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Thorndike Press large print core seriesFiszer, Louise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.567 FISFerraro, Eugene.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marathon Press 1986
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Summary: "Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 411.09 FERFerraro, Nicolás
Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his--the life of a criminal. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more likely to be patching up Víctor's latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of fake identities for the both of them. Although she has come to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC FERFERRAR, HUTCHINSON
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 443.2 FERArroyo, Jeannette
Summary: "Set in the haunted town of Blackwater, Maine, two boys fall for each other as they dig for clues to a paranormal mystery. Tony Price is a popular high school track star and occasional delinquent aching for his dad's attention and approval. Eli Hirsch is a quiet boy with a chronic autoimmune disorder that has ravaged his health and social life. What happens when these two become unlikely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ARRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ARRWalls, Jeannette
Summary: "Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born into comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WALWalls, Jeannette
Summary: "Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALCopies Available at Interlochen
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction WallsFerrare, Cristina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.175 FERHaien, Jeannette.
Summary: Soaked by a miserable rain, Father Declan de Lowry swats midges and unsuccessfully casts for salmon while mulling the deathbed confession of a parishioner from the tiny Irish village of Roonatellin. The good priest is frantic to know why Kevin Dennehy refused to the end to marry Enda, who lived as his wife for decades with none suspecting their sin. When pressed, Kevin would only say, "there's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Library 1988
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Summary: Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Emile's aunt had declared he will marry-- or be disowned for being gay. Hiding as a servant in Count Montoni's mansion, Emile discovers the family all suffer a strange affliction on the full moon. After overhearing suspicious family arguments he finds a body on the estate-- and draws the attention of Bram, a doctor, as well as the count's charismatic nephew, Henri. When his identity is exposed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street YA 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FERFerraro, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC FERHaien, Jeannette.
Summary: When a World War II veteran returns home he struggles with self-doubt as his wife and children have changed, his successful business is gone, and he questions how to face the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAIWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family. The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALLS, JEANETTE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WALLS WALWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: Jeannette Walls unfolds the story of Lily Casey Smith. Born tough, Lily shoed her first horse at age six, moved to the western frontier at age fifteen, and soon learned to drive a car and fly an airplane. Always filled with adventure, Lily's life held witness to several disasters, heartbreaks, and wars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audioworks 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WALWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother who runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tonadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALGuerrasio, Jeannette
Summary: "In Embrace Aging: Conquer Your Fears and Enjoy Added Years, Dr. Jeannette Guerrasio empowers people over 50 by guiding them with practical advice for happy, healthy, and independent aging. She focuses on the everyday aspects of aging to help readers understand how their bodies change with age and how best to overcome and adapt to these changes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging GuerrasioHyde, Jeannette
Summary: The Gut Makeover is based on revolutionary new science that reveals that the state of our gut is central to our weight and health. Learn how to rebuild your microbiome – the bacteria living in the human gut – which is the key to every single aspect of our health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.1 HYDWalls, Jeannette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spike 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 WallsWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary painted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.82 WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WALLS, JEANNETTE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B WALLSWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: Abandoned by their artist mother at the age of twelve, Bean and her older sister, Liz, are sent to live in the decaying antebellum mansion of their widowed uncle, where they learn the truth about their parents and take odd jobs to earn extra money beforean increasingly withdrawn Liz has a life-shattering experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WALWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WALRowe, Jeannette
Summary: Half pages turn to reveal whose nose is pictured.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1998