Velez, Angela
Summary: "Overachiever Luz 'Lulu' Zavala has straight As, perfect attendance, and a solid ten-year plan ... Middle sister Milagro wants nothing to do with college or a nerdy class field trip ... On a journey from Baltimore all the way to San Francisco, Lulu and Milagro will become begrudging partners as they unpack weighty family expectations ... and maybe even discover the true meaning of sisterhood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VELCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VELPacton, Jamie
Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Fortuna Jane Belleweather just won in the lotto jackpot [with]...many reasons...for not coming forward to claim her prize...Jane is still a minor, and if anyone discovers she bought the ticket underage, she'll..have to forfeit the ticket...Let her hoarder mother cash it. The last thing Jane's mom needs is millions of dollars to buy more junk. Then...Jane's ex-boyfriend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Publishing Co. 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PACPichon, Liz
Summary: Irritating his teachers with his lack of focus and creative excuses, Tom Gates spends his time drawing pictures and writing down observations about everything from his grumpy sister and annoying classmate to an unsatisfying camping trip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PICCartaya, Pablo
Summary: "Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CARCartaya, Pablo
Summary: After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARGrant, Helen
Summary: When seventeen-year-old Lin and her family move to an ancient German castle for a year while her medievalist father searches for the famed Allerheiligen glass--lost stained glass windows that are said to be haunted by a terrifying demon--she becomes involved in a horrific murder mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRABrown, Helen
Summary: "The windows rattle. The roof leaks. Every surface cries out to be stripped, painted, or polished. But for writer Lisa Trumperton, the dilapidated manor house that once belonged to her great-grandfather is far more than the sum of its battered parts. It's the chance for a new start on her own terms. The fact that it's in the Melbourne countryside of her Australian homeland, far from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Brown 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P BROSchulman, Helen
Summary: "Taking place over three non-consecutive but vitally important days in the lives of Amy, Dan, and their three sons, Come with Me is searing, entertaining, and unexpected--a dark comedy that is ultimately a deeply romantic love story, one which takes place on infinite planes but ends in a single chord"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHGarner, Helen
Summary: "Helen Garner has been a literary institution in Australia for decades. Her perfectly formed novels embodied Australia's tumultuous 70s and 80s, and her incisive nonfiction evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. The Atlantic dubbed her "the Joan Didion of Australia." Now, The Children's Bach, the beloved work that solidified her place among the masters of modern international letters, is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GARCho, Lian
Summary: "Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023