Paquette, Ammi-Joan
Summary: "Assorted unbelievable stories about people, places and events--most of which are true, some of which are not"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 030 PAQPeterson, Megan Cooley
Summary: "Starting in 1692, many American colonists accused others of being witches in Salem, Massachusetts. It resulted in the deaths of several innocent people. Myths about the Salem Witch Trials have stuck around for hundreds of years. Were only women accused of witchcraft during the trials? Did the witch panic begin when two girls got food poisoning? Now it's up to you to separate the truths from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.4 PETKim, Carol
Summary: "The 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb is one of the most important ancient Egyptian finds in history. People have told stories about it ever since. Are there rooms in King Tut's tomb yet to be discovered? Did clues point to King Tut being murdered? Read the stories. Then see if you can separate the truths from the myths!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 932 KIMAtkins, Charles
Summary: After the woman who asked Ada to host a new antiques television show turns up dead, she and her partner are called upon to investigate, but must deal with her meddling children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATKKim, Carol
Summary: "Throughout history, people have told many stories about fearsome pirates on the high seas. But not all of them are true! Was walking the plank a common punishment that pirates used? Did pirates keep pets? Check out the stories. Then see if you can spot the myths!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Galligan, John
Summary: "It’s a time for celebration in Bad Axe County as the town gathers for the annual Syttende Mai—or Norwegian Independence Day—festival. During this rollicking family-oriented event filled with dancing and food, Sheriff Heidi Kick discovers a dark and shocking event—a migrant worker has been savagely beaten but refuses to explain what happened. Then, a sudden murder of a band member shatters the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Galligan 2020Mina, Denise
Summary: When Lisa Lee, a vulnerable young woman, vanishes from a pretty Scottish seaside town Anna and Fin find themselves at the centre of an internet frenzy to find her. But Lisa may not be the hapless victim her father thinks. She had an unsuccessful YouTube channel and her last film showed her breaking into an abandoned French Chateau with other UrbExers and stumbling across a priceless Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MINBrimner, Larry Dane
Summary: Ace builds her own skateboard, but it takes a lot of practice (and some falls) to learn to skate well--and then she builds a ramp and takes it to the park to skate with her new skateboarding friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2022
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2 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BRIMurail, Marie-Aude
Summary: Giorgio a une étrange maladie. Les petits garçons lui donnent des boutons, les petites filles des rhumes : il est allergique aux enfants. Catastrophe ! Il doit recevoir son neveu et sa nièce pour un mois. L'oncle Giorgio est bien ennuyé. Il s'organise aussitôt pour les voir le moins possible. Ce qui n'empêche pas ses neveux de s'amuser comme des petits fous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bayard poche 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MUR FRENCHRobbins, Dean
Summary: "Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an scientific trailblazer. The second book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Jane Goodall focuses on Jane's lifelong mission to understand the chimpanzees and protect the planet. Hatem Aly's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOOAbercrombie, Joe
Summary: Savine dan Glokta, once Adua's most powerful investor, finds her judgment, fortune, and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way. For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized, and allies gathered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABEMorgan, Richard K.
Summary: "With The Steel Remains, award-winning science fiction writer Richard K. Morgan turned his talents to sword and sorcery. The result: a genre-busting masterwork hailed as a milestone in contemporary epic fantasy. Now Morgan continues the riveting saga of Ringil Eskiath--Gil, for short--a peerless warrior whose love for other men has made him an outcast and pariah. Only a select few have earned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMead, Richelle.
Summary: "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MEASummary: Dr. Cal Lightman is a psychologist whose uncanny ability to read the truth behind people's facial expressions and body language makes him the world's foremost deception expert. Aided by Dr. Gillian Foster, FBI Agent Ben Reynolds, and a dedicated team of investigators, Lightman faces new lies, new cases, and new challenges, including a murder suspect with multiple personalities, a terrifying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LIEShusterman, Neal
Summary: Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHUPatterson, James
Summary: Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to Ali Cross, the best-selling mystery that introduced readers to detective Alex Cross' son. In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: JFIC PATBlack, Holly
Summary: As seneschal to High King Cardan, Jude must fight to keep control of the Faerie throne while her younger brother, Oak, enjoys the childhood she never knew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION BLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLABurach, Ross
Summary: Bumble and Bee buzz around the pond, playing make believe, and trying to tempt Froggy to participate in their games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BURRobbins, Dean
Summary: "It's RBG like you've never seen her before! Using a mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an American trailblazer. The first book in an exciting new nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses on Ruth's lifelong mission to bring equality and justice to all. Sarah Green's spot-on comic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GINPatterson, James
Summary: Alex Cross knows it's only a matter of time before his son finds his way into more trouble. When Ali and his friends witness a crime, Alex wants Ali to stay away from the investigation. But Ali can't do that.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Dekker, Ted
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A.D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes. She found strength in his words,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEKBlack, Holly
Summary: Jude must keep her younger brother safe and to do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Cardan does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains strong. Someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. She must uncover the traitor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BLASchlesinger, Arthur M Jr.
Summary: "Portraying the United States from the Great War to the Great Depression, The Crisis of the Old Order covers the Jazz Age and the rise and fall of the cult of business. For a season, prosperity seemed permanent, but the illusion came to an end when Wall Street crashed in October 1929. Public trust in the wisdom of business leadership crashed too. With a dramatist's eye for vivid detail and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 SCH VOL 2Scott, Victoria
Summary: Tella will have to face the unseen dangers of the ocean, the breathless cold of a mountain, and twisted new rules in the Brimstone Bleed for a chance at obtaining the Cure for her brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015