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Publisher
SDH Publishing
Language
English
Description
Enter the mind of a disturbed boy who gains a passport to one of the foretold ‘thin places’ between life and death. In this realm of tilted memories, Edward meets a peculiar trio who help him reclaim his broken bits while discovering the secret behind an early death marking. Only then does he realize the nature of his nightmares and the malevolent source behind his suffering. With truth comes great responsibility, and Edward must choose to save...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the remarkable true story of a young German boy, born in Werschetz, Yugoslavia, who narrowly escaped capture by the Russians; his courageous fight for survival during and after WWII in a refugee school camp, and his incredible journey to freedom, immigration, and the opportunity to live the American Dream.
With the Russian front closing in, the order they hoped would never come was given: Evacuate! Evacuate! On the morning of October 1, 1944,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she's just inherited — to burn it to the ground. But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement — Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family's property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he...
Author
Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The western wood is where Ro's father built their garden, taught her to forage, and told her tales of the faeries who live there how to summon them, how to protect herself, and warnings of what they are capable of. Now, her father is gone, the garden has withered, and their family is struggling. Her mother and sister want to move into town, but Ro doesn't want to give up the memories of her father and his stories or the charming village girl who...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who became an international hero for his courage and selflessness. Ever since he was a young boy growing up on the streets of Staten Island, New York, Michael Ollis wanted to be a soldier. Inspired by his father, who fought in Vietnam, Mike's deep desire to serve was cemented on the day his beloved city was attacked. From 9/11 onward, Mike's one and only mission was to save lives. After two tense combat...
8) The skunks
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the outside, Isabel doesn't seem to have much going on. It's the summer after college graduation and she's moved back to her hometown, where she spends her days house-sitting, babysitting, working the front desk at a yoga studio, and hanging out with her childhood friend Ellie. But on the inside, Isabel's mind is always running, always analyzing, and right now, she's trying hard to not let her thoughts give weight to boys. So when Isabel spots...
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
Author
Language
English
Description
That's What Junkies Do is a brutally honest, often dark journey of one man's struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction. The story starts innocently enough in 1980's Brooklyn, NY, with a young boy, Thomas Figlioli, making a bad choice so he could gain the respect of a group of kids he looked up to and admired. Alcohol gives him the courage to be the person he always wanted to be. His fear and insecurity leaves and his lifelong struggle begins.
Being...
11) Heartless
Author
Series
Chestnut Springs volume 2
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Working as a nanny for the world's grumpiest single dad should be simple...except she can't keep her eyes off him. And he can't keep his hands off her. Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than Willa Grant, and he barely looks her way, even though she's living in his house for the summer. That is, until she gets him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then, all bets are off-and so are their clothes. Cade is gruff, a little rough...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"The TV-perfect family of Walter De Milly III was like many others in the American South of the 1950s - seemingly close-knit, solidly respectable, and active in the community."--BOOK JACKET. "To the outside world, Walter's father is a prominent businessman, a dignified Presbyterian, and a faithful husband; to Walter, he is an overwhelming, handsome monster. Whenever the two are together, young Walter becomes a sexual plaything for his father; father...
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It’s one of the first things we discover as children, reading and drawing: Maps have a unique power to transport us to distant lands on wondrous travels. Put a map at the start of a book, and we know an adventure is going to follow. Displaying this truth with beautiful full-color illustrations, The Writer’s Map is an atlas of the journeys that our most creative storytellers have made throughout their lives. This magnificent collection encompasses...
14) Jack's boys
Author
Publisher
BLACKSTONE PUB
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Five serial killers ... Known only to each other as: Alpha. Bravo. Charlie. Delta. Easy. Connected through a secure internet location, encrypted and concealed, a unique chat room they have named Jack's Special Place in homage to their ultimate model-the one killer they hold in the highest esteem: Whitechapel, London. 1888. The infamous murderer remembered in dark history as Jack the Ripper. And so, they are Jack's Boys. They delight in each other's...
15) The giver
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Author "Caleb Carr has had special relationships with cats since he was a young boy in a turbulent household, famously peopled by the founding members of the Beat Generation, where his steadiest companions were the adopted cats that lived with him both in the city and the country. As an adult, he has had many close feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story home in rural...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
They last spoke as teens...But on a country road twelve years later, a surprise encounter reunites ornithologist Celia Burke with veterinary surgeon Burnaby Hayes, and they plunge into the most unusual romance of her life. After a decade of marriage, Celia and Burnaby have found a unique and beautiful rhythm. Then tragedy strikes while Celia hunts for the nest of a research hawk near the Snake River. Reeling with grief, she's certain Burnaby won't...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Get ready to swing into action with this collection of classic crime-fighting fun! Revered by cartoon fans and originally produced by Filmation Studios, these 34 exciting adventures. Join the dynamic duo as they take the fight to criminals all across Gotham City. And what a cast of criminals it is. From foiling Joker's many twisted plans to keeping Catwoman, The Riddler, and The Penguin behind bars.