Kessler, Kate
Summary: "Killian Delaney has a skewed moral compass, a high threshold for pain, and has just been released from prison to discover that someone has taken her niece. Killian does not hesitate. Loyalty is the most important thing in her life, and when she gets a call from her sister saying that her daughter is missing, Killian immediately begins hunting down the men responsible. She quickly discovers her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KESMessner, Kate
Summary: Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 808.3 MESMessner, Kate
Summary: "Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchin monkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.734 MESMessner, Kate
Summary: When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward--and when the levees break and Clare is separated from Nana, Ranger must somehow get her to the relative safety of the Superdome, and reunite her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MESMessner, Kate
Summary: Celebrates the forms of life that live above and under a pond, including turtles, red-winged blackbirds, blue herons, minnows, frogs, and catfish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2017
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Summary: This time Ranger, the time-travelling Golden retriever finds himself transported to the deck of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, where he rescues the young sailor Ben Hansen who is badly burned when the ship explodes--and there is a Japanese-American boy and girl in a rowboat who also need his help to find their father amid the chaos of the attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he helps a girl named Helga journey through the ash and smoke of an erupting volcano to find her father and bring him home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MESMessner, Kate
Summary: Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.43 MESMessner, Kate
Summary: "Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves ... and down in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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Summary: Ranger the time-traveling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in disasters; now he has arrived at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 just as the first plane hits, and he must rescue fifth-graders Risha and Max who are trapped in the wreckage,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESMessner, Kate
Summary: "A picture book celebration of the act of exploring--and sharing--a book"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MESMessner, Kate
Summary: Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESMessner, Kate
Summary: Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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We have 5 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Summary: It is an action-adventure drama about 20-something Angus "Mac" MacGyver, who creates a clandestine organization within the U.S. government and uses his extraordinary talent for unconventional problem-solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ma 1Summary: The contemporary version of the classic true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2001
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We have 2 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Summary: The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COUSummary: A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ExSummary: The remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles, who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FoKade, Stacey.
Summary: Never trust anyone. Remember they are always searching. Don't get involved. Keep your head down. Don't fall in love. Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane's survival-and that of her adoptive father-depends on her ability to blend in among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Book Group 2013
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Pressler, Mirjam.
Summary: A lost treasure trove (6,000 documents) from her grandmother's attic about Anne Frank and her family, now woven into a chronicle. An old lady dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoted daughter-in-law, Gertrude, steels herself to do what all families must in the aftermath of death--she heads upstairs to the attic to sort through the effects. But Helene Elias wasn't just any old lady, and none...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Kesler, Charles R.
Summary: Is Barack Obama the savior of liberalism--or the last liberal president? Charles R. Kesler's spirited analysis of Obama's political thought shows that he represents either a new birth of liberalism--or its demise. Who is Barack Obama? Though many of his own supporters wonder if he really believes in anything, Charles R. Kesler argues that these disappointed liberals don't appreciate the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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Geisler, Dagmar
Summary: The perfect tool to teach children how to respond to bullies. I Can Stand Up to Bullies provides parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers the opportunity to speak with children about this important topic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302.343 GEIZeisler, Andi
Summary: Today, feminism is no longer a dirty word, and women purporting to stand up for women's equality now include high-powered names like Beyonc,̌ Taylor Swift, and Emma Watson. Hip underwear lines sell granny pants with "feminist" emblazoned on the back. In every bookstore, there are scores of seductive feminist how-to business guides telling women how to achieve "it all." Meanwhile, access to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2016
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Kade, Kel
Summary: Everyone loves Mathias. Naturally, when he discovers it's his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride. However, saving the world isn't as easy, or exciting, as it sounds in the stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019