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Summary: Something has been going on ever since eleven-year-old Ash McGinn and his older sister, Willow, checked in to the Exit 13 Motel. Their parents don't seem to notice anything strange, but the rooms and the hallways don't go where they're supposed to, the receptionist looks like he comes straight out of a horror movie, and there are creepy woods out back where Ash is sure some kind of monster is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Incorporated 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PREMcClatchy, Lisa.
Summary: When snow starts falling in New York City, Eloise skips breakfast to rush out to Central Park to build a snowman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCCNetz, Mo
Summary: "Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NETAlbus, Kate
Summary: "When 12-year-old Dory Byrne's pop left New York City's Lower East Side to fight Hitler, he promised her and her brothers that they'd be safe. Like he always said, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. And every Thursday night, the Byrnes enjoy a free bowl of seafood stew at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALBCleary, Beverly.
Summary: A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC CLEGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: Eleven-year-old P. T. Wilkie may be the greatest storyteller alive. But he knows one thing for a fact: the Wonderland Motel is the best place a kid could ever live! All-you-can-eat poolside ice cream! A snack machine in the living room! But the Wonderland doesn't have customers. And if they don't get them soon, P.T. and his friend Gloria may have to say goodbye to their beloved motel forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC METCohen, Tziporah
Summary: Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer. She spends her free time helping Kate's grandmother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD COHYang, Kelly
Summary: The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp. But as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC YANYang, Kelly
Summary: "After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YANYang, Kelly
Summary: Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was anengineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Yang 2018Chokshi, Roshani
Summary: "Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts. After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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Summary: Seventeen-year-old Jani and her little sister Zosa secure jobs at a glamorous magical hotel, but when Jani realizes that their staff contracts are unbreakable, she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa--and the other staff--from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d'hôtel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAYYang, Kelly
Summary: "Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Summary: "P.T. and Gloria try to save the Wonderland again by getting a teen singing sensation to shoot a movie at the motel"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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Summary: "Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: "Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CARGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: P.T. and Gloria need a great plan to ensure the Wonderland can beat a slick new attraction in the "Unsung Fun In The Sun" contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GRARivera, Lilliam
Summary: "Marigold "Goldie" Vance is curious, quick-witted, and dreams of becoming a world-famous detective. She lives and works at the Crossed Palms Resort Hotel in Florida, with a whole slew of characters: her dad, Art, the manager of the joint; Cheryl Lebeaux, Goldie's best friend; and Walter Tooey, the hotel detective. Her mom, Sylvie, works nearby at the Mermaid Club. While life at the Crossed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC RIVMcClatchy, Lisa.
Summary: Nanny takes Eloise shopping for the "best best best" Mother's Day gifts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCCGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: "P.T. and his friend Gloria must solve a mystery at the world's wackiest motel: The Wonderland"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series GrabensteinMilford, Kate.
Summary: At Greenglass House, a smuggler's inn, twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his winter holidays relaxing but soon guests are arriving with strange stories about the house sending Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, on an adventure.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015