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1) Any day now
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English
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For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest her head. Cal and Maggie welcome her into their busy lives...
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"Orphans Gig and Rye Dolan don't have a penny to their names. The brothers work grueling, odd jobs each day just to secure a meal, and spend nights sleeping wherever they can with other day laborers. Twenty-three-year-old Gig is a passionate union man, fighting for fair pay and calling out the corrupt employers who exploit the working class. Eager to emulate his older brother, Rye follows suit, though he can't quite muster Gig's passion for the cause....
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Fudge books volume 4
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Brother Peter and Fudge must spend the summer with the dreaded Sheila the Great. Peter Hatcher describes his family's Maine vacation highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge and the presence of his sworn enemy Sheila Tubman and her family
4) Superfudge
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Series
Fudge books volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge.
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Dragon defenders volume 5
Language
English
Description
"It's all over - The Pitbull has won! He's captured every last dragon from The Island, and brought them to the mainland. The stage is now set for the grand opening of Dragon World. Meanwhile Flynn, Paddy, and Briar are stuck in their new school, powerless to do anything about it. That is, until they make a new friend..."--Back cover.
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Series
Fudge books volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever-increasing problem.
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Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...
8) Zen ghosts
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Series
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English
Description
On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan.
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English
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"Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure,...
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Series
Judy Moody volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.
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Radiant emperor volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything. "I refuse to be nothing..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness......
12) Texas on my mind
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The McCord brothers volume 1
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English
Description
When Riley McCord comes home to Spring Hill, Texas, he is desired by every woman in town, but Riley still has feelings for his childhood friend Claire Davidson who is also crazy about Riley but needs more stability than he can offer.
13) Rubylicious
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Pinkalicious volume 7
Language
English
Description
When she and her brother uncover a magic rock that will grant them one wish, Pinkalicious and Peter must think long and hard about what they want most in the whole wide world.
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Series
Charlie and Lola volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.
15) O pioneers!
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English
Description
A classic novel of the Nebraska prairie, O Pioneers! is the story of Alexandra Bergson, the daughter of Swedish immigrant farmers, whose devotion to the land sustains her against the hardships and suffering of prairie life. A new addition to the Bantam Classic line.
16) Dragon fury
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Unwanteds quests volume 7
Language
English
Description
Regarded as a traitor by her loved ones in the aftermath of a devastating mistake, Thisbe reevaluates her plans and complex feelings about the Revinir before risking everything to make things right.
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Series
Dragon brothers trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a creature swoops out of the sky and nabs Flynn and Paddy's beloved dog, the brothers embark on a daring magical quest to rescue their canine friend from a dragon's lair.
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Time quintet volume 1
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English
Description
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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English
Description
"With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint's...
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