Waugh, Sylvia.
Summary: Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York, England, home, whether or not her parents go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WAUSummary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: In this recent compendium of the world's flags, each nation's flag is paired with facts and tidbits of history. These flags provide a window into the traditions, values, and cultures of countries around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J929.9 BEDAndrews, Sylvia.
Summary: When skeletons, ghouls, witches, and assorted other spooky creatures take up the rock beat, a town has its best-ever Halloween.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ANDBlashek, Jordan
Summary: "In the year before Donald Trump was elected president, Jordan Blashek, a Republican Marine, and Chris Haugh, a Democrat and son of a single mother from Berkeley, CA, formed an unlikely friendship. Jordan was fresh off his service in the Marines and feeling a bit out of place at Yale Law School. Chris was yearning for a sense of mission after leaving Washington D.C. Over the months, Jordan and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.0973 BLADouyé, Sylvia
Summary: For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she's eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices. But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC DOU (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Funston, Sylvia
Summary: Presents the secret life of animals and reveals if they have feelings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.59 FUNSummary: After marrying 'Willy', a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COLSylvan, Lu
Summary: "Learn about Putin's early life, how he became one of Russia's strongest presidents, and what has made him so controversial in current politics."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PUTIN SYLSilvis, Randall
Summary: The perfect family. The perfect house. The perfect life. All gone now. What could cause a man, when all the stars of fortune are shining upon him, to suddenly snap and destroy everything he has built? This is the question that haunts Sergeant Ryan DeMarco after the wife and children of beloved college professor and bestselling author Thomas Huston are found slaughtered in their home. Huston...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P SILTough, Paul.
Summary: Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes, reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail-and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012
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Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir about a daydreaming secretary, a lonesome thug, and the mystery of the missing woman that brings them together. 1970s Mexico City. Maite is a secretary who lives for one thing: the latest issue of Secret Romance. While student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite escapes into stories of passion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MORNeuvel, Sylvain
Summary: "Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all cost. Take them to the stars. Over 99 identical generations, Mia's family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates Book 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NEUVaught, Susan
Summary: When a bad storm drives all of the farm animals into the barn, can they set aside their fears and welcome wild animals, too?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE VAUTough, Paul
Summary: Challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, and describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators who have enabled effective new teaching methods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 372.2109 TOUMoreno-Garcia, Silvia
Summary: From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MORJohnson, Sylvia A.
Summary: Presents information about the physical characteristics, behavior, and history of ferrets and discusses keeping and caring for these animals as pets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.9 JOHJohnson, Sylvia A.
Summary: Discusses the growth and cultivation of apple trees and the development, harvesting, and storage of apples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 1983
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 634 JOHWarga, Jasmine
Summary: Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WARJohnson, Sylvia A.
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the elephant seals, so named because of their size and the proboscis that the males have on their noses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.744 JOHJohnson, Sylvia A.
Summary: Describes the structure and purpose of leaves, the ways in which they change as part of the natural cycle of the seasons, and the process that creates their autumn colors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publciations Co. 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 581.1 JOHHaigh, Jennifer
Summary: Bestselling author Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town and the conflicting forces at its heart - hope and desperation, greed and power, big business and small-town families. Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the country. Then the mines closed, and the town wore away. Now Bakerton has been granted a surprise third act: it sits squarely atop the Marcellus Shale, a massive deposit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HAISummary: Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2002