Faulks, Sebastian
Summary: When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before. Through a series of IVF treatments, which they hope to keep secret, they propose an experiment that will upend the human race as we know...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson Heinemann 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAUMcCammon, Robert.
Summary: December 1703 finds Berry Grigsby living as Mary Lynn Nash in a small English village where she has fallen victim to Professor Fell's involuntary drug experiments. Her mind is quickly deteriorating under the drug's influence, and the only way to save her is a potion book that was stolen in an attack on the village orchestrated by a mysterious madman going by the name Cardinal Black. Matthew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cemetery Dance Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCMorpurgo, Michael
Summary: "A song is passed from one animal to another, uniting all living things and spreading joy across the world. Inspired by a bird in Michael Morpurgo's own garden, the uplifting story and breathtaking illustrations show us the beauty of nature and what is at stake."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Hoots 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORAlexander, Rilla
Summary: "How far can you go? How much do you know? How kind are you? These are just a few of the impossible but inevitable questions every child has asked and every parent has had to ponder. In a journey filled with wit and imagination, You Rule! maps and measures those immeasurables, offering readers a rich palette of words to describe and explore ideas and feelings."--Front cover flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALEWells, Martha
Summary: A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2017
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Summary: "When a small pebble sees others gathering on the steps of the Museum of Rocks, he grows curious. Once inside the esteemed halls, he is shocked by what he discovers. The only rocks on display are glittering gemstones, geodes, and crystals! These beautiful stones make him wonder: Can he be special, too? Perhaps he'll find an answer in the World's Most Beautiful Gem exhibition ... or maybe, just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIUWells, Martha
Summary: "Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, comes to a thrilling conclusion in Exit Strategy. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WELStuart, Scott
Summary: "My Dad has a shadow that's blue as a berry, and my Mum's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There's only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it's both and it's none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart. This story considers gender beyond binary in a vibrant spectrum of colour." -- Provided by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Larrikin House 2022
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Summary: "Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1986
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Summary: Izzy and her family welcome foreign exchange student Alberto into their home, but after a series of mishaps and coincidences, and with a serial killer on the loose, Izzy begins to suspect Alberto is not who he seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCNJin, Cindy
Summary: "Filled with loving and meaningful life lessons, this inspiring board book shows kids that being brave doesn't have to be grand or heroic. Whether you're feeling sad, nervous, unsure, or left out, taking control of how you feel and being brave starts with listening to your heart."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOARD JINBurg, Ann E.
Summary: In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURMcMillan, Shirley-Anne
Summary: "The pressure – social and academic – is high for the teenage students of an elite secondary school in Belfast; Can poetry, friendship and a trip to Spain give them the courage to be true to themselves? Wealthy, popular Charlotte and quiet, working class Drew couldn’t be more different, but both face a common enemy at Cooke’s Academy in the form of the Stewards – an elite group of students...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCMMontague, Liz
Summary: Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic--but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONAgostini, Alliah L.
Summary: Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGOAdams, Richard
Summary: Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1974
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ADAWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "Written in the voice of Mother Africa, who speaks to her children--human beings--this stunning picture book thrums with the love between mother and child as it celebrates humanity's common roots. Before words or tools or fire, Mother Africa's caves sheltered us and her forests fed us. She could not protect us from all dangers, but, like mothers everywhere, she gave her children all she could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEACenter, Katherine
Summary: "A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2020
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Summary: "Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend Nisha, but one day Nisha and her family are gone, and Kacie struggles to understand the changes happening to her street and neighborhood, and what they mean for her life."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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Summary: As a mixed-breed, Marnie's dog, Koda, is not eligible for dog shows, so her grandmother's friend suggests that Koda and Marnie should enter a dog dancing competition--but Marnie has problems picking up the steps, and feels clumsy, especially when compared to the clever Koda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADAndrew, Kelly
Summary: Wyatt Westlock has returned to her childhood home of Willow Heath, intending to burn it down--until she finds Peter hanging in the basement, a boy whom she considered a friend, semi-immortal and ritually sacrificed every year to keep the ancient forces in the nearby forest at bay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDKelkar, Supriya
Summary: On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELAlbom, Mitch
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023