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Jacks, Janie

Summary: Being a military family means always moving forward, rarely looking back--no matter what might happen in one's life. But when a letter arrives at the Jacks house only to remain unopened, Becky Jacks finds herself torn between the most uncurious mother on the planet and her own deep need to know what news the letter brings. On the other side of the world, a war rages in Vietnam, one her mother...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The RoadRunner Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAC

Sumner, Jamie

Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUM

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUM

Silver, Josie

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: When Iris moves to New York City to restart her life, her friend Bobby drags her to an autumn street fair in Little Italy. Among the food stalls, a family-run gelateria catches her eye. She returns the next day and meets Gio, whose uncle is recuperating from a stroke and cannot remember the family's gelato recipe. Sampling the last remaining batch, Iris realizes the recipe is the same as the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Books 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SIL

Josse, Gaëlle

Summary: "New York, November 3, 1954. In a few days, the immigration inspection station on Ellis Island will close its doors forever. John Mitchell, an officer of the Bureau of Immigration, is the guardian and last resident of the island. As Mitchell looks back over forty-five years as gatekeeper to America and its promise of a better life, he recalls his brief marriage to his beloved wife Liz, and is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: World Editions 2020

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOS

Crowley, Codie

Summary: Annie Lane was not doing much of anything with her young life, but now that she is dead she has a purpose--figure out who murdered her and her best friend and make sure he can never kill anyone else.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024

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Sima, Jessie

Summary: Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Sima 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIM

Bates, Amy June

Summary: "A girl draws an unusual panda, who comes to life and draws all sorts of whimsical things with her, from a castle to a dragon and more"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAT

Nicholls, Sally

Summary: "From fingers that tickle to bellies that need to be gobbled up, toddlers will love playing and laughing, as they learn the names of their body parts."--Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023

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Acker, James

Summary: Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro. Sandro Miceli is too nice for his own good. The middle child in an always-growing, always-screaming Italian family, Sandro walks around on a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACK

Rollins, James

Summary: An ancient relic, a murdered man, an international think tank of scientists known as the Jasons who have discovered a way to bioengineer autistic children, and a plot to wipe out a quarter of the world's population have two men racing against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history--the Greek Oracle of Delphi.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Avon 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fic Rol

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS ROL

McBride, James

Summary: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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James, Tania

Summary: "Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAM

Jones, Ripley

Summary: High school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to investigate an unsolved murder in their hometown, and after making a startling discovery, they accuse a potentially innocent man of murder on one of their episodes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JON

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC JON

Quinn, Kate

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUI

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Quinn

Buxbaum, Julie

Summary: When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because guess what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But something even stranger is happening in Area 51--aliens are going missing. Where could they be?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022

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Downing, Julie

Summary: In rhyming text, the animals of the forest wake up with the Sun, and go about their lives until night comes, and the Moon returns.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024

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Danneberg, Julie

Summary: Mrs. Hartwell is home sick today, and throughout the day her students send her emails informing her about what is happening as the other teachers take turns watching the class--and the room becomes increasingly messy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAN

Massy, Julie

Summary: "Readers are invited to physically interact with the pages in this picture book of humorous before-and-after scenarios."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2023

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Summary: "From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand-new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery and suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life--from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC OAT

Hannibal, James R.

Summary: Darkness Looms in the Dragon Lands. War is brewing. New threats have emerged in Keledev. The watchmen of Thousand Falls and the Windhold find goblin tunnels in the slopes of the mountain barrier that may hold many dangerous creatures. At the same time, scouting missions into the Dragon Lands confirm that the dragons are building an army of tortured Aladoth villagers to destroy the Liberated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enclave Escape 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HAN

Lewis-Jones, Huw

Summary: Whether white, or black, or blue, Blue Badger's not sure what to do. Badger has a lot on his mind ... and something on his bottom ...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Happy Yak, an imprint of the Quarto Group 2022

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Sutter, James L.

Summary: When David quit his band, he missed his shot at fame. For the past two years he has been trapped in an ordinary Seattle high school life, working summers for his dad's construction business while his former best friends Chance and Eli became the hottest teen pop act in America. Eli's death throws David and Chance back into contact. They rediscover all the little things that once made the two of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SUT

Lewis-Jones, Huw

Summary: "It’s Christmas day and everyone is just so . . . jolly. Granny Smith has kick-started the caroling, and the Cheese family’s merriness is grating to say the least. But it’s the arrival of Pea and his extended family that really puts Bad Apple’s goodwill to the test. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas . . . but how long can the Peas last? Packed with witty wordplay and illustrated with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE LEW

Lloyd-Jones, Emily

Summary: "Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid 'Mer' is well-acquainted with both. She is the last living water diviner and has spent years running from the prince who bound her into his service. Under the prince's orders, she located the wells of his enemies, and he poisoned them without her knowledge, causing hundreds of deaths. After...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC LLO

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