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by
Rose Tremain
(11,044)
Summary: Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism,...
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BOOK
Call #: F TREMAIN
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Becky Albertalli
(408,215)
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity -- and that of his pen pal -- will be revealed"-- Provided by publisher.
BOOK
Call #: YA F ALBERTALLI
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Nicole Mannino
Series:
Steven Universe
(192)
Summary: "When Peridot and Lapis discover Camp Pining Play fanfiction, they decide to put on a live performance for Beach City starring Steven, Connie, and the Crystal Gems." -- Provided by publisher
BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL STE
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Adele Griffin
(186)
Summary: 1980s, Philadelphia. Lizzy Swift, a senior, is slowly emerging from her nerd chrysalis to braves a relationship with her longtime crush, Matt Ashley. She also befriends senior transfer Claire...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F GRIFFIN
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![A single thread [CD book]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/211189@2x.jpg)
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by
Tracy Chevalier
(25,784)
Summary: 1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiance, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman," one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK F CHEVALIER
Location: Adult CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lynda Barry
(1,236)
Summary: "Young Edna Arkins lives in a neighborhood that is rapidly changing, thanks to white flight from urban Seattle in the late 1960s. As the world changes around her, Edna is exposed to the callous...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F BARRY
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Firefly Lane [CD book] : a novel](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/211194@2x.jpg)
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by
Kristin Hannah
(347,756)
Summary: In the summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the coolest girl in the world moves in across the street and...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK F HANNAH
Location: Adult CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Watson
(3,791)
Summary: Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha have been friends since kindergarten. In senior year they're facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. They have one another's backs through every new...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F WATSON
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Firefly Lane [Playaway] : a novel](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/41003@2x.jpg)
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by
Kristin Hannah (read by Susan Ericksen )
Series:
Firefly Lane Series - #1
(347,403)
Summary: In the summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the coolest girl in the world moves in across the street and...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: PLAYAWAY F HANNAH
Location: Adult Playaways
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Meg Donohue
(9,008)
Summary: "In Philadelphia, good girl Kate is dumped by her fiance the day she learns she is pregnant with his child. In New York City, beautiful stay-at-home mom Vanessa finds herself obsessively searching...
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BOOK
Call #: F DONOHUE
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Perfect little children [CD book]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/218536@2x.jpg)
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by
Sophie Hannah
Summary: "All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn't mean she has to drive past...
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AUDIOBOOK
Call #: CD BOOK F HANNAH
Location: Adult CD Books Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sophie Hannah
(21,385)
Summary: "All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn't mean she has to drive past...
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BOOK
Call #: F HANNAH
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Richard Russo
(19,203)
Summary: One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college circa the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even...
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BOOK
Call #: F RUSSO
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Yupechika artist
Series:
Satoko And Nada
(710)
Summary: Satoko, a Japanese student studying in America, has a new roommate: a Saudi Arabian woman named Nada! They might have different customs, but through mutual respect -- and the hilarious adventures of...
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BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL YUP
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Hot shot [large print]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/221003@2x.jpg)
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by
Fern Michaels
Series:
Men Of The Sisterhood - #5
(2,096)
Summary: The Sisterhood is a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies have formed a top-secret organization with the same goals. When Lizzie Fox's husband, Cosmo...
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: LP F MICHAELS
Location: Large Print Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Yupechika artist
Series:
Satoko And Nada
(333)
Summary: Home is where your friend is. From the nuances of American culture to the Islam practiced by her own roommate, Satoko's first time living abroad is full of surprises. A charming 4-panel comic about the cultural exchange between two roomies!
BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL YUP
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Yupechika artist
Series:
Satoko And Nada
(224)
Summary: Abdullah, the mysterious young man who might marry Nada one day, is suddenly in America?! Satoko and her friends (not to mention Nada's brother) are in a panic, unsure if they should tell Nada or...
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BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL YUP
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Yupechika artist
(162)
Summary: It's almost time for Satoko to head back to Japan! After everything she's learned and all the beautiful friends she's made, it's hard to leave her new home-away-from-home. But with Nada at her side,...
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BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL YUP
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Toni Morrison
(14,146)
Summary: In this 1983 short story about race and the relationships that shape us through life, Twyla and Roberta, friends since childhood who are seemingly at opposite ends of every problem as they grow...
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BOOK
Call #: F MORRISON
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Anchee Min
(8,264)
Summary: In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, young Willow and young Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries, bump heads and...
