Oza, Janika
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor on the East African Railway for the British. One day Pirbhai commits an act to ensure his survival that will haunt him forever and reverberate across his family's future for years to come. Pirbhai's children are born and raised under the jacaranda trees and searing sun of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OZACha, Steph.
Summary: In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it's been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. She's distraught that her sister hasn't spoken to their mother in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHACornwall, Gaia
Summary: Jabari tries to make a flying machine all by himself in his backyard, but when it doesn't work, he finds it is okay to ask for assistance from Dad and his little sister, Nika.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CORMcNeil, Gil
Summary: When her husband dies in a car crash--not long after announcing he wants a divorce--Jo Mackenzie packs up her two rowdy boys and moves from London to a dilapidated villa in her seaside hometown where she takes over her beloved Gran's knitting shop. After a rough beginning, Jo soon finds comfort in a "Stitch and Bitch" group--a collection of quirky, lively women who share their stories, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCNKhalil, Aya
Summary: "Three generations of Egyptian Americans share special memories and a precious recipe in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of Ramadan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAWilkinson, Gina
Summary: At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the mukhabarat--the secret police who watch and listen for any scrap of information that can be used against America and its allies. They have ordered her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print. 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC WILWilkinson, Gina
Summary: At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the mukhabarat'the secret police who watch and listen for any scrap of information that can be used against America and its allies. They have ordered her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILEverson, Eva Marie
Summary: "Can an ordinary life leave an extraordinary legacy? In 1977, when nineteen-year-old Allison Middleton receives a proposal of marriage from Westley Houser, she eagerly accepts, having no idea the secret Westley carries--a secret that will change Allison's life forever. But Allison rises to the challenge of raising Westley's toddling daughter as though she were her own. Over the course of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Southern Fiction, an imprint of Lighthouse Publishers of the Carolinas 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVEYoshimoto, Banana
Summary: "Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. No one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOSGray, Shelley Shepard.
Summary: Viola Keim starts working at a Mennonite retirement home and soon finds herself torn between her attraction to Ed, missionary son of a resident, and her Amish values that require her to remain near home to care for her needy family members. Can she leave them behind to begin a new life abroad with Ed?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Inspire 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRASharff, Billy
Summary: "When one family's cookies are so good that Santa and other holiday characters decide to stay, the question of why this holiday only comes once a year is answered by the time the 4th of July rolls around, when everyone's had a bit too much Christmas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAOrange, Tommy
Summary: Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity. Oakland, 2018. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield is barely holding her family together after the shooting that nearly took the life of her nephew Orvil. Now adrift, Opal searches for a way to heal her wounded family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On Christmas at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday ACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE ARTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHRMichaels, Fern
Summary: "Even though Luna and her brother Cullen seem like complete opposites, they're identical in two ways: they'll never let injustice stand and they always have each other's back. #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels blends mystery, drama, and a touch of romance for the second Lost and Found novel, as the siblings set out to uncover the secrets behind a long-lost diary. Every antique...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MICHarris, Charlaine
Summary: Sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia, as well as brothers Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma, only to break apart before the Wizard's Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC HARMichaels, Fern
Summary: When siblings Luna and Cullan Bodman launch their furniture restoration shop/café in an up-and-coming arts center, little do they know that their unique talents may be their only defense in a matter of life and death. They unite to solve a mystery about a recently acquired piece and a woman in danger that has far-reaching consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021