Jaine, Lillian
Summary: There are lots of ways to say "I love you" -and Elmo and his Sesame Street friends are ready to tell you in as many ways as they can!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JAIPaull, Laline.
Summary: Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw, but her courage and strength are assets. She is allowed to feed the newborns in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Cummins, Jeanine
Summary: "También de este lado hay sueños. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CUMCummins, Jeanine
Summary: Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, reasonably comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CUMHallett, Janice
Summary: "Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Severely dyslexic and wanting to know more, he took it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, not realising the chain of events that he was setting in motion. Miss Iles became convinced that the book was the key to solving a puzzle,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HALThompson, Janice.
Summary: Kat Jennings and Scott Murphy don't just play two people who are secretly in love on a television sitcom—they are also head over heels for each other in real life. When the lines between reality and TV land blur, they hope they can keep their relationship under wraps. But when Kat's grandmother, an aging Hollywood starlet with a penchant for wearing elaborate evening gowns from Golden Age...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Hadlow, Janice
Summary: "What if Mary Bennet's life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized middle daughter, the plain girl who takes refuge in her books, eventually found the fulfillment enjoyed by her prettier, more confident sisters? This is the plot of The Other Bennet Sister, a debut novel with exactly the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HADBynum, Janie.
Summary: Altoona the baboon goes to visit her aunt in the frigid north, but after some adventures in the snow, Auntie gives everyone a warm surprise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BYNThompson, Janice.
Summary: Athena Pappas is the head writer on one of the most popular sitcoms in television history. But when Vegas comedian Stephen Cosse is brought in to beef up the show's suddenly sagging ratings, she starts to worry about her job. Sparks fly as the competition—and attraction—between the two writers heats up. Athena has never had a problem scripting the romances of her characters. So why is her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Publishing Group 2011
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Caine, Rachel.
Summary: A new chapter in the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires saga. Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big- time producer who wants to cut a demo and play some gigs-which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends. And with that mix...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin USA, Inc. 2010
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Warga, Jasmine
Summary: Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WARJanni, Rebecca.
Summary: Nellie Sue, who fancies herself a real cowgirl, wants a horse for her birthday, but she discovers that a brand new bicycle--her first--takes almost as much taming as a filly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JANStefan-Cole, Janyce.
Summary: Ardennes Thrush is an award winning movie star who has suddenly and mysteriously quit acting at the height of her fame. She is in Hollywood, at the Hotel Muse, visiting Andre, her husband, who is a world-renowned director and is at work on his latest movie. Ardennes, a contemplative woman, is a bit of a voyeur, and as she watches the comings and goings in the hotel, she begins to realize that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Unbridled Books 2012
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Guillory, Jasmine
Summary: "Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GUIClarke, Maxine Beneba
Summary: When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CLANeilson, Riss M.
Summary: To help her best friend-turned-enemy Derek, who's possessed by a ghost, seventeen-year-old Aria must reestablish her link to the afterlife with the help of a new love to remove the lost soul from Derek's body or they could lose him forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC NEIPhillips, Jayne Anne.
Summary: In her highly acclaimed debut novel, the bestselling author of Shelter introduces the Hampsons, an ordinary, small-town American family profoundly affected by the extraordinary events of history. Here is a stunning chronicle that begins with the Depression and ends with the Vietnam War, revealed in the thoughts, dreams, and memories of each family member. Mitch struggles to earn a living as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Caine, Rachel.
Summary: From the author of the popular Weather Warden series. Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Just don't stay out after dark. College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2006
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Caine, Rachel.
Summary: Welcome to Morganville, Texas. Just don't stay out after dark...The first eight books in Rachel Caine's New York Times bestselling series filled with "non-stop vampire action" (Darque Reviews).Glass HousesThe Dead Girls' DanceMidnight AlleyFeast of FoolsLord of MisruleCarpe CorpusFade OutKiss of Death
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group US 2010
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Summary: Based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MEG RATED PG-13DuPrau, Jeanne.
Summary: It's been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn up and missing most of its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember. Together, Lina and Doon must go...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2008
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DuPrau, Jeanne.
Summary: It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2006
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Udry, Janice May.
Summary: Briefly describes the value of a tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC UDRGrover, Janice Zita
Summary: Dakota the dog is rescued from a puppy mill, cared for by a foster owner, and given to a young girl battling cancer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Gryphon Press 2016