Card, Orson Scott
Summary: Dabeet Ochoa is a very smart kid. He's top of his class in every school, but he doesn't think he has a chance at Fleet School, because he has no connections to the Fleet. But then Colonel Graff arrives at his school for an interview, and everything changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2017
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1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF Card 2017Campbell, Jack
Summary: "Jack Campbell returns to the world of the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet novels with a new action-packed military science fiction series that explores the founding of the Alliance. and the men and women who fought to create it. Earth is no longerthe center of the universe. After the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ACE 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMNiven, Larry.
Summary: When a chain reaction of supernovae explosions at the core of the galaxy unleashes a deadly wave of radiation that will sterilize the entire galaxy, the Citizens--accompanied by Kirsten Quinn-Kovacs, a descendant of human survivors--flee into the unknown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NIVCampbell, Jack
Summary: Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary is ordered to undertake a perilous new mission outside of the reaches of human-occupied space. Geary's warships must escort a diplomatic and scientific mission across the dangerous, disintegrating remnants of the Syndicate Worlds empire. But even if he can make it to Midway Star System, the gateway to alien-controlled space, Geary will face former Syndicate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CAMBanks, Maya.
Summary: Dallas cop Gray Montgomery is on a mission to find the guy who killed his partner. He's found a link between the killer and Faith, a beautiful stranger--and, if Gray has to get close to her to catch the killer, so be it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2013
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Summary: With the hard-won peace and prestige of the New Republic threatened by a mysterious new enemy and his genocidal intentions, Jedi knight Luke Skywalker journeys to his mother's homeworld in a desperate quest to find her people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After a run-in with former teammate Rin ends with bitter feelings and hurtful words, Haruka and his friends become determined to re-form the Iwatobi Swim Club. There's just one problem, they're missing a much-needed fourth member! With their eyes set on the athletic Rei, they've got to do what it takes to convince him to join so they can be in fighting form to face Rin's new school, Samezuka...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FRESummary: A look at members of a dysfunctional family that operates a funeral home in Pasadena. With the elder son returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a grieving American family ... that just happens to be in the grief management business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SIXStine, R. L.
Summary: Bernie Bridges, the egotistical planner and schemer for a group of fourth-graders at The Rotten School, is determined to outsmart his rival in a pie-eating contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STICantrell, Julie
Summary: In Mississippi during the Depression, Millie Reynolds turns to a gypsies caravan to find where she really belongs and they help her unlock generations of shocking family secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2012
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Summary: "There's just one thing Kitty Sweet Tooth loves more than going to movies, and that's eating delicious desserts. Now that Pop-Pop's movie theater has fallen on hard times, Kitty decides that only dessert can keep it from closing its doors. With a coat of paint, a tasty new menu, and a lot of hard work, Kitty and her friends transform this ramshackle theater into the Taste-O-Rama, a combination...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DENPalmer, Grace
Summary: "Nantucket was their paradise--until reality came barging in. Mae Benson was happy--a beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasn't ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husband's life rocks the whole family. And it's not the only thing stirring up trouble. Mae's oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiance she no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Grace Palmer] 2020
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Summary: A.J. and his fellow third-graders from Ella Mentry School, including new student Alexia, go on a field trip to the zoo, where they meet a very strange zookeeper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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Summary: Sixth-graders Cordelia, Agnes, and Benji go on a quest to unravel the secrets of Shadow School.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: "Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2023
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Summary: The sensational My Weird School series has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide! In this first book of the new sixth arc, A.J. and his friends meet their mischievous fourth grade teacher, Miss Banks! A.J. and his friends are starting fourth grade! A new school year means a new teacher, and Miss Banks may be their weirdest one yet. She won't stop playing practical jokes on the class, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Patterson 2011Patterson, James
Summary: When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Sachar, Louis
Summary: Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1985
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Summary: Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FICTION Series Gutman 2004Patterson, James
Summary: "When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunk mates to fend off the more "popular" kids' plans to ruin their summer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATBanks, Steven
Summary: Eleven-year-old Tom Marks has big plans for middle school, but the day before classes begin he is bitten by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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Summary: When she starts at Lady Sealia Foam's Mermaid School, Marnie Blue worries about fitting in and doing the right thing when a classmate is in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012