Washoe County Library System

"Penny and her friends find an old map that takes them on a search through their town for hidden treasure"-- "Little by little, Penny Lowry is making it through the fifth grade—with a bit of help from her friends Maria, Kristian, and Rocco, as well as her lovable dog Cosmo. And there's a lot of change to deal with this year! Penny's newborn twin brother and sister have everyone in her family on their last nerve with their crying. Her friends Maria...

Is Skeleton Creek Real? Discover the very disturbing possibility: Skeleton Creek used real videos of terrifying experiences and they're passing them off as fiction. "One person claims to have evidence that proves Skeleton Creek is anything but fiction. He says he's discovered files and information that no one else has, and it all points to a very disturbing possibility: Skeleton Creek used real videos of terrifying experiences and they’re passing...

''En Descerebrados, la entrega más reciente de la serie superventas Diario del Wimpy Kid, dependerá de Greg que cierren o no para siempre el instituto por el que ha pasado sin pena ni gloria. Un auténtico fenómeno mundial. Hasta ahora, el instituto no ha sido lo que diríamos un camino de rosas para Greg Heffley. Así que cuando la ciudad amenaza con cerrar el edificio porque está en ruinas, a Greg no se le ve muy afectado. Pero cuando se...

To get her best friend back, anxious and inventive eleven-year-old Maple performs a scientific experiment to uncover the secret to becoming fun. "Perfect for fans of Dork Diaries and Emmie & Friends, this first book in a diary-style illustrated middle grade series follows an anxious, science-minded sixth grader determined to become fun and win back her friend. Sixth grade has been pretty disaster-free for aspiring astronaut Maple McNutt—which...

"In this dystopian novel about total collapse by internationally renowned author Amin Maalouf, a complete blackout hits a small island with only two solitary inhabitants, who suddenly have to depend on each other. Alec, a press artist with an impressive track record, settles on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. He has little contact with his neighbor, a solitary woman who wrote a cult book years ago, before withdrawing from public life. That...