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1) Spy ring
Author
Language
English
Description
"With codewords and secret signals perfected, best friends Rachel and Joon are ready to spend their summer practicing spycraft—especially if they can uncover secrets like the one Joon’s parents have been keeping, that his family is about to move out of town. When eavesdropping leads them to a ring rumored to have belonged to Anna “Nancy” Smith Strong—according to local Long Island legend, the only female member of George Washington’s famed...
2) Kittentits
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1992, and ten-year-old Molly is tired of living in the fire-rotted, nun-haunted House of Friends: a Semi-Cooperative Living Community of Peace Faith(s) in Action with her formerly blind dad and their grieving housemate Evelyn. But when twenty-three-year-old Jeanie, a dirt bike-riding ex-con with a shady past, moves in, she quickly becomes the object of Molly's adoration. She might treat Molly terribly, but they both have dead moms and potty...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents' stories. After bonding with Helene, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another. Whilst Justine helps Helene to relive her memories of love and war, Helene encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her...
5) Sumo libre
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Friends Max and Kenji love wrestling, but Max loves lucha libre and Kenji loves sumo, so they come together to create something spectacular.
6) My new home
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Moving to a new home can sometimes feel scary and a little bit lonely, but this little raccoon soon discovers that wherever you go adventures soon follow. A story about moving house, making friends and finding a new home. This story is written from the perspective of a young child. It's perfect for children about to move house or start new school, but has a universal message for any child about the importance of kindness and acceptance when meeting...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A Latino picture book retelling of the . . . [Scottish] folktale 'Always Room for One More,' which follows Don Manuel, Doña Lila, and their children and assorted pets as they welcome all to their one-room casita for a fiesta before chaos ensues"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Shinbi is not a particularly ghosty ghost. At night she likes making tiny bouquets of things, and gazing at the far away stars. Haunting? Not so much. Even if that's what the other ghosts like. In the daytime, in a meadow, sits a single rock, casting a single shadow, named Greem. He'd really like someone to talk to. But who? He writes one word on his lonely rock: 'Hi' and hopes someone will see it. Sure enough, in the darkness of night, Shinbi finds...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women-Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbor Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Pony has a surprise for Dog--a pet rock! Dog would have preferred a T-Rex, or a moose, or a cow for a pet, but Pony says if Dog gives the pet rock a name, Dog will like it more. Dog names his pet rock Lulu the T-Rex and says it likes to eat ponies! Uh-oh. Will Dog and Pony and Lulu learn to get along?"--Amazon.
14) Reindeer games
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Andy Snowden and the other Elf Academy elves go on a winter wonderland field trip. When one of the younger reindeer is having trouble learning to fly, it's up to Andy to use his imagination to help save the day!"--
15) Not a river
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend's teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray's enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness. It's only the two sisters--the...
17) A magical day
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Magical, Unique, and Divine need to find Magical's special crown before her birthday party is ruined"--
18) The switch
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Two couples. One twisted game of love and sex. A dark domestic thriller about the dangerous secrets that come to light when a wild fantasy turns sinister... When young couple Elena and Adam are offered the chance to housesit in their dream neighborhood for a few months, they jump at the opportunity. The leafy South London enclave is a world away from everything they know, complete with grand homes with lush gardens and quaint local coffee shops....
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Collects six adventures of Strawberry Shortcake and her friends as they baby sit a mischievious berrykin, bake in the Berry Bitty Baking Contest, and go camping."--
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