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"As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck,...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KEANE 2019
2 available
FICTION KEANE 2019
2 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KEANE 2019
2 available
FICTION KEANE 2019
2 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KEANE 2019
1 available
FICTION KEANE 2019
1 available
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"A family saga about two Irish American families in a New York suburb, the love between two of their children, and the tragedies that threaten to tear them apart and destroy their futures"--
3) Betty
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"A stunning, lyrical coming-of-age novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl, with only the compass of her father's imagination, must navigate racism, sexism, and the dark secrets that will haunt her for the rest of her life. "A girl comes of age against the knife." So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in Arkansas in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings....
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Adult Fiction
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
FICTION COSBY 2020
1 available
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series...
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ANDREA 2022
1 available
FICTION ANDREA 2022
1 available
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"This remarkable, deeply moving story brings you deep into the hearts and souls of a tight-knit group of friends--girls growing up in Queens, the polyglot borough of New York, where the streets sprawl for miles and echo with voices from all over the world, and the scent of bubbling oil, chopped garlic, and grilled meats waft through open windows as night comes to the neighborhood. Here Nadira, Mae, Trish, and Aisha become friends for life--or so they...
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HICKS 2022
1 available
FICTION HICKS 2022
1 available
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A collection of short stories that showcases modern day adventurers in tales about an Osage woman who hides her origins while attempting to social climb in midcentury Oklahoma and a young professional who sees the ghosts of his ancestors.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION FORD 2020
1 available
FICTION FORD 2020
1 available
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"It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine's father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church-a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But she does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever....
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION DICKEN 2014
1 available
FICTION DICKEN 2014
1 available
South Valleys Library - Children's Fiction
J FICTION DIC 1995
1 available
J FICTION DIC 1995
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Dickens' great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition. This is the novel Dickens regarded as his "favourite child" and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'umble Uriah Heep,...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CHANG 2020
2 available
FICTION CHANG 2020
2 available
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"Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers." - George Saunders. A Recommended Book From Buzzfeed * USA Today * New York Magazine * O, the Oprah Magazine * Parade * Electric Literature * The Millions * San Antonio Express-News * Domino. A wry, tender portrait of a young woman-finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
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17 copies, 93 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
12 copies, 134 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
12 copies, 134 people are on the wait list.
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Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
2 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
LP FICTION KINGSO 2022
1 available
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The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
"From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon...
11) Don't know tough
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CRANOR 2022
1 available
FICTION CRANOR 2022
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CRANOR 2022
1 available
FICTION CRANOR 2022
1 available
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"Trent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother's abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it's not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent...
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
796.332 BISSIN 2015
1 available
796.332 BISSIN 2015
1 available
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Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
MYSTERY KUKAFK 2017
1 available
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"When fifteen-year-old Lucinda Hayes is found dead in her sleepy Colorado suburb, the secret lives of three people connected to her are revealed: the social outcast who loved her from afar, the jaded girl who despised her, and the policeman investigating her death"--
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SLAUGH 2017
1 available
FICTION SLAUGH 2017
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SLAUGH 2017
1 available
FICTION SLAUGH 2017
1 available
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3 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behindTwenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father Pikeville's notorious defense attorney devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.Twenty-eight years later,...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CLEMEN 2018
1 available
FICTION CLEMEN 2018
1 available
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The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen. Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother...
16) Home
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
LP FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
LP FICTION MORRIS 2012
1 available
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"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--Provided by publisher.
17) If I survive you
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ESCOFF 2022
1 available
FICTION ESCOFF 2022
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ESCOFF 2022
1 available
FICTION ESCOFF 2022
1 available
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"In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the couple and their two children learn, is far from the promised land. Excluded from society as Black immigrants, the family pushes on through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a house so cursed that the pet fish launches itself out of its own tank rather than stay. But even as things fall apart, the family remains...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WEISS 2017
1 available
FICTION WEISS 2017
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WEISS 2017
1 available
FICTION WEISS 2017
1 available
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"In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
FICTION CONKLI 2019
1 available
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When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time. It begins in a big yellow house with a funeral, an iron poker, and a brief variation forever known as the Pause: a free and feral summer in a middle-class Connecticut town. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION BROWN 2021
1 available
FICTION BROWN 2021
1 available
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Growing up in a riverside region of 1980s Maine, three brothers from the Penobscot Nation find their childhood innocence shattered by a nearby paper mill fire that divides their community.