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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took down the President of the United States. But as the sparks of impeachment hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In a heartfelt and luminous story that celebrates friendship, the imagination, and those achingly magical summer days that seem to stretch on forever, a lonely young boy meets an unlikely companion, a majestic owl.
What follows is a season of childhood adventure and innocent joy under the warmth of a blanket sky, until the poignant moment when the owl must continue his journey and fly away.
Debut author--illustrator Tim Fischer's stirring words...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--
Author
Series
The Firm volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth is a nonfiction book about the Earth –m told from the perspective of Earth herself.
Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your...
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a funny, creative, caring young girl who shares her experience with us as she learns about her multiple food allergies. Along the way, she tells us ways to stay safe, how her parents support her, and how to be included. Most importantly, Charlie discovers that her unique difference has taught her some amazing life skills! Includes tips and resources for dealing with food allergies.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The proud but forgetful center of our solar system is anxious about the upcoming total solar eclipse. Will Earthlings get hurt looking at it? What will they think when Sun's dependable light suddenly vanishes in the middle of the day? How could Moon betray their stellar friendship? Sun tries to calm its nerves with the help of Comet Delivery and sends letters to Earth and Moon. When totality finally arrives and Moon completely hides Sun from millions...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
Hollis Shaw's life seems picture-perfect. She's the star of the popular food blog, Hungry with Hollis, and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, Matthew leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis's perfect life-her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline-grow deeper. When Hollis hears about something...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena...
Author
Publisher
IVP Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Valentine's Day with flowers, candy, and cards? Learn all about Saint Valentine, a man whose kindness and love inspires us each year to let others know how much they mean to us. Told as a charming poem, this beautifully illustrated book will be enjoyed by children and the adults who read with them"--
Author
Series
Lincoln lawyer novel volume 7
Language
English
Description
Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband. Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry...
17) Ghosts subtract!
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This book presents a unique mix of eerie info and math exercises using illustrated ghost models for young readers to practice their subtraction skills.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Join a sea turtle named Yoshi on her amazing 23,000 mile swim--farther than any animal!--to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs. Here is an exciting, beautiful, and true story--written by another record-breaking swimmer and illustrated by an award-winning artist--that shows the wonder of the underwater world and the special genius to find home that is inside every sea turtle.
Author
Publisher
Duopress, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Jos�e Andr�es, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that uses the power of food to nourish communities after catastrophe strikes. When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, chef Jos�e Andr�es knew he needed to help. Within a few hours of the disaster, he had gathered friends, they flew to the island, and they began cooking rice and beans for the hungry...