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Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Do you ever wonder how you woke up one day with all the responsibilities of a grown-up who secretly enjoys going to Costco, can no longer recognize the tween celebrities on the magazines at checkout, but is still surprised when a Starbucks Barista calls you "ma'am"--because your inside self is frozen in time from about twenty years ago? So does Lisa-Jo Baker. Welcome to the middle! In these intimate reflections on midlife, Lisa-Jo Baker invites women...
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Series
Nico di Angelo adventures volume 1
A Nico Di Angelo adventure volume 1
[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles volume 17
A Nico Di Angelo adventure volume 1
[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles volume 17
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld as they attempt to rescue an old friend.
As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life-literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace,...
4) Fire star
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
Author
Series
Calder saga volume 9
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With rumors of trouble on the Calders' Cee Bar Ranch, Quint Echohawk heads for Texas to investigate and discovers that Max Rutledge, the owner of a competing ranch, will do anything to get his hands on Calder land.
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Series
Madlenka books volume 3
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Madlenka plays soccer in her city neighborhood--with the mailbox, a dog, a parking meter, and some cats. Includes facts about the game, and translations for the word "soccer" in various languages.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.
10) Ratner's star
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Language
English
Description
One of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
In this compulsively readable and constantly surprising book, Peter Biskind, the author of the film classics "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" and "Down and Dirty Pictures," writes the most intimate, revealing, and balanced biography ever of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty.
14) Distant star
Author
Publisher
New Directions Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The star in this hair-raising novel is Alberto Ruiz-Tagle, an Air Force pilot who exploits the 1973 coup in Chile to launch his own version of the New Chilean Poetry, a multimedia enterprise that symbolizes the darkness of Pinochet's regime.
15) Hey Jude
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"A teen tries to balance the last year of high school, a new romance and looking after her sister with mental health issues. Seventeen-year-old Penny is struggling to balance caring for Jude, her sister with mental health challenges, working part-time to help her mother with money issues and facing her final year of high school. She does not need any distractions. But then she meets Jack. The two of them click immediately. But as quickly as things...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Honus Wagner baseball card is the most valuable baseball card of all time! Honus was born poor, homely, and bowlegged. He was more destined to shoveling coal in his Pennsylvania mining town than becoming one of the greatest shortstops in baseball history. He had more home runs, RBIs, doubles, triples, steals and played in more games than any other player in the National League. He was a great baseball player and some say the greatest, and...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"The story of Anna May Wong, a Chinese American actress who advocated for authentic depictions of Asians and Asian Americans in film during the early years of Hollywood. Includes sidebars on related topics, timeline, and glossary"--
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Publisher
Hub City Press
Language
English
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"Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return to die. At eighteen, Brian, like so many other promising young gay men, arrived in New York City without much more than a love for the freedom and release from his past that it promised. But within six short years, AIDS would claim his lover, his friends, and his future. With nothing left in New York but memories...
19) Skateboard star
Author
Series
Catalina Incognito volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
With the Valle Grande Skate Spectacular competition coming up, Catalina is hoping her sister Coco will win and she can have her old board, but Coco has lost her skateboarding mojo so Catalina considers entering the competition herself.
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Language
English
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"When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire...
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