Walker, Lane
Summary: A shipwreck, a greedy billionaire, and a record-sized great white shark are about to invade Casey's life. Who or what will survive? Can man and beast coexist in the Pacific Ocean?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series WalkerBenchley, Peter
Summary: When three people are killed by a great white shark in three different incidents, the police chief of a Long Island resort town is forced to take action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENTarshis, Lauren
Summary: In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2016
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Summary: My name is Julia. This is the story of the summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees. Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAROkorafor, Nnedi
Summary: Niger, West Africa, 2077. Welcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild megacity—you get the idea. I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none. This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2023
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Summary: In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OKOMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jasmine Lopez loves exploring the coral reefs around Fiji where her marine biologist parents are stationed, and though young, she is already a certified scuba diver, a fact that her ten-year-old brother Arjun seems to resent; in fact he seems to believe he already knows everything about diving, and certainly does not want help from his older sister--until his overconfidence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADSummary: "Immerse yourself in a land of bomnubbles and quarreling cousins, sea dragons and book publishers, thieves and Fangs and secret maps. Here within these pages lie six stories of the distant past, lost adventures, forgotten songs, and heartbreaking histories."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2021
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Summary: When a dam fails and rushing waters sweep away their adult supervisors, five middle schoolers on a white-water rafting adventure are left alone with few supplies and the opportunity to forge powerful bonds as well as develop dangerous disagreements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHIJohnson, Anna Rose
Summary: "Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse- keepers -- and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC JOHMárquez, Melissa Cristina
Summary: Arriving in Sri Lanka to find an extremely rare Pondicherry shark, 12-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her family discover that it is the main attraction in a restaurant aquarium and must convince the restaurant's owners to release it back into the wild.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARWoods, Stuart
Summary: Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in NYC, but he is asked to transport top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off, unaware of what he is bringing with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WOOOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they learn that the farmer's baby llama has been stolen, and Jack and Annie vow to bring the little animal back to its owners. But the journey is treacherous--they must climb to the peak of Machu Picchu and climb back down in order to complete this mission. Jack and Annie have been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: 1826. The legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Xiang has grown up with stories about the Dragon Fleet and its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Dragon Queen. Desperate to set sail and explore, Xiang mainly wishes to find her father, a crew member of the Dragon Fleet. Her only memento of him is a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry. The pendant's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEEStilton, Thea
Summary: There is a crisis in the Starlight Kingdom, one of the fantasy worlds: its stars, powered by a special kind of stardust, are fading and may soon go out forever, leaving the Kingdom in darkness--so the Thea sisters and Will Mystery set out for Brightstar Castle to discover what is wrong, but first they must overcome the obstacles and challenges that the fairies are placing in their way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC STIGarretson, Dee
Summary: In this all-new very special miniseries, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations--all around the world! The final leg of the Aldens' journey brings them to South America and to the Salt Flats in northern Argentina. But when they hit a dead end, they realize someone has tricked them in order to delay their plans!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BCGA 5Grylls, Bear
Summary: Fatima is having fun camping with her friends, but she is afraid the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GRYOcean, Davy
Summary: "Harry Hammer's latest hero, Terranaut Buzz Sharkfin, is planning a mission to outer space, which to a shark is planet Earth! Harry and his lifelong frenemy Rick Reef are chosen for Buzz's daring mission, but daring turns dangerous when the guys come fin-to-fin with dogs, cars, and--yikes!--humans in this strange and wacky new world."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC OCECliff, Tony
Summary: These cats are on an adventure to find that darn mouse named Sleepy. But Sleepy is a sneaky mouse--he's hard to find. The cats will have to look everywhere: all over town, out by the beach, up in space, and even back in time with the dinosaurs! Can the cats catch that mouse? Even if they don't, at the end of the day, they may just get "sleepy" after all.-- Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CLIRiordan, Rick
Summary: "In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer campers' questions such as "What is this place?" and "Do I get to keep the T-shirt?""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD RIOSullivan, M. J.
Summary: " Friendships, loyalty and online anonymity are tested when four of the best young gamers in the world find themselves immersed in the world of their favourite video game, Distant Dawn. Jack, Megan, Ayo and Cameron are the Raid Mob: four teenage misfits whose lifelong friendship involves obsessing over old films, surviving school bullies ... and secretly being four of the best gamers on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clock Tower Publishing, an imprint of Sweet Cherry Publishing Limited 2022
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Summary: Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a whitewater rafting camping trip, when he's awoken by screams. The dam has failed. The river is surging, and their camp will be underwater in a matter of moments. As the shrieking roar of the river rushes closer, the kids scramble to higher ground. They make it; their counselors do not. Now they're on their own, with barely any supplies, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: "If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "If any man can do the impossible it’s Richard Sharpe... And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to do when he's dispatched on an undercover mission deep in the Spanish countryside. For a remote village is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, it is the last link between two French armies, one in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024