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Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
354 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A short novella based on the beloved characters from the graphic novel Heartstopper and Alice Oseman's debut novel Solitaire, which was praised as 'The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age' by The Times. The festive season isn't always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now... I'm not going to think about the past few...
4) In Nightfall
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Soon after arriving in the tiny tourist town of Nightfall, Oregon, siblings Theo and Marco break their grandmother's rule not to leave the house after dark and befriend a mysterious group of beguiling girls who are far from what they seem.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In Los Angeles, Dean Decetes, a pornographer with messianic delusions, spins out of control, spending his time drinking himself into a stupor, getting beaten up by strangers he's recklessly insulted, stealing credit cards to pay for sex, being arrested, begging favors, and mounting a PR campaign to make himself famous with the help of a loyal foot soldier-a porn-loving midget he met in jail. Meanwhile his pious, romantic spinster sister, who reluctantly...
6) Fallout
Author
Series
Crank trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2013].
Edition
First Margaret K. McElderry Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
663 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three aliens set off to find a new planet for themselves but soon Bork and Gork have forgotten all of their mother's good advice and only Nklxwcyz builds a home safe enough to withstand the Big Bad Robot in this story reminiscent of "The Three Little Pigs."
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
©2020
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
360, 14 pages; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shady Grove inherited her father's ability to call ghosts from the grave with his fiddle, but she also knows the fiddle's tunes bring nothing but trouble and darkness. But when her brother is accused of murder, she can't let the dead keep their secrets. In order to clear his name, she's going to have to make those ghosts sing. - Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st Vintage International ed., New and corrected ed.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the tragic times of the Compson family, including beautiful, rebellious Caddy; manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their Black servant.
11) Watch us dance
Author
Series
In the country of others volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First English-language edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others"--
12) Sweet thing
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among the boats and railway tracks of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They fantasize about...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 25 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Rafael tries to save his toys from his baby sister, Essie, by building a wall from shoeboxes, toilet paper rolls, and other household objects in this playful exploration of spatial sense and geometry.
Author
Publisher
Loqueleo
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Dori tiene una gran imaginación, mucha energía y dos hermanos que no quieren jugar con ella porque dicen que aún es una bebé. Pero la Pulga, como su familia la llama, nunca se aburre. Ella y Mari, su inseparable amiga monstruo, siempre tienen muicho que hacer: comer galletas, buscar monstruos, responder preguntas interesantes y tramar el plan perfecto para deshacerse de la terrorífica señora Crujilda Crocante, una roba-bebés de 507 años con...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Board book edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rain is falling, and these siblings know just how to enjoy it: raincoats, rubber boots, puddle jumping, swimming ducks, and wiggling worms! A thunderstorm sends the children scrambling for home and a cup of hot cocoa. Maybe it will rain again tomorrow!"--Amazon.
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dory, a highly imaginative youngest child, makes a new friend at school but her brother and sister are sure Rosabelle is imaginary, just like all of Dory's other friends.
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