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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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When three female suspects in the murder of an accountant, who was a master manipulator, go missing, Detective Sean Walsh, who has a personal connection to the case, discovers why the women have to stay hidden from both the law and each other.
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Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"In the blasted ruins of what was once a picture-perfect suburb, nothing stirs--except the postman. Clad in a hazmat suit and mounted on a bicycle, he is still delivering the mail, nuclear apocalypse or no nuclear apocalypse. One family has taken refuge in an underground fallout shelter, and to them he brings--or, rather, shouts through the air vent--a series of odd, anonymous letters. They describe the family's prosperous past life, and then begin...
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"Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Café, known far and wide for its famous 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' And as Bud often said of his childhood, 'How lucky can you get?' But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with...
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English
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Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel. Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes...
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English
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When ninety-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000 acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never actually met her. Josephine's cryptic note says she wants to discuss and important legal matter, but why enlist Brooke and not the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years?
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Series
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl volume 2
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Squirrel Girl is back with more adventures including facing off against evil squirrels of all sizes.
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Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In this hilarious graphic novel, the roles of cats and humans are reversed, putting humanoid felines in charge of tiny, dimwitted little man-pets. Manfried is a stray taken in by Steve Catson, a slacker with a dead-end job and nonexistent love life. Soon Manfried becomes the Garfield to Steves Jon Arbuckle: lazy, selfish, and sometimes maddening in his weird human behavior. Yet the pair depends on each other to get through lifes troubles. When Manfried...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast's new graphic memoir--a hilarious illustrated ode/guide/thank-you note to Manhattan as only she could write it.For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) was surreal. But she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted...
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Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"Hareta and his friends take on Team Galactic! But they've walked right into a trap! Hareta, together with several of Sinnoh's Gym Leaders, launch their attack on Team Galactic's headquarters (after a short break for some lunch)! Things go wrong quickly, and one by one, Hareta's friends are captured. Hareta pushes deeper into the enemy lair, only to come face-to-face with Mitsumi, who has now joined Team Galactic! The two friends and their Pokémon...
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Series
Spy school volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Ben Ripley is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science-but he's entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Ben becomes an undercover agent and goes on his first assignment in this graphic novel adaptation of SPY SCHOOL"--
Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley leaves his public middle school to attend the CIA's highly secretive Espionage Academy, which everyone is told is an elite science school....
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
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"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted-they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked-Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"-but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
13) Marvel meow
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Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Join Captain Marvel's pet, Chewie, as she wreaks havoc in the lives of Marvel Comics' most popular characters in this nearly word-less work. Gain a new perspective on beloved favorites such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, formidable villains including Thanos and Galactus, and antiheroes like Deadpool, as they all become the playthings of this capricious “cat” creature.
14) Gorgeous
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Publisher
Koyama Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Sophie has tried to stay out of trouble, but tonight trouble has found her. On a lonely stretch of highway under a star-studded sky, she meets anarchist punks in a crack-up of metal and emotion that proves sometimes the freedom of youth causes damage along the way
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Series
Hilo volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As D.J., Gina, Hilo and Izzy go on another adventure together, Hilo gets even closer to answering the questions of his past. But the shocking answers he gets are not the ones he expected or wanted"--
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Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Violet the bear has awoken early from her hibernation, but she doesn't know why. She's called on Shelby and Watts to solve the case before her son, Theodore, is roused from his hibernation, too. With Shelby's deductive skills and Watts's scientific know-how, they'll leave no stone unturned or question unanswered"--
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Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Sanity and Tallulah live in a space station at the end of the galaxy. When Sanity's illegally created three-headed kitten escapes, the girls have to turn their home upside down to find her in this graphic novel"--
19) Pashmina
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pris mom avoids these questionsthe topic of India is permanently closed.For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million...
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