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While staying at an isolated cabin in the Adirondacks, aspiring Hollywood screenwriter Rowan is drawn into the unsettling story of a socialite-turned-feminist crusader bent of helping women unleash their inner "wildness" who vanished in these same woods the summer of 1975 and is determined to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
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Sinister summer series volume 4
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English
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The Sinister-Winterbottoms and their friends arrive at Stein Manor Science Camp. They all work together to distract the friendly teenage camp director so they can explore and look for clues about where their parents might be. Theo and Alexander know exactly where Edgaren't is going to come for them and the books. This time, they'll be ready. And this time, they won't trust the adult in charge, which is easy enough when it's enormous, lurking, unfriendly...
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English
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Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
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Series
Doom's day camp volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Doom and his oddball friends--each with their own distinct power--leave the safety of their camp for a daring mission to rescue their parents.
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Series
Waffles and Pancake volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"Waffles and Pancake are about to spend three days at Space Cat Camp--a fun, science-packed training experience for future CatStronauts. What's not to love about Space Cat Camp? You get to go on cool missions, build rockets, and more! Pancake can't wait to learn about satellites, space shuttles, and all things outer space, but Waffles is feeling a little homesick. How can he enjoy his time at camp when he misses his dad-cat? With some new friends...
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Series
Secrets of Camp Whatever volume 3
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
222 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After former camp leader Clarence P'sketty Tooter is freed from a hypnosis spell, he remembers everything, including that pesky pre-teen Willow and her scrappy friends. But most importantly, he remembers the ancient mystery surrounding Nowhere's sleep-away camp. Now, Tooter seeks revenge against Willow and her friends, and inadvertently awakens a long-dormant evil which seeks to destroy the world."--Back cover.
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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In 2020, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the burning of a refugee camp on Lesbos. Some said the refugees had done it, to destroy what had become their prison. Others said it was the island's fascists, or the government itself, enraged at the burden they bore for an overwhelming global problem. Soon - too soon - six young Afghan refugees were arrested. As she immersed herself in the reporting, Markham, an American of Greek heritage who had been...
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Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 3
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uniting with Jason, Piper, and Leo after their dangerous quest, Percy, Hazel, and Frank wonder who will be chosen to fulfill the Prophecy of Seven, completing their group's number, and sail with them to an ancient land to find the mysterious Doors of Death.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Prisoners of war in 1942, Australian nurse Nesta James and Norah Chambers, held in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra, battle disease, starvation and unimaginable brutality meted out by Japanese soldiers, but found, in themselves and in each other, the courage and resourcefulness to survive.
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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
While most Japanese Americans maintained their traditional identities as Buddhists, a sizeable minority identified as Christian, and a number of church leaders sought to minister to them in the camps. Blankenship shows how church leaders were forced to assess the ethics and pragmatism of fighting against or acquiescing to what they clearly perceived, even in the midst of a national crisis, as an unjust social system. These religious activists became...
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