House, Silas

Summary: "In the near future, as fires devastate most of the United States, Lark and his family secure a place on a boat headed to Ireland, which is rumored to be accepting refugees and is the last country not yet overrun by extremists"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022

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Torres, Justin

Summary: "Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized, Juan has a project to pass along, one built around a true artifact of a book--Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns--and its devastating...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023

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Torres, Jennifer

Summary: "A meteorite falls into the desert near Vega's family store while her cousin Mila is staying with them, turning the girls' summer upside down and leading to surprising discoveries and friendships"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024

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Newman, Nathan

Summary: During his last day before leaving for university, Natwest, desperately waiting for a deeply embarrassing package he ordered, embarks on a small-town odyssey to find it, encountering an unforgettable cast of characters along the way, in this humorous story of being always connected to everyone and everything.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024

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Van Rensburg, Laure

Summary: "Steven Harding is a handsome, well-respected professor. Ellie Masterson is a wide-eyed grad student. Together, they are driving south from New York for their first vacation: three days in an isolated cabin, far from the city. Ahead of them, the promise of long, dark nights--and the chance to get to know each other better, away from prying eyes. It should be a perfect romantic getaway for two....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022

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Harris, Nathan

Summary: "In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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Hill, Nathan

Summary: When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Moore, Graham

Summary: "1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a man could want-a law firm partnership in Minneapolis, a brilliant wife, a beautiful new baby. But he is consumed by his belief that the war in Europe will spread, despite the fact that the United States is neutral in the conflict. When he is offered an opportunity to move across the country to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine team within the Treasury...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024

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Moore, Liz

Summary: "When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn't just any camper, she's the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the camp--as well as the opulent nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn't the first time...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

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Ward, Cindy

Summary: Cookie the cat gets into a different kind of mischief every day of the week.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2000

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Ramée, Lisa Moore

Summary: Coming up with the Everybody Experiment, 11-year-old Kylie has to do everything her friends do and suddenly finds herself in a grown-up world of parties, unsupervised excursions and boys, and wonders how she can do what everybody else does without losing herself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

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Moore, Heather B.

Summary: "Based on a true story, this gripping WWII novel captures the resilience, hope, and courage of a Dutch family who is separated during the war when the Japanese occupy the Dutch East Indies, Java Island, 1941. Six-year-old Rita Vischer cowers in her family's dug-out bomb shelter, listening to the sirens and waiting for a bomb to fall. Her charmed life on Java--living with other Dutch...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2023

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Moore, Johnny Ray

Summary: As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author's poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and their kids enjoying the year together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Reycroft Books 2021

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Ramée, Lisa Moore

Summary: Walt's magical ability to bring maps to life puts him, his twin sister Van, and new friend Dylan in danger when an enchanted heirloom strands them in the fantastical world of Djaruba and they discover a malevolent rival to the kingdom, a fellow mapmaker, has nefarious plans for Walt.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2022

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