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Adventure stories Adventure stories Juvenile fiction Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction Essays Traverse City (Mich.) Fiction Traverse City (Mich.) Heroes Juvenile fiction Monsters Juvenile fiction Poetry Traverse City (Mich.) Traverse City (Mich.) Fiction Traverse City (Mich.) Juvenile fictionErickson, J. R.
Summary: "Orla has a gift, an ability to sense things she touches: memories, traumas ... murders. On a sunny day in 1975, she sets off on a bike ride into the picturesque countryside and vanishes. She is not the first young woman to go missing and she will not be the last. Ashes beneath her is a paranormal murder mystery that will take you into the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane. Ashes Beneath...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2019
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Summary: "Jake Edwards hasn't thought about the Northern Michigan Asylum in three decades. When Petra, a mysterious woman from his childhood, appears at his business, he suspects a practical joke. Until the woman vanishes, leaving behind a blood-spattered apartment and a trail of secrets that all lead back to the shuttered asylum. As Jake digs into his dark past, he must face the sinister forces who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERIDownes, Robert
Summary: "Just back from Guatemala after three years of tending bar on Lake Atitlan, part-time shaman and aspiring detective Natty Dredd Bumpo returns to Traverse City, Michigan, where he's plunged head-first into solving the murder of millionaire eco-warrior Timothy Bottom ..."--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wandering Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction DownesSummary: The 2018 National Writers Series Literary journal is a showcase of poems, stories, and literary nonfiction written by Front Street Writers, a creative home for highly motivated eleventh and twelfth grade students in the Grand Traverse region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NWS literary Journal 0000
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 810 NSWSummary: The 2023 National Writers Series Literary journal is a showcase of poems, stories, and literary nonfiction written by Front Street Writers, a creative home for highly motivated eleventh and twelfth grade students in the Grand Traverse region.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NWS literary Journal 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 810 NWSMarks, John
Summary: When a bomb blew a fishing boat out of Lake Michigan, those on board weren’t what they appeared to be … nor were the assassins whom Detective Harlan Holmes now hunts. Disgraced PI Harlan Holmes and his erstwhile, ex-con sidekick Tank return in John Marks’ second Northern Michigan thriller, Scam on the Cove. Thinking he’s washed his hands of his inadvertent ties to the Chicago mob families for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rose Writing 0000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Front Street Writers program was created in partnership with the National Writers Series and Traverse City Area Public Schools. This high school writing program engages students with all aspects of the writing process, from early brainstorming and drafting, through the peer review workshop, and finally encouraging comprehensive revision and the creation of a portfolio of finished writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NWS literary Journal 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 NWS1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 810 NWS
Batta, Patricia K.
Summary: Marge Christensen is visiting her mother and sister in Traverse City, Michigan, when several female residents of a nursing home are murdered. Marge's mother is recovering from several small strokes. In Patricia Batta's fifth novel, our heroine expectedly fails at keeping her nose out of the police business.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BATBaldwin, Richard L.
Summary: "Tom McNutt, a wealthy owner of the Northernmost Winery on the Old Mission Peninsula, north of Traverse City, Michigan, and the Grand Marshall of the Cherry Festival Parade is shot in the parade set-up area. The community is stunned, but the parade and the festival continue. Lou Searing and Jack Kelly are invited to work with the Traverse City police to solve the crime. A number of suspects are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buttonwood Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction BaldwinCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P BALHarcus, Les (Buzz Harcus)
Summary: Maddie Jameson and her fiancé, Greg Adams, were young, impetuous, and deeply in love. In one of her impetuous moments during the tall ships festival being held at Traverse City, Maddie teased Captain Jeff Harmon of the tall ship, Madison, asking if she and her fiancé could be married on board his ship as her name was Madison, and it would be wonderful to be married on board her namesake....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARCogan, Priscilla
Summary: Awakening from a coma with a traumatic brain injury, former English professor Tess Outerbridge finds herself cognitively challenged, facing unexpected divorce papers from her husband and homeless. An elderly, lonely hospital volunteer, Cassie McDermott, invites Tess to her mansion for the long rehabilitation. An unforeseen gun battle leaves Sonny, a brilliant young man on the cusp of a bright...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Canoes Press 2013
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC COG1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COG
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Cogan 2013Anthony, David
Summary: "In this adventure, a battle of the bands turns into a real war. It's rock versus roll as mullets try to steal the show. One wrong note, and everything could be out of tune"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2008
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Summary: In this first adventure, the heroes try to keep their cool on the hottest day of the year. Soon, however, they discover that not all ice cream is created equal. Some is created by mysterious aliens who have plans to take over the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Publishing 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC ANTCopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTAnthony, David
Summary: "This Joey is no kangaroo. He's a bossy Aussie from down under. Traverse City, Michigan is home to three extraordinary heroes. Meet Abigail, the oldest. When it comes to sports, she can't be beat. Andrew is her twin. If it has wheels, he can ride it. Baby Zoë is the youngest but also the strongest. Don't let the diaper fool you. In this adventure, the land down under has come to Mackinac...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANTAnthony, David.
Summary: It's bark vs. bite when one lost puppy finds all kinds of trouble. With a sip of his Love Potion #K9, people become pets and every dog has its day. Will the heroes be collared and sent to the doghouse?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 0000
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Summary: In this fourth adventure, the heroes take a trip to the beach and do some digging, only to discover something terrifying and better off buried.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2008
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Summary: Mother Goose is on the loose! Traverse City, Michigan is home to three extraordinary heroes. Meet Abigail, the oldest. When it comes to sports, she can't be beat. Andrew is her twin. If it has wheels, he can ride it. Baby Zoe is the youngest but also the strongest. Don't let the diaper fool you. In this adventure, fairy tales lead to scary wails. Many nursery rhyme characters have escaped from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Publishing 2013
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Summary: In this adventure, humans beware. Chicken fever is spreading fast. Robotics chickens have come home to roost, and the city of Frankenmuth has gone to the birds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANTAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTAnthony, David
Summary: "In this adventure, the heroes look forward to trick-or-treating on Halloween. Little do they know that the trick will be on them, and it will take more than a treat to defeat the fudge monster bowling over their town"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTAnthony, David
Summary: "In this adventure, a family visit to Cherry Olde Orchard becomes a waking, walking nightmare. The trees pick up root and start laying down lumber. If that's not enough, their cherry bombs will flatten anything in their path. Traverse City and the National Cherry Festival will never be the same."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2007
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Summary: Christmas is in danger. Candy bandits cheat down chimneys to poach the presents placed under the tree. If the heroes don't stop them, there won't even be coal in their stockings on Christmas morning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANTRand, Johnathan.
Summary: When Matt receives a magic kit for Christmas, he is surprised that it really has powers. By accident, he creates a snow monster that causes great terror in Traverse City.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audiocraft 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RAN 2Anthony, David
Summary: In this adventure, the heroes let their inner apes escape. A monster truck rally turns into a regular barrel of monkeys. Abigail, Andrew and Baby Zoe had better peel out before everyone goes bananas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Publishing 0000