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Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A moving middle grade story...about the enduring bond between twins: Anders, who has recently died, and Lily, who has to balance her grief and confusion with a brother who isn't quite gone--and how to navigate a world that is moving forward without him"--
Author
Series
Infinity courts novel volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Ten months ago Nami escaped Ophelia and the Courts of Infinity, and found a sort of refuge in the Borderlands; she has spent her days training her body and mind so that when the time comes she will be able to navigate Infinity and rescue her captured friends, and now she has made a breakthrough, gaining the ability to enter minds without permission--the answers she needs are in Prince Caelan's mind, but his betrayal has left her unsure about her ability...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
This deluxe junior novelization retells the exciting story of Disney/Pixar Soul! Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams, and your interests come from? What is it that makes you . . . YOU? In 2020, Pixar Animation Studios takes you on a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life's most important questions. Transported from his body on the most important day of his life, musician Joe Gardner has...
Author
Series
Brookstone brides volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
After her father's death, Lizzy Brookstone, the star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza, loses interest in performing. What she longs for is a life with the Brookstone ranch foreman, Wesley DeShazer, the man who once broke her heart. Meanwhile, Jason Adler, son of the show's new financial partner, comes to help with the show, and Lizzy soon finds him vying for her affection. Ella Fleming is fleeing a forced engagement...
Author
Publisher
Delphinium Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"This dark, propulsive novel, the crowning masterwork by the 92-year-old Caldwell, takes place during 1992, when AIDS was still an incurable scourge and death casualties were every day events. One cold winter night, when the artist, Dempsey Coates, is on the way home to her loft, she encounters a several alarm blaze, water jetting every which way from hydrants, and ends up offering several fireman a place to get warm. One of them is Johnny Donegan,...
9) Good as gold
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Casey's life in Langston has been charmed. She's the queen bee of her prep school, a shoo-in for prom queen, and on her way to the Ivy League come fall. But when her father loses his job and her family is suddenly on the brink of losing their house, Casey needs a financial life raft -- and fast. With graduation looming, Casey's feeling the pressure to fix her fractured family before the clock runs out. She'll do anything, even search for treasure...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016, 2015.
Description
"From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever--featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics"--
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
From the international bestselling author of Last Train to Istanbul comes a novel based on true events that explores the depths of pride, devotion, and persistence as four generations of a family struggle to forge their destinies. As Hitlers reign of terror begins to loom large over Germany, Gerhard and Elsa Schliemann--like other German Jews--must flee with their children in search of sanctuary. But life elsewhere in Europe offers few opportunities...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"There seems an unquenchable fascination with the British royal family on both sides of the Atlantic, borne out by the popularity of The Crown on Netflix, the spotlight on the Sussexes and Cambridges, and the media attention on the death of Prince Philip. These detailed interviews and insightful accounts range from the very early years of her reign to Prince Phillip's death in 2021. Covering the shocking death of her father and the adjustment required...
Author
Description
"Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper ... Venice. Caroline's quest: to scatter Juliet "Lettie" Browning's ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than sixty years. It's 1938 when art teacher Juliet Browning arrives in romantic Venice. For her students, it's a...
16) The Black Kids
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Description
With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble.
Los Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death, violent...
Author
Series
[Scarlet alchemist duology] volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In an alternate Tang Dynasty China, aspiring royal alchemist Zilan, who has the ability to resurrect the dead, arrives in the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country and becomes drawn into the dangerous political games of the royal family.
Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. Instead she lives in an impoverished...
18) Thirst
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
©2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she's begun working as a maid, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there’s even a rooftop swimming pool. There, she also finds herself serving a girl her own age -- a girl who has the luxury to focus on her studies, something Minni is finding harder to do with all her responsibilities. It's a lot to handle. Then one day, Minni encounters the water mafia boss and faces her biggest dilemma...
19) Clover Blue
Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books/Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Set against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California, Clover Blue is a compelling, beautifully written story of a young boy's search for identity. There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were. What he does know with certainty is that among this close-knit, nature-loving group, he is happy. Here,...
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