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BOOK
Call #: F MIN
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Laura Elliott
(1,800)
Summary: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Peggy Schuyler finds herself a central figure amid Loyalists and Patriots, spies and traitors, friends and family. Among those friends, she develops a...
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BOOK
Call #: YA F ELLIOTT
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Wanda E. Brunstetter
(214)
Summary: Life is good on the Pennsylvania Amish farm of newlyweds Vic and Eleanor Lapp -- until a tragic event occurs and Vic turns to alcohol to numb the pain. Things get so bad that Vic loses his job and...
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BOOK
Call #: F BRUNSTETTER
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kanae Hazuki
Series:
Say I Love You
(10,711)
Summary: Mei Tachibana has no friends -- and she doesn't need them! Ever since her "friends" betrayed her in elementary school, she's sworn off friendship entirely. All it leads to is betrayal and heartbreak,...
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BOOK
Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL HAZ
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Letters of trust [large print]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/275172@2x.jpg)
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by
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Series:
Friendship Letters - #1
Summary: Life is good on the Pennsylvania Amish farm of newlyweds Vic and Eleanor Lapp -- until a tragic event occurs and Vic turns to alcohol to numb the pain. Things get so bad that Vic loses his job and...
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LARGE PRINT
Call #: LP F BRUNSTETTER
Location: Large Print Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Darien Gee
(7,610)
Summary: Still reeling from a personal tragedy that left her estranged from the sister who was once her best friend, Julia Evarts remains at a loss as to how to move on with her life until she receives an...
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BOOK
Call #: F GEE
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lisa Verge Higgins
(1,734)
Summary: Three women, unable to confront the problems of their own lives, have in common a friend with a generous soul, an irrepressible spirit-- and a serious illness. In her final letters, Rachel raises one...
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BOOK
Call #: F HIGGINS
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Staff Pick
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by
Fredrik Backman
(905,395)
Summary: Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse....
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BOOK
Call #: F BACKMAN
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Diane L Keyes
(14)
Summary: "You are invited to meet the Women of AngelFire -- a novel series, in which the characters include a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural company of kindred spirits, who meet annually for a retreat in the...
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BOOK
Call #: F KEYES
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Annabel Abbs
(5,419)
Summary: England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book...
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BOOK
Call #: F ABBS
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Anne Youngson
(12,623)
Summary: A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.
BOOK
Call #: F YOUNGSON
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jodi Lynn Anderson
Series:
Peaches
(6,953)
Summary: Three teenaged girls, brought together one summer at a peach orchard, have their friendship put to the test when the season ends.
BOOK
Call #: YA F ANDERSON
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Katherine Arden
(8,729)
Summary: "Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape." -- Provided by publisher
BOOK
Call #: YA F ARDEN
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kevin Alan Milne
(2,836)
Summary: "A heart-tugging tale of a boy who discovers the true meaning of Christmas through his friendship with a troubled little girl"--Provided by publisher.
BOOK
Call #: F MILNE
Location: Adult Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cristina Moracho
(4,694)
Summary: "Althea and Oliver, who have been friends since age six and are now high school juniors, find their friendship changing because he has contracted Kleine-Levin Syndrome"-- Provided by publisher.
BOOK
Call #: YA F MORACHO
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cecil Castellucci
(562)
Summary: In the 1980s, two teenaged ballet dancers--one American, one Russian--spend an unforgettable night in New York City, forming a lasting friendship despite their cultural and political differences.
BOOK
Call #: YA F CASTELLUCCI
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Whitney Taylor
(1,438)
Summary: "Follows three teens in a small town whose lives intersect in ways they never expected, teaching them that there are no one-size-fits-all definitions of depression, friendship, and love." -- Provided by publisher
BOOK
Call #: YA F TAYLOR
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Miranda Kenneally
Series:
Hundred Oaks Series
(5,332)
Summary: When high school senior Maggie realizes there is more to life than swimming, she may be placing her long-term friendship with teammate Levi and her hope of an Olympic tryout at risk.
BOOK
Call #: YA F KENNEALLY
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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![Christy Miller collection. Volume 3 [Books 7-9]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/66971@2x.jpg)
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by
Robin Jones Gunn
(4,432)
Summary: Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs books seven through nine with tales of friendship, love, and hope. Each heartwarming book will spark you to dream big while grounding you in God's love.
BOOK
Call #: YA F GUNN
Location: YA Fiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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