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Johnstone, William W.

Summary: "It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness--and never returned. Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. In response, the U.S. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party--along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOH

Summary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLI

Gregorio, Michael.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRE

Archer, Jeffrey

Summary: Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARC

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ARC

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARC

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Archer 2018

Jenoff, Pam

Summary: 1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krakow Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers. Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC JEN

Ruzzier, Sergio

Summary: In three brief episodes about two unlikely friends, Fox talks Chick down from the tree he has climbed, the two go sledding (once they have enough snowflakes), and Chick builds a bookcase.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022

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Slor, Zhanna

Summary: Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her, and where the search leads changes the family forever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLO

Rich, Roberta

Summary: "A sweeping, New York-set historical novel following a Jewish cigarette girl who moonlights as a spy and attempts to bring justice to her family on the eve of World War II"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023

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Archer, Jeffrey

Summary: Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. When his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018

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Tannehill, Evelyne.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheatmark 2006

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B Tannehill TAN

Angel-Ajani, Asale

Summary: "A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANG

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANG

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: On her family's visit to a farm, Yasmin is thrilled to play with the baby chicks, but when she forgets to close the pen door and one goes missing, Yasmin has to scramble to find it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Cleveland, Karen

Summary: In pursuit of a Russian sleeper cell on American soil, a CIA analyst uncovers a dangerous secret that will test her loyalty to the agency--and to her family.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLE

Fitzpatrick, Lydia

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world--the Super Walmarts and heated pools and enormous televisions--is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter, has miraculously taken an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIT

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIT

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIT

Brosgol, Vera

Summary: A misfit girl and her brother attend summer camp, where they struggle with primitive plumbing, snobby tentmates, and boys-versus-girls competitions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018

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Summary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BIL

Vapnyar, Lara

Summary: "Follows the intertwined lives of four immigrants in New York City as they grapple with love and tumult, the challenges of a new home, and the absurdities of the digital age"--From publisher description.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAP

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAP

Jarman, Julia

Summary: 'Five little chicks hear Mother Hen say, "Play near the henhouse. Don't go away." Four little chicks say, "Yes, okay!" But one little chick says, "Phooey!" Cheeky Chick is curious and sets out to explore the farmyard on his own---despite being told to stay safely near the henhouse. But what happens when he meets a crafty fox? Luckily for Cheeky Chick, his farmyard friends are watching out for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boxer Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JAR

Runyan, Aimie K.

Summary: "Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband, a sensitive artist who fears for her safety,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018

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Salazar, Alicia

Summary: Camila and her Papa enter a televised baking competition, but trying to do everything herself results in a mess so Papa helps to bake strawberry-iced cake pops that could make them sta

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2021

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Lu, Marie

Summary: "Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara. A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH LU

Polacco, Patricia

Summary: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1990

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POL

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POL

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POL

Hoffman, Alice.

Summary: "An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOF

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hoffman 2014

Bloom, Amy

Summary: "A Moll Flanders set in America, this epic, intimate novel follows a young Russian immigrant determined to make her way--and find her daughter--in the hip, harsh 1920s"--Publisher's website.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Highbridge 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BLO

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