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Author
Series
Frankie Elkin volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scout Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren't going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, One Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the...
3) The hunter
Author
Series
Cal Hooper volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Physical Desc
467 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....
4) The women
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps...
5) Sheets
Author
Series
Publisher
The Lion Forge, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
238 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Marjorie, a practical teen in charge of her family's laundry business, encounters Wendell, a ghost seeking purpose in the forbidden human world, the pair must find a solution to Wendell's hauntings that are causing chaos in Marjorie's life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
187 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
While baby-sitting for practical joker Betsy Sobak, Claudia breaks her leg as a result of one of Betsy's pranks and wants to quit the club, prompting Kristy and the other baby-sitters to teach Betsy a lesson.
8) Lights
Author
Series
Sheets volume 3
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie Glatt's life was forever changed the day she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. One of those ghosts was Wendell: a lonely phantom turned Marjorie's best friend. When he and Marjorie are joined by ghost-enthusiast Eliza Duncan, the three friends band together in friendship, bravery, and all things paranormal. Wendell died far too young and now must wander the Land of Humans with nothing more than a sheet for a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A boy and his father go on a camping trip and despite one disaster after another, in the end father and son agree it was their best weekend ever!"--
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It is suggested to her that she become a governess. But first, she will act as caretaker to Mrs. Fog, an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside resort. Constance is soon swept up in the social whirl...
11) Delicates
Author
Series
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
316 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie's only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she'll be labeled as "a freak who sees...
Author
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel retelling of Disney Wish, Asha finds her plea to save her community answered by a cosmic force called Star, proving that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
14) Freshman year
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
15) The teacher
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Something isn't right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she's desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Evie, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can't be trusted and soon realizes she's...
Author
Series
Pup and Dragon volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Wonderland
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
54 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Energetic, optimistic Pup and cool, thoughtful best friend Dragon hatch a plan to win first prize at the science fair: they will catch a real dinosaur.
17) Ink Girls
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The most important lessons that Cinzia has learned as a printer's apprentice are: Nothing stays secret for long, and nothing is more important than telling the truth. But uncovering secrets and telling the truth can be dangerous. Not everyone likes it. Especially not those in power.
When her mentor is imprisoned for publishing accusations against the ruling family, Cinzia will do anything to prove that Mestra Aronne only told the truth. She never...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"In the 1840s, a young man named Silas Weir begins practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. Though he is considered inept by family, neighbors, and even his mentor, Dr. Weir discovers he has a gift for phlebotomy, treating patients by bleeding them to purify their bodies. But when an experimental procedure goes horribly wrong, Dr. Weir is forced to start over, relocating his family to Trenton, New Jersey, and taking a position at the New Jersey State...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
Author
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
How would you react in a life-or-death situation?
It’s a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard’s school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is...