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Author
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Every 12 years, the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac take the form of warriors and engage in the ultimate battle royal. They face one another in battles to the death, using all the powers of their star signs, and the sole survivor is granted the ultimate prize--a wish. Any wish.
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023, 2017.
Description
A beautifully illustrated picture book about Barbie--the most famous doll in the world--and her visionary creator, Ruth Handler. After noticing how her daughter played with "grown-up" paper dolls, Ruth Handler wanted to create a doll that would inspire little girls to use their huge imaginations and big dreams about their futures. While others told her it wasn't possible, Ruth Handler proved them all wrong by creating the most famous doll ever. This...
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Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Ariel is a curious mermaid who is fond of the things of the human world. One night, she swam to the surface of the sea, where she saw a ship in danger. Ariel rescued one young man, Prince Eric, but she swam away before he could see her. More than anything Ariel wished she could be with Eric. Ursula the sea witch promised to make Ariel human in exchange for her voice; she would have three days to get true love's kiss or she would belong to the sea...
4) The ravaged
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
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"Jack's dying mother told him, "Run and never look back." He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2003
Description
In the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn into a world of white privilege. The Reason for It traces the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening...
6) The drop
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"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue, " New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
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Series
Love comes softly volume 4
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Clark and Marty visit their daughter Missie and her husband Willie in the far West and meet their two little grandsons, but their faith is tested once again when the visit is marred by a tragic accident.
8) The giver
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
9) Turning red
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"In Turning Red, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!" --
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A glittery Easter board book starring Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol! Help Skye, Chase, Marshall, and the rest of Adventure Bay's amazing pups get ready for Easter while learning to count from one to ten. Girls and boys ages 3 to 7 who love Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol will thrill to this board book.
11) Storm front
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion
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When, throughout the world, high-level bankers are being tortured and murdered by his old nemesis Gregor Volkov, Derrick Storm is called in by the CIA to figure out who Volkov is working for and why, and, with the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent, uncovers a plot that could destroy the global economy.
12) Dead on target
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Series
Agatha Raisin mystery volume 34
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"Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Dead on Target. A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods--with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha's old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes,...
13) True grit
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Description
Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers. True Grit is the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Academy Award® winning 2010 version starring Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers.
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retrieve it.
18) Love from Bluey
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Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Publisher Annotation: Celebrate love with Bluey and Bingo! Based on the award-winning animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+ "Love can be found in the strangest of places." It's bedtime! Read a bedtime story with Mum and Bingo about all the ways you can love while Dad tries to get Bluey ready for bed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Now that the castle gates are open, Anna and Elsa are thrilled to be finally getting to know their kingdom. Anna bubbles with enthusiasm for all the things to do and the people to meet in Arendelle, and Elsa loves using her magic to help the town. But ruling a kingdom can be tiring-- and more than anything, the sisters want to spend time together!
20) Deadly heat
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Series
Nikki Heat volume 5
Description
Determined to find justice for her mother, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat continues to pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered her execution over a decade ago. For the hunt, Nikki teams once again with her romantic partner, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Jameson Rook. Their quest for the old spy and the motive behind the past murder unearths an alarming terror plot - which is anything but ancient history. It...
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