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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year,...
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Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. They were the Bradleys, America's royalty. But an outsider refuses to play his part. And now, the day of reckoning has arrived.
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They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. They were the Bradleys, America's royalty. But an outsider refuses to play his part. And now, the day of reckoning has arrived.
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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When they posed for a photo at their high school graduation, they vowed they'd be friends forever, but teenage promises are so easily broken, and now, thirty years later, they're practically strangers. Cici, stuck in a rut, married to a cheating husband. Genie, caring for her ailing father but never getting any thanks. Kate, everyone knows people who look perfect on Instagram are not. And Laurie, the most successful of them all, now tragically gone....
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Language
English
Appears on list
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Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends. But when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and...
6) Friends
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Language
English
Formats
Description
When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.
Author
Language
English
Description
"There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she's my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing ... might take a bit more explaining." Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A beginning reader book containing two stories featuring Frog and his friends, where the friends mistake a train for a terrible dragon and Frog rescues a baby possum after it falls into a river"--Provided by publisher.
11) April & Oliver
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of April and Oliver, two inseparable childhood friends whose existences again collide with the sudden death of April's younger brother"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
68 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Amanda and her alligator have lots of fun playing together and surprising each other, but when Amanda's grandfather buys her a panda, Alligator must learn to make new friends.
13) Change of heart
Author
Series
Edilean series volume 9
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eli and Chelsea lost touch with each other over the years, until Eli bought a house in his father's hometown of Edilean, Virginia, and invited Chelsea for a visit. She had her own life and was certain that a childhood friendship couldn't be anything more, but she went nonetheless and found herself quite unprepared for the changes she saw in Eli. And neither of them were prepared to run into a mystery with a family that needs to be rescued.
14) Scandalized
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Exhausted and on deadline with a story that could make or break her career, investigative journalist Georgia Ross is on the verge of a meltdown when a cancelled flight leaves her stuck in the airport overnight. But when a familiar face appears - the older brother of her childhood friend - and offers help, Gigi seems to have caught a break. Alec Kim is handsome, humble, and kind - exactly the sort of man who Gigi has forgotten existed after her own...
15) Bear sees colors
Author
Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 8
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
16) Bear counts
Author
Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 9
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
As friends Bear and Mouse share a day together, Bear counts various objects, from one to five, and the reader is invited to do the same.
17) Let's be friends
Author
Publisher
Children Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
K is for Kidnapped!
Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. For safety's sake, their son is staying with Dink until they are safe. But then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
L is for Lucky. . . .
And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him for
Author
Series
Pig kahuna volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the beach pig brothers Fergus and Dink meet Tallulah, who can whistle, make sand angels, and stand on her head, but while Dink quickly becomes friends with the new pig, Fergus feels a little shy.
20) Two-minute drill
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brainy Scott Parry, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris Conlan, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.
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