Summary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMAStrange, Vera
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jamal has always lived in his twin brother, Malik's, shadow. All he wants in the world is to know, just for one day, what it's like to be his more popular, more talented, and more confident brother. So when a mysterious man named Dr. Facilier appears and offers Jamal the opportunity to do just that, Jamal jumps at the chance. But when he wakes up the next morning to find his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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Summary: "My dear, sweet child. Go ahead. Don't be afraid ..." Eleven-year-old Shelly Anderson just wants to be popular. Her parents have split and she has to start over at a new school with different classes, a brand new swim team and an unfamiliar social scene. So what if she just wants the cool kids to like her? Is that really too much to ask? So when Shelly finds a mysterious nautilus shell that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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Summary: On a poor farm surrounded by marshlands, six sisters -- Grace, Willa, Freya, and triplets Deedee, Darcy, and Dolly -- live in fear of their father and the superstition that haunts him: The Curse of the Six Daughters. Their beloved grandmother tries to protect them, but the future seems bleak. When the Full Moon Fayre makes a rare visit to Hollow-in-the-Marsh, the girls slip out to see the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Delia's obsession with being fashionable and popular at her elite private school turns scary when she acquires a cursed coat from the fashion house of Cruella De Vil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2021
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Summary: Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared? His parole is drawing near when he receives a letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes clear that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2023
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Summary: Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - the Curse of Six Daughters. With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes. Willa goes after...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House/Scholastic Inc. 2022
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Summary: Second Star to the Fright, Book 3 of the all-new Disney Chills chapter book series, tells the tale of a kid who finds he's hooked far more than he can handle when Captain Hook creeps out of Neverland and into our world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Press 2020
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Pet grows up in a lighthouse that becomes a vantage point in a devastating war, forcing her to uncover family secrets and discover her connection to an ancient legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken House, Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STRSummary: Based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: A reclusive bookstore owner hoped she'd permanently buried her family's sensational past with a new name. But when the novels she once shared with an old crush begin appearing in the mail, it's clear her true identity is about to be revealed, threatening the new life she has painstakingly built.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBartels, Erin
Summary: James Rich has a strange request for Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam: that she look up a relative she didn't know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos. Having lost her job after a botched investigation, she has nothing but time. At her great-aunt's 150-year-old farmhouse Elizabeth uncovers a series of mysterious items, locked doors-- and hidden graves. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Summary: A journalist discovers more than she expected when she is charged with delivering a box of photos to a relative she didn't know she had.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARSummary: Hard partying brothers Mike and Dave place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out partied by the uncontrollable duo.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MIKBartels, Erin
Summary: "On the night of December 31, 1989-as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is inching toward democracy, and anything seems possible-a down-on-his luck musician crashes a party and crosses paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty, forever altering both of their futures"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: When the villainous Hela, goddess of the Asgardian underworld, traps Spider-Man and Doctor Strange without their powers on the astral plane, they have to find their inner heroes to stop Hela and save the world. All the story content of the comics issue without advertisements and other content.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARStringer, Lauren
Summary: "A lyrical ode to that magical time in autumn when the leaves turn yellow"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE STRBaites, Mina
Summary: "A single treasured keepsake links one unforgettable family across continents. London, 1963. I dream about my sister almost every night. Lilian Morrison has one memento of her beloved sister, Emma: a battered silver music box. A family heirloom that was passed down through two world wars, the box was the key to Lilian's recent, joyous reunion with the surviving members of her birth family, whom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P BAIGrange, Amanda.
Summary: In this charming and thoughtful retelling of Mansfield Park, Amanda Grange brings one of Jane Austen's most remarkable novels to life once again ... At ten years of age, Fanny Price came to live with Edmund Bertram and his family at Mansfield Park. Far from the brat Edmund expected, Fanny became his closest confidante and dearest friend. But when the fashionable Crawford siblings - Henry and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRABattles, Brett
Summary: "When he is drawn into a case involving a ring of art thieves, which has links to his own mother's paintings, Stone Barrington must draw out a familiar enemy and face down his most vindictive threat yet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: An F-18 Navy fighter careens out of the blue sky above the Mojave desert. A TV cameraman who grew up in a small town just miles away can see what is going to happen next. Frantically, Wes Stewart races to the downed jet and tries to save the pilot's life. When the plane explodes, Wes escapes without harm--and plunges into a murderous conspiracy. It's been fifteen years since Wes has been back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2012
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Summary: A child describes pleasant ways to stay warm during the winter, from sipping hot chocolate and eating grilled cheese sandwiches to wearing wooly sweaters and sitting near a glowing fireplace.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STRBaites, Mina
Summary: 1914. For Paul, with love. A Jewish silversmith engraved those words on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny ornamented box. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to fight in a terrible war. A half century later, Londoner Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents. With the keepsake is a letter from Lilian's mother, telling...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BAIBull, Bartle.
Summary: Story of pioneers coming to the African bush after World War I passing through The White Rhino Hotel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992