Driving By Starlight
In this debut YA friendship story set in Saudi Arabia, two girls navigate typical teen issues--crushes, college, family expectations, future hopes, and dreams.
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year: 2019
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: teenage girls, friendship, young adult fiction / social themes / friendship, young adult fiction / people & places / middle east, young adult fiction / girls & women, young adult fiction / coming of age, teenagers, best friends, women, saudi arabia, bildungsromans, fiction [X]
A Reaper At The Gates
The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: tahir, sabaa, young adult fiction / romance, young adult fiction / politics & government, young adult fiction / fantasy, undercover operations, slaves, military cadets, insurgency, brothers and sisters, authoritarianism, fantasy, love, young adult works, romance fiction, juvenile works, fiction [X], fantasy fiction, young adult fiction, large type books
Gamer Army
Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes); naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something sinister is behind this particular game.
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year:
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: parent and child, conspiracies, secrets, video games industry, video games, virtual reality, secrecy, video gamers, parent-child relationship, fiction [X], juvenile works
Strays Like Us
Twelve-year-old Fred (never Winifred) is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: friendship, animals, dogs, mothers and daughters, foster children, animal welfare, foster parents, fiction [X], bildungsromans
The Agony House
"Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 150 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: murder, haunted houses, new orleans (la.), detective and mystery stories, ghost stories, comic books, strips, etc, comic books, strips, etc, detective and mystery stories, ghost stories, homicide, juvenile fiction / comics & graphic novels, juvenile fiction / horror, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, cartoons and comics, mystery and detective stories, ghosts, louisiana, new orleans (la), young adult fiction, detective and mystery fiction, graphic novels, comics (graphic works), mystery fiction, fiction [X], juvenile works, haunted places
Peppa Va A Nadar
"Hoy, Peppa y George van a la piscina, pero George le tiene miedo al agua.
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copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: swine, animales, cerdos, spanish language materials, swimming, animals, pigs, juvenile works, fiction [X], nataci?on
Little Blue Truck's Springtime
Celebrate the beauty of springtime with Little Blue Truck! Young fans will love finding all sorts of baby animals beneath the flaps in this delightful novelty board book.
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year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: spring, animal babies, toy and movable books, board books for children, trucks, animals, juvenile fiction / animals / baby animals, juvenile fiction / transportation / cars & trucks, juvenile fiction / holidays & celebrations / easter & lent, stories in rhyme, lift-the-flap books, specimens, juvenile works, fiction [X], board books
Fly Guy And The Alienzz
Buzz is filming a movie about aliens from Outer Space, who capture Fly Guy and Buzz Boy--and our two heroes must outsmart the aliens, with some help from Dragon Dude and Fly Girl.
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year:
copies: 134
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: aliens (fictional characters), imagination, motion pictures, flies, humorous stories, extraterrestrial beings, juvenile fiction / paranormal, occult & supernatural, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / animals / insects, spiders, etc, picture books, humorous fiction, humorous stories, juvenile works, fiction [X]
Good Dog
Brodie was a good dog. And good dogs go to heaven. Except Brodie can't move on.
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year:
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: future life, friendship, dogs, death, cats, juvenile fiction / social themes / death & dying, juvenile fiction / animals / dogs, juvenile fiction / action & adventure, loyalty, sacrifice, human-animal relationships, novels, adventure stories, juvenile works, fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, animal fiction, adventure fiction
Max's Story
"I knew the girl was mine. The one I had been waiting for. But this girl, the right girl, somehow didn't hear me.
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year:
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
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Fate Of The Gods
Isaiah, a rogue Templar agent, has discovered both the faith prong and the fear prong of the powerful Trident of Eden relic.
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year:
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: secret societies, quests (expeditions), assassins, juvenile fiction / historical / military & wars, science fiction, virtual reality, young adult literature, young adult fiction, fantasy fiction, science fiction, juvenile works, fiction [X], relics, action and adventure fiction
The Power Of The Force
"Learn about the force! The force gives the noble Jedi Knights their power.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: star wars films, star wars fiction, space warfare, extraterrestrial beings, science fiction, juvenile works, fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, children's fiction, psychic ability, parapsychology, picture books
Good Rosie!
"Rosie is a good dog and a faithful companion to her owner, George.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 72
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: dogs, friendship, loneliness, picture books, juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / animals / dogs, juvenile fiction, juvenile works, fiction [X]
The Tea Dragon Society
"After discovering a lost Tea Dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of Tea Dragon caretaking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: apprentices, blacksmithing, dragons, mythical animals, societies, tea, friendship, fairy tales, fantasy comics, graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, animals, mythical, comic books, strips, etc, comics (graphic works), fiction [X], imaginary creatures
Meet Yasmin!
In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: muslim girls, muslim families, pakistani americans, creative ability, self-confidence, elementary schools, fiction [X], juvenile works, muslims, family life, school stories, readers (publications), schools, readers, electronic books