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Summary: This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth. When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she's determined to discover more. A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime-- from London to the heart of the Arctic!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WALBennett, Alan
Summary: Discovering the joy of reading widely and intelligently and abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BENBarnett, Mac
Summary: "When the Crown Jewels go missing from inside a locked room, Mac's spy skills are put to the test. How did the thief break in? Where did the jewels go? And will Mac be able to solve this locked-room mystery before the thief escapes? This mystery isn't just a whodunit...it's a howdunit!The action in this adventure is nonstop as Mac travels to an ancient Irish castle to solve the mystery. There,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: "What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ATKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATKBarnett, Mac
Summary: In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them--and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them, it is up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series Mac B. BarnettBarnett, Mac
Summary: One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series Mac B. BarnettMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongrove's residence has become the target of New Age cosmologists. And pint-sized terrier Freddie de la Hay is being recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCBowen, Rhys.
Summary: With its posh clientele gone to the country, Lady Georgiana's fledgling housecleaning business has fizzled. When her friend's suggestion that she hire herself out as a dinner-and-theatre companion ends in disaster, the penniless heiress is shipped home to Castle Rannoch. There she will honor her promise to Her Majesty to keep their American houseguest Mrs. Simpson from seducing the Prince of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M BOWDolby, Hannah
Summary: "Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind. Which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated... At 28, Violet's father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet finds a new and inventive means of rebuffing. Because Violet does not want to marry. She wants to work, and make her own way in the world. But more than anything, she wants to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus, an Aria Book 2023
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Summary: Terence Moongrove's estate is turned upside down by the cosmological experiments of two New Age operators, while literary agent Barbara Ragg takes on a companion of the Abominable Snowman and Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay is recruited by MI6.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2011Barnett, Mac
Summary: One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: PA FIC BARBowen, Rhys.
Summary: To avoid scandal, Lady Georgiana is shipped home to Castle Rannoch where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch's divorce ȟouseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales. She's also been coerced into helping Scotland Yard with a top-secret mission--namely keeping an eye on the shooting party at Balmoral and preventing someone from shooting the Prince. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOWStross, Charles.
Summary: While recovering a missing top secret dossier that his boss is accused of stealing, British super spy Bob Howard must safely navigate Russian agents, ancient demons, and an undead entity called the Eater of Souls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STRBarnett, Mac
Summary: There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series BarnettCocks, Heather
Summary: After a scandalous secret turns their fairy-tale wedding into a nightmare, Rebecca "Bex" Porter and her husband Prince Nicholas are in self-imposed exile. The public is angry. The Queen is even angrier. And the press is salivating. Cutting themselves off from friends and family, and escaping the world's judgmental eyes, feels like the best way to protect their fragile, all-consuming romance....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Alexander McCall Smith brings his peerless wit to this second entry featuring a motley collection of residents in London's Pimlico neighborhood. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongrove's residence has become the target of New Age cosmologists. And pint-sized terrier Freddie de la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongrove's residence has become the target of New Age cosmologists. And pint-sized terrier Freddie de la Hay is being recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction McCall-Smith 2011McQuiston, Casey
Summary: When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius--his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with an actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2019
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCQMoorat, A. E.
Summary: The author of Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter presents a creative lycanthrope re-imagining of the infamous Tudor king's life, in a gruesomely uproarious tale that puts a supernatural twist on historical events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOGregory, Philippa
Summary: "Florizella made some very unusual friends and set off around the kingdom on the most mammoth of adventures..."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Childrens Books 2022
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC GREWillems, Mo
Summary: Gerald the elephant has a big decision to make, but will he make it in time?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILSpiner, Brent
Summary: "Brent Spiner's explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might just be the one. Set in 1991, just as Star Trek: The Next Generation has rocketed the cast to global fame, the young and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPIThaler, Mike
Summary: "Spring break is here! With no school or homework for a week, Hubie can finally read his pile of comic books. But instead, mom tells him to pack his suitcase. They're going to visit Grandma. Hubie has no choice, he has to go. Spring break must might break Hubie!"-- Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE THAKinney, Jeff
Summary: Tagging along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg gets more than he bargained for when he gets a backstage pass to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and wonders if he can help them become the legends they think they are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022