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Adventure and adventurers Fiction Books and reading Books and reading Fiction Books and reading Juvenile fiction Bookstores Fiction Family-owned business enterprises Fiction Libraries Fiction Publishers and publishing Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction Self-realization FictionBertman, Jennifer Chambliss
Summary: Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. Her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger, a game where books are hidden all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles. But Emily soon learns that Griswold has been attacked and is in a coma, and no one knows anything about the epic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BERBertman, Jennifer Chambliss
Summary: Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BERBertman, Jennifer Chambliss
Summary: Could the Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger contain clues about the string of recent arson fires plaguing the city? And will Emily and James uncover the mystery before the arsonist comes after them?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BERBertman, Jennifer Chambliss
Summary: Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First, there's the coded note he drops at a book event. Then Emily and James uncover a trail of encrypted messages in books by Mark Twain hidden through Book Scavenger. What is most suspicious is that each hidden book triggers an arson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017
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Summary: Rhyming text celebrates reading in its many forms as it follows a diverse group of children who read wherever and whenever they can.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEGForman, Gayle
Summary: "Aaron Stein used to think books were miracles. But not anymore. Even though he spends his days working in his family's secondhand bookstore, the only book Aaron can bear to read is one about the demise of the dinosaurs. It's a predicament he understands all too well, now that his brother and mom are gone and his friends have deserted him, leaving Aaron and his shambolic father alone in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC FORForman, Gayle
Summary: "Aaron Stein used to think books were miracles. But not anymore. Even though he spends his days working in his family's secondhand bookstore, the only book Aaron can bear to read is one about the demise of the dinosaurs. It's a predicament he understands all too well, now that his brother and mom are gone and his friends have deserted him, leaving Aaron and his shambolic father alone in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC FORForman, Gayle
Summary: After losing his brother, mom, and most of his friends, Aaron Stein is left with his shambolic father alone in their moldering secondhand bookstore, but just when he considers selling the store he meets new people and takes on new challenges, helping himcome to terms with what he has lost and who he wants to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORParish, Herman.
Summary: Amelia Bedelia helps out at the library with her classmates and wonders what kind of book she should borrow when she receives her first library card.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PARRyan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
Summary: "On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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Summary: "On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024
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Summary: A young starling chooses to read books when his cousins are learning to fly, and the knowledge he acquires comes in handy when a hurricane threatens the flock's migration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BERFosberry, Jennifer.
Summary: While visiting the library, a purple-haired girl who loves books pretends to be her favorite children's book characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FOSNielsen, Jennifer A
Summary: In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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Summary: The Southern Kingdom is in the grip of Emperor Seven and his war on both magic, books, and learning; even worse, a malignant darkness is rising and threatening everybody, including Brystal Evergreen, who has gathered allies among the fairies and other magical creatures to confront the threat, but she is also aware that the days of her life are slipping away, and if she does not find the Book of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021