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Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.
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Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Birdsall
1 available
J Birdsall
1 available
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15 copies, 27 people are on the wait list.
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While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
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9 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
4) The giver
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Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Lowry
1 available
J Lowry
1 available
Teen Fiction - South Wing Basement
T Lowry
3 available
T Lowry
3 available
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43 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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Teen Fiction (Large Print) - South Wing Basement
T Lowry
1 available
T Lowry
1 available
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
5) Hatchet
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Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Paulsen
4 available
J Paulsen
4 available
Teen Fiction - Display (Staff Picks)
T Paulsen
1 available
T Paulsen
1 available
Teen Fiction - South Wing Basement
T Paulsen
1 available
T Paulsen
1 available
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29 copies, 102 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 32 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 32 people are on the wait list.
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Playaway Device - North Wing Top Floor
PLAYAWAY J Paulsen
1 available
PLAYAWAY J Paulsen
1 available
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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
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20 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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7 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
7) Frindle
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Junior Fiction - Display (Children’s Beehive, Top Floor)
J Clements
1 available
J Clements
1 available
Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Clements
8 available
J Clements
8 available
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12 copies, 16 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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3 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that moves out of his control.
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Book Group Set - South Wing Main Floor (Ask at Reference Desk)
BG Burnett
12 available
BG Burnett
12 available
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20 copies, 36 people are on the wait list.
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A secret garden with a tragic past, a mysterious cry, an imposing estate in the English countryside. A human-like robin, a boy named Colin, bedridden by a presumed serious illness, and a girl called Mary, who facing difficulties and making new friendships finds herself growing up in a mysterious and fascinating environment. These are the main ingredients that make Frances Hodgson Burnett's masterpiece "The Secret Garden" so unique; this book is a...
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Milo doesn't know what to do with himself until he meets some very illogical characters.
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Junior Fiction - Display (Children's Fiction)
J Lin
1 available
J Lin
1 available
Junior Fiction - Display (Children’s Beehive, Top Floor)
J Lin
1 available
J Lin
1 available
Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Lin
1 available
J Lin
1 available
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8 copies, 13 people are on the wait list.
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Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
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Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J O'Dell
3 available
J O'Dell
3 available
Teen Fiction - South Wing Basement
T O'Dell
4 available
T O'Dell
4 available
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10 copies, 25 people are on the wait list.
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Teen Fiction (Large Print) - South Wing Basement
T O'Dell
1 available
T O'Dell
1 available
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Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
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Junior Fiction - North Wing Top Floor
J Fleischman
3 available
J Fleischman
3 available
Teen Fiction - South Wing Basement
T Fleischman
1 available
T Fleischman
1 available
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5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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In this rollicking adventure set during the California Gold Rush, Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion to meet her debts. She is still unable to raise enough money to pay her creditors, and twelve-year-old Jack goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
[SF] Tolkien
5 available
[SF] Tolkien
5 available
Teen Fiction - South Wing Basement
T Tolkien
3 available
T Tolkien
3 available
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Based on a motion picture to be released in theaters Dec. 14, 2012, this is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in a hole in the ground and accompanies Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves on a quest to recover the gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug. At journey's end, after facing trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse, Bilbo discovers his destiny.
14) Half magic
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5 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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Adult Fiction (Large Print) - South Wing Main Floor
LP Eager
1 available
LP Eager
1 available
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Four children spending their summer in a city apartment enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin.
15) Word of mouse
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"The illuminating journey of a very special mouse, and the unexpected friendships he makes along the way"--
16) No talking
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2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
17) The last
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Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true. Along the way, she meets new allies--animals and humans alike--who...
18) Shiloh
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When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs.
19) Stone Fox
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Junior Fiction - Display (Children’s Beehive, Top Floor)
J Gardiner
3 available
J Gardiner
3 available
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Willy hopes to win a sled dog race and pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm.
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15 copies, 84 people are on the wait list.
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11 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
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11 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
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A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.