Geist, William
Summary: Before there was 'tourism' and souvenir ashtrays became 'kitsch,' the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that television host Bill Geist spent summers in the sixties during his school and college years, working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation GeistGalligan, Gale
Summary: Accompanying the Pike family during a two-week vacation to the Jersey Shore, baby-sitter Stacey falls head over heels for a handsome lifeguard despite Mary Anne's warning that he is too old for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC GALSummary: In 1987, James Brennan's dreams of a European summer vacation before studying at an Ivy League school in New York City are ruined after his parents have a severe career setback. As a result, James must get a summer job to cover his upcoming expenses. He goes to work at the decrepit local amusement park, Adventureland - a place where the games are rigged and the rides make you sick. There, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Films 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ADVStrohmeyer, Sarah.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zoe and her cousin Jess eagerly start summer jobs at New Jersey's Fairyland theme park, but Jess does not get her dream role and Zoe is assigned to be personal assistant to the park's "Queen," winning her no friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC STRPatterson, James
Summary: "Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PATMcCahan, Erin
Summary: "The summer after senior year of high school, Briggs Henry works as a personal assistant to an eccentric elderly woman in a house on the shores of Lake Michigan, and finds himself distracted by the mysterious girl next door"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCCMcVeigh, Dave
Summary: "He's got a bike, a basket ... and a whole lotta baggage. It's the summer of 1989. Jack McGuinn is a dockporter, hauling tourists' luggage piled high in the oversized basket of his bike on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a summer resort where cars are outlawed. He's got a family cottage on the hill, his dream job, and a loyal crew of hell-raising, tip-hustling buddies. When his bitter rival...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction McVeighBayron, Kalynn
Summary: Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BAYDarraj, Susan Muaddi
Summary: Eleven-year-old Farah spends much of her summer trying to earn money to attend an enrichment camp at her new school, but someone is sabotaging her by taking down her fliers. Includes instructions for growing crystals and glossaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DARJones, Cindy S. (Cindy Sundermann)
Summary: Caught in a cycle of loss, Jane Austen fan Lily jumps at the opportunity to travel to England to re-enact Mansfield Park. While there Lily thinks she may finally realize her dream of living in a novel. But even in England, where she is immersed in a literary festival so rich it seems Jane Austen is present, her problems find her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONContents: The advantages of a summer job away from home -- The downside -- What jobs can you do? Tourism; Agriculture; English language teaching; Working with children; Volunteer work -- Landing the perfect summer job: 10 tips for success -- Finding a job last-minute -- Essential preparation: Travel; Visas & red tape; What to pack; Accommodation; Money; Health and insurance -- The UK -- Europe: Andorra;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vacation Work 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.702 SUMNewlevant, Hazel
Summary: When Hazel, who has always been home schooled, gets a summer job pulling ivy in a local park, she discovers her fellow workers are more diverse--in race, ethnicity, class, and experience--than she has ever encountered before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roar 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NEWLang, Heidi
Summary: Jessie, twelve, copes with what promised to be a long, boring summer with relatives by becoming apprentice to Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, who is facing new competition.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LANNaylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Summary: Through her senior year and the following summer, Alice McKinley deals with troubling developments at school, being in the school play, preparing for college, being away from her boyfriend, and working for the summer on a cruise ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NAYWestover, Tara
Summary: Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida. "Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación." Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 WESPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAUSummary: A grad student lands a summer job on a Great Lake steel freighter, short on experience, until he learns more than he bargained for about life, love and lost potential through the stories of his fellow shipmates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artist View Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LAKChamberlin, Holly
Summary: Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHADessen, Sarah
Summary: Louna's years working at her mother's wedding planning business--as well as the tragic end of her first love--have shaped her cynical views on romance, but the arrival of serial-dater Ambrose may start to change Louna's mind and give her a second chance at love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DESDugan, Jennifer
Summary: A lovesick teenager schemes to win the heart of her crush at her amusement park summer job, all while dressed as a hot dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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Summary: Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. Maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dads business....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOOPaulsen, Gary.
Summary: Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2007
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Summary: Longing to be part of the summer stock performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Jacky Hart must discover if juggling responsibilities is one of her many talents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC PAT (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Blake, Toni
Summary: Meg Sloan runs the Summerbrook Inn, and she loves the laid-back pace of life and the close-knit community. She also loves Zack Sheppard, a local man she's been seeing for years. What she doesn't love is Zack's refusal to commit to her. Seth Darden arrives on Summer Island in search of summer work, but also in search of something else, his past. But he wasn't counting on falling for the lovely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019