Washoe County Library System

"A clear-eyed, optimistic guide for parents with adult children who need help navigating the challenges to launching an independent life. Times were already tough for young adults looking for ways to start living independent lives after high school and college: rents were up, wages were down, then the Covid-19 pandemic hit and a generation of young people were forced out of classrooms and routines, and back home living with their parents. Now many...

''A Short Walk Home is a heartfelt and inspirational memoir of a father raising and ultimately losing a child to the neurological disorder adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Exploring the full extent to which a disease like ALD can shape and affect a life, as both David Cry and his family try to come to grips with the inevitable conclusion to their struggles, A Short Walk Home captures the helplessness and anger that every parent feels at being unable to...

Reimagines the life of Anna Filing Fort, wife of the most famous researcher of "anomalous phenomena" as she searches for three missing girls and encounters a ghost in the woods on Prosper Island at the estate of an eccentric millionaire. ''A haunting mystery about lost girls and the woman driven to find them, from the author of the contemporary classic Lives of the Monster Dogs. Anna Fort wants to be a supportive wife, even if that means accompanying...

"After fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, Aleida's search for her missing child sets her on a collision course with Hugh, a charismatic BBC radio correspondent. During the London Blitz, they will risk their lives to discover the truth--and finda connection closer than they could have ever imagined"-- "After fleeing the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, Aleida's search for her missing child sets her on a collision course with Hugh, a charismatic...

"An inspirational book that conveys the virtues of various historical heroes"-- "The perfect graduation gift, this book of heroes compiles the most inspirational content from the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World series. More than twenty heroic figures from the past and present share their wisdom in this friendly, fun book that combines quotes and artwork from the beloved picture book biography series Ordinary People Change...

"When twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway and his friends are left home from Beach Bash, aka the greatest party of the year, only to realize that everyone in town has disappeared without a trace, they do what any smart, responsible kids would do . . . have the best day ever! No parental supervision sounds fun for a while, but forever is a long time. And soon the gang starts to notice strange things happening around town, and they're only getting...

Bay Ann is sure her tap dance will shine at the school talent show, but when her crush, Alyee Maq, catches her before she falls (which was his fault anyway) and gets all the "fame" she is determined to beat him at his own attention-seeking game. ''Bay Ann doesn't think she's a star--she knows it! Now how does she prove it to the rest of the world? This is a hilarious graphic novel about friendship, fame, and fighting for control of your own story,...

''¡Resuelve todos los PORQUÉS con la ENCICLOPEDIA BRITANNICA! ¿POR QUÉ explotan las palomitas? ¿POR QUÉ tenemos hipo? ¿POR QUÉ pican los mosquitos? ABRE ESTE LIBRO PARA RESPONDER A ESTAS PREGUNTAS… ¡Y MUCHAS MÁS! Repleto de datos curiosos, historias sorprendentes y misterios sin resolver sobre el mundo que nos rodea, este libro es el mapa para la emocionante aventura que comienza preguntándose... ¿POR QUÉ? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION...

"Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heartfelt novel about family, grief, secrets, and forgiveness"-- "Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heartfelt novel about family, grief, secrets, and forgiveness. Savannah was four years old when her twin sister, Georgia, went missing from their small Louisiana town, fracturing their family. Twenty-eight...

Marinette and Adrien, two junior high students, have been uniquely chosen to save Paris from the evil doings of the villain Hawk Moth. These two live a normal life of going to school and dealing with friends, family and growing up. But when evil threatens, they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and gain super powers with the help of their magical pets.