Yoss
Summary: The most successful and controversial Cuban Science Fiction writer of all time, Yoss (aka José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) is known for his acerbic portraits of the island under Communism. In his bestselling A Planet for Rent, Yoss pays homage to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and 334 by Thomas M. Disch. A critique of Cuba in the nineties, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOSGoss, James
Summary: At a remote clinic in Italy, a lonely girl writes to her mother about the secrets and strange faceless creatures that rise from the sea that are found there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOSGoss, Theodora
Summary: Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2017
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Summary: Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans once and for all. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It's time for these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2018
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOSRous, Emma
Summary: "An addictive, highly commercial suspense novel featuring a grand estate, terrible secrets, and a young woman who bears witness to it all. If V.C. Andrews, Kate Morton, and Lexie Elliot had a love child, Emma Rous and THE AU PAIR would be it. Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother Danny were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Rous 2019Lamb, Rosy
Summary: Swimming left and right, up and down, and in big and small circles in his bowl, Paul the fish is astonished when newcomer Bernadette drops in and introduces him to an amazing outside world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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Summary: When Ronan, a nonverbal boy, goes to the symphony, the beautiful music moves him to speak.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2023
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Summary: Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series, marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Comics 2004
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WHEBolts, Russ
Summary: Joe and Rob, the two goofy robots from outer space who send videos to Earth, solve a train ride mystery on the Botsburg Express.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 1993
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Summary: When cameras sent from Earth finally arrive at the end of the universe, they discover big-hearted best friends Joe Bot and Rob Ot, as well as their nemesis, Tinny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC BOLBoss, Shira
Summary: "A newly planted sidewalk tree in the city transforms the neighborhood as residents nurture it through the seasons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOSFoss, Astrid
Summary: As they celebrate their twelfth birthday in the wintry world of Nordovia, triplets Hanna, Magda, and Ida acquire magic powers and a mission to rescue their parents, defeat the evil Shadow Witch, and find the pink Everchanging Light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020
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Summary: 1776. A shipwreck off her home in Grand Bahama Island presents an unthinkable opportunity for Frannie Tasker to escape her brutal stepfather. Assuming the identity of drowned Emmeline Coates, Frannie is rescued by a British merchant ship and sails with the crew to New York. For the next three years, Frannie lives a lie as Miss Coates, swept up in a courtship by a dashing British lieutenant. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSRossi, Veronica
Summary: After sealing Sebastian in a dark dimension with the demon Samrael, Daryl loses her visions and must rely on her instincts to lead the riders into a shadowy realm where she fears she may have to use evil powers in order to rescue him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROSJoss, Morag.
Summary: Moments after discovering that her husband has been having an affair, a woman driving along a winding country lane strikes and kills a woman on a bicycle and then drives away, in a psychological portrait of the repercussions of deception.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOSRuss, Ted.
Summary: "To honor bonds forged twenty-five-years ago at West Point, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery leads an illegal mission deep into ISIS-held territory. Flying across Iraq in a stolen helicopter, Army Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery knows that tonight will be his last mission. He and his crew will either be shot down by ISIS, or court martialed when they return. Sam doesn't care. He can't care. There is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUSThomas, Russ
Summary: "A taut and ambitious police procedural debut introducing Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler, a cold case reviewer who lands a high-profile murder investigation only to find the main suspect is a recent one-night stand.."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOThomas, Russ
Summary: "Under the cover of night, a figure climbs over the wall of the Botanical Gardens. It's a dicey location in the populous city center, but they're on the hunt--only this time, the nighthawker unearths a body. Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler and his protégé, Detective Constable Mina Rabbani, are shunted onto the murder investigation. When the victim is identified as Chinese national from a wealthy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: Contacted by a frantic Wanda Naranjo to track down her missing sixteen-year-old, eight-months-pregnant daughter, Colorado rancher and part-time tribal investigator Charlie Moon races against time to save the girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOSBolts, Russ
Summary: "Joe and Rob find themselves face to face with the magical Dragon Bots who have invaded their planet. Can they convince the Dragon Bots to become friends, or will the Dragon Bots fry their circuits?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BOLBolts, Russ
Summary: "Joe and Rob are separated into two different classrooms in this fifth adventure in the hilarious Bots chapter book series. Many years ago, scientists on Earth sent video satellites out to the end of the universe to see what was hiding in deep space. Now, years later, these satellites have begun sending their first videos back to Earth...and the stars of the show are two goofy robots. When Joe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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Summary: "When a nighthawker on the hunt for antiquities instead uncovers the body of a foreign student, Detective Adam Tyler is pulled into a serpentine mystery of dangerous secrets, precious finds, and illegal dealings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THONeilson, Riss M.
Summary: After Jasmine is killed in a car accident, her remaining best friends Miliani, Inez, and Natalie plan to resurrect her using magic learned from Miliani's Filipino aunt, but their actions have dangerous consequences that threaten themselves and those they care about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2022