Dade, Olivia
Summary: When Athena Greydon's fiancé ends their engagement, she has no choice but to move into the Spite House she recklessly bought him as a wedding gift. This is a problem, for several reasons: The house, originally built as a brick middle finger to the neighbors, is only ten feet wide. Her ex's home is attached to hers. And Dr. Matthew Vine the Freaking Third (aka the uptight, judgmental jerk who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DADChang, Jade
Summary: "A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent--and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together. Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovableimmigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAWalker, Babe.
Summary: A comic tale based on the popular Twitter feed follows the exploits of egocentric Babe Walker, who after a stint in rehab for her shopping addiction tackles such vanity challenges as achieving celebrity thinness and accepting her father's trophy girlfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALDaly, Niki.
Summary: Four new easy-to-read stories about the delightful and irrepressible Lolo and her daily life in a South African township, perfect for early readers. In Fly High, Lolo!, Lolo dreams of being an eagle in the school play, meets Miss Teen the Beauty Queen, goes on a beach clean-up with Mama and her new friend - and makes beautiful recycled Christmas decorations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catalyst Press 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE DALBarry, Dave.
Summary: An uproarious tale, told in alternating voices, follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on the run from police, terrorists, and a pizza chain mascot. One character, Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. The other, Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BARShelton, Dave
Summary: "Daphne is off to an exclusive girls' boarding school, where she'll be given a brand-new start after her expulsion. But St. Rita's school for girls is not your ordinary school. And these are certainly not ordinary girls. As it turns out, nothing is quite what you'd expect at St. Rita's. But then she meets Emily Lime, a crime-solving genius, who's looking for a new library assistant. And the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Shelton 2019Oliver, Ilanit.
Summary: "Fore! SpongeBob puts on his best golfing outfit to play in a tournament against famous golfer Annika Swordfish. But the golf course is way bigger than the mini-golf course he's used to playing on. Can he really play a good game? With his caddy, Patrick, by his side, there's no doubt SpongeBob will swing big!--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPOBarry, Dave
Summary: Stumbling across a long-lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the "Everglades Melon Monster," inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: An uproarious tale told in alternating voices follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on the run from police, terrorists, and a pizza chain mascot. One character, Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. The other, Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARMcVeigh, Dave
Summary: "Mayhem, murder, magic... welcome to the summer of '79. Paperboy Jack McGuinn's life on picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan, is all figured out. He knows his route and never misses a delivery. But when Hollywood arrives to film Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, his life comes apart like a newspaper in a windstorm. The island is gripped with movie mania, and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCVCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MI Fiction McVeighBarry, Dave.
Summary: Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2009
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Summary: "The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EGGBarry, Dave
Summary: Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems, if she can figure out how to keep it. The problem is, some very bad men...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BARScheidt, Dave
Summary: A small town elects a dog mayor and, even with foes trying to put a stop to his campaign of fun, Mayor Good Boy helps Greenwood become a town filled with kindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Barry, Dave.
Summary: James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys, is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures who are after starstuff hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it's up to her eleven-year-old daughter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction BarMcVeigh, Dave
Summary: "He's got a bike, a basket ... and a whole lotta baggage. It's the summer of 1989. Jack McGuinn is a dockporter, hauling tourists' luggage piled high in the oversized basket of his bike on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a summer resort where cars are outlawed. He's got a family cottage on the hill, his dream job, and a loyal crew of hell-raising, tip-hustling buddies. When his bitter rival...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction McVeighLaban, Elizabeth
Summary: Lila Soto has a master's degree that's gathering dust, a work-obsessed husband, two kids, and lots of questions about how exactly she ended up here. In their new city of Philadelphia, Lila's husband, Sam, takes his job as a restaurant critic a little too seriously. To protect his professional credibility, he's determined to remain anonymous. Soon his preoccupation with anonymity takes over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Andie Miller is ready to move on with her life. She wants to marry her fiance and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But when Andie tries to gain closure with him, he asks one final favor of her. A distant cousin has died and left North the guardian of two orphans who have driven away three nannies already, and things are getting worse. When Andie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CRUDíaz, Junot
Summary: Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuké--the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DIADahl, Roald
Summary: Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction DahlSimpson, Dana
Summary: Follow Phoebe and her unicorn, Marigold, as they experience somewhat-spooky Halloween parties, ecstatic snow days, and looming summer reading assignments. Although the journey of growing up can sometimes be difficult, along the way Phoebe and Marigold discover something more enduring than goblin fads, unicorn spa vacations, and even a Spell of Forgetting - their one of a kind friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SIMCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SIM GRAPHIC NOVELReinhardt, Dana
Summary: "A private Mexican villa is the backdrop to a hilarious, smart story of a milestone vacation in a tropical paradise gone wrong, wrong, wrong Two families arrive in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. The resort town is known for its stunning views, exotic wildlife, and welcoming locals, and Jenna has organized the trip to celebrate her husband's fiftieth birthday--she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books, Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REIDahl, Roald.
Summary: Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr Willy Wonka, the wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of his chocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize of a lifetime. Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await. Charlie needs just one Golden Ticket and these delicious treats could be all his ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2011