McCafferty, Megan.
Summary: The day before seventh grade begins, twelve-year-old Jessica Darling gets a list from her sister, whose popularity and beauty made her a junior-high standout, but when she tries to follow it, all goes awry, including losing her best friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCCMcCafferty, Megan.
Summary: "Smarties and skaters unite, collecting signatures on a petition to bring back the school's annual dance. Meanwhile, Jessica faces the outcome of the mortifying-but-true Top Secret Pineville Junior High Crushability Test. Will the dramarama of seventh grade be Jessica's downfall? Not if she can help it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCCMcCafferty, Megan.
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Jessica Darling receives another cryptic list from her older sister, Bethany. While hosting a slumber party and planning a Halloween costume, Jessica tries to navigate the seventh grade social scene, with mixed results"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poppy, Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCCAncrum, K. (Kayla)
Summary: "When Tig Torres first moved back to her hometown of Hollow Falls, she solved the infamous Lit Killer case--and cleared her late Aunt Beth's name in the process. Tig's work on the case brought her to the attention of Hollow Falls's local armchair detective group, the Murder of Crows. The eccentric group is obsessed with their town's dark past--but their interests extend far beyond the Lit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANCAhdieh, Renée
Summary: The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko is targeted by bandits who wish to stop her arranged marriage, a situation that compels her to infiltrate the gang, disguised as a boy, to track down the person responsible for the target on her back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AHDFox, Candice
Summary: "A convicted killer. A gifted thief. A vicious ganglord. A disillusioned cop. Together they're a missing girl's only hope. Dr. Blair Harbour, once a wealthy, respected pediatric surgeon, is now an ex-con down on her luck. She's determined to keep her nose clean and win back custody of her son. But when her former cellmate begs for help to find her missing daughter, Blair is compelled to put her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOXDavis, Bryan
Summary: When Billy learns his father was once a dragon, and has passed on some of his power to Billy, Billy feels betrayed, but must put aside his feelings when he is trapped by a dragon slayer and is forced to use a power he does not understand or accept to escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Living Ink Books 2004
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Summary: Introduces human anatomy using the monster from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2014
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE ADASummary: Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV La 1Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Summary: Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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Summary: "A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller. On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece's entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria/Emily Bestler Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CARSummary: The Complete First Season ignites a firestorm of suspense cloaked in the haze of a noir-inspired slow burn. Haunted by a tragedy that broke her world apart, Jessica Jones settles in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, and opens her own detective agency, called Alias Investigations, with the hope of rebuilding her life and keeping the lights on in her apartment. She discovers that the source of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JESMayne, Andrew
Summary: "FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her, until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate test. A mysterious hacker, who identifies himself only as "Warlock," brings down the FBI's website and posts a code in its place. It hides the GPS coordinates of a Michigan cemetery, where a dead...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bourbon Street Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYSeeck, Max
Summary: "A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to the occult in this thrilling US debut from Finnish author Max Seeck. A bestselling author's wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of a formally set dinner table. Her most chilling feature - her face is frozen in a ghastly smile. At first it seems as though a deranged psychopath is reenacting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEEDodd, Christina
Summary: LIFE LAST SEEN. When you've already died, there should be nothing left to fear... When Adam Ramsdell pulls Elle's half-frozen body from the surf on a lonely California beach, she has no memory of what her full name is and how she got those bruises ringing her throat. GIRL LAST SEEN. Elle finds refuge in Adam's home on the edge of Gothic, a remote village located between the steep lonely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DODGreenwald, Lisa
Summary: Kaylan and Arianna are new to middle school, and when they decide to make a list of eleven things that they want to accomplish before they turn twelve, including getting detention and helping humanity, they start to lose sight of their friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRESummary: A major part of socialization is about self-control-and age three is a critical time for a child to learn how to reign in hostility, resentment, and impulsive behavior. This program delivers a progress report on five toddlers-the public face of a much larger longitudinal study-who must now learn to manage their own feelings and actions. Can Decklan get a handle on the tantrums that, not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The first year of life contains many challenges for children-and many opportunities to predict what kind of life a child will lead. This program introduces a group of one-year-olds who are part of a large-scale longitudinal study in child development. Closely documenting the daily routines and developmental milestones of the children, the program gauges each subject's ability to confront new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Cube Kid
Summary: "In the first in this series of three unofficial Minecraft adventure books, it's time for our 12-year-old hero to choose his future vocation to study at the Minecraftia school. His options are less than tantalizing: farmer, butcher, crafter, miner. What this noob really wants is to be a warrior like his hero, Steve. So when he learns that the five best students in school that year will get the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUBSummary: The number one predictor of obesity in children is an overweight parent-but genes are only part of the story. This program reports on the health and happiness of five toddlers who are part of a large-scale longitudinal study in child development. Highlighting the issue of childhood obesity, the program asks: Why are a rising number of children overweight and how does parenting make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: When determining a child's health and well-being, a major factor to take into account is stress. This program explores the causes and effects of the chronic stress that children experience as they learn and grow. Viewers will follow a group of one-year-olds as they take part in a large-scale, longitudinal child development study-which, in this installment, measures levels of cortisol at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: What gave Charles Darwin the confidence to finally make his radical ideas on evolution public? Presented by well-known science interpreter Jim Doherty, this program explores Darwin's research during the years leading up to his publication of On the Origin of Species. Doherty explains and reconstructs several experiments that Darwin undertook on the grounds of his English estate. These include...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Rissinger, Matt.
Summary: An illustrated introduction to riddles and jokes, such as "What kind of trees do fingers grow on? Palm trees," and "Prison Warden: How would you like to celebrate your birthday? Prisoner: What would you think of an open house?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2003