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1241) The 26-storey treehouse
Author
Series
Treehouse series volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda Audio
Pub. Date
p2012.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
2 audio discs (1 hr., 38 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Andy and Terry live in a 26-storey treehouse. It has a bumper car rink, a skate ramp, an antigravity chamber, an ice cream parlor with 78 flavors, and the Maze of Doom. This time, the two friends have a whole week to finish their next book, and Andy even knows what it should be about; the story of how he and Terry first met. But, life is never boring in the treehouse, and emergency shark operations, giant storms, and wooden pirate heads are just the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Creepy! Crawly! Criminy! Stink is bonkers about most scientific things. But dangle a spider in front of him and he goes berserk! Stink is so freaked out by spiders that he can't read about them. He can't look at them. He can't think about them. And he for sure can't touch them! Stink has arachnophobia (a fear of spiders), and he has it bad. But when a hairy backyard emergency arises, Stink is forced to face his fear--and eight beady eyes--head-on....
1243) A place at the table
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Teenage sisters Eila and Mallika Das are attending a summer camp where the campers are trying out for minor parts in a romance/detective television show set in Regency times--but when Eila meets the handsome Rahul it is clear that there is plenty of drama to be had outside of the screenplay.
Author
Series
Dragon masters volume 21
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drake and the other Dragon Masters help Wildroot, a Flower Dragon whose home is in danger, find his Dragon Master Oskar after Oskar's identity is revealed to them by the Dragon Stone.
1246) The little prince
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life. The anniversary edition includes original reviews of the novel, information about the author's life and work and the making of the story
1248) Man made monsters
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
315 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
231 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1986, two tragedies rocked Oklahoma City. Six movie-theater employees were killed in an armed robbery, while one inexplicably survived. Then, a teenage girl vanished from the annual State Fair. Neither crime was ever solved. Twenty-five years later, the reverberations of those unsolved cases quietly echo through survivors' lives. A private investigator in Vegas, Wyatt's latest inquiry takes him back to a past he's tried to escape--...
1251) The impossible crime
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them--and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them, it's up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal them in 1671, or someone else entirely.
1252) The beast player
Author
Series
Beast player volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
About a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
Author
Series
Amina al-Sirafi novels volume 1
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
14 audio discs (1020 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first book of "a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman's determined quest to seize a final chance at glory--and write her own legend ... Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, she's survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands,...
1254) Alias Grace
Author
Language
English
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Description
It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story...
1255) When stars are scattered
Author
Language
English
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"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--
1256) A place to belong
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
1257) Saint Anything: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
1258) Just life: a novel
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 386 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Veterinarian Samantha Lewis and her team are dedicated to providing a sanctuary for unwanted, abused, and abandoned dogs in New York City. But every day it gets harder to operate her no-kill shelter. Sam is already at her breaking point when she learns of an unidentified, dangerous virus spreading through their neighborhood. The medical community can only determine that animals are the carriers. Amid growing panic and a demand for immediate answers,...
1259) The golden compass
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Accompanied by her daemon (her spirit-familiar), Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
1260) Greek myths
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
165 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A gorgeous collection of classic Greek myths welcomes readers into a legendary world of beauty, tragedy, and miracle. Compelling prose enlivens 16 of the most celebrated myths, from the sadness of Persephone to the ill-fated love of Orpheus and Eurydice. Illustrations.