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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Yorkshire veterinarian describes the adventures and experiences of his career as he tends to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs, and their eccentric owners, in a celebration of the relationships between human and animal.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"The doors of the Inn at Gloucester are always open to anyone running from trouble or hiding from life. Its owner, former Boston police detective Bill Robinson, welcomes them with no questions asked. Until two strangers arrive for a temporary stay and a longtime resident starts looking over his shoulders. There's another newcomer in town who puts the Inn under surveillance. When the surveillance turns into a series of attacks. Robinson launches an...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at young Kyung Tak's family's home in Busan, on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' is their last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. But threaded through the overwhelming and scary moments are joyful ones too, like when Kyung makes a new friend. And after a meaningful talk with her...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town-and people-she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge ... including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
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The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.
7) Chaos theory
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can relate. So she doesn't resist reaching out. And there's...
Author
Publisher
Magic Cat Publishing, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
How does climate change make you feel? Sad? Afraid? Powerless? Guilty? You're not the only one feeling this way.
Drawing on years of experience as a psychoanalyst, Anouchka Grose shares cutting-edge insights on how to manage your eco-anxiety. You'll find out how to validate your emotions. You'll learn how to build your resilience. You'll even discover the comfort that can be found in your community.
Ten accessible steps will help you understand...
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Series
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First North American Edition ;
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (185 pages) : digital, color illustrations ; 22 cm ; 1 attached digital audio player.
Language
English
Description
Junior is so excited—his human family is going on vacation and this time they're taking him with them. And they're going to the most magical place in the world—THE WOODS! All the sticks you could possible want! Endless raccoons to chase! A lake to doggy-paddle in! It's a canine paradise!
But all of Junior's best plans are ruined when Iona Stricker—the most miserable, cruel, and obedience-obsessed human you could ever meet—shows up and puts...
10) A dog's purpose
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Searching for his purpose over the course of multiple canine lives, Bailey is reborn as a golden-haired puppy after a tragic death as a stray and shares a loving bond with young Ethan before he again dies and starts over.
11) Midnight harbor
Author
Series
Miramar Bay volume 8
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When his Aunt Amelia, his closest friend and greatest supporter, passes away, leaving him her home in Miramar, classical guitarist Ian Hart uses this opportunity to reflect and move forward after a scandal destroyed his career but instead finds himself drawn to another newcomer, artist Kari Langham, who changes everything.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans--especially witches--but when her family is threatened, she has no choice but to seek help from the witch Baba Yaga.
Baba Yaga never does magic for free, but it just so happens that she needs a wolf's keen nose for a secret plan she's brewing . . . Before Zima knows what's happening, the witch has cast a switching spell and run off into the woods, while Zima is left behind in Baba Yaga's hut--and...
13) Allergic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet!
At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie loves animals and thinks a new puppy is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most insightful music critics, he is most of all, at heart, an Ohioan. Growing up in Columbus in the '90s, Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron were forged, and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater--an opportunity to savor quiet moments during...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 335 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Showcasing the smart and talented people who live between the pages, this inspiring collection of true stories, as told to one of the greatest novelists of our time, invites us into a world where we can feed our curiosities, discover new voices and find whatever we want or require.
Author
Series
Unofficial Fortnite Graphic Novel volume 1
Publisher
Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
If it were easy, it wouldn't be Fortnite.
When 98% of the world's population disappears in the blink of an eye, the isolated survivors, 4 teenagers named Cody, Sarah, Eric, and Kiki, each cower in the ruins of their homeland, pounded by strange storms and hunted by ravenous monsters. One by one, they discover a hopeful sign of life, a distress call, which beckons them toward a place called Homebase.
In their pursuit of this safe haven, they find...
18) Crave
Author
Series
Crave volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods... or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.
Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. But there's something about...
19) Wake the bones
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil is dead under her hands, and her bone pile just stood up and walked away.
After dropping out of college, all she wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she can’t help but love. Instead, a devil from her past has returned to court her, as he did her late mother years earlier. Now, Laurel must...
20) Sandcastle Inn
Author
Series
A Hope Harbor novel volume 10
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a man struggling to recoup from a tragic loss and a woman still reeling from an unplanned career detour join forces to save a floundering B&B on the Oregon coast, they might also discover that hope and healing can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places"--