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Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me....
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. They're kept in balance only by Matthew's best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science superstar--and Amelia's new boyfriend. But when Matthew finds himself on a desolate bridge face-to-face with a boy screaming for help, that delicate balance begins to crumble.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume 1
Language
English
Description
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he is tracked down by a man he's never met -- a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls,...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Romanian
Description
Documents a year in the lives of five homeless Romanian children, homeless in part as the result of the policies of deposed Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who make their home in a subway station in Bucharest.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 270 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are homeless adolescents and children living on the outskirts of Phoenix.
10) Home
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Two children learn from their experiences of homelessness and uncertain housing that despite their living circumstances there are aspects of their lives that remain constant.
Author
Language
English
Description
Six months ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Her father was in charge of the plant-- was he drunk when it happened? Instead of following the rest of the refugees after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself. When...
12) Dead time
Author
Series
Marti MacAlister mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
661 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's...
14) Blue: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills -- until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident --...
17) Raised by wolves
Author
Publisher
Scalo
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First Scalo edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages : portraits (some color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
18) The Sisterhood
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lil's heart was broken when her sister Mella disappeared. There's been no trace or sighting of her since she vanished, so when Lil sees a girl lying in the road near her house she thinks for a heart-stopping moment that it's Mella. The girl is injured and disorientated and Lil has no choice but to take her home, even though she knows something's not right. The girl claims she's from a peaceful community called The Sisterhood of...
20) Valentino Pier
Author
Series
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
137 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Gulliver Dowd rescues a street kid's dog, but when the kid is found badly beaten the next day, Gulliver uncovers a new mystery.
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