Stephanie Willing
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her mom disappears from their small Texas town, paleontology-loving Haven is determined to find her. But as she uncovers truths about her mom's identity, Haven also uncovers a monstrous family secret. Her mom can take the shape of a human and, in the right environment, also turn into an amphibious creature known as a kitskara. And now that she's growing up, Haven is discovering she has this ability, too. This newfound identity is her only clue...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After every divorce, one spouse gets all the friends. What does the other one get? If they're smart, they get the benefits. Alyssa Macallan is terrified when she's dumped by her wealthy and powerful husband. With a devastating divorce looming, she begins to suspect her toxic and manipulative soon-to-be-ex is scheming to ruin her--leaving her alone and penniless. And when the FBI shows up at her door, Alyssa knows she really needs a friend. And then...
4) Unicorn Day
Author
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The unicorns are celebrating their favorite day of the year, complete with rainbows and sparkly butterflies, but when an impostor (a horse with a fake horn) arrives, will the party continue with all its glittery glory?
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lovebird who doesn't like kisses teaches kids that there's no one right way to show you care. A note at the end provides information about body autonomy and consent.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind: Get By the Cup salad shop off the ground. Do literally everything possible to make it a success. Repeat. With a head full of entrepreneurial ideas and a bad ex in her rearview, her one and only focus is living life the way she wants to. No distractions. Wes Jansen never did understand the fuss about relationships. With a string of lackluster first dates and the pain from his parents' angry divorce following him...
9) Anthem
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
412 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times.
10) Rissy no kissies
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lovebird who doesn't like kisses? Rissy's friends and family wonder if she's sick, confused, or rude. But kisses make Rissy uncomfortable. Can she show everyone there's not one right way to share affection?" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city's top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won't marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. Sounds like an open-and-shut case for a P.I. known for busting up organized crime--but the next day, Viviana...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A little boy offers advice to his cat, which is lost in the city, from taking shortcuts through safe alleys to finding a friend in the park.
13) The night garden
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Franny Whitekraft lives quietly with her adopted parents on a farm on Vancouver Island until the spring of 1945 when the three Madden children move in, UFOs and ghosts appear, an important military airplane disappears, and wishes made in Old Tom's forbidden night garden will hopefully get everyone out of trouble.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cleveland Rosebud Potts yearns to leave Sassafras, Florida for a rich and cultured life at The American School of Paris, but problems with family, friends, and finances stand in her way.
Author
Series
Girl Friday mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Viviana Valentine--Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna--is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains blue-blooded friends as well as investors keen to make a dollar on the many advancements made in his home laboratory, but he's been hearing strange noises in the night coming from his expansive estate,...
16) Foolish hearts
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Claudia agrees to coach actors in her high school's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," leading to new friendships--and maybe even new love.
17) Of a feather
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Tired of working hard by himself while Santa has a factory, elves, and reindeer, the Easter Bunny hatches a plan to get even with Santa and the ungrateful children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
At the Alfea International School, students come from all over the Otherworld to train. To learn magic. To discover how to control their powers. Inside the school's castle, five students--complete strangers--are assigned as roommates: Aisha is an athlete and a classic overachiever whose control over water is the envy of her fellow students. Terra is an awkward do-gooder whose power over the natural world can overwhelm rivals unexpectedly. Musa is...
20) Double threat
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Double Threat is a new stand-alone thriller from New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson. Daley has a problem. Her 26-year life so far has been unconventional, to say the least, but now she's got this voice in her head. It claims to be a separate entity that's going to be sharing her body from now on. At first she thinks she's gone schizophrenic, then considers the possibility that maybe she really has been invaded - but by what? Medical...