Washoe County Library System

"Building Boys offers tips and tools that parents can use to help boys move beyond persistent gender stereotypes to full humanity. Understanding, acknowledging, and respecting male development is key to facilitating boys' growth and making the world a safer place for humans of all genders. "--Provided by publisher. "Offers parents tips and tools to help boys move beyond persistent gender stereotypes to full humanity. We want to raise well-rounded...

Strange events involve Frank and Joe Hardy in a mystery which shrouds an ancient treasure—the golden head of the Pharaoh Rhamaton IV. The owner of the million-dollar golden Pharaoh’s head claims it was aboard the freighter Katawa, which sank not far from Whalebone Island. But suspicious developments indicate that Mehmet Zufar may be trying to defraud the shipping line’s insurance company. Frank and Joe enthusiastically accept the challenge of...

Wandering into Saint Juniper's Folly, the nearby woods, Theo stumbles on a haunted house with a boy physically trapped inside and turns to witch Taylor for help to free him, forcing them all to face their own demons to escape the Folly's shadows. "For Jaime, returning to Saint Juniper means returning to a past he’s spent eight years trying to forget. But every gossip in town already knows his business, so he seeks out solitude into the nearby...

"Nathan Treeves is dead, murdered by the Master of Mordew, his remains used to create the powerful occult weapon known as the Tinderbox. His companions are scattered, making for Malarkoi, the city of the Mistress, the Master's enemy. They are hoping to find welcome there, or at least safety. They find neither - and instead become embroiled in a life and death struggle against assassins, demi-gods, and the cunning plans of the Mistress. Only Sirius,...

''Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this suspenseful queer YA romance from critically acclaimed author K. Ancrum reimagines the tale of Icarus as a star-crossed love story between a young art thief and the son of the man he's been stealing from - think Portrait of a Thief for YA readers. Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries....

"The bestselling, National Book Award-finalist novel that inspired Charles Laughton's expressionist horror classic starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Two young children, Pearl and John Harper, are being raised alone by their mother in Cresap'sLanding, Ohio. Their father Ben has just been executed for killing two men in the course of an armed robbery. Ben never told anyone where he hid the ten thousand dollars he stole; not his widow Willa,...

When Mob's violent face-off against a psychokinetic grownup ends with Ritsu being abducted, Mob, Teru, and Dimple infiltrate the headquarters of the cabal known as "Claw" to rescue him. ''Mob's younger brother Ritsu has been abducted by the sinister superpowered cabal, Claw! In order to save him, Mob and Teru team up with Dimple to infiltrate the mysterious organization...in a psychic battle that will pit middle school kids up against adults with...

A collection of Mike Morales comics features stories about Mike babysitting his new little sister, his uncle Aaron making an unwise deal with the villainous Ultimatum, and Miles risking the wrath of C.R.A.D.L.E., the government's anti-hero task force, in a desperate mission to help a friend.

"An eleven-year-old boy lives an idyllic childhood exploring the remote coastal plains and wetlands of South Carolina alongside his parents and his dog Teach. But when the boy's eerie and estranged grandfather shows up one day with no warning, cracks begin to form as hidden secrets resurface that his parents refuse to explain. The longer his grandfather outstays his welcome and the greater the tension between the adults grows, the more the boy feels...

"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right? December 7th, 1941: Everything implodes. Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...