Olguín, Sergio
Summary: "When she hears about the suicide of a Buenos Aires train driver who has left a note confessing to four mortal 'accidents' on the train tracks, journalist Veronica Rosenthal decides to investigate. For the police the case is closed (suicide is suicide), for Veronica it is the beginning of a journey that takes her into an unfamiliar world of grinding poverty, crime-infested neighborhoods, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bitter Lemon Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLGRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: "When a tiny wave grows bigger and bigger, what's a fish to do? Fish and Wave by Sergio Ruzzier is a playful exploration of what it really means to go with the flow."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN RUZRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: In three brief episodes about two unlikely friends, Fox talks Chick down from the tree he has climbed, the two go sledding (once they have enough snowflakes), and Chick builds a bookcase.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: Illustrations and simple text follow a boy and a dog on an out-of-this-world adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZPava, Sergio de la
Summary: "From the author of the acclaimed, PEN/Bingham Prize-winning A Naked Singularity; a shockingly hilarious novel that tackles, with equal aplomb, both America's most popular sport and its criminal justice system. From Paterson, New Jersey to Rikers Island to the streets of New York City, Sergio De La Pava's Lost Empress introduces readers to a cast of characters unlike any other in modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAVBergin, Virginia
Summary: When a strange rain falls bearing a fatal, contagious disease, Ruby finds herself alone with the only drinkable water quickly running out
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BERBergin, Virginia
Summary: Sixty years after a virus wiped out nearly all men on earth, fourteen-year-old River finds a sick boy, Mason, and helps restore his health while learning dark truths behind the lies she has been told.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country has rejected peace agreements that might have ended more than fifty years of war. In the course of a few intense days, as his films are on exhibit, Sergio recalls the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VASDzotap, Alain Serge
Summary: "Leo receives a pen for his birthday, and he asks the other animals for help discovering all the wonders inside the tiny tool"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DZOSpiegelman, Nadja
Summary: "In this updated adaptation of a classic Latin American folktale, Blancaflor, a young ogre with magical powers, decides to secretly help a charming prince who has made a foolish bet with her father. Through saving the prince and the kingdom, she learns to be honest with herself and others about the things that make her special"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPITerrell, Brandon
Summary: Although he lives on a farm in Minnesota, Ben Martin is a skateboarder who dreams of having a chance to skate with professionals at a regional competition--but he has never performed in front of a crowd and when he goes to make a demonstration video he freezes up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone production 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED TERSummary: "The third in the Very Christmas series, this volume brings together Italian Christmas stories in a collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello, as well as Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg and Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda. These literary [works] are filled with ancient churches,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Vessel Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERTolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
Summary: Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TOLLerner, Jarrett
Summary: "When last we met, the EngiNerds were battling a horde of ravenous robots, but in this latest caper, they're on the hunt for just one rogue robot. But who knows what kind of mayhem one mechanical creature can cause? And why is Ken the only EngiNerd who's worried about the runaway robot? The rest of the crew seems be missing in action and Ken fears it's because of Mikaela Harrington. She's the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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Summary: "Alien invasion? At the end of Revenge of the EngiNerds an alien appeared and it turns out he's the real deal. He explains he was sent to Earth as an envoy to scope things out for a planned massive, futuristic billboard--which will mean demolishing the planet! Here? On Earth? In their town? Not if the EngiNerds have anything to say about it. Time to save the day and the planet!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021