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Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
At age twelve, Cassandra Madden fell in love with Jefferson Ames, a young man she met at one of her mother's business conferences. For years, Cassandra held on to this unrequited love. n a decisive moment, Cassandra calls off her pending engagement and travels to Williamsburg, Virginia, to become the nanny to the now-widowed Jeff's young daughter. But the object of her desire barely notices her.
1284) F is for fairy tale
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
An engaging collection of 26 illustrations featuring many different fairy tales and fairy tale objects - such as Castle, for Cinderella; Lamp, for Aladdin; Tower, for Rapunzel; and Red Roses, for Alice in Wonderland. Teach your little ones to be just like a fairy tale hero with words such as Brave, for the brave little goat in Three Billy Goats Gruff; Fearless, for small Thumbelina who floats down a river; and Mighty, for the mighty little boy who...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Blade. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost, declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival.
Blade II. The legendary "daywalker" Blade must join forces with a high-powered team of vampires to take on a fearsome threat more deadly than either has seen before. These unlikely allies must stop a race of super-vampires intent on destroying everyone in their path - human or vampire.
Blade: Trinity. A group of...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Appears on list
Description
Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.
1289) No such thing
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"One cool day in late October, Georgia noticed something weird. Objects would move around the house and sometimes they even disappeared. Now, some people may have wondered (especially at this time of year) if this was the work of something spooky? But not clever Georgia! She has all the explanations and none of the fear! Join her in debunking the spookiest of ghoulish and ghostly mischief in this Halloween adventure!" --
1290) 100 woods book
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Hold 100+ words in your hands with the touch-sensitive pages of the 100 words Book, in English or Spanish! Kids have a natural curiosity about the world, and the book provides lots of opportunities for exploration with illustrations and photographs of objects. Six double-sided, interactive pages feature vocabulary about 12 categories of words about colors, foods, activities, opposites, outdoors and more in the 100 Words Book. Explore three play modes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren...
1292) A sister's wish (CD)
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Amelia Kinsinger is the perfect Amish woman-at least according to her neighbors. And while Amelia takes pride in her role as homemaker, shes also harboring a secret: Shes been in love with bad boy Simon Hochstetler for as long as she can remember.
Author
Series
Essex County volume 1
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Xeric-Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town's gas station owner, and damaged former hockey star Jimmy Lebeuf. The two escape into a private fantasy world of super-heroes, alien invaders and good old-fashioned pond Hockey. Tales from the Farm is the first volume in a trilogy...
Author
Series
Doodle adventures volume Book 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Doodle Adventures: The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs! is a lighthearted fantasy where the reader first draws him- or herself into the story, and then continues by following prompts and adding more illustrations and doodles. Set in space, the book invites the reader to join Carl, a duck and member of a super-secret international group of explorers, on a journey in search of a very important grail-like object. The book is sturdy paper over board...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In the summer of 2014, President Barack Obama faced an unwelcome surprise: insurgents from the Islamic State had seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and proclaimed a new caliphate, which they were ruling with an iron fist and using to launch terrorist attacks abroad. After considerable deliberation, President Obama sent American troops back to Iraq. The new mission was to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS, primarily by advising Iraqi and Syrian...
Series
X-files volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, join forces to solve cases the FBI has labeled X-files. Both are determined to uncover the hidden truths--one searching for otherwordly answers, the other for more earthbound scientific explanations. Together they will make discoveries neither could have ever imagined.
1297) London twist
Author
Pub. Date
p2013.
Description
For Delilah, the Mossad's top seductress, the parameters of the assignment were routine. The contractor: MI6. The objective: infiltrate a terror network, this one operating out of London. The stakes: a series of poison gas attacks on civilian population centers. There's just one wrinkle. The target is a woman-- as smart, beautiful, and committed as Delilah herself. And for a cynical operative thrust suddenly out of her element, the twists and turns...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Books in Level 2 of the Meet the Sight Words series focus on the 32 most common sight words, building on the 16 sight words learned in Level 1. These are words that do not follow the basic decoding rules and can cause frustration with new readers until they are memorized.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Bounce along with this rhyming read-aloud about all kinds of balls From footballs to eyeballs, beach balls to meatballs, if you can roll it, this book has it! With his signature whimsy and wordplay, author Joshua David Stein compares and contrasts different kinds of balls in this part-reference, part-comedy act. The book invites readers to identify various sports balls, while simultaneously weaving in a whole selection of unexpected rollable objects....