Davy, Nelle.
Summary: For generations, Aurelia was the crowning glory of more than three thousand acres of Iowa farmland and golden cornfields. The estate was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaway's dream to elevate the family name--no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. It was a desperation that wrought the downfall of the Hathaways--and the once-prosperous farm. Now the last...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2012
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Bella, Timothy
Summary: The definitive biography of Charles Barkley exploring his early childhood, his storied NBA career, and his enduring legacy in American pop culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B BARKLEY BELSummary: The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOMMakatini, Bella
Summary: Danny spends a week with his Grandpa, who tells Danny about one animal from his homeland each day that he is there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAKMartin, Kimmery
Summary: "Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a much-needed vacation. Just as they gather to travel in Spain, an outbreak of a fast-spreading virus throws the world into chaos. When Compton Winfield returns to her job as an ER doctor in New York City, she finds a city changed beyond recognition-and a personal loss so gutting it reshapes every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARDerting, Kimberly
Summary: When Penny's brothers ask for her help after their encounters with Wolfgang (otherwise known as the Big Bad Wolf) she comes to their rescue by using all her engineering know-how to help them build a new wolf-proof house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DERDerting, Kimberly
Summary: "Vivi and her classmates take a field trip to the beach to study tide pools"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DERWillis, Kimberly.
Summary: Practical how-to advice for raising chickens in virtually any backyard! Raising chickens on a small scale is a popular--and growing--pastime. And Raising Chickens For Dummies provides an up-to-date, thorough introduction to all aspects of caring for chickens, including choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing, and proper feeding. Raising Chickens For Dummies provides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009
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COLEN, KIMBERLY
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: TC J371.3 COLGarza, Kimberly
Summary: Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GARDelle Donne, Elena
Summary: Having shot up to six feet tall over the summer, seventh-grader Elle not only has trouble controlling her limbs on the basketball court, she dreads the upcoming school cotillion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DONBelleza, Rhoda.
Summary: It does not necessarily take a fist to create a punch in the gut. This fourteen-story YA fiction anthology delves into the experience of being bulliedsocially, emotionally, physically, psychologically, and sexually. The school hallways, walks home, and house walls are no longer the boundaries for intimidation and harassment. With the rapid-fire response time of social media and smartphones,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2012
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Dalle, Brody.
Contents: Rat Race (3:39) -- Underworld (5:19) -- Don't Mess With Me (3:39) -- Dressed In Dreams (4:46) -- Carry On (4:22) -- Meet The Foetus / Oh The Joy (5:02) -- I Don't Need Your Love (6:02) -- Blood In Gutters (4:18) -- Parties For Prostitutes (4:33).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Caroline Records 2014
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Roby, Kimberla Lawson.
Summary: "Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he's working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected. But the situation turns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBMarcus, Kimberly.
Summary: In the dim light of the darkroom, I'm alone, but not for long. As white turns to gray, Kate is with me. The background of the dance studio blurred, so the focus is all on her legs extended in a perfect soaring split. The straight line to my squiggle, my forever-best friend. Sixteen-year-old Liz is Photogirl--sharp, focused and confident in what she sees through her camera lens. Confident that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2011
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Morris, Kimberly.
Summary: After watching the Explorer Birds pass her by, Beck uses some of Vidia's enhanced fairy dust to help her fly faster so she can travel with the birds beyond the boundaries of Never Land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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Summary: Teaches young readers basic map-reading skills through the story of CJ, a frog whose longing for adventure is fulfilled when he receives a mysterious map fragment and letter in the mail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JBR BLUE WeiBalfe, Abigail
Summary: The author-illustrator shares her journey of growing up autistic in a confusing "normal" world, all the while missing some important information about herself, in this illustrated and completely unique book that provides crucial information about autism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BALFE BALBelfer, Lauren
Summary: "A new powerful and passionate novel--inspired by historical events--about two women, one European and one American, and the mysterious choral masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach that changes both their lives. In the ruins of Germany in 1945, at the end of World War II, American soldier Henry Sachs takes a souvenir, an old music manuscript, from a seemingly deserted mansion and mistakenly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELGeller, Tamar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 GelBelleza, Rhoda
Summary: When their paths cross after a brutal attack Aly is falsely accused of making on Rhee, they are forced to work together to save their own lives and the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BELKimmerle, Erin H.
Summary: Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse, and mysterious deaths, and the efforts of the author, a leading forensic anthropologist, to locate and exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 365 KIMBrock, Kimberly
Summary: "Based on real history and alternating between the story of war widow Alice searching for identity in the 1940s and excerpts from Eleanor Dare's Commonplace Book and the tale of her harrowing survival, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare explores the meaning of female history and the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROEllis, Bella
Summary: Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were "lady detectors" in this charming historical mystery. Not yet published novelists, they have well-honed imaginations and are expert readers. And, as Charlotte remarks, "detecting is reading between the lines--it's seeing what is not there."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019