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Summary: Ranger the time-traveling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in disasters; now he has arrived at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 just as the first plane hits, and he must rescue fifth-graders Risha and Max who are trapped in the wreckage,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESAcevedo, Linda J.
Summary: In the 1970s Bronx, Manolo, a shy Puerto Rican boy, overcomes his fears and insecurities to become part of a new innovative dance style called breaking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ACEHunt, Samantha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNSherry, Maureen.
Summary: When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SHEPimentel, Annette Bay
Summary: "A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, librarian, and pioneer of bilingual storytimes" -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELTarshis, Lauren
Summary: "When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC TARCook, Robin
Summary: When his newborn son by his second wife is diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, New York City forensic pathologist Jack Stapleton seeks to find a cure for his son while at the same time being drawn into a battle between the archbishop of New York and an archaeologist--a battle involving what some people believe to be the skeletal remains the Virgin Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOHarrison, Phil
Summary: "Outside an East Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense, passionate affair, their connection both intellectual and erotic. When Anna becomes pregnant, the affair is revealed. The repercussions are slow to emerge but inescapable, and the fallout, when it finally comes, is shocking. More than thirty years later, Sam,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARO'Hara, John
Summary: Already a frequent contributor of well-crafted stories to The New Yorker when he turned to the larger canvas of the novel, John OHara wrote with unusual acuity about the power of status and class in American life. His reputation as a novelist rests largely on four extraordinary books published from 1934 to 1940. These early novels, like those of his contemporaries Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OHAHarvey, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARSpiegelman, Nadja.
Summary: "After getting separated from his teacher, his classmates, and his trip partner during an outing to the Empire State Building, Pablo, the new kid in school, learns to navigate the New York City subway system as well as his own feelings towards making newfriends and living in a big city"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SPISantlofer, Jonathan
Summary: A smart, innovative suspense novel with a terrifying, ripped-from-the-headlines urgency. Where is the line between advancement and criminality in matters of manipulating the human psyche? What would happen if someone were no longer able to feel fear?
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANFairstein, Linda A.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein explores the depths of Manhattan's secretive Rockefeller University in this timely, captivating thriller about the deep--and often deadly--reverberations of past sins. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper of the Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit is finally back at work following a leave of absence, and not a moment too soon. With more women feeling empowered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FATHamill, Pete
Summary: On temporary leave from his service in Korea for the holiday season, young sailor Pete is devastated by his girlfriend's unfaithfulness and evaluates his relationship with his distant father, a gruff Irish factory worker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2004