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Fipps, Lisa

Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

Burke, James Lee.

Summary: "...Hackberry Holland makes his first appearance in this early gem...Against the backdrop of growing civil rights turmoil in a sultry border town, the hard-drinking ex-POW attorney yields to the myriad of urgings of his wife, his brother, and his so-called friends to make a bid for a congressional seat--and finds himself embroiled in the seamy world of Texas powerbrokers. And when Hack attempts...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2010

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Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Kylie Jean's grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, and the whole family is planning a surprise party--but Kylie also wants her class to spread valentine cheer to Oak Manor, the local assisted living facility.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PES

Albert, Susan Wittig.

Summary: When a local real estae shark is found shot to death one week before China Bayles is set to marry the town's police chief, she joins forces with her fiance to find the killer before they can ruin her wedding.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 1999

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALB

Green, Tim

Summary: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Earth Day is coming, and Kylie Jean and the other second graders decide that the perfect way to celebrate is to clean up and beautify the school playground--and the whole town.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PES

Klare, Shannon

Summary: A sheriff's daughter with a less than pristine reputation, Alex is caught drinking at a party and is in deep trouble. Her parents ship her off to her aunt's summer camp to work as a counselor. What could be worse than spending your summer deep in the mosquito-infested woods of Texas? Being paired with an obnoxious co-counselor who wants nothing to do with you. Alex is determined to put up with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

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

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

Scofield, Sandra Jean

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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 1994

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCO

Vida, Nina.

Summary: Joseph Kimmel is heading to San Antonio to settle his deceased brother's estate but becomes stranded on the vast open prairie when his horse is stolen. He is rescued by an egocentric Alsatian immigrant, but falls back into trouble when he marries a young blond girl. Running for their lives, Joseph and his new bride head to the hill country, where they hope to build a cattle ranch....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VID

Meacham, Leila

Summary: Follows the lives of two antebellum southerners, Silas Toliver and his best friend Jeremy Warwick, as they head into a new territory known as "Texas" in search of black gold.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEA

Sylvester, Natalia

Summary: The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already dead--an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family--especially his wife, Elda--to let him redeem himself. Isabel and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2018

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SYL

Kelly, Jacqueline.

Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2011

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Kelly 2009

Mickelson, Marcia Argueta

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Summary: "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Mickelson 2021

Griffin, James J.

Summary: "Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk and his son are shot and his wife brutally attacked. All are left for dead as the attackers ride off with his stock. As he begins to recover, Blawcyzk defies his captain's direct orders and takes off on his own to find and kill every man that took part in the raid"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

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

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JBR RED PES

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: After watching a soccer game, Kylie Jean is eager to try out for a local team, but she is disappointed that her cousin Lucy does not want to join her.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015

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

Richards, Dusty

Summary: Whip Station, a critical stop on the Butterfield stagecoach line, is dead smack in the middle of no-man's land. The lawless call it an easy target. Joe O'Malley calls it home. If anybody can tame a wild, violent territory, it's the seasoned frontiersman. So can his family, who have the same pride and honour coursing through their veins. Helping to plant roots is his son Jackson, a former...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020

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

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: December comes to Texas and there is a catfish fishing contest at Arrowhead Lake with a special prize awaiting the winning adult/child team; Kylie's brother and father are entered as one team, and Kylie Jean convinces her grandfather to enter with her as another team--and Kylie dreams of catching Granddaddy Whiskers, a legendary blue catfish that has eluded fishermen for years.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Inspired by the beautiful dresses at the Academy Awards show, Kylie Jean decides to try her hand at fashion--and Lilly recruits her to model the dress she is making for a school fund raising auction.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PES

Jiles, Paulette

Summary: Four Texas women struggle against nature and opportunists on their Brazos River ranch during the Great Depression.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JIL

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Kylie Jean Carter is making her special pecan pie for Thanksgiving when Aunt Susie suggests she enter the cooking contest for kids on the Good Morning Texas television show--Kylie makes it to the final which she really wants to win so she can donate the winnings to a local food pantry.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018

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

Brown, Carolyn

Summary: Can a girl ever have too many cowboys? No sooner does pint-sized spitfire Jill Cleary set foot on Fiddle Creek Ranch than she finds herself in the middle of a hundred-year-old feud. Quaid Brennan and Tyrell Gallagher are both tall, handsome, and rich...and both are courting Jill to within an inch of her life. She's doing her best to give these feuding ranchers equal time-too bad it's dark-eyed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2015

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Stolz, Karen.

Summary: Follow the arc of a girl's life as she grows to womanhood. From crushes to surprise baby sisters to nail polish to a devastating death, Roxanne is our guide through a life that has moments of tenderness, poignancy, sorrow, and great humor, as well as some wonderful baking memories. A sumptuous novel -- though like the best pie, tart in all the right places.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STO

Peschke, M. (Marci)

Summary: Kylie Jean Carter has been waiting for three years to become a Little Dazzler--a junior cheerleader for the high school's Dancing Dazzlers--so she can cheer for her brother's high school football team.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PES

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