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82) Being Clem
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 3
Language
English
Description
1944. Clem's father is away, serving as a sailor in World War II. When the family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago explosion in San Francisco, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. The obstacles put in place by racial injustice seem insurmountable. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home-- and himself. Can he live up to his father's...
Author
Series
Iron codex volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aoife Grayson will do anything to make her way to the Deadlands and try to win back her love, Dean, who died helping her, even if that means killing Tremaine, who has vowed to keep her in the Thorn Lands, the faerie home of her mother Nerissa.
84) The savage
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy tells about a story he wrote when dealing with his father's death about a savage kid living in a ruined chapel in the woods--and the tale about the savage kid coming to life in the real world.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 2
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cal's old life ended as soon as the deadly 365-day countdown began. He's a hunted fugitive who'll do anything to survive. But is Cal desperate enough to befriend a traitor with killer connections? Or risk returning to the scene of his attempted murder? Should he meet with a mysterious informant, when it could be a setup? The clock is ticking. Any second could be his last.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
They say Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed, but June does not believe it was suicide because she and Delia used to be closer than anything, but one night a year ago, everything changed when they and June's boyfriend Ryan let their good time get out of hand, and now, a year later, June owes it to Delia to know if her best friend committed suicide or was murdered.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
135 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 5
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On New Year's Eve, 15-year-old Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a deadly warning, "They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days". Hurled into a life on the run, with a price on his head, the fugitive is isolated and alone. Hunted by the law and ruthless criminals, Cal must somehow uncover the truth about his father's mysterious death and a history-changing secret. 12 books, 12...
89) The epidemic
Author
Series
The Program. Prequels volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After discovering that everything she's ever known including her own identity has been a lie, Quinlan McKee is determined to find out the truth about her past. But in her search for answers, she discovers a cover-up more chilling than she can imagine. An epidemic is coming, and there's no way to stop it"--
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend dies and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she sees and the object she touches bring to life memories...
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
English-language edition.
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"One summer's day we started a business called Funerals Ltd, to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little brother, Puttie, cried."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Madison Avery novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Madison Avery, seventeen, spunky, and technically dead, takes on the role of Dark Timekeeper, she struggles to figure out her place in the war between light and dark reapers.
94) Poppy and Ereth
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.
95) The chaos
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Like his mother, Jem, when sixteen-year-old Adam looks in people's eyes he can see the dates of their deaths and now he sees the same date, six months in the future, in nearly everyone around him in the London of 2026.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 3
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Trapped with a train bearing down on him, Cal's chances of survival look grim. The cops and criminal gangs are unrelenting--they want him behind bars...or dead. The stakes are getting higher, but all the slues to the Ormond Singularity just lead to more puzzles, and more danger. Thwarted at every turn, it seems Cal has no hope of finding the answers. Is there anyone he can trust? The clock is ticking. Any second could be his last"--Publisher.
99) What's heaven?
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After her great-grandmother's death, a young girl learns about heaven by asking her mother all kinds of questions.
100) Healer and witch
Author
Language
English
Description
Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their French village at the end of the Middle Ages, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mère deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they're a bit witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use her untrained magic to heal her mother's grief yields tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves in search of a teacher. Accompanied by Martin, the farrier's...
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