Bose, Disha
Summary: "A twisty, domestic suspense debut about a clique of mothers that shatters when one of their own is murdered, bringing chaos to their curated idyll. She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it... Ciara Murphy has it all - a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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Summary: An inquisitive fox named Marco and a bored flock of pigeons join the crew of deer Captain Sylvia, setting sail in her antlered ship in search of a wonderful island and finding friendship on the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017
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Summary: "After a long winter spent indoors, adorable French snail Escargot ventures out into the world, searching for signs of spring, and meets a fluffy white bunny along the way, in this delightful tale of unlikely friendship"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus Giroux 2024
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Summary: It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BROChikowore, Nyasha
Summary: Clumsy Gary the Giraffe is disappointed that he still cannot reach the top leaves on trees after turning six, but his friends assure him he is not too old to ask for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press, American Psychological Association 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CHIKaufman, Sashi
Summary: "After the accident that took his older brother, Lucas is pretty much alone, except for the motley group of kids he meets at his middle school's aftercare program"--OCLC.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KAUMayer, Sasha
Summary: Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAYGrant, Kesha
Summary: One day when Kaden uses some experimental VR tech and a rogue artificial intelligence called S.N.O.W. takes over and imprisons the boy in her digital realm, his best friend Gabby enters the game to confront S.N.O.W. in an effort to save her friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Summary: "Gabe doesn't know where he belongs anymore. His family is caught up in their own lives and his friends barely have time for him...In a desperate move for attention...Gabe sets off fireworks in the woods near his house and causes a small forest fire...In the chaos of the destruction, a coyote named Rill...finds herself far from home...Gabe and Rill’s paths irrevocably cross when Gabe is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LORSaeed, Aisha
Summary: Rumi's family has moved to a new town and he is feeling lonely and left out at school because one of the other kids, Asher, is a bully--until Sebastian joins him, drawing in the dirt under the old willow tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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Summary: Bright but anxious teenager Aleisha is working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. When she passes along the list to a lonely widower, a connection between two lonely souls is formed, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC ADASaeed, Aisha
Summary: Bilal and his father invite his friends to help make his favorite dish, daal, then all must wait patiently for it to be done.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAESaeed, Aisha
Summary: Twelve-year-old Diana's much-anticipated visit with her best friend, Princess Sakina, turns into an adventure as they face a booby-trapped island, a forbidden visitor, and a demon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAESaeed, Aisha
Summary: When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he's rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SAEDahm, Evan
Summary: "Once, everyone called Sola 'cursed.' Now they call her hero. But why doesn't she feel like one? After their quest to find the Monster, Sola and her friends have gone down separate paths. Sola spends her days on the open seas while Hunder stays close to home as the chief of the unified Sun and Fortress Islands. And Wick? Well . . . it's almost as if he's become a ghost. Then their world is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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Summary: "Best friends Camper and Clam work through their feelings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RASAdams, Sara Nisha
Summary: "Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in West London, where he shops every Wednesday, goes to temple, and worries about his granddaughter Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library when she discovers a forgotten slip of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a list...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Working at the local library, Aleisha reads every book on a secret list she found, which transports her from the painful realities she's facing at home, and decides to pass the list on to a lonely widower desperate to connect with his bookworm granddaughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ADAAdams, Sara Nisha
Summary: Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ADAJoseph, Danielle
Summary: "Sydney is dreading the summer course she has to take at the community center-until her best friend, Maggie, comes up with a daring switcheroo plan so they can both take classes they like"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kar-Ben Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOSVelasquez, Crystal
Summary: Best friends Millie and Daisy worry about being separated during a dog adoption event. Based on the story of a real dog from Danny & Ron's Rescue on the documentary, Life in the doghouse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2022
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Summary: "Phoebe and her unicorn best friend, Marigold, share one of the most magical friendships in comics history. This new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics is sure to dazzle and delight readers of all ages with tales of mischief, magic, and adventure. Life is never boring when your best friend is a unicorn."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Simpson 202011Simpson, Dana
Summary: Phoebe and her best friend, a unicorn named Marigold, navigate the difficulties of grade school, celebrate the winter holidays, and explore their superhero/villain personas together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SIM GRAPHIC NOVELVanderLugt, Dana
Summary: Based on a true story and told in alternating voices, follows the growing friendship between thirteen-year-old American Claire and Karl, a young German POW hired to work on her family's Michigan apple farm in October 1944.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023