Polansky, Daniel.
Summary: In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, is Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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Summary: M is a drifter with a sharp tongue, few scruples, and limited magical ability, who would prefer drinking artisanal beer to involving himself in the politics of the city. Alas, in the infinite nexus of the universe which is New York, trouble is a hard thing to avoid, and when a rivalry between the city's two queens threatens to turn to all out war, M finds himself thrust in thrust in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2016
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Summary: Mary is delighted about Living History Days, when many of Ivy Bay's businesses put on demonstrations of what life was like in historic Cape Cod. She's especially excited about the re-enacted bank robbery at Ivy Bay Bank & Trust. But as Mary and the crowd watch the re-enactment, they realize this fake crime is actually real. The masked, gun-wielding robber, played by Steve Althorpe, the bank...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guideposts 2013
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Summary: The first daughter in five generations of her Nova Scotia family, Dora Rare becomes an apprentice to a gifted midwife and storyteller before their home is threatened by the arrival of a brash medical doctor who promises sterile and painless births.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2006
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Summary: While the surf otters prepare for Halloween, Ratty Raccoon and Sleazy Weasel enlist Boris the bat to help them scare the otters into giving up their Halloween treats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 1995
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Summary: Life personified appears at a child's door and takes them on a journey in which they learn to have the time of their Life, that Life is full of surprises, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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Summary: Tiny fantasizes he is a mighty Barbarian who can conquer anything, but even he has trouble conquering the dark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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Summary: Readers may count from one to one hundred while working through the rhymes about some very busy animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Western Pub. Co. 1988
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Summary: When Rosie the Easter bunny injures her toe, she calls upon her irresponsible son Jelly Bean to deliver the rest of the Easter treats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 1992
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Summary: Moth is sold into servitude by her mother, and when Moth escapes she finds her mother gone, and she must survive on her own in the murky world of the Bowery, until she meets Miss Everett, the proprietress of an Infant School, a brothel that caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for willing and clean companions, desirable young virgins like Moth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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Summary: "A joyful ode to loving and caring for our bodies, from Olympic gold medalist and advocate Aly Raisman and bestselling artist Bea Jackson. My body is my own. My body is just right for me, From my head to my toes. From My Head to My Toes gently introduces young readers to the topics of consent and bodily autonomy in a positive way. Cheerful and informative, this story focuses on the powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Summary: A playful Halloween twist on the classic nursery rhyme, "If You're Happy And You Know It," features little monsters that show their spookiness by clapping hands, stomping feet, and snapping fingers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Group 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FRO BOARDPolonsky, Ami.
Summary: "Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2014
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Summary: "This is what hooks Sam when he first overhears it at a fancy dinner party in the Hollywood hills: the story of a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform 'open-soul surgery' on emotionally damaged people. For neurotic, depressed Sam, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, the possibility of total transformation is utterly tantalizing. He's desperate for something to believe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020
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Summary: A literate fox attempts to teach a trio of overzealous lemmings to read in order to save them from their habit of jumping off cliffs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCDel Amo, Jean-Baptiste
Summary: "The small village of Puy-Larroque, southwest France, 1898. Éléonore is a child living with her father, a pig farmer whose terminal illness leaves him unable to work, and her God-fearing mother, who runs both farm and family with an iron hand. Éléonore passes her childhood with little heat and no running water, sharing a small room with her cousin Marcel, who does most of the physical labor on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELSummary: Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Dyckman, Ame
Summary: Shark interrupts the filming of Underwater World With Bob, scattering the other creatures (and the audience), but he claims it is all a terrible misunderstanding--that he would never think of eating the fish, the squid, the audience...or Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: When Bear breaks a little girl's kite, she thinks he is a "HORRIBLE BEAR!"--until she makes a mistake of her own and learns the power of saying "I'm sorry."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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Summary: "A bossy little girl makes a bear cub follow all the rules at her tea party before he is allowed to eat any of the cookies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child. A film of sinister, mocking laughter, and a biting satire of a contemporary Senegal whose post-colonial dreams are faced with erosion by western materialism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Big Volcano and Little Volcano live side by side in paradise, but when a silly bird drops a coconut (or two) on Little Volcano's crater he blows his top.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCDyckman, Ame
Summary: When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad comes up with a list of silly answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: A boy is thrilled to have a dragon of his own, but quickly discovers that dragons are not appropriate pets. "Our protagonist wishes (much to the narrator's continued chagrin) for a pet dragon. Though initially thrilled, the kid quickly discovers that dragons aren't quite as awesome as they originally thought. From the scooting to the digging to the fire-breathing, our Kid is dismayed that they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020