Fred Berman
Author
Language
English
Description
"Herc Beal knows who he's named after - a mythical hero - but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules's amazing feats in real life, he's skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod, and not a single Hydra in sight. Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn't working all the time, Herc...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The first middle-grade book from a picture book master-a harrowing, heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from the terrors of war"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A holiday tale inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors follows the modern story of Joe, who after being forced out of the family business by jealous siblings becomes the chief adviser to the CEO of another company and his own family's savior in the face of a troubled economy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club. When he doodles his observations in his cartoon notebook: "Mighty Jefferson Middle School always wins," Nate decides it's time to go from zeroes to heroes! Will Nate crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 bestselling author of The Historian comes an engrossing novel that spans the past and the present--and unearths the dark secrets of Bulgaria, a beautiful and haunted country. A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi--and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leaning on her beloved Sheltie after a lifetime of painful losses, Justine Meade struggles with a difficult separation when she returns to her childhood home after a twenty-year absence and encounters an estranged couple torn by the loss of their daughter.
8) Citizen K-9
Author
Series
K team novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Citizen K-9, bestselling author David Rosenfelt masterfully blends mystery with dogs and humor to create an investigative team that readers will be rooting for book after book.The Paterson Police Department has created a cold case division, and they want to hire the private investigators known as the K Team to look into the crimes. After all, Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, German shepherd Simon Garfunkel, recently retired from the force. Plus,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The incredible true story of Michael Bornstein--who at age 4 was one of the youngest children to be liberated from Auschwitz--and of his family"--
11) Crooked kingdom
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals, and new enemies emerge to challenge...
12) Two good dogs
Author
Series
One good dog volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Single mom Skye Mitchell has sunk her last dime into a dream, owning the venerable, if run-down LakeView Hotel in the Berkshire Hills. It s here where she believes she'll give her fourteen-year-old daughter Cody a better life. But being an innkeeper is more challenging than she imagined, and Cody still manages to fall in with the wrong crowd. In addition, Cody is keeping an earth-shattering secret that she's terrified to reveal. The once loving,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Public speaking coach and bestselling author Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED (technology, entertainment, design) presenters as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to get their cutting-edge insights and to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations.
14) The unteachables
Author
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Max struggles at knight school, but when evil in the form of bodkins threatens Byjovia, Max reunites the Midknights to save the kingdom"--
16) The K Team
Author
Series
K team novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, Simon Garfunkel, have recently retired from the police force. Not ready to give up the life yet, they come up with a proposal for fellow former cop, Laurie Carpenter, and her investigating partner, Marcus. Laurie and Marcus - who help out Laurie's lawyer husband Andy on cases - have been chafing to jump back into investigating on their own, so they are in. They call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon. Their...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sage Singer becomes friends with an old man who is particularly beloved in her community after they strike up a conversation at the bakery where she works. Josef Weber is everyone's favorite retired teacher and Little League coach. One day he asks Sage for a favor, to kill him. Shocked, Sage refuses, but then he tells her he deserves to die. Once he reveals his secret, Sage wonders if he is right. Can someone who has committed a truly heinous act...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved, and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in. When Gustav was set to be transferred to Auschwitz--a certain death sentence--Fritz refused to leave his side. Throughout the horrors they witnessed and the suffering...
19) One good dog
Author
Series
One good dog volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed author Susan Wilson brings us a touching yet unblinkingly authentic tale of loss and rediscovery, of true friendship and learning what’s truly important in life. One note. Three words. And Adam March’s well-ordered life and well-laid plans are shattered. The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbing wife or for his rebellious...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition, Abridged edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Duke and his construction crew of worker dogs race to build and repair a highway from the city to the beach.