Kobek, Jarett
Summary: ""A swirling, name-dropping, drug-fueled, hypersaturated whirlwind of a novel set against the New York City of the 1980s and '90s, Kobek's latest is a gritty coming-of-age story with quiet heart. An ode to a city--and an era--long gone." --Kirkus Reviews "Ambitious. Kobek crafts an electric tale, and the wilds of New York City during this intense time period provide a gritty, undeniably...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOBHarness, Johanna
Summary: A Spillworthy is an idea so good, it has to be shared and ten-year-old Ulysses Finch doesn't let being homeless get in his way. He scrawls his best thoughts on pizza boxes, releases them into the wild, and relishes every response. After moving to Idaho, Ulysses finds Gem Rost's journal and dives into reading it. She must be a kindred spirit! Or is she?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Harness 2014Vandorn, Kaeti
Summary: Despite their differences, monster neighbors Reggie and Emily make the perfect pair of explorers, and with a map to make, a beach party to plan, and a sea monster to find, Reggie will have to learn to talk about his feelings and let new friends in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VANBarnett, Mac
Summary: School's out, and Miles and Niles are running wild in the woods outside town: climbing trees, exploring caves, and, yes, pranking. But these leafy, lazy days of mischief darken when bully Josh Barkin and his cadets from a nearby kids' boot camp discover the merrymakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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Summary: Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Barnett 2016Lerner, Jarrett
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
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Summary: If you plant a carrot seed, carrots will grow, but what happens when you plant a seed of selfishness? Or kindness? While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD NELO'Neill, Katie
Summary: Rinn has grown up the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village, but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn's adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekiel, they investigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep... but Rinn's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2019
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Summary: Billy Chan and his friends have been transported 5,000 years into the future where the evil Dragon of Death has become ruler of Dragon City. Humans now live to serve the dragon population, and it's no different for Billy, Charlotte, Dylan, and Ling-Fei. After losing contact with their own dragons, they're determined to track them down in this new city, even if it means putting their own lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSAZhao, Katie
Summary: Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead.--Provided by Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZHALerner, Jarrett
Summary: When a group of nerdy best friends each begin receiving robots that start to act like real creatures, it is up to them to save the day, and the planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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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: "Matt Nolan is the high school drug dealer, deadbeat, and soon-to-be dropout according to everyone at his school. His vice principal is counting down the days until Mr. 60% (aka Matt) finally flunks out and is no longer his problem. What no one knows is the only reason Matt sells drugs is to take care of his uncle Jack, who is dying of cancer. Meet Amanda. The overly cheerful social outcast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: The charming first book in a new early-reader series, starring the spirited and outspoken Anne Shirley as she first arrives at Green Gables. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert need help on their farm, so they've adopted what they hope will be a sturdy, helpful boy. Instead, Matthew finds Anne awaiting him at the train station imaginative, brash, redheaded Anne-with-an-e. With her place at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GEOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GEOSumner, Jamie
Summary: Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet -- toot, toot! -- and making music. Loud music. But Bean is missing something: he does not have words. What will happen if Frank shares his words with Bean? With a laugh-out-loud narrative by Jamie Michalak, author of the Joe and Sparky series, and Bob...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: When thirteen-year-old Ellie reluctantly agrees to enter a beauty pageant with her best friend Coralee, the director seems determined to feature Ellie and her wheelchair, so she must find a way to participate on her own terms, all while saving her friendship and forming a better relationship with her divorced dad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUMCreamer, Kathy
Summary: Discovering an orphaned tiger cub at the bottom of the big old rambutan tree, an intelligent and gentle orangutan, named Ginger, rescues him and brings him up as her own child, despite the warnings from the other orangutans about tigers being their natural enemy, and that Ginger would one day become the tiger's dinner. Ginger teaches the tiger cub all she knows about the world, and how to live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Creamer 2020Alcott, Kate.
Summary: Moving to the mill city of Lowell in 1832 to escape farm life, young Alice is disillusioned by the local factory's harsh working conditions and struggles to advocate on their behalf while recklessly falling in love with the mill owner's son, a situation that is complicated by a murder and sensational trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALCDiCamillo, Kate.
Summary: Raymie Clarke decides that if she can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2016
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Summary: In their fourth adventure, classroom mice Fergus and Zeke--after a few false starts--jump into a creative project to help the kids mark the one hundredth day of school. Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do. But when the kids start collecting items and doing gym challenges and making projects to celebrate the one hundredth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MESEgan, Kate
Summary: Beloved character Flat Stanley is back with a whole new set of friends in a brand-new STEM-focused chapter book series. In this second installment, Flat Stanley and his friends learn all about the scientific method through a heated contest on the playground! Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, each day brings new adventures! According to Stanley's second grade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Phoebe is a wish-granting fairy who does not believe in children, so when she crash-lands in the woods, she is surprised to meet three twelve-year-olds who could use a true wish, but first they must race against the clock to restore Phoebe's powers and get her back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KATBanks, Kate
Summary: "As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter--except for one nightingale with an injured wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it has never experienced before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to the frosty conditions help the nightingale survive as its wing heals."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022