Keller, Shana
Summary: Polly misses her father, a soldier fighting in France during World War I, and at home everything is rationed; Polly wants to do her part to help, so she and her friends organize a parade to collect peach pits which are used in the manufacture of gas masks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JE FIC KELHertz, Kellen
Summary: When aspiring songwriter Tenney gets invited to perform at Nashville's famed Bluebird Café, her parents decide she's too young to perform professionally, leaving her future hanging in the balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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Summary: "When the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for what appears to be a plum job in Moscow-and the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia, she quickly becomes entangled in a country she can't escape. Many years later, Florence's son, Julian, will make the opposite journey, immigrating back to the United States. His work in the oil industry takes him on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KRARudolph, Shaina.
Summary: Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press, American Psychological Association 2015
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Summary: With her recording contract signed, Tenney is set up to make an album, however when her songwriting accomplice and drummer Logan abruptly vanishes, Tenney marvels in the event that she might want to go solo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC HERTeller, Danielle
Summary: "In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella's "evil" stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Teller 2018Rudolph, Shaina
Summary: With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press, American Psychological Association 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUDHelfer, Monika
Summary: "The multigenerational family saga set in a fractured rural village in WWI Austria. Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria. When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELKepler, Lars
Summary: "Late one night, outside Stockholm, an emaciated young man named Mikael is found wandering. Thirteen years earlier, he went missing along with his younger sister. They were long thought to have been victims of Sweden's most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, currently serving a life sentence in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. Now Mikael tells the police that his sister is still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kepler 2018Kepler, Lars
Summary: A video-clip is sent to the National Criminal Investigation Department. Someone has secretly filmed a woman through her window from the garden. The next day she is found dead after a frenzied knife-attack. The police receive a second film of another unknown woman. There is no way of identifying her before time runs out. When her husband finds her he is so traumatised that he cleans the whole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KEPWoodard, Bellen
Summary: "The very first Crayon Activist presents this picture book in which she spreads a message of inclusivity, empowerment and the importance of inspiring the next generation of leaders through The Peach Project and crayons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WOOCrocker, Kellye
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ava travels to Colorado to meet her dad's girlfriend Jenn and her daughter Mackenzie, but managing her anxiety, avoiding altitude sickness, and surviving the mountains might take all of her strength.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CROKeller, Julia.
Summary: From the night-black depths of a coalmine to the sun-struck peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, from a riveting murder mystery to a poignant meditation on the meaning of love and family, the latest novel in the critically acclaimed series strikes out for new territory: the sorrow and outrage that spring from a real-life chapter in West Virginia history. Royce Dillard doesn't remember much about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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Summary: Arnie the talking doughnut convinces Mr. Bing that not all doughnuts are meant to be eaten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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Summary: Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHAKeller, Julia
Summary: "The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sad--but these days, depressingly familiar. But then there is another overdose. And another. And another. Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian hometown is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY KELHale, Ohara
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage the reader to be still, peaceful, and calm inside while imagining using all five senses to experience nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HALKeller, Laurie
Summary: "At the first annual "states party," Virginia and Idaho hatch a plan to swap spots so each can see another part of the country. Before the party is over, all the states decide to switch places. In the beginning, every state is happy in its new location. But soon things start to go wrong. Florida, who switches spots with Minnesota, is freezing in the frosty northern climate, and Minnesota hasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: "Welcome to Austria! It's raining so Brook and Eva have nothing to do but play hide and seek in the castle's attic. It's just an ordinary game on an ordinary afternoon. But then Brook stumbles into a room everyone has forgotten for decades. A beautiful porcelain doll sits at a table set for tea for two. It's as if she's been waiting for Brooke and Eva to arrive"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorldTrek Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Diller 2014Doller, Trish
Summary: "Critically acclaimed author Trish Doller's unforgettable and romantic adult debut about setting sail, starting over, and finding yourself. Since the loss of her fiancé, Anna has been shipwrecked by grief--until a reminder goes off about a trip they were supposed to take together. Impulsively, Anna goes to sea in their sailboat, intending to complete the voyage alone. But after a treacherous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOLFelder, Molly
Summary: A developer wants to bulldoze the only park in town and build a mall, but twelve-year-old Drew Daniels is not just a kid with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair, he is the Fantastic Freewheeler with the power to absorb information by touch--and he and his friends are determined to save their park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC FEL (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Heller, Peter
Summary: "The bestselling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plot of shocking menace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELHeller, Peter
Summary: "Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Heller 2019Crede, Phaea
Summary: Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023