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Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
No matter its name, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it's a symbol of transformation. Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores how Halloween can be more than just candies and frights, but a night when anything is possible. Each short story is told through the lens of a different BIPOC teen and tells the tale of a Halloween night that changes their life forever. Creative, creepy, and queer, this collection brings...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele's anthology of all-new horror stories...
Author
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First US edition ;
Physical Desc
1 audio-enhanced book (123 pages) : color illustrations ; 24 cm ; 1 attached digital audio player.
Language
English
Description
The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia, and Africa, but when award-winning writer and gatherer of tales Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales and as part of the Arabic storytelling tradition. When he migrated to the Netherlands, he shaped twenty of those tales into his debut book for children, which was translated...
Author
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
What makes a place feel like home? A mother's embrace, the warmth of new friendship, a sweet reunion—all can be found in these unforgettable stories . . .
THREE'S A CROWD * Fern Michaels
This Mother's Day will be the first in three years that Samantha Stewart has spent with her parents. And she's bringing a very special gift—the baby granddaughter they've never met. Sam's work as an overseas...
THREE'S A CROWD * Fern Michaels
This Mother's Day will be the first in three years that Samantha Stewart has spent with her parents. And she's bringing a very special gift—the baby granddaughter they've never met. Sam's work as an overseas...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thief targets a local bookstore and it will take a bibliophile PI to save the shop.
Tess Monaghan wants to like the Children's Bookstore. It's bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner's attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children's bookseller hates children? What's eating Octavia,...
Tess Monaghan wants to like the Children's Bookstore. It's bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner's attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children's bookseller hates children? What's eating Octavia,...
Author
Publisher
thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print.
Physical Desc
423 (large print) pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"STARRY NIGHT * Fern Michaels As the host of a radio program for the lovelorn in Chicago, Jessie Richmond is surprisingly lonely, especially with the holidays approaching. So she decides to make the trek to her uncle's bookstore in rural New York state and hold a speed dating event-only to find herself snowed in-with one very special single . . . MISTLETOE AND MIMOSAS * Tara Sheets After years of hard work, real estate agent Layla Gentry has her dream...
9) Silver bells
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the air, there's a feeling of Christmas . . . so settle into your coziest armchair and enjoy four captivating tales that will make your holidays merry and bright . . .
"Silver Bells" by Fern Michaels
For years, movie star Amy Lee wondered what it would be like to leave her shallow Hollywood life and go back home to Apple Valley, Pennsylvania. This Christmas, she plans to find out. And Hank Anders, her high-school boyfriend, is now ready to give...
10) Yule Log Murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub Corp
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fresh-baked cookies, pies, and cakes can warm even the frostiest Christmases in coastal Maine. But there's little room for holiday cheer when murder is the new seasonal tradition . . .
YULE LOG MURDER by LESLIE MEIER
Lucy Stone is thrilled to be cast as an extra in a festive period film-until the set becomes a murder scene decorated in blood and buttercream icing. Returning to her role as sleuth, Lucy dashes to restore peace to Tinker's Cove, unwrap...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
510 (large print) pages : 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Take a walk down the aisle--Western style-- with three tales of unbridled love from a trio of New York Times bestselling authors who know the way to a cowboy's heart"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Dee Henderson's novella "Betrayed," Janelle Roberts is freed--thanks to people she doesn't know--after serving six years of a twenty-year sentence for a murder she did not commit. But a murderer is still at large, and Janelle needs to be somewhere safe with someone she can trust. She may not survive another betrayal.In Dani Pettrey's "Deadly Isle," Tennyson Kent is trapped on the isolated island of her childhood by a storm surge, and she is shocked...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series. A uniquely imaginative creator of wonders whose unique storytelling genius has been acclaimed by a host of literary luminaries from Norman...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three St. Patrick's Day themed novellas set in Maine feature Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell, and Julia Snowden all trying to solve suspicious deaths in unexpected circumstances.
Author
Language
English
Description
Cassie Beaumont signs on with professional matchmaker Simon Dodson. Claiming he has her perfect mate in mind, Simon assigns her three Christmas tasks to complete before she can meet him. Cassie does them all, and she's finally ready to meet her match, but just like the perfect Christmas present, he turns out to be a wonderful surprise.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Horror and ghosts stories,...
17) Sweet talk
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
378 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fan favorite from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Sweet Spot and Sweet Trouble: "Smart, sexy romance doesn't get any better than this." -Debbie Macomber
Is there anything sweeter than first love?
Don't ask Claire Keyes. The twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family-which is just part of the reason she hasn't seen...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three novellas from three cozy mystery writers all feature murders that happen at Halloween parties, including a fete in a Victorian home where someone overdoses on tainted drugs and a teenage sleepover where the attendees discover a murdered neighbor.
Author
Series
Publisher
LEVINE QUERIDO
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This collection of all-new spooky stories is sure to keep readers up past their bedtimes, looking over their shoulders to see what goes bump in the night.