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5561) Paper hearts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Felicity, seventeen, has struggled to meet her mother's expectations since her older sister disappeared but when she connects with Alec Williams, a member of the band Heartbreakers, at a charity ball, she begins to consider what will make her truly happy. After uncovering a shocking family secret, Felicity begins a road trip to find her sister.
5562) No te olvidarƩ
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 21 cm
Language
EspaƱol
Description
"DespuĆ©s de pasar cinco aƱos en la cĆ”rcel por el trĆ”gico error que costĆ³ la vida de su gran amor Scott, Kenna Rowan regresa a casa con un Ćŗnico deseo: abrazar a su hija Diem, de cuatro aƱos, que vive con los padres de Scott y a la que no ha visto desde que naciĆ³. La Ćŗnica persona que no le ha cerrado la puerta por completo es Ledger Ward, dueƱo del bar local y uno de los pocos vĆnculos que le quedan con Diem. Pero ella sabe que si alguien...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A dual tale of two dynamic women from two very different eras searching for fulfillment. San Francisco artist Anne McFarland has been distracted by a cross-country romance with sexy Sergio and has veered from her creative path. While visiting him in New York, she buys a pair of rhinestone shoes in an antique shop that spark her imagination and lead her on a quest to learn more about the shoes' original owner. Almost ninety years earlier, Clair Deveraux,...
5564) Unaccompanied minor
Author
Series
Unaccompanied minor volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On her fifteenth birthday, April Manning, whose family members all work for an airline and who has been hiding by taking one flight after another, relates the events leading up to her making a bomb threat on a jet.
5565) Eli over easy
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The last few months have been pretty tough for Eli. He moved to New York City and left his small town in Minnesota with his extended family and everyone he knows. He hasn't made any new friends. And his mom died unexpectedly, shattering his whole world. He misses Mom more and more every day, but Dad refuses to talk about her, leaving Eli alone in his grief. Then Eli finds a stash of instructional cooking videos his mom made, revealing her dream of...
5566) Mary underwater
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles."-- Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 319
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
669 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Here are three indispensable works from the Pulitzer Prize-winning laureate of the American heartland, including the novels that inspired a classic film by Orson Welles and an Oscar-nominated performance by Katharine Hepburn. The Magnificent Ambersons depicts the fall from grace of George Minafer, scion of the once-unassailable Amberson family whose wealth and grandeur are in precipitous decline. Alice Adams, perhaps Booth Tarkington's greatest work,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice -- a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Manuela Mani Semilla wants two things: to get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala, a place that has always been more of a mystery than an answer. Mani can't imagine leaving behind Las Nerdas, her band of misfit friends,...
5569) La fruta del borrachero
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 21 cm
Language
EspaƱol
Description
"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story."--SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that...
5570) Anything but okay
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Life has suddenly turned chaotic for high school student Stella since her brother, Rob, got home from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan: her school is on edge with ethnic tensions and her brother seems to be suffering from post-traumatic stress but will not talk about it. But when Rob's anger finally spirals out of control, Stella realizes she has to find the courage to take a stand against the forces of hate in her hometown.
5571) The giants' farm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of distinctly different giants have problems to solve when they decide to live together on a farm.
5572) We come apart
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nicu has emigrated from Romania and is struggling to find his place in his new home. Meanwhile, Jess's home life is overshadowed by violence. When Nicu and Jess meet, what starts out as friendship slowly blooms into romance as the two bond over their painful pasts and their hopes and dreams of a better future. But will they be able to save each other, let alone themselves?"--Page 4 of cover.
5573) Over the top
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
185 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Introverted sixth-grader Diva is used to her mother's excesses, but moving to a pink palace and acting as a glitzy mermaid-mascot is nothing compared to her surprise DIVAPALOOZA! birthday party.
5574) Speechless
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"As if being stuffed into last year's dress pants at his cousin's wake weren't uncomfortable enough, thirteen-year-old Jimmy has just learned from his mother that he has to say a few words at the funeral the next day. Why him? What could he possibly say about his cousin, who ruined everything they did? He can't recall one birthday party, family gathering, or school event with Patrick that didn't result in injury or destruction. As Jimmy attempts to...
5575) The prince of Steel Pier
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"While helping out at his Jewish family's struggling Atlantic City hotel in 1975, thirteen-year-old Joey Goodman gets a summer job working for a mobster and faces a life-or-death decision"--
5576) Novels, 1970-1982
Author
Series
Library of America volume 209
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1,064 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The third volume of the Library of America's edition of Saul Bellow's complete novels collects three essential works: Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970), Humboldt's Gift (1975) -- and The Dean's December (1982). In each, Bellow shows himself a master of biting social commentary and bold characterization--above all through a trio of unforgettable protagonists. These novels, written in the period of Bellow's greatest literary and popular acclaim--he was awarded...
Author
Series
Light the abyss volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a post-apocalyptic future, teenaged Leyla feels compelled to search for Ari, while seeking to uncover the mystery behind her past.
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