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Mattick, Lindsay

Summary: A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD Fiction Mattick 2016

Shaara, Jeff

Summary: Spring 1942. The United States is reeling from the blow inflicted at Pearl Harbor, but is determined to turn the tide. The key comes from Commander Joe Rochefort, a little known "code breaker" who cracks the Japanese military encryption. Admiral Chester Nimitz will know precisely what the Japanese are planning. On the Japanese side, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's key subordinates are Admiral...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC SHA

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHA

Hogan, Ray

Summary: "Katie Elder had a reputation that stretched from Wichita to California. She was the Queen of the Bargirls--but no man could claim her until Doc Holliday came around. Holliday was a legend all his own--gambler, killer, sometimes doctor, and the outlaw partner of Wyatt Earp. Doc said he'd never met a woman he'd kill for--but that was before he met Big Nose Kate. From Dodge City to Tombstone,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HOG

Watkins, Steve

Summary: Despite her youth and her conservative father, Nicolette becomes involved with the French Resistance, until one day she is taken from the streets of Paris, submerged in the Nazi camps, brutalized, but determined to survive and bear witness to the atrocities she has witnessed. Includes historical note.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WAT

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WIL

Kilpack, Josi S.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: 1836. Fanny Appleton, privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. She enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles-- but is also drawn to education, literature, and more intellectual pursuits. Published author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is also touring Europe. Recently widowed, he is gathering research...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KIL

Hesse, Monica

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a 'family internment camp' for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others: the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HES

Kuhlmann, Torben

Summary: When two unlikely friends build a vessel capable of taking them to the bottom of the ocean and find a missing treasure, the truth turns out to be far more amazing. A mixture of STEM and animal adventure recommended for kids fascinated by engineering or invention.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: North South Books 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KUH

Garwood, W. R. (William R.)

Summary: "Texas Ranger John Ringold rides into Tombstone on detached service. His mission - to go undercover as John Ringo and stamp out the gangs ravaging Wells Fargo in a string of unsolved robberies and murder. Ringo tackles the desperate job of running down the night-riding bandits, headed by the mysterious robber chieftan "Saguro," only to find himself hurled into a head-on confrontation with the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GAR

Penman, Sharon Kay

Summary: The Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem following the First Crusade, Baudouin IV, struggles to hold his throne despite political intrigue, personal health risks, and the growing threat of Saladin and his army.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEN

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Summary: Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and the family sets out for Indian country! They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2003

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction Wil

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WIL

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WIL

Updike, John.

Summary: Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treachery to ascend the throne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC UPD

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Summary: The third book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series. The adventures continue for Laura Ingalls and her family as they leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and set out for the big skies of the Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the best spot to build their house. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Poe, Mayumi Shimose

Summary: On December 7, 1941, thirteen-year old Alice's life changes completely as she experiences an act of war, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and her father's imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp, leaving Alice and the rest of her family struggling to adjust to life without him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED POE

Glass, Adam

Summary: "Led by a young Theodore Roosevelt, a motley crew of soon-to-be American legends must work together to solve a mystery that threatens life itself. Harry Houdini -- street magician and master of misdirection. Annie Oakley -- a washed-up entertainer, eager for a chance to prove herself in a real war. Jack Johnson -- an undefeated brawler and the son of ex-slaves, determined to get his shot at the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AfterShock Comics 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROU

Rowling, J. K.

Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Salamandra 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC ROW

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 468 Row

Sykes, S. D.

Summary: "In 1349, Oswald, the third son of the de Lacy family, was an eighteen-year-old novice monk at Kintham Abbey. Sent to collect herbs from the forest, Oswald comes across a terrified village girl. Frenzied with fear, she runs headlong into a swollen river. Oswald pulls her broken and bruised body from the water and returns her to the local village, only to discover that several other women have...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books, Ltd 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SYK

Springer, Nancy

Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SPR

Stoker, Dacre

Summary: It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here ... A sickly child, Bram spent his early days bedridden in his parents' Dublin home,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STO

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Stoker 2019

Meek, James

Summary: "Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate Books 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEE

Behar, Ruth

Summary: "La inspiradora historia de una joven judía que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situación se está poniendo terrible para los judíos en Polonia en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con él en la isla. Vivir separada de su...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH BEH

Dixon, Franklin W.

Summary: Teenaged detectives Joe and Frank Hardy uncover a plot to sabotage a ski resort.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIX

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIX

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J HBA 5

Murakami, Haruki

Summary: Contains seventeen short fiction stories by Haruki Murakami about people whose lives veer off the path of normalcy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1994

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUR

Dixon, Franklin W.

Summary: "It's lights, camera, disaster for a film crew unless Frank and Joe can track down a saboteur in this cinematic Hardy Boys adventure--a fresh approach to a classic series. Joe and Frank Hardy are excited to be cast as extras in the zombie movie that's filming in their hometown. Not only is film production way more exciting than what usually goes on in Bayport, it also doesn't hurt that the lead...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2015

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIX

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J HBA 8

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