Smoker, M. L. (Mandy L.)
Summary: "If Aiyana hears one more traditional Lakota story, she'll scream! More interested in her social media presence than her Native American heritage, Aiyana is shocked when she suddenly finds herself in a magical world-with no cell coverage! Pursued by the trickster Raven, Aiyana struggles to get back home, but is helped by friends and allies she meets along the way. Her dangerous journey through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curiosity Books, an imprint of Curiosity Ink Media, LLC 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Stein, David Ezra
Summary: "Watch out for the devious duck! A new bird has arrived in Simpleton and is here to ruffle some feathers with a plan to trick the townspeople out of their money. For what, you might ask? Buying freshly baked bread! (A duck's favorite snack, of course.) Meanwhile, the chef wants to hire a baker, the inspector is looking to get strong, and the inventor is trying out some new (explosive) ideas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STEStowell, Louie
Summary: Norse god Loki records the highs and lows of living on Earth as an eleven-year-old in grumbles, snarks, and doodles in his enchanted diary. He might not have shown any moral improvement (yet); but Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. Earning everyone's trust isn't easy, however. So far, Loki has managed to make only one human friend, Valerie, but is now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STOOviedo, Claudia
Summary: "It's a battle of the clever troublemaker versus the great thief. The Norse god Loki loves creating chaos wherever he goes, showing his power by stirring up trouble for the gods. The cunning Greek god Hermes serves as a messenger to the gods and Zeus's personal thief. If these to gods were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Loki's and Hermes's strengths and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The gruffalo: Forced to rely on his wits for survival, Mouse invents an imaginary monster ... but what happens when he becomes face-to-face with his own creation?
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Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment, a division of Alliance Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Children's GrHoàng, Văn
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HOARobinson, Eden
Summary: "The third and final book of the brilliant and captivating Trickster Trilogy. From the bestselling author of the Scotiabank Giller-prize shortlisted Son of a Trickster and Trickster Drift. Jared, now 18, wakes up in a hospital bed, feeling like hell. Some of the people he loves--the ones who are deaf to magic--assume he fell off the wagon after a tough year of sobriety and went on a bender to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Canada 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBLaPensée, Elizabeth
Summary: "Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in Wonderland in this coming-of-age graphic novel that explores Indigenous and gender issues through a fresh yet familiar looking glass. Aimée, a non-binary Anishinaabe middle-schooler, is on a class trip to offer gifts to Paayehnsag, the water spirits known to protect the land. While stories are told about the water spirits and the threat of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press Ltd 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC LAPRobinson, Eden
Summary: Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Canada 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSazaklis, John
Summary: Celia loves to explore and is thrilled when she finds an old library in the woods, but when she discovers there is more than just books in the building she cannot wait to beat it out of there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The fate of the Marvel Universe lies in the hands of...Loki?! He may be the "benevolent" God of Stories now, but his past as the God of Lies returns to haunt him when something ancient and powerful that he once built ends up scattered across the Ten Realms! Now, setting sail on a ship made of fingernails, the Trickster must track down its fragments to stave off Ragnarok! His epic journey begins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LOKSummary: Based on the bestselling trilogy of novels by Eden Robinson, Trickster tells the story of Jared, an Indigenous teen struggling to keep his dysfunctional family above water. Jared holds down an after-school job and cooks ecstasy on the side to support his separated parents - partying mom Maggie, who self-medicates an undiagnosed mental illness, and unemployable dad Phil, who has a painkiller...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TRIAgyemang, Elizabeth
Summary: After telling too many far-fetched tales, Nana Busumuru is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Ghana, where she must join forces with the trickster spider Ananse to prevent an evil corporation from stealing the magic in the village forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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Summary: A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EHLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EHLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EHLSummary: Collects over twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and their mischievous activities
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Pub. 2010
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Summary: Tricky Fox uses his sack to trick everyone he meets into giving him ever more valuable items.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2001
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Summary: Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CANCannon, Janell
Summary: Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Cannon 2018Hyde, Lewis
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 HYDCervantes, Angela
Summary: Miguel's love of music and desire to prove his talent sees him transported to the Land of the Dead where he meets the trickster Hector, and the two embark on a journey to meet Ernesto de la Cruz who holds the key to Miguel's family history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CERLoh-Hagan, Virginia
Summary: Gathers four tales of tricksters from different cultures, with information and activities for further learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 LOHTabor, Corey R.
Summary: "Fox really, really wants to win the jumping contest. He knows just where he’ll put that first-place trophy. The only problem? Fox is not a very good jumper. But he is a very good schemer. . . .The irrepressible fox (sort of) wins and (sort of) gets his comeuppance in this hilarious modern-day trickster tale" Cover-flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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Summary: When Loki and Amora cause the destruction of one of Asgard's most prized possessions, Amora is banished to Earth, where her powers will slowly and excruciatingly fade to nothing. She was the only person who ever looked at Loki's magic as a gift instead of a threat; without her, he slips further into anguish and the shadow of his universally adored brother, Thor. When Asgardian magic is detected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEELópez, Diana
Summary: When Miguel finds himself in the Land of the Dead, he meets a trickster named Hector who helps him uncover the real story behind Miguel's family history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017