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Staff Pick11/22/632011
Summary: On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? The author's new novel is about a man who travels back in time... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff Pick4 kids walk into a bank : a torrid tale of child crime2017
Summary: A darkly comedic story of our burgeoning child criminals and their elaborate plans. When a group of bumbling criminals shows up in her father's life looking to pull one last job, young Paige has two... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff Pick41 reasons I'm staying in : a celebration of introverts2019
Summary: An illustrator and self-proclaimed introvert portrays engaging and sometimes outlandish excuses to avoid leaving home, with a character pursuing their obsessions, hobbies, interests, and sudden whims with gusto on each page.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle2018
Summary: The rules of Blackheath: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAn abundance of Katherines2006
Summary: Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAcross the pond2021
Summary: Callie can't wait for her new life to start. After a major friendship breakup in San Diego, moving overseas to Scotland gives her the perfect chance to reinvent herself. On top of that, she's going... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAda Twist, scientist2016
Summary: Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAdulthood is a myth : a "Sarah's Scribbles" collection2016
Summary: Adulthood is a myth confronts head-on the horrors, anxiety, and awkwardness of modern adult life. From the agony of holding hands with a gorgeous guy to the yawning pit of hell that is the wifi gone... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAgain!! Book 12018
Summary: Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAgatha Raisin and the quiche of death1992
Summary: "Agatha has moved to a picture-book English village and wants to get in the swing. So she buys herself a quiche for the village quiche-making contest and is more than alarmed when it kills a judge.... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAlexander Hamilton2004
Summary: Ron Chernow tells the story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe alienist1994
Summary: "The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or "alienist"—to view the horribly mutilated body of... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAll our wrong todays : a novel2017
Summary: "There's no such thing as the life you're "supposed" to have... You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAll rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook2016
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAll the answers2018
Summary: In this moving graphic memoir, Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father -- the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia -- seems to... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAll the wrong places : a novel2019
Summary: "Driven to desperation by divorce, boredom, infidelity, or a beloved husband's death, a young woman named Paige, her cousin and rival Heather, her best friend Chloe, and her mother, Joan, all decide... more »- place hold (1)
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Staff PickAll thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team2020
Summary: On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAlmost American girl : an illustrated memoir2020
Summary: A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAlternate side : a novel2018
Summary: Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed life--except when there's a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAmerican gods2011
Summary: Upon his release from prison, a widower accepts a job as a bodyguard and joins the battle between the gods of yore and the neoteric gods of present-day America.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAmerican wolf : a true story of survival and obsession in the West2017
Summary: The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her. Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAmericanah2013
Summary: "A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAmish front porch stories : 18 short tales of simple faith and wisdom2019
Summary: The Amish country is known for an atmosphere of peace and quiet, perfect for front-porch sitting with a good book. Join New York Times bestselling author Brunstetter, her daughter-in-law, and... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAmy and Isabelle1998
Summary: With compassion, humor, and striking insight, Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter. Amy Goodrow, a shy high school student in... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAndrew Wyeth : autobiography1995
Summary: This comprehensive survey is a look back at six decades of paintings by America's favorite artist. With 138 reproductions, including many seminal paintings from both his Chadds Ford and Maine work,... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAnimal farm : the graphic novel2019
Summary: A graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAnna dressed in blood2011
Summary: For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAnna Karenina : a novel in eight parts2002
Summary: Presents the working out of the parallel moral and religious dilemmas of Anna Karenina with her soldier-lover, Vronsky, and Konstantin Levin with his young, very loving wife, Kitty.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAnne Frank's diary : the graphic adaptation2018
Summary: The only graphic biography of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation and that uses text from the diary -- it will introduce a new generation of young readers to this... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAn anonymous girl2019
Summary: "When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAnything is possible2017
Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout comes a brilliant latticework of fiction that recalls Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity.... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe apothecary2011
Summary: Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe Arab of the future. Book 1 : a graphic memoir : growing up in the Middle East (1978-1984)2015
Summary: "In striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervor of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France,... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe2012
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickArkwright integral2014
Summary: In a swirling multiverse of endless possibilities and incalculable dangers, malign forces manipulate history through countless timelines and act to wreak destruction across universes. But amongst... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe art of racing in the rain : a novel2008
Summary: Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAs the crow flies2017
Summary: "Charlie Lamonte is thirteen years old, queer, black, and questioning what was once a firm belief in God. So naturally, she's spending a week of her summer vacation stuck at an all-white Christian... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAssassination classroom. Book 1, Time for assassination2014
Summary: The students in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High have a new teacher: an alien octopus with bizarre powers and unlimited strength, who's just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAstra, lost in space. Book 4, Revelation2018
Summary: After crashing on the planet Icriss, all seems hopeless for the crew of the Astra. That is, until they discover another Astra hidden on the planet. And there's a woman in cryogenic sleep inside! Will... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAt home in Mitford1996
Summary: A portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life introduces the small North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor.- place hold (0)
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