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Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Back Bay 10th anniversary pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 1079 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent.
"Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the most endearingly screwed-up families in contemporary fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he'd do anything to forget: the story in which he's the only kid in his class who survived a school shooting. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone...
4) No brainer
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greg and his classmates must save their crumbling school before it is shuttered for good.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stop! Unless you want to be scared, do NOT read this book. These tales of terror are so horrible, so alarming, they had to be bound up between these pages forever! You’ll discover The Boogerman, an oozing horror that lurks in mirrors. You’ll read about Instagrave, a popular new app that tells kids how they are going to die. In Epizeuxis, you’ll learn what happens if you speak the name of a—wait. We’ve said too much already. The things between...
Author
Series
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Penelope Rex brings home Walter, the class goldfish, for the weekend, she is not sure how to feel, but when Walter goes missing, Penelope searches high and low for her fishy classmate.
Author
Series
Those darn squirrels volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
When grumpy Old Man Fookwire builds feeders to try to keep birds--the only creatures he likes--from leaving for the winter, he finds himself in a battle with clever, crafty squirrels who want a share of the abundant food.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little... competitive. Okay. They're a LOT competitive. The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win. But it won't be easy. The competition doesn't just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug's best subjects... With only a week to go, Doug launches a quest...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
62 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Bear and Bird are best friends, and they spend a lot of time together. They don't always understand each other, but both agree that all they want is for their friend to be happy. So when Bear forgets the most important thing to pack for a picnic (but pretends that he didn't), Bird doesn't let on that she knew all along. And when Bird is upset to discover her friend has more of a certain talent than she does, Bear finds a touching way to make her feel...
11) The baddies
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
A troll, a witch, and a ghost compete to see who can scare the little girl who is new to the their neighborhood, but her courage and kindness defeats them all.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
A girl experiences a tumultuous and overwhelming visit from her aunts, but when they finally say good-bye she discovers that the uncles are on their way to visit.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While bumbling PI Percival Smidgely tries to find missing pig Mercy Watson, a trio of clever neighborhood sleuths follow a trail of hoof prints - and a delicious aroma - to recover their porcine wonder, in this uproariously funny, extra-special series finale.
14) Cake vs. Pie!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cake and Pie must battle it out to determine who gets to be the favorite dessert"--
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Interrupting Cow has a mystery to solve! Do sheep growl, groan, or howl? If not, what could this strange new creature in the pasture be? One thing Interrupting Cow does know is that there’s always room for more friends!"--
16) Ode to a bad day
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances, but even bad days end eventually.
Author
Series
Jeeves and Wooster volume 12
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1990, c1954
Edition
First Perennial Library edition
Physical Desc
246 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jeeves comes to the rescue when Bertie Wooster finds himself in possession of a stolen necklace, a possible trip to the altar with Lady Florence Craye, and facing the ire of Lady Craye's former admirer.
Author
Series
Dead Endia volume 1
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
200 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Barney Guttman’s life has been turned upside down. His family is struggling to fully embrace his trans identity, but thanks to his best friend Norma, he’s just landed a job at Phoenix Parks, a Dollywood-esque amusement park inspired by the long life and career of mysteriously youthful actress and singer Pauline Phoenix. Soon, Barney and his dog, Pugsley, secretly move into the haunted house attraction. Little does Barney know, the house contains...
19) Go-go guys
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Go-Go Guys do not want to go to sleep: they want to zoom around and do exciting things--but eventually it is time to go to bed.
20) Grimwood
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Ted and Nancy arrive in Grimwood, instead of peace and quiet, they're met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits, and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is...weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, they must unite with the other animals of Grimwood in a mind-bending race against time!"--
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