Newman, Leigh
Summary: Newman's stories turn a spotlight on women struggling in Alaska, facing not just grizzly bears and charging moose, but the psychological complexities of love and family. From Anchorage to the remote, unsettled wilderness, her stories reinvent what we think about the American frontier-- and what we believe about hope and human connection. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEWSummary: "Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author. The High Republic authors share unmissable short stories that bridge Phases, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come. Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, heroes and villains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press, an imprint of Buena Vista Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TALSummary: "Immerse yourself in a land of bomnubbles and quarreling cousins, sea dragons and book publishers, thieves and Fangs and secret maps. Here within these pages lie six stories of the distant past, lost adventures, forgotten songs, and heartbreaking histories."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Child, Lee
Summary: Collects six short stories and three novellas featuring Jack Reacher, including "Too Much Time," in which Reacher witnesses a bag-snatching while in a small town in Maine, but there is more to the simple crime and it could prove fatal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHIFang, Vicky
Summary: Across three humorous short stories, best friends Sniff and Scratch discover rain can be fun, share a funny encounter with a balloon, and learn to be brave together when lightning strikes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: Travel to the far reaches of the Star Wars universe-- including to the remote outer rim world of Batuu from Galaxy's Edge-- with this unique treasury of in-world space tales. Featuring lush illustrations, this beautiful collection includes nine original fairy tales, myths, and fables. Passed down through generations, spanning millennia, carried from planet to planet, these are the legends that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STACawthon, Scott
Summary: Have you ever experienced a gut feeling that told you something was wrong? . . . Caden senses the underwater animatronics in Freddy's Fantasy Water Park have a mind of their own. Robbie knows deep down that the minds of the members of the Fazbear Fan Club have been taken over by something. And Abe can't shake the feeling that the animatronic assistants in his Fazplex Tower apartment are hiding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAWSummary: "Edited by New York Times best-selling author, Elizabeth Lim, this Twisted Tale anthology features sixteen twisted short stories with new takes on fan-favorite Disney films. Swoon as Ariel and Eric meet right after the Little Mermaid saves her prince; join Tiana and Naveen on a race to get back to Maldonia; take a ride on a pirate space ship with Jim Hawkins; and uncover just what power Tinker...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC CALAtinuke
Summary: Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ATISummary: "Just in time to celebrate the first decade of the Frozen franchise, we join Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf as they embark on new adventures through the Frozen universe with friends new and old"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALLSummary: "12 enchanting adventures, featuring favorite Disney and Disney*Pixar characters from Monsters, Inc., The Lion King, Tangled, and more, each taking only five minutes to read"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DISSummary: "This hardcover collection contains 9 action-packed tales of the LEGO® NINJAGO® warriors that can be read aloud in about five minutes." --amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 23 1/2 LIES: Lindsay Boxer's estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PATSummary: Seven LEGO Batman Step into Reading leveled readers in one action-packed collection! Step 2 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics for children who are ready to read with help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN LEGSummary: A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC BLARodari, Gianni
Summary: A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesman, to his daughter over the telephone nightly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RODScarry, Richard
Summary: This fun-filled collection of stories, each of which can be read aloud in five minutes, is the ticket to Busytown, where kids will meet such friendly characters as Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Sergeant Murphy and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCAShusterman, Neal
Summary: A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Talty, Morgan
Summary: "Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty--with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight--breathes life into tales of family and a community...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TALCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction TaltyFuji, Nao
Summary: "The comic misadventures of Chewie, Captain Marvel's catlike pet flerken. Join Captain Marvel's pet, Chewie, as she wreaks havoc in the lives of Marvel Comics' most popular characters. Gain a new persepective on beloved favorites such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, formidable villains including Thanos and Galactus, and antiheroes like Deadpool, as they all become the playthings of this capricious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2021