Rossner, Rena
Summary: "Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. But darkness is creeping across Europe, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROSRossner, Rose
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming word play encourage toddlers to use the potty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Wonderland 2022
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Summary: After years yearning for the gift of magic, Arrah discovers it comes at a terrible price. Now the last surviving witchdoctor, she is left to pick up the shattered pieces of a family that betrayed her, a kingdom in shambles, and long-buried secrets about who she is. Struggling to rebuild, Arrah discovers there may be survivors who escaped the demons' attack on the tribes. Meanwhile, her beloved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. There's only one thing Arrah hasn't tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic. Until the Kingdom's children begin to disappear, and Arrah is desperate to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BAROlsen, Rena.
Summary: "In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman's life is shattered, she is faced with a devastating question: What if everything she thought was normal and good and true. wasn't? Clara Lawson is torn from her life in an instant. Without warning, her home is invaded by armed men, and she finds herself separated from her beloved husband and daughters. The last thing her husband...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OLSRosner, Jennifer
Summary: "From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSRosner, Jennifer
Summary: "It is wartime in German-occupied Poland. A mother hides with her five-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. When the daisies grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC ROS BOOK CLUB KIT ( 8 paperbacks)Luchsinger, Dena.
Summary: While being smart and strong are useful traits, loving other people just because God made them is always good.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE Set Spanish Luchsinger 2007Jalali, Reza
Summary: "Looking through the tall trees in their backyard in Maine, Shirin and her dad search for a glimpse of the new moon, the sign that the month of Ramadan has begun. Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world pray, fast, and pay special attention to doing good deeds. Shirin is nine and thinks she should be able to fast like her older brother Ali, but her parents feel she is still too young to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JALKhan, Hena
Summary: In this counting book, a young boy introduces some of the basic principles of Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2022
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE KHAOllivier, Reina
Summary: For animals, mommies and daddies are also very important. And the nine animals you'll get to know in this book are very caring parents! Discover the world of the emperor penguin, the fox, the orangutan, the clown fish, the American flamingo, the red kangaroo, the zebra finch, the wolf, and the yellow seahorse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 OLLRosner, Jennifer
Summary: "It is wartime in German-occupied Poland. A mother hides with her five-year-old daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. When the daisies grow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Rosner 2020Arena, Jen
Summary: Acorn is the first one off the tree, longing for adventure and new experiences (though maybe not being eaten), but when a squirrel buries Acorn he is forced to stay still in the dark until the exciting changes begin, and he grows into a mighty oak--though at heart he is still a little wild.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: After Zara's bike goes missing, her parents insist on her earning money to pay for it, so she and her friend Naomi turn their red wagon into The Treasure Wagon and try and sell some old knickknacks found in her family's basement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KHAHalsall, Rona
Summary: "I'm your husband, Chloe. We're a partnership now and we do what's best for us as a couple." Chloe finally feels like she's got her life together. After a difficult childhood and losing both parents, she worked hard for the life she loves in lively Brighton, helping people as a physiotherapist. And then she meets the perfect man. ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bookouture 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction HalDepestre, René
Summary: "Takes place primarily during carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel. A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family. But on the morning of the wedding, Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion and collapses at the altar. Transformed into a zombie, her wedding becomes her funeral. She is buried by the town, revived by an evil sorcerer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEPCoakley, Lena
Summary: "While the other fairies are away, mischievous Nix is charged with protecting the forest, but he has no magic to prevent a man from moving into a woodland cottage."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COAKhan, Hena
Summary: In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl guides the reader through the traditions and shapes of Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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Summary: Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KHAReina, Miquel
Summary: "Harold y Mary Rose Grapes son un matrimonio que, tras la trágica muerte de su hijo, dejó a un lado sus sueños de juventud y se resignó a vivir en una isla remota, alejados de todo. Sin embargo, el destino les vuelve a poner a prueba: deben abandonar su hogar de una manera que nunca habrían imaginado, por un problema de delimitación de costas. La noche antes de ser desahuciados, mientras...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Espasa 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC REIKhan, Hena
Summary: A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: George is so excited. He is going to celebrate Ramadan with his friend Kareem! Together they sample special treats, make baskets to donate to the needy, and look for the crescent moon. Come along to celebrate this special time of year with everyone's favorite monkey in this playful tabbed board-book book of rhymes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHA BOARDKhan, Hena
Summary: Yasmeen has a wonderful time celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with her family and friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHA (Basket)Khan, Hena
Summary: "Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018