Clevenger, Craig
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Lyle Edison recognizes the face of a murder victim on the nightly news - the waitress at his local diner. A place he often frequented with his dad. The following day his father is arrested and charged with her murder. And then eight further bodies are discovered. Following the revelation that his dad is in fact a serial killer, Lyle is outcast and shunned. Forced to abandon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Datura Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLECrain, Caleb
Summary: A deeply humane novel that explores the fate of candor, good will, and the utopian spirit in a world where technology and surveillance are weaponizing human relationships. One autumn night, as a grad student named Matthew is walking home from the subway, a handsome skateboarder catches his eye. Leif, mesmerizing and enigmatic, invites Matthew to meet his friends, who are experimenting with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRACrais, Robert.
Summary: "Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injustice--these are the things that have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed. When Elvis Cole is hired to locate a woman who may have disappeared with a stranger she met online, it seems like an ordinary case--until Elvis learns the missing woman worked for a defense contractor and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M CRACraig, Geoffrey
Summary: Scudder’s Gorge shines a harsh light on what man is capable of doing to his fellow man, beginning with the day of the “bomb” in Hiroshima and then moving backwards in time to Eighteenth Century Vermont to a village founded by post-Revolutionary settlers. Nestled between pine-clad ridges, the valley is home to a small band of Abenaki. The settlers and Native Americans trade with each other and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prolific Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAJohnson, Craig
Summary: Welcome to Walt Longmire's worst nightmare. An international hit man and the head of one of the most vicious drug cartels in Mexico has kidnapped Walt's beloved daughter, Cady, to auction her off to his worst enemies, of which there are many. The American government is of limited help and the Mexican one even less. Walt heads into the one-hundred-and-ten degree heat of the Northern Mexican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHBattle, Craig
Summary: "It's summertime again, and we join the 12-year-olds of Camp Average--er, Avalon--as the season is winding to a close. Last year, our favourite junior campers (including Andre, Mack, Nelson, and Miles) won the big baseball tournament, so this year, the camp has established a special competitive stream for elite athletes. Camp director Winston even opened up space for girls--so Makayla, Nicole...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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Summary: Three years ago, the sisters confronted their demon father in that strange other-world called Everwhere. It was a battle that ended in a devastating loss, and the scars they carry seem to have slowly pushed the sisters apart . . . One sister, still raw with grief, is now a near recluse but determined to use her powers to resurrect what she has lost. Another has made the journey to learn more of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC VANRussell, P. Craig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUSChang, Janie
Summary: After being abandoned by her mother in 1908 Shanghai, a young Eurasian girl, Jialing, becomes the bondservant to the new owners of a grand estate until she befriends a young English girl who mysteriously disappears and forever changes her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P CHAChang, Elysha
Summary: "Eleanor is doing just fine. Yes, she's keeping secrets from her husband. Sure, she quit her PhD program and is now conducting unauthorized research on illegitimately procured mice. And, true, her mother is dead, and Eleanor has yet to go through her things. But what else is she supposed to do? What shape can grief take when you didn't understand the person you've lost? Resisting at every turn,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SJP Lit 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHAChang, Victoria
Summary: "Frances Chin, a 10-year old Chinese-American girl, lives in the suburbs of Detroit with her immigrant parents and older sister, Clara. At school Frances copes with bullies and the loneliness that comes with not quite fitting in. At home, she feels a different kind of aloneness. Her parents are preoccupied with work and worry about Clara, whose hair is inexplicably falling out. But, with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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Summary: One minute, Katrina King's enjoying an innocent conversation with a hot guy at a coffee shop; the next, a stranger has live-tweeted the entire episode with a romantic meet-cute spin and #CafeBae is the new hashtag-du-jour. The problem? Katrina craves a low-profile life, and going viral threatens the peaceful world she's painstakingly built. Besides, #CafeBae isn't the man she's hungry for . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rai 2020Compestine, Ying Chang
Summary: What was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together. Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan's comforting and distinctive cuisine comes to life as the reader follows 13-year-old Mei who, through her love for cooking, makes a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COMRai, Alisha
Summary: "Two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom. Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career--and the occasional hookup. Thecynical dating app creator controls her love life with a few key rules: - Nude pics are by invitation only - If someone stands you up, block...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAIBendis, Brian Michael.
Summary: After being bitten by a stolen radioactive spider, grade-school student Miles Morales becomes the new Spider-Man, but, even with powers uniquely his own, he will find Peter Parker's legacy difficult to live up to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SPIJousselin, Pascal
Summary: The unflappable Mister Invincible uses his ability to break the rules of comic books to protect his hometown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnetic Press 2020
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Summary: Farmer Hector and his daughter Carla seek help from the monstrous chupacabra when their goats become giants and threaten the town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2018
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Summary: A timid boy named Tom reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Hyssop dispel an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FUNCh'ugong
Summary: "The Jeju Island raid is underway, and the elite team of Korean hunters has finally come face-to-face with the ant queen! Soon, Jeju Island would be theirs to reclaim from the magic beasts after four long years--or so they thought. Little did they know that her strongest soldier would be unlike any magic beast they'd ever fought before!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ize Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SOLHolub, Joan.
Summary: "The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can't swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC HOLFerraro, Nicolás
Summary: "Tomas Cruz swore he would never be like his father, an abusive cocaine junky whose gangland exploits are notorious throughout the underbelly of northern Argentina. When Samuel Cruz is sentenced to thirteen years in prison, he leaves a laundry list of unfinished cartel business. Seba, Tomas's revered older brother, has no choice but to abandon his straight life and take over his father's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FERBendis, Brian Michael.
Summary: "It's the final explosive story arc for long-time Avengers writer Brian Michael Bendis! Now that the New Avengers have sacrificed all they had to fight the Phoenix, many are asking hard questions: is it time for the team to call it quits? Meanwhile, one of the New Avengers' deadliest foes returns, hatching an elaborate plot for revenge that throws the team into disarray. Many hard and permanent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 NEWHolub, Joan
Summary: Phew, it's hot! Under the titan Hyperion's rule, the sun is burning even brighter than normal and scorching everything in northern Greece, including the villagers! The Olympians are forced to play a sizzling "game" of Dodge the Sunbursts as Hyperion hurls giant fireballs that could fry them to pieces! Armed with some clues, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades set out to figure out why in the world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2013