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Austin, Lynn N.

Summary: "In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath from bestselling author Lynn Austin, a young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won't discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and faith. Peggy Serrano couldn't wait for her best friend to come home from the war. But the Jimmy Barnett who returns is much different from the Jimmy who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC AUS

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC AUS

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Austin

Summary: Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AME

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AME

Nelson, Theresa

Summary: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015

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Mehl, Nancy

Summary: "Former FBI profiler River Ryland suffers from PTSD after a serial killer case gone horribly wrong and has opened up a private investigation firm with Tony, her former colleague. Their first job is a cold case, but when the past comes back to haunt them, there's a killer on the loose with River in their sights, set on finishing the job they started"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEH

Meyer, Joyce

Summary: Inadvertently stopping a robbery when she makes a chance decision to pick up a penny, a fourteen-year-old girl forges a life-changing friendship with an older woman who introduces her to her surrounding community and teaches her about meeting painful life challenges through faith.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2007

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MEY

Robards, Karen.

Summary: Repossessing cars to support her small son after being abandoned on the harsh streets of East St. Louis, young single mother Samantha Jones discovers a dying man in the trunk of a car who takes her hostage and forces her to help him reach his protectors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROB

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Robards 2012

Hannon, Irene

Summary: Radio talk show host Eve Reilly is used to backlash from her pot-stirring on-air commentary and interviews, but now it seems a disgruntled listener is resorting to more than angry words to express their displeasure. When a suspicious package arrives on her doorstep, Eve turns to law enforcement for help. Police detective Brent Lange can't find any evidence to link the string of unsettling...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAN

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAN

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Hannon 2020

Austin, Lynn N.

Summary: "Peggy Serrano couldn't wait for her best friend to come home from the war. But the Jimmy Barnett who returns is much different from the Jimmy who left, changed so drastically by his experience that he can barely function. When he attempts the unthinkable and his parents check him into the VA hospital, Peggy determines to help the Barnetts unravel what might have happened to send their son over...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2022

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Anthony, David

Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC ANT

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANT

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANT

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANT

Amos, Shawn

Summary: Eleven-year-old Ellis discovers family secrets, makes new friends, and adjusts to his parents' recent divorce during a hijinks-filled summer helping his father open the world's first chocolate chip cookie store in 1976 Hollywood.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AMO

King, Kevin.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIN

Nakamura, Satsuki

Summary: "No longer separated by social duties or even magicked candlelight, Keigetsu and Reirin at last come face-to-face on the grounds of the ornate Kou Palace. The two Maidens have been unwitting puppets, and the Noble Shu's long-planned plot is rapidly unfolding. The inept duo go forward to tackle Shu together, their clasped hands poised to rend the powerful curse asunder. Will their efforts save...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023

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Viets, Elaine

Summary: Tired of living life on the lam, Helen Hawthorne goes back to St. Louis to clear her name of alimony evasion so she can finally marry the man she loves. But she still has to pay the bills, even if it means working at a consignment shop where the designer duds are to die for--literally. Secondhand clothes. First-degree murder. At Snapdragon, the high-end designer consignment shop, Helen is at...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian/New American Library 2010

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Dawson, Keila V.

Summary: Annabelle and her little brother, Beau, cannot decide which kind of gumbo to cook, so Annabelle suggests taking a family vote, but when some family members are not happy with the results, Annabelle comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone. Includes a glossary of Louisiana Creole terms, a cultural note, and math activities for developing data literacy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAW

Brezenoff, Steven

Summary: Shay Isley loves to read but she has become bored by the usual stories so she turns to the horror section and finds the book, Attack of the Moon Beast; but when night comes this book turns into a monster, part werewolf and part book--and only the Librarian can save her and her little brother from becoming its prey.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BRE

Verne, Jules

Summary: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the classic story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the point of view of Professor Pierre Aronnax, who was commissioned to find the mysterious sea monster responsible for sinking ships. Written by French science fiction writer Jules Verne in 1870, the novel illuminates themes that transcend time, such as man versus nature,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Canterbury Classics 2012

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Summary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMP

Fay, Constance

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward. She's got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member... Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bramble, Tor Publishing Group 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FAY

Engle, Margarita

Summary: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ENG

James, Tania

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Summary: "Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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Eggers, Dave

Summary: Lucian enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J RED-ALONG EGG

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Summary: The Aldens are visiting friends for a big Dia de los Muertos celebration. The kids love learning about the holiday and helping out - that is until mysterious events threaten to ruin everyone's preparations. Can the Aldens figure out what's going on and help their friends save the celebration?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WAR

Cannell, Stephen J.

Summary: Frantically searching for his wife, Alexa, who vanished after a night out at L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully investigates the execution-style murder of an African-American gang member found in Alexa's car.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS CAN

Schellman, Katharine

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She's no stranger to the glittering world of London's upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend, Lady Walter, she expects the scandal, gossip, and secrets. What she doesn't expect is the dead body in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCH

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Fiction Schellman 2020

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