Okorafor, Nnedi
Summary: The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OKOHarrison, Sue
Summary: "At just six years old, it becomes clear that China Creed's birthright, passed down from her mother's side of the family, is the power to grant wishes with only a touch. In their small Ozark town, where superstition runs rampant, the only person who can be trusted with her secret is the Cherokee midwife and healer who makes China her apprentice. After the tumult of the Civil War, a new doctor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road Integrated Media 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARRoanhorse, Rebecca
Summary: "The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction RoanhorseStead, Rebecca
Summary: "When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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Summary: "Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HETMlynowski, Sarah
Summary: Becca Singer is having the Worst Day Ever. She is friendless and alone since Harper dumped her. Then a box arrives in the mail, containing a bracelet, with a note telling Becca to make a wish. She puts on the bracelet and asks to have lots of friends. Suddenly everyone wants to be Becca's BFF-- even her teachers and her own mom! Is this wish a curse? -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Mlynowski, Sarah
Summary: When Becca's best friend, Hailey, says she doesn't want to be friends anymore, Becca is devastated. But then Becca receives a mysterious package in the mail with a beautiful bracelet and a note that tells her to make a wish. So Becca puts on the bracelet-- why not, right?--and wishes to have friends. Lots of friends. So many friends. And just like that, the magic works. Suddenly, EVERYONE wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022