or wither away--but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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Summary: "Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy sides of the same coin . . . until seventh grade, when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason can trace everything bad in his life to that terrible fight they had over the new girl. The one thing he'd give anything for is a do-over. But that can't happen in real life--can it? As a science kid, Mason knows do-overs are impossible, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KORPiñeiro, Victor
Summary: When Finistere's stern acting principal, Ms. Vlad, invites Mr. Dragon to be her vice-principal, the students immediately adore him, but unbeknownst to them, he is nefariously planning to take over the world, and it is up to Javi to stop him before it is too late.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PINPeirce, Lincoln
Summary: Max's twin is public enemy number one, and it is up to the Midknights to avoid looming dangers like trolls and pirates to find her before time runs out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC PEIFrench, Vivian
Summary: It's not much fun being a princess: you have to be prim, proper and obedient. Princess Peony lives in a world full of magical creatures - hags, trolls, giants and fairy godmothers - but her father's strict rules leave her feeling bored and lonely. She wants to learn how to DO things, and cooking's at the top of her list. But when Peony borrows a recipe book from the public library, the king has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FREMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: Becca Singer is having the Worst Day Ever. She is friendless and alone since Harper dumped her. Then a box arrives in the mail, containing a bracelet, with a note telling Becca to make a wish. She puts on the bracelet and asks to have lots of friends. Suddenly everyone wants to be Becca's BFF-- even her teachers and her own mom! Is this wish a curse? -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MLYMeggitt-Phillips, Jack
Summary: Notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathered friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to de-beast their lives, but neither of them are sure what "good people" do.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEGMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: Tired of being the middle sister, eleven-year-old Addie Asante uses a magical bracelet to switch places with her thirteen-year-old sister and discovers that being older is not necessarily easier--and worse, her baby sister is now living as Addie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MLYO'Donnell, Tom
Summary: Mysterious happenings are causing major trouble at Horace Hotwater Middle School! Sam Gibbs and his super-strong tiny buddy, Hammie Rex, keep encountering creepy abnormal objects, including a floating sports jersey and a runaway go-kart. Sam doesn't believe in ghosts, but he has to admit the hauntings are getting weirder-- and more dangerous. Could bizarre mutant animals be the cause?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC O'DOWells, Tina
Summary: Eleven-year-old June Jackson has always been good at making the people around her happy, even if that means avoiding telling them what you really think, but as she starts middle school her fairy godmother puts a spell on her that forces her to speak only the truth--even to her friends and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2021
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Summary: The world is preparing to come to an end according to the Divine Plan recorded in the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded 1655). Meanwhile, a fussy angel and a fast-living demon have grown fond of living among the earth's mortals for many millennia and are not looking forward to the apocalypse. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAIStaniszewski, Anna
Summary: Snow White's wedding is only a day away, but Ralph, one of the seven dwarfs, has disappeared and it looks like the evil queen may have kidnapped him; Kara and Zed volunteer to rescue him, with Zed's pet sheep Lilly tagging along, but things are not quite what they seem--and it is up to the timid Lilly to save them all from the fashion-challenged queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STAGregory, Philippa
Summary: "Florizella made some very unusual friends and set off around the kingdom on the most mammoth of adventures..."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2022
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC GRESubity, Sam
Summary: Abby Beckett comes from a long line of elite Viking warriors known as the Aesir, being trained her whole life to hunt the creatures known as Grendels. The problem is there hasn't been a sighting of a Grendel in centuries and the Viking Council wants to disband the Aesir. But when her father is attacked by one and no one believes her, Abby embarks on a journey to protect her family's name and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUBManning, Matthew K.
Summary: Just when fifth-grader Xander Stone decides to give up his long search for magical creatures, he encounters three Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns, who were banished from the magical world of Pegasia after an encounter with a mysterious object leaking green gas turned them into smelly, zombie-like, rainbow-upchucking creatures--and Xander will need to keep his wits about him if he is to hide the true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MANStowell, Louie
Summary: After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he'll be allowed to return to Asgard. If not? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. School, fake "parents," and an eleven-year-old Thor's farts are pure misery. But when a bigger threat than Loki's mischief comes to Earth, Loki will have to decide whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2022
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini is not Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist who died in 1926. But Harry does live in Houdini's old New York City home, and he definitely knows everything there is to know about Houdini's life. What is he supposed to do, then, when someone starts texting him claiming that they're Houdini, communicating from beyond the grave? Respond, of course. It's hard for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021