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Summary: In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters--from children to grandmothers to ghosts--live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action. Though they strive to connect, to remember, to stand up for, and to really see each other, they often fall short, and the structures they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: UK Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents twenty tiny tales -- each one illustrated by a different artist, and each just ten words long -- in a book that's as much a work of art as an invitation to budding writers. Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this magnificent compendium, author and poet Joseph Coelho proves that it is -- with mini-stories of underwater worlds,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COEKochai, Jamil Jan
Summary: "A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between modern-day Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora. In playing "Metal Gear Solid V," a young man's video game experience turns into a surreal exploration on his own father's memories of war and occupation. A college student in "Hungry Ricky Daddy" starves himself in protest of Israeli violence against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOCSummary: Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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Summary: "In this new anthology, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative. Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of his titles, but also speculates on the beginnings of science fiction."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOVAquilone, James
Summary: "Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, , Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Wicked Witch of the West--they're all here in this collection of horror short stories that reimagine, subvert, and pay homage to our favorite monsters and creatures." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Spot Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLABurke, James Lee
Summary: "A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose 'Western hero' facade hides darkness. An oil rig workers witnesses an attack on a local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2024
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BURBurke, James Lee
Summary: "A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from "America's best novelist" (Denver Post), the New York Times-bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024
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3 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC BUR1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE