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181) Cygnet: a novel
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Kid doesn't know where her parents are. They left with a promise to come back months ago, and now their seventeen-year-old daughter is stranded on Swan Island. Swan isn't just any island; it is home to an eccentric old age separatist community who have shunned life on the mainland for a haven which is rapidly sinking into the ocean. The Kid's arrival threatens to burst the idyllic bubble that the elderly residents have so carefully constructed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
English language edition.
Physical Desc
103 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Detective Gordon retires and Buffy is left alone at the police station, she hears strange noises and decides to call Gordon in to help her with the mystery.
183) Queen of hearts
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after her first kiss but before her sixteenth birthday in December, 1941, Marie Claire and her younger brother and sister are sent to a tuberculosis sanatorium near their Manitoba farm.
184) Neon Leon
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows that chameleons are the best at fitting in. But not Leon. Leon is neon! In fact, he's SO bright that he keeps all the other chameleons awake at night. But poor Leon is lonely, so he goes off in search of somewhere he can blend in. In this delightful interactive book, filled with vibrant neon artwork, children can help Leon on his journey by counting his steps, sending him to sleep and giving him lots of reassurance when he's feeling...
185) Cocoa magic
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eight-year-old Daniel loves helping his Great-Uncle Lewis, a chocolatier, and he secretly gifts chocolates to classmates who need cheering up. When Uncle Lewis goes away, Daniel's loneliness is obvious--and it turns out his "secret" gift-giving has been obvious too. His classmates respond with a bounty of small gifts to lift his spirits. Includes an author's note about empathy and acts of kindness."--
186) White horse: a novel
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Working at an animal testing laboratory to pay her way through college, Zoe discovers that she is pregnant at the same time the world is shattered by an apocalyptic viral outbreak that wipes out everyone she loves and genetically mutates humanity's survivors.
187) Dreams of a life
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An imaginative and multi layered quest to go beyond the newspaper reports and solve the mystery of who 38-year-old Joyce Vincent was and why she lay undiscovered for three years after her death in one of the busiest parts of London. Joyce Vincent died in her bedsit above Shopping City in Wood Green. Nobody noticed. Nearly three years later, her flat was forced into by authorities due to lack of rent payment.
188) Snow hunters
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Yoon proves that love can dissolve loneliness, that hope can wash away despair, and that a man who has lost a country can find a new home.
189) Losing it
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Julia Greenfield is twenty-six years old and still a virgin... and something's got to change. She travels to spend the summer with her mysterious aunt Vivienne in North Carolina, and unearths a confounding secret: her 58 year old aunt is a virgin too. Julia becomes fixated on puzzling out what could have lead to Viv's appalling condition, all while trying to avoid the same fate.
191) The smoke
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Titan edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ings isn't one of those SF writers who explains in great detail how his fictional world came to be. Rather, he drops a hint here, a tantalizing bit of dialogue there, and the resulting sense of uncertainty actually adds a layer of suspense to the story. His fictional world -- an earth that followed a different historical path from our own -- is beautifully constructed, with three different human subspecies; and around that world, he builds a wildly...
192) A rose by the door
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
193) Notes on a scandal
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and...
194) Milk: a novel
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
131 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
159 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Diana, the gangly, sometimes clumsy, only child on the island of Themyscira, struggles to live up to the high Amazonian standards and longs for someone her own age whom she can talk to.
196) Snow foal
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster family on a remote farm in the middle of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger, and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. But after she rescues a tiny wild foal, Addie discovers that perhaps she's not so alone after all. As adventure and unexpected friendship blossom, Addie is determined that she and the foal will both know what it is to be home again soon."--
Author
Series
Because you'll never meet me volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bestselling author Jim Kraus returns with a heartwarming tale about a dog who has people convinced he can talk. Wilson Steele is a single professor and Vietnam veteran who likes living alone, insisting it's too late for him to have a family. His mother disagrees. When she impulsively adopts a rescued black lab mix, she insists Thurman is special, and has whispered of the coming of grandchildren. Wilson brushes the notion off as fantasy. When his...
199) Is anybody there?
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age.
200) Bertolt
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a charming, touching story about an imaginative boy whose best friend is an oak tree named Bertolt. The boy admits to being an outlier among his peers, but insists that while he is alone, he is never lonely. Being independent suits him, and he considers his difference to be his advantage.
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