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"Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves confused and disembodied, blinking under the fluorescent lights of their high school music room. They are greeted by the man they know as their music teacher, who restores the ghostly teens to their corporeal forms with a flick of his fingers and explains: nearly a year ago they went missing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, and have long been presumed...
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Series
Dispatcher volume 1
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone-999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life. Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher-a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those whose circumstances put them in death's crosshairs, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. But when a fellow Dispatcher...
Author
Series
Bone Street rumba volume 1
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Carlos Delacruz in one of the New York Council of the Dead's most unusual agents- an inbetweener, partially resurrected from a death he barely recalls suffering, after a life that's missing from his memory. He thinks he is one of a kind- until he encounters other entities walking the fine line between life and death."
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WorthyKids/Ideals
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and a cumulative rhyme reveal the events of Easter morning. It begins with the stone that blocks the tomb and a lively narrative that builds from there, imagining the people, animals, and things that played a part in the first Easter ever. Little ones will love the repetition, which adds a pleasing level of predictability and helps to make the story of the first Easter more memorable.
Author
Series
Dispatcher volume 3
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Rom Hugo-winning author John Scalzi comes The Dispatcher: Travel by Bullet, which clocks in at over 40,000 words, the longest novella yet in the series. The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life--and there are professionals, called "dispatchers," who kill in order to save lives, to give those near the end a second chance. Tony Valdez is a dispatcher, and he has never been busier. But for as much as...
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Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the beloved rhythms and rhyme of the classic poem " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas," 'Twas the Morning of Easter tells the story of the resurrection of Jesus in a fresh, inspiring way and features joyful illustrations that bring the story to life for children"--
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Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2013, ©1973.
Language
English
Description
While preparing for Easter in his small prairie town, Thomas hears the story of the resurrection of Jesus and discovers the meaning of new life through the symbolism of the Easter egg. Includes an information page about the traditions and symbols of Lent and Easter.
18) The rig
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Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig. Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades:...
19) Rubicon
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Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sergeant Adrienne Valero wants to die. She can't. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence aid. They could turn the tide in the war against intelligent machines dedicated to the assimilation, or destruction, of humanity. When her VI suddenly achieves sentience, Valero is drawn into the machinations of an enigmatic major who's...
20) Tiny tots Easter
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Series
Publisher
Lion Children's
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Here, the first Easter is retold with no more than 50 words per double page spread and fun artwork from Kay Widdowson. The clear text is easy to read aloud and the swirly, bright art style will capture the attention of any young child, with lots of little details to spot.
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