Steffen, Sandra.
Summary: On the surface, thirty-six-year-old Brooke Valentine has a picture-perfect life: a gorgeous. Main Line husband, a precocious pre-teen daughter, a great career in advertising, and a stunning house in Philadelphia's Society Hill. But when her husband cheats on her--again--Brooke is devastated. Reeling from the blow, she takes her daughter and heads to the one place she feels safe: home. Alcott is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Pub. Corp. 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STECorp, Carey
Summary: When best friends Vee and Kenna find themselves outside of Doon, the MacCrae brothers come to their rescue, while the witch of Doon plots to destroy the kingdom forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blink 2015
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Summary: Embarking on a summer adventure in Scotland, best friends Veronica and Mackenna find romance and danger when they are transported to the kingdom of Doon, a hidden village that appears once every 100 years. Inspired by the musical Brigadoon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION CORFeuti, Norman
Summary: With weird swamp noises swirling around him, Beak the Bird cannot get any sleep until his friend Ally the alligator shows him where the racket is coming from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Ally the alligator is perfectly happy being alone... until one day a noisy bird named Beak lands on her snout. Much to Ally's annoyance, this chatty bird likes to sing all the time and has chosen a nearby tree to build his new nest. Even worse, he insists that he and Ally will be best friends. In fact, he has all kinds of friendship goals in mind, and it seems nothing Ally says will convince...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vox Books 2021
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Summary: "Ally the alligator is perfectly happy being alone... until one day a noisy bird named Beak lands on her snout! Beak thinks Ally is lonely and needs a friend. He has all sorts of friendship goals in mind, like riding bikes together, going to the movies together, and even solving mysteries together! But when a Long-Billed Party Pooper crashes Beak's nest-warming party, Ally decides to show Beak...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Ally's enjoying a peaceful, rainy day down in the swamp until Beak tells her that a big storm is coming. As Ally makes her way home to prepare, she can't help but notice other swamp critters struggling to get ready for the bad weather. Even though she has a lot to do, she offers them a hand. But before she knows it, the storm is upon her, and she has to take shelter in the first secluded spot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FEUCummings, Troy
Summary: The latest monsters threatening Stermont Elementary are shadowy shapeshifters that attach themselves to people, eat their shadows, and block out all light--but before he can think of a way to deal with them, Alexander has to deal with a startling revelation from his friend Nikki.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2013
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Summary: Something is stealing machine parts from all over Stermont, including a wrecking ball from a local construction site, and Alexander and his fellow monster hunters, Rip, and Nikki, fear that it is building a Stermont-smashing machine--so the friends must use the resources of the summer maker program at the library to stop this monster, and perhaps even solve the mystery of who is leaving monster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: It has been a busy summer of makerspace projects at the library and monster hunting for the three members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol, and the puddles that are appearing all over town are a clue to the identity of another monster--an angry hydra water monster who is obsessed with cleaning up (literally) the town of Stermont, even if it means drowning all the messy children who live there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: It has been several months since monsters last plagued the town of Stermont, and frankly Alexander Bopp (leader of the Super Secret Monster Patrol) is bored, and misses his friends Rip (immersed in video games) and Nikki (soccer camp), so when his fathersigns him up for a summer maker program at the library he is happy to go--but soon he starts finding weird old-timey objects, and monster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: It is time for the Stermont Derby, a race around downtown Stermont in homemade vehicles, and Alexander, Nikki, and Rip are planning to compete, but so is a new monster, a Speedah-cheetah--and in addition to a diet of rotten eggs it plans on eating the race losers, especially the members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CUMDePaola, Tomie
Summary: "Andy and Sandy are entering the big talent show! Sandy can juggle. Sandy can tumble. Sandy can hula hoop. Andy cannot do any of these things. But when Sandy is the one who gets stage fright, Andy can save the day!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE DEPWasserman, Robin.
Summary: "Liza Gold's biggest nightmare: a cross-country road trip with her parents and two other crazy families; visiting sights like the world's largest catsup bottle; two whole months away from her best friends, Sam and Mina. And it's all coming true. Liza is convinced that this will be the worst summer ever. But this is one trip that just might surprise her...."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WASWeeks, Sarah.
Summary: Two cats that are as different as night and day are nevertheless best friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laura Geringer Books 2010
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Summary: "Europe is in the grip of the Dark Ages, but there is a light in the dark: Baghdad. The great city has become a center of learning, populated by scholars, merchants, and explorers from all across the known world. But danger lurks in the desert ... and Dak, Sera, and Riq must act fast to save the world's greatest library from utter destruction."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC INFPeña, Matt de la
Summary: Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she can't do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC INFHiggins, Cam
Summary: Bo and his pig pal Zonk play in the mud together, but when Zonk's pet rock Rocky gets chipped and Zonk is upset, Bo must learn how to be a good, supportive friend to Zonk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE HIGWillems, Mo.
Summary: Gerald the elephant and Snake fear that Piggie and Brian Bat will have so much fun together they will no longer need their best friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2014
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Summary: Follows two bug friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, as they explore their world and share adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KNEStamper, Phil
Summary: After a summer of life changing, Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are finally ready for senior year, but as graduation nears and the boys prepare to enter the real world, it is clear their friendship will never be the same.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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Summary: Polarhog takes his reluctant best friend on a walk while a surprise is brewing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FREKnetzger, Laura
Summary: Beetle best friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, are are ready to explore beyond Bug Village and try new things together like sleepovers, a cooking contest, and a haunted house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2022
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Summary: Follows two bug friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, as they explore their world and share adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RH Graphic 2020