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Brown, Peter Carey, Peter Chopin, Kate DiCamillo, Kate Ferry, Beth Griffin, Molly Beth. Henson, PeneHenson, Pene
Summary: "The great outdoors isn't so great for Sydney It-Girl Lien Hong. It's too dark, too quiet, and there are spiders in the toilet of the cabin she is sharing with friends on the way to a New South Wales music festival. To make matters worse, she's been separated from her companions and taken a bad fall. With a storm approaching, her rescue comes in the form of a striking wilderness ranger named...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlude Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENCarey, Peter
Summary: "The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country-continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000 mile race, the Redex Trial. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in south eastern Australia. Together they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARCarey, Peter
Summary: The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country/continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000-mile race, the Redex Trial. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Together they enter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARBrown, Peter
Summary: Bored with city life and the proper behavior it requires, Mr. Tiger has a wild idea that leads him to discover his true nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2013
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROFerry, Beth
Summary: Animals inspire their little ones to chase their dreams and reach for the stars in this modern classic-in-the-making.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG FERGriffin, Molly Beth.
Summary: During the summer of 1926 in the lake resort town of Excelsior, Minnesota, sixteen-year-old Garnet, who dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology, is resigned to marrying a nice boy and settling into middle-class homemaking until she takes a liberating job in a hat shop and begins an intense, secret relationship with a daring and beautiful flapper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GRIChopin, Kate
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHODiCamillo, Kate
Summary: Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019