Taylor, Janet
Summary: As a member of a long line of time-traveling ancestors, sixteen-year-old Hope must travel back to 1895 New York City to stop a plan to steal a dangerous device from inventor Nikola Tesla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAYMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: During a summer at his grandparents' dinosaur museum and dig, the Dinosaur Education Center of Wyoming, Frank, aided by his cousin Sam and cat Saurus, cares for a newly-hatched dinosaur while trying to keep its existence secret, both from his grandparents and from the neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J DF 1Muir, Tamsyn
Summary: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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Summary: Nine-year-old Frank, his cousin Sam, and cat Saurus's efforts to keep Peanut the newly-hatched dinosaur's existence a secret become more complicated when their grandmother finds a new fossil that looks like Peanut's horn, but a thousand times bigger, and a crew comes to make a movie about it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J DF 2McAnulty, Stacy
Summary: When photographs of Peanut the dinosaur appear on the Web, Frank's father arrives in Wyoming with a story about the prehistoric reptile he saw nearby twenty years earlier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J DF 3Franco
Summary: Michael Evans is in Montana on a dinosaur dig with his paleontologist father, but he certainly never expected to find a live Tyrannosaurus Rex plucked out of its own time and looking for dinner, nor encounter a girl with some very advanced technology trying to trap the beast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRAJohnstone, William W.
Summary: Trail-hardened cattlemen and longtime buddies Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin learn their bosses are getting out of the beef business. The two plan to deliver the last two thousand cows to Abilene, collect their pay, and retire. There's just one problem: the company's lawyer is skipping town with all the workers' cash. They'll just have to steal it back. Casey and Eli plan to hold up the lawyer on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Western, Call number: Western JohnstoneCantrell, 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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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CANSummary: This video investigates three buildings whose appearances suggest that they are about to topple over at any moment: the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Torres Puerta de Europa in Madrid, and the Torre de Collserola in Barcelona.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This video celebrates 2,000 years of engineering achievement in Europe by looking at the two most fundamental building materials of the Modern Age, iron and steel. Two of Gustave Eiffel's greatest achievements, and one of the finest works in steel and glass in Paris, are featured.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Leisure activities are as fundamental to society as work or rest. This video looks at the challenges of building arenas for popular entertainment. Venues for pastimes from different ages are represented: a Roman amphitheater, a Victorian glasshouse, and a modern stadium.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The small town of Chester's Mill is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by a massive transparent barrier. The epic story of a town in peril unfolds as the residents struggle to maintain control and ultimately figure out the truth about the dome.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNDAllen, Jayne
Summary: At 33 years old, Tabby receives an unexpected diagnosis that brings her picture-perfect life crashing down, jeopardizing the keystone she took for granted: having children. The fight is all consuming, demanding a steep price that forces an honest reckoning for nearly everyone in her life. As Tabby soon learns, her grandmother's age-old adage just might still be true: Black girls must die...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALLSutanto, Jesse Q.
Summary: A twelve-year-old Chinese American boy must learn to embrace his heritage and accept his beloved older brother's spirit companion--a mystical fox named Kai--to solve the mystery of Jamie's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUTMartin, Kat.
Summary: Ethan Brodie is contracted as extra security for La Belle Lingerie when their top ten models receive threatening letters. His job: to protect the ladies, and maybe find the culprit. The one rule: no fraternizing with any of the models. Having sworn off women indefinitely, he thinks he'll be able to handle it. Then he meets Val, one of the threatened models, just trying to make some money, go...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARMilgrim, David
Summary: Otto does his utmost to befriend a bird.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MILJanowitz, Jessie
Summary: When his family moves to tiny Petersville, eleven-year-old Tris stops focusing on his perfect sister, Jeanine, by using his cooking expertise to revive a town tradition of chocolate cream doughnuts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Janowitz 2018Lee, J. M.
Summary: When a young Gelfling woman called Naia gets life-altering news from the All-Maudra, she embarks on a journey to the Castle of the Crystal to learn the truth about her twin brother and uncover a secret that threatens all of Thra.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grossett & Dunlap 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LEESummary: The Koran strictly forbids charging, earning, or incurring interest-a tenet that has kept the Islamic world from fully participating in global financial systems. But, thanks to a range of innovations, the ban is now seen as a building block in many of Asia's emerging economies. Visiting bustling commerce centers in Malaysia and Bangladesh, this program reports on the growing significance of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The cantilever is one of the most basic structural forms. This video explains the cantilever principle as it's applied in northeastern England and then marvels at the great Victorian achievement of the Forth Rail Bridge before seeing how the cantilever has been developed into new and exciting forms in Seville, Spain.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The sea has always posed a challenge to the expansion of human civilization. This video looks at three structures that all have to deal with the threat of the sea: a lighthouse, flood gates, and an oil rig.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Williams, Bonnie
Summary: "It's class picture day at Dino School and Teddy Rex is excited to wear his favorite sweater for the photo. But when he gets a juice stain on it, Teddy gets mad! What will he do?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN WILSummary: Though many people think concrete is a modern material, it is almost as old as architecture itself. This video journeys through time to see concrete's early use in Italy, the rise of reinforced concrete, and a daring and beautiful modern masterpiece in France.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As a structure, the dome is considered a thing of great beauty and is often believed to have mystical properties. But domes are also supremely functional and ideal for sheltering congregations of all sizes. This video visits a variety of domes in Italy, France, and the U.K.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007