Samatar, Sofia.
Summary: Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2013
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Summary: "In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P GRASamatar, Sofia
Summary: Four women-- a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite-- are caught up on opposing sides of a violent revolution. Using the sword, pen, body, and voice, the four struggle not just to survive, but to make history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAMSegovia, Sofía
Summary: En Linares, al norte del país, con la revolución mexicana como telón de fondo. Un buen día, la vieja nana de la familia abandona sorpresivamente un reposo que parecía eterno para perderse en el monte. Cuando la encuentran, sostiene dos pequeños bultos, uno en cada brazo: de un lado un bebé misterioso y del otro un panal de abejas. Ante la insistencia de la nana por conversar y cuidar al...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Debolsillo 2018
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Summary: "As the daughter of a prominent judge of Khazaria, twelve-year-old Ziva is expected to focus on learning etiquette and decorum in hopes of finding a good husband. But she doesn't care about any of that. Instead, she spends her days with her twin brother, Pesah, as they work to try to find a cure for his leprosy. Now Pesah's getting worse. The best doctors have given him mere weeks to live, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2019
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Summary: Kathleen is excited to meet three old pals of her beau, Detective Marcus Gordon, while they visit charming Mayville Heights on business. But the reunion is cut short when one of the friends is killed—and the evidence points towards Marcus as the murderer. Though it seems she doesn’t know all of Marcus’s secrets, Kathleen is sure he’s no killer. With his suspect status sidelining him from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2017
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Summary: When Sarah Grayson opened a secondhand shop in the quaint town of North Harbor, Maine, she was expecting peace and quiet. Then she was adopted by a rescue cat named Elvis and a kooky trio of senior sleuths known as Charlotte’s Angels. Now she has nine lives worth of excitement… Sarah’s friend and employee Rose is delivering a customer’s purchase when the quick errand becomes a deadly escapade....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2017
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Summary: Shaggy and Scooby are on the case when a phantom dog kidnaps a toy poodle who is about to compete in a dog show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SANKelly, Sofie
Summary: Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson often seems to gets mixed up in murder, but luckily, her very special cats always find a way to help her close a case . . . The charming Minnesota town of Mayville Heights is hosting a music festival, and the whole place is bustling with musicians and tourists. Kathleen is looking forward to taking in some fabulous performances--and her two cats, Owen and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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Summary: Years ago, Victor Janes ran off with his brother Leo's wife; now a dying Leo has invited him home to reconcile. But librarian Kathleen Paulson knows Leo's granddaughter Mia doesn't like her great-uncle. When Kathleen discovers Leo's body, she teams up with her two magical cats, Owen and Hercules, to prove Mia's father, Simon, isn't the killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Summary: Sarah Grayson and her trusty companion, Elvis, race to tail the right suspects in the fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Second Chance Cat Mysteries. Sarah Grayson owns Second Chance, a shop that sells lovingly refurbished items, in the charming town of North Harbor, Maine. But she couldn't run the store without the help of her right-hand man, Mac--or her dashing rescue cat,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2018
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Summary: "Sarah Grayson and her rescue cat, Elvis, can always be found at a charming secondhand shop in the village of North Harbor, Maine. Despite the small-town setting, the daring duo often find themselves wrapped up in murder, but luckily they have help--a quirky group of senior citizens runs an amateur detective agency called Charlotte's Angels out of the store. The Angels are hired to look into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: "Coralline is a mermaid who is engaged to the merman of her dreams. But when an oil spill wreaks havoc on her idyllic village life, her little brother falls gravely ill. Desperate to save him, she embarks on a quest to find a legendary elixir made of starlight. Izar, a human man, is on the cusp of an invention that will enable him to mine the depths of the ocean. His discovery will soon make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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Summary: "Stephanie, Olivia, Mia and Emma are throwing Andrea a party to debut her new song at the City Park Cafe. The friends design pretty invitations, order yummy food, and build the perfect stage. But when things go wrong the night of the big performance, it's up to Andrea to make sure the show goes on!"--p.[4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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Summary: While visiting Fred's old summer camp, Scooby and the gang investigate a mysterious Bigfoot, who is trying to scare them away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2015
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Summary: One devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't mean she has to like it--or that she has to play by the rules. Nani always took Raina's side when she tried to push...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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Summary: "A set of eyes peering out from the book pages dares the readers to engage in a staring contest and the narrator is very confident of a victory"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. 2020
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Summary: Scooby and his friends devise a plan for capturing the phantom eagle that is terrorizing the group on its rafting trip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2016
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Summary: While on a deep sea fishing trip, the members of Mystery, Inc. search for the gigantic jellyfish monster that has been terrorizing the harbor's fishing boats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2016
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Summary: The comet kid is a wonderful tale about the joys of fishing with our families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olde Towne Publishing 2007
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J BASKET RicSocha, Piotr
Summary: "One part science, one part cultural history, and countless parts fascination, Bees celebrates the important role that these intriguing insects have played in our ecosystem throughout the ages. From Athena to Alexander the Great and from Egypt to Ethiopia, Bees explores different methods of beekeeping and uncovers the debt that humans owe this vital species. With beautifully accessible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J OVS 595.799 Socha 2015Solis, Nicholas
Summary: "When a boy notices the new girl collecting litter on their walks home, he wants to know why. She shows him the mural she's created that reminds her of the home she left behind. They both find how wonderful it is to make a new friend."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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Summary: A picture book that celebrates friendship--new friends, old friends, friends for a little while and friends for a lifetime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022