Steinbeck, John
Summary: Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1999
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STEBabb, Sanora.
Summary: The poor but proud Dunne family and their friends struggle to survive on the dust-plagued prairies of the Oklahoma Panhandle, but discover bitter disappointment in the orchards and vineyards of the so-called promised land of California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 2004
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Summary: Novel about the plight of American farmers who were forced off their farms by drought and foreclosure during the 1930's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STESteinbeck, John
Summary: Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STERyan, Pam Muñoz.
Summary: Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 468.4 RYAYoon, Nicola
Summary: "When Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, they hope to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to fit in. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLETorres, Jennifer
Summary: Twins Raquel and Lucinda Mendoza used to be inseparable, but since their parents divorced Raquel has become bossy and obsessive, while Lucinda has immersed herself in her ice skating lessons, and the pandemic and its enforced isolation has only made things worse; but then they are sent to their father's ranch in central California and while Raquel thinks that this is a chance to get their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Summary: "When Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, they hope to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos, including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to fit in. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC YOOWeaver, Brynne
Summary: "When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive -- the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, and from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zando 2023
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
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Summary: Attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair, Benni Harper's enjoyment of the fair's activities are put on hold after the theft of a quilt intended for a special exhibition and the discovery of a corpse in the Piebald Family Farm Exhibit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: Attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair, Benni Harper's enjoyment of the fair's activities are put on hold after the theft of a quilt intended for a special exhibition and the discovery of a corpse in the Piebald Family Farm Exhibit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOWYoon, David
Summary: High school senior Frank Li is caught between his parents' traditional expectations and his own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance: 'Date Korean. But Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful-- and white. Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOOVan Draanen, Wendelin
Summary: In 1936, at seven, Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy's family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose's were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms. Ten years, hard miles, and a world war later, Ginny Rose's family is back in town and their differences feel somehow starker. Especially since Peggy's new best friend, Lisette, is a wealthy banker's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VANQuick, Amanda
Summary: Welcome to Burning Cove, California, where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer ... Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include shooting headshots for aspiring male actors or nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes. Although she is set on making a career of transforming her photography into a new art form, she knows her current work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUIPatterson, James
Summary: Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. Three female schoolteachers go missing in San Francisco, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case-which quickly escalates from missing person to murder. Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband Joe is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2019Deaver, Jeffery.
Summary: The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways. Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of Investigation's foremost kinesics expert, and Deputy Michael O'Neil follow a lead to Travis Brigham, a troubled teenager whose role in a fatal car accident has inspired vicious attacks against him on a popular blog, The Chilton Report. But as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS DEADeaver, Jeffery.
Summary: An innocent blog post about a tragic car crash prompts cyberbullies to mount a vicious online attack against a troubled teenager. Pushed over the brink, he seeks revenge against classmates and others, planting roadside crosses as a prelude to the carnage he's about to inflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009
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Summary: An innocent blog post about a tragic car crash prompts cyberbullies to mount a vicious online attack against a troubled teenager. Pushed over the brink, he seeks revenge against classmates and others, planting roadside crosses as a prelude to the carnage he's about to inflict. Body-language expert Kathryn Dance must beat the clock to stop the boy before he carries out his plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DEAPandian, Gigi
Summary: After a disastrous accident derails stage magician Tempest Raj's career, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather's Indian home-cooked meals. She resists working for her father's company. Secret Staircase Construction, which specializes in transforming clients' homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, and hidden reading nooks. When Tempest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC PANMcPherson, Catriona
Summary: "March 2020 and Operation Cocker is a go! The owners of the Last Ditch Motel, with a little help from their friend Lexy Campbell, are preparing to support one another through the oncoming lockdown, offering the motel's spare rooms to a select few from the local area in need of sanctuary. While the newbies are settling in, an ambiguous banner appears demanding one of them return home. But who is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCPSokoloff, Alexandra
Summary: The hunt for mass murderer Cara Lindstrom is over. FBI Special Agent Matthew Roarke has been working for this moment: the capture of a killer who savagely hunts the worst of humanity. But Roarke remains traumatized by his own near-death at the hands of the serial killer who slaughtered Cara’s family…and haunted by the enigmatic woman who saved his life. Then the sixteen-year-old prostitute who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P SOKJean, Emiko
Summary: After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JEACameron, Josephine
Summary: As his family's dog-friendly bed-and-breakfast establishment in dog-friendly Carmelito, California, welcomes celebrity dog Sir Bentley, twelve-year-old Epic McDade and his younger siblings investigate the disappearance of the famous dog's jewel-encrusted collar.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021