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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
193 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Nan, unhappy with her life as a wife and mother, leaves home at the age of fifty on an unscripted trip across the country in search of herself, chronicling her insights and adventures in letters home to her husband, and in diary entries.
Author
Series
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. col. ill. 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flyswatters and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Wednesday books edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Over six turbulent months, she fills three diaries with sharply funny yet poignant entries and manages to find herself hopelessly in love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle" and the heart of the reader.
Author
Series
Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.
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Language
English
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
6) Cabin fever
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Language
English
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"Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse that being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Language
English
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Through her diary, Bridget Jones takes readers on a tour of a hilarious year-in-the-life of a confused thirty-something singleton in London. She chronicles her doomed quest for self-perfection, convinced that she would have all the answers if she could just lose seven pounds, stop smoking, and attain inner poise.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 13
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
10) Eva at the beach
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
13) Get well, Eva
Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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When Eva hurts her wing, she visits the hospital and meets a new friend, Rocco, who has a broken leg--but wearing a sling for a week prevents her from writing in her diary, and she turns to her friends and family in order to keep it up to date.
Author
Language
English
Description
As England becomes enmeshed in the early days of World War II and the men are away fighting, the women of Chilbury village forge an uncommon bond. They defy the Vicar's stuffy edict to close the choir and instead resurrect themselves as the Chilbury Ladies' Choir. There's a timid widow devastated when her only son goes to fight; the older daughter of a local scion drawn to a mysterious artist; her younger sister pining over an impossible crush; a...
Author
Series
Unicorn diaries volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rainbow Tinseltail (called Bo) has never actually seen a dragon, but when things start going missing from Sparklegrove School for Unicorns all clues seem to point to a dragon pup called Scorch--but when Scorch does not return to the dragon caves, Bo and her friends become worried that he has gotten lost in the forest and they set out to find their new friend.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 7
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.
17) Happy hour
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"It's the summer of 2013, and while New York swelters Isa and Gala scrape and hustle to get by. Among a rotating cast of artists, academics, and bad-mannered grifters, they discover that desires aren't for denying. But as money gets sparse and circumstances grow precarious, the pair struggle to convert social capital into something more tangible"--
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Language
English
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As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined, until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing and too earth-shattering in its implications, to be forgotten. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
National Book Award-winner Andrea Barrett deftly blends fact and fiction to create this magnificent epic of Victorian polar exploration. An amazing wealth of period detail, heart-racing action, and engaging characters enable you to fully experience the 19th-century's romance with the mystery of the Arctic. In hope of making his reputation, scholar-naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells embarks on a perilous expedition to the North Pole. Through his eyes,...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he?s officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won?t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look...
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