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1281) Family secrets: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
After their father's death, sisters Vanessa, Ellie, and Georgiana are stunned to learn a well-kept family secret. A yellowed letter tucked away in a family Bible reveals that the woman who gave birth to their late father had not died when he was born, as they had always believed. Their paternal grandmother gave up her son shortly after his birth, leaving this note with instructions to never reveal her name or background to him. The letter is signed,...
1282) Rover pack
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills; starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Forms 3 to 4 word sentences; Can talk and carry on conversations; Continues to grow vocabulary; Listens...
Pub. Date
2001
Description
The "problem of evil" is a subject of perennial interest to philosophers of religion and theologians, but research has barely scratched the surface of the complex history of Western responses to this challenge. This reader brings together primary sources from philosophy, theology, and literature to chart the many and changing ways evil has been approached and understood, and to examine the diverse implications it has had for belief and unbelief. Uncovering...
1285) Lost lad London: 1
Author
Series
Lost lad London volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The whole of London is shocked when the mayor is found dead on an Underground train, but perhaps none more than university student Al Adley. Though he took the Tube at the time of the fatal stabbing, he doesn't remember seeing anything unusual--certainly nothing to explain how a bloody knife found its way into his pocket that night. However, in spite of this damning evidence, Detective Ellis believes Al's claims of innocence. Now the two must work...
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Studio danse volume 10
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Carla is accused of stealing the magnificent Snow Queen dress ahead of the class's performance, and must track down the missing costume to clear her name and save the production."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"A freewheeling, sharp-shooting indictment of our tech-besotted culture by the Pulitzer Prize finalist. Over the past dozen years, Nicholas Carr has made his name as an agenda-setting writer on our complicated relationship with technology. Gathering posts from his blog Rough Type as well as seminal pieces published in The Atlantic, the MIT Technology Review, and the Wall Street Journal, he now provides an alternative history of the digital age, chronicling...
1289) The awakening
Author
Series
Dragon heart legacy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places. Now she's an anxious twentysomething mired in student debt and working a job she hates. But one day she stumbles upon a shocking discovery: her mother has been hiding an investment account in her name. It has been funded by her long-lost father, and it's worth nearly four million dollars.
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Complete Chi's sweet home volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, she feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm and inviting Yamada family apartment"--Amazon.com (part...
1291) Hansel & Gretel
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A simplified version of the traditional tale in which Hansel and Gretel become lost in the woods and find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Appears on list
Description
"From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan's Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.1946, Manhattan. One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each...
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Series
One-Punch Man volume 1
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Description
Black Torch by Takakai, Tsuyoshi : Jiro Azuma is descended from a long line of ninja, and he can talk to animals. One day he rescues a unique black cat named Rago, a supernatural being, and is dragged into a mystical war. Although he may appear rough-and-tumble, Jiro Azuma's compassionate side emerges when it comes to the furry critters he can communicate with. But Jiro's soft spot for animals gets him in major trouble when a suspicious stray cat...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
After a disastrous trip to Orarios Pleasure Quarter, Bell has made it back home in one piece, thanks to a little help from a courtesan named Haruhime. Her plight lingers in his mind, and after he tells the rest of Hestia Familia about her, Mikoto perks up, recognizing the name of her long-lost friend! But if they want to save her from her cruel fate, theyll have to get through Ishtar Familia, and thats no easy feat&
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"After getting separated from his teacher, his classmates, and his trip partner during an outing to the Empire State Building, Pablo, the new kid in school, learns to navigate the New York City subway system as well as his own feelings towards making new friends and living in a big city"--Provided by publisher.
1296) Casanova in Bolzano
Author
Pub. Date
p2004
Description
From the author of EMBERS comes another masterpiece: an erotically charged novel about Casanova and the woman who finally defeated him. Sandor Marai, one of the leading Hungarian novelists, begins his story in 1756 when Giacomo Casanova, after having escaped from one of Venice's infamous jails, stops at the Italian village of Bolzano to rest, secure a loan to rebuild his life, and resume his art of seduction. But he's come to this village remembering...
1297) Before I fall
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Rose Montgomery parks her family's trailer in Fort Glory, Oregon, with one goal: to carve out a new life for herself and her little brother, Charlie. They need a fresh start for their family, and she thinks she's finally found it in a town where nobody knows their names.
But Rose's plans come crashing down when, in an instant, Fort Glory disappears and every person in town vanishes into thin air--including Charlie. Rose and a small band of teens,...
1298) Desert coral (#1)
Author
Series
Desert coral volume 1
Pub. Date
[2004-]
Description
Naoto Saki is a typical young boy whose favorite thing to do is sleep and dream about a fantasy world called Orgos, where he is just an observer. But, one day, Naoto is magically summoned into Orgos as slave to a sorceress named Lusia. Suddenly, Orgos is no longer a dream--Naoto can feel pain and possibly even die there. All he wants is to go home, but Lusia has other plans for him.
1299) Black torch: Volume 3
Author
Series
Black torch volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Jiro Azuma is descended from of a long line of ninja, and he can talk to animals. One day, he rescues a unique black cat named Rago, a supernatural being, and is dragged into a mystical war. Inside the illustion generated by Fuyo, Jiro and Rago face off against a giant mononoke named Amagi. In the Edo period, Amagi attempted to recruit allies to fight back against the newly formed Oniwabanshu, but Rago refused to join him! What secrets lurk in the...
Author
Series
Something is killing the children volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer's Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos - and that she alone will destroy them, no matter the cost. IT'S THE MONSTERS WHO SHOULD BE AFRAID. When the children of Archer's Peak--a sleepy town in the heart of America--begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have...