Caletti, Deb
Summary: When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it's a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni's books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALGriffiths, Andy
Summary: Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2018
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Summary: In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLIMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan has written a magical and funny tale about the joy found in using words, sharing stories, and loving a wondrous dog named Rex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MACHowe, James
Summary: Bunnicula strikes again!: When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2009
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Summary: A famous author is coming to speak at Hank's school, and he may even get the special honor of introducing her at the assembly. The only problem? Hank has never actually read one of her books. In fact, he's never finished reading any book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WINAdler, David A.
Summary: Cam Jansen battles a famous children's mystery writer to see who can solve the case of the stolen car.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ADLMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Grace's aunt Lily is a writer, but is often "flummoxed" by her own writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant. The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace's life, and Lily's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MORHenry, April
Summary: Bridget is R.M. Haldon's biggest fan. She and her mom sought refuge in Haldon's epic fantasy series Swords and Shadows while her mom was losing her battle with cancer. When Bridget met Haldon at one of his rare book signings, she impressed the author with her encyclopedic knowledge of the fantasy world he'd created. Bridget has been working for him ever since as he attempts to write the final...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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Summary: "Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse. (It used to be a 78-story treehouse, but they keep getting ideas for new stories!) It has a submarine sandwich shop that serves sandwiches the size of actual submarines, an air-traffic control tower, a human pinball machine, a spin-and-win prize wheel, a giant spider web--with a giant spider!-- and a big red button, which they're not sure whether to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRIKlein, Abby.
Summary: When Freddy's class holds a reading competition--with an author visit as the first prize--Freddy is determined to win, even if it means staying up all night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KLED'Lacey, Chris.
Summary: Bestselling author David Rain returns to help Lucy and the Pennykettle dragons try to find and destroy a drop of dark fire before it is discovered and used to birth a darkling, while in the Arctic, enshrouded in mist, hide dragons that have at last returned to Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DLAHowe, James
Summary: An overly-alarmed Chester the cat predicts a gruesome fate for the pets in the Monroe household when a writer of juvenile horror fiction and his bird companion stay overnight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOWWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: When their favorite author fails to arrive as scheduled to speak at the local library, the Alden children investigate how he could board a train and never be seen again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARStilton, Geronimo.
Summary: "The hunt for the golden book: Geronimo's laptop is stolen just as he's finishing up writing a special book! Can he and his friends hunt it down in time for his tenth-anniversary party?"--Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC STI GSBaptist, Kelly J.
Summary: "Spunky sixth-grader Zoe Sparks has discovered a unique way to get the laptop of her dreams--to win it! If Zoe can sell more tubs of cookie dough than anyone in her school, the laptop is hers. It's the first step to becoming a prize-winning journalist! But her win-at-all-costs attitude is starting to drive a wedge between Zoe, her best friend Felix, and her family. Zoe may be a top cookie-dough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BAPRoy, Ron
Summary: The absent author: Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Listening Library 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ROYGriffiths, Andy
Summary: When Santa Claus's sleigh crashes in the treehouse, Santa falls into the cloning machine. With no way to tell which is the real Santa, who will deliver all the presents? Andy, Terry, and Jill must save Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GRICervantes, Angela
Summary: "Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: Twelve-year-old storybook character Gracie Freeman lives in the real world but longs to discover what happened in the story she came from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Gilboy 2018Hopkinson, Deborah.
Summary: Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London. Includes author's note about Dickens' life and some of the books he wrote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOPQuick, Matthew
Summary: Nanette O'Hare, a star student and athlete, is given a mysterious out-of-print cult classic novel by her beloved teacher that sparks the rebel within her, but as she befriends the reclusive author and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC QUIGriffiths, Andy
Summary: Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world! This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you are hungry. Life would be perfect for Andy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRIBunting, Eve
Summary: A school visit from children's book author Amanda Drake brings a day full of fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2004