Eastland, Sam, (Paul Watkins)
Summary: "April, 1945. East of Berlin, the Red Army stands poised to unleash its final assault upon the ruined capital of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich. To the north, at a lonely outpost near the Baltic Sea, German scientists perfect a guidance system for the mighty V2 rocket, which has already caused massive damage to the cities of London and Antwerp. This device, known only by the codename Diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Opus 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EASWatkins, Sam
Summary: On his first day at his new school Jake Jones meets the new teacher, Mr. Hyde (very nice, but turns into a naughty imp when upset), Mrs. Blount, the principal (a nasty tyrant whose punishments involve hard labor), and his wild classmates in 5B--and since it is almost impossible not to break at least one of the 142 school rules (or all of them) he soon finds his school life descending into chaos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WATHawkins, Paula
Summary: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life -- as she sees it -- is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Hawkins 2015Hawkins, Paula
Summary: A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAWSams, Carl R.
Summary: After a snowstorm, a magical white deer appears in the woods, and the forest animals celebrate together all winter long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carl R. Sams II Photography, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SAMMonorobu
Summary: Defeating monsters and stopping evil is a tough job, but TEAM RWBY is up for any challenge! Well, except for homework. Ruby may be team leader, but she's got insecurities just like the rest of us. In fact, her worries run deep. These stories show how Ruby overcomes her shortcomings to be a true hero--and what drives her to do it! From a team of exciting new manga artists comes the first volume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RWBBaum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Summary: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press 2015
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Summary: Presents an illustrated adaptation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in which after a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starry Forest Books 2020
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Summary: A very special, beautifully illustrated gift edition of Frank L. Baum’s well-loved classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, complete and unabridged. Join Dorothy and her dog, Toto, as they are whirled up in a great cyclone and find themselves in the magical land of Oz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAUWatkins, Steve
Summary: "Anderson and his friends Greg and Julie have been doing everything they can to avoid the battered trunk full of old military things in the basement of his family's junk shop. Only, staying away seems impossible, and this time Anderson discovers a dusty World War II medic's bag inside the trunk. But who does it belong to?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WATWatkins, Rowboat
Summary: The Go-Go Guys do not want to go to sleep: they want to zoom around and do exciting things--but eventually it is time to go to bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2015
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Summary: Despite her youth and her conservative father, Nicolette becomes involved with the French Resistance, until one day she is taken from the streets of Paris, submerged in the Nazi camps, brutalized, but determined to survive and bear witness to the atrocities she has witnessed. Includes historical note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WATDawkins, Curtis
Summary: "In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle with their humor and insight, even as they describe a harsh and barren existence. In Curtis Dawkins's first short story collection, he offers a window into prison life through the eyes of his narrators...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAWHankins, James
Summary: "When Caitlin Sommers finds herself alone in a deserted parking lot with blood on her clothes and no memory of the past few months, it seems like one of the nightmares that have tormented her for years ... but it's all too real. Desperate to learn the truth about where she's been and what has happened to her but terrified of what she might find, Caitlin embarks on a search for answers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANCalkins, Susanna
Summary: "A 1920s Chicago speakeasy... Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father - and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. She's enchanted by the harsh, glamorous world she discovers: the sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails, the rowdy ex-servicemen playing poker in a curtained back room,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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Summary: Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father, and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. It's a glamorous world of sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails, rowdy ex-servicemen playing poker in a curtained back room, a flirtatious jazz pianist and a brooding photographer-- all overseen by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
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Summary: When a ghost from the Civil War--a teenage Union soldier--appears to Anderson and his friends, demanding to know what happened to his brother, it's up to Anderson, Greg, and Julie to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WATBoyce, S.M.
Summary: Before Stone trained Kara Magari or taught the First Vagabond to master the Blood loyalty, he was nothing more than a slave boy named Terric. Terric is a curious loner hellbent on reading his master’s forbidden books. When one heist goes wrong, Terric abandons his old life and runs for freedom—only to fall prey to a ruthless man named Niccoli. Niccoli is an isen—a creature of magic from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000
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Summary: Ourean legends of the First Vagabond have survived a thousand years, blossoming in pubs and alleys even as the great Bloods of Ourea tried to squelch his name. But the myths glorify the deeds and forget the man he was—Cedric, a boy from a small Hillsidian farming village. As a young man, Cedric discovers a terrifying defect in his nature. He has no blood loyalty, which means he can defy his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000