Gray, Anissa
Summary: The Mothers meets An American Marriage in this dazzling debut novel about mothers and daughters, identity and family, and how the relationships that sustain you can also be the ones that consume you. The Butler family has had their share of trials, as sisters Althea, Viola, and Lillian can attest, but nothing prepared them for the literal trial that will upend their lives. Althea, the eldest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRARai, Alisha
Summary: If Sonia Patil had her way, she'd be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift for her boss's daughter. Since Sonia's mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support them, Sonia's had her hands full with work, school, and pretending everything is okay at home. Then Sonia, in homemade superhero cosplay, stumbles into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAIQuart, Alissa
Summary: "Squeezed" weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutionsfor how we might change things. Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 QUAHeyman, Alissa
Summary: Hoping to cheer up his dad after a disappointing soccer game, Splat enters a Cat School Picnic father-son six-legged race that does not turn out quite as expected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HEYPrice, Lissa.
Summary: In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl discovers her renter plans to do more than party--her body will commit murder, if her mind can't stop it. Sixteen-year-old Callie lost her parents when the genocide spore wiped out everyone except those who were vaccinated first--the very young and very old. With no grandparents to claim Callie and her little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2012
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Rankin, Lissa
Summary: "Not many people in the medical world are talking about how being afraid can make us sick--but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. Now Lissa Rankin, M.D., explainswhy we need to heal ourselves from the fear that puts our health at risk and robs our lives of joy--and shows us how fear can ultimately cure...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152 RANWall, Elissa.
Summary: In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs, showing the harsh realities of this closed community and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009
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Vitti, Alisa.
Summary: Offers a food-based solution for women's menstrual health, fertility support, and energy and libido issues; and guides readers to improve their overall quality of life by rebalancing their hormones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 VITJacobs, Liska
Summary: A trip to Italy reignites a woman's desires to disastrous effect in this dark ode to womanhood, death, and sex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACCooper, Elisha.
Summary: The reader is taken on a journey through a neighborhood and shown the sights, sounds, and smells as evening approaches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COOKleven, Elisa.
Summary: A little bird discovers why the lion's tail changes color each day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KLEStaff, Deer & Deer Hunting.
Summary: Many wild game cookbooks feature a section on venison. In this cookbook, however, every recipe calls for venison. This collection of 301 venison recipes represents the combined contributions of Bud Kilmartin, a deer hunter and camp cook from New York, and over 100 readers of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine. If you need to feed a hungry bunch at deer camp, or serve special guests in your home,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: F+W Media, Inc. 2011
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Orlando, Carissa
Summary: "A thrilling psychological horror debut about a woman who is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes haunted, no matter the cost... You can survive anything. That's what Margaret tells herself when the walls of her house start to drip blood every September. She's learned how to live with it...and the other terrifying apparitions that have made the sprawling Victorian house...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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We have 4 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Bliss, Harry
Summary: A young boy's fascination with pigeons soon erupts into a full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through a fancy restaurant, and into the sky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RAW Junior 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BLIBunting, Eve
Summary: "When Mr. Goat learns that it's Valentine's Day, he sets out in search of gifts for his first love, but his choices are a little unconventional"-Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE BUNBunting, Eve
Summary: A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1999
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Summary: "Using simple text and step-by-step instructions alongside clear, labeled photographs, this book shows how to make a cool truck out of cardboard boxes and other household materials"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Heinemann Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 ISSBermudez, Alyssa
Summary: "In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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We have 3 in the district. Place a hold to request one.Burt, Marissa
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURSalazar, Alicia
Summary: At first Camila is thrilled to be chosen to represent her class in the school spelling bee, but than she becomes anxious about performing in front of an audience and considers withdrawing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE SALLeggett, Kim
Summary: Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also a legendary “picker” and favorite designer to celebrity clients (and country-style mavens) including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 LEGBunting, Eve
Summary: While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUNBunting, Eve
Summary: As Colin imagines himself in a series of adventures beginning with joining a pirate crew, his mother assures him that she will always be there to help if he needs her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUNChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021