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12822) The beach trap
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2022.
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English
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"Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret. They have one summer to set the record straight. When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O'Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they're not just best friends-they're also half-sisters. Confused and betrayed, their friendship instantly crumbles. Fifteen years later when their father dies suddenly, Kat and Blake discover he's...
12823) Emma
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Clever and confident, Emma is positive that she can find the perfect husband for her new friend Harriet. But with one mistake after another, Emma realizes that she might not understand people as well as she thought. In fact, she might not even understand her own heart."--
12824) Table Titans Club
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"New-girl Valeria Winters finds new friends in the Table Titans tabletop gaming club, but when the club is threatened, Val must join the wrestling team and make peace with her bully to save her new group of friends"--
12825) Snoozing sun
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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It's nearly nighttime, but the sun won't set in Xus National Park! Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar go to Spirit Park to discover why, and learn an important lesson about what it really means to be a hero.
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"From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She...
12828) Las madres: a novel
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"--
Se hacen llamar “Las Madres”, un grupo muy cercano de mujeres que, junto con sus hijas, han creado una familia basada en la amistad y los lazos de sangre. Su historia comienza en Puerto Rico, en 1975, cuando Luz, de quince años, la niña más alta en...
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[2024]
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English
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"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...
12830) Bug boys: outside and beyond
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows two bug friends, Stag-B and Rhino-B, as they explore their world and share adventures.
12831) Otherearth
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After discovering terrifying information about Otherworld, the Company's high-tech VR gaming experience, Simon and his friends are on the run, searching for Simon's old roommate. He may just be the key to shutting the Company down, although if they don't find him in time, it may be too late for not only them, but for all of humanity"--
12832) Baseball blues
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Zeke uses his powers to become a superstar on the youth baseball team, ignoring Harris's concern that this is cheating, their friendship is in trouble.
12833) The girl and the bicycle
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
A wordless picture book in which a girl sees a bicycle she wants to buy, works hard for a kindly neighbor to earn the money for it, then gets a pleasant surprise.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"An electrifying novel about a woman in thrall to the exhilarating rhythms of Manhattan, lost in the dizzying promise of youth, and fatally naive to the dark pressures of fame. When Rolling Stone journalist Kayla McCray is assigned a cover story on pop icon Lexi Mayhem, Kayla stumbles across a startling new angle to the exposé. Years ago, another rising star from Lexi's past mysteriously leaped to her death. Some things are better off forgotten,...
12835) The tidal pool of cool
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Starfish is pointy-perfect, so wow to the wow! And her tidal pool is filled with friends and fun things. But Crab and Snail weren't invited. While the best beach friends do everything they can to catch Starfish's attention and score an invite, they begin to realize that being kind just might be the coolest of cool.
12836) The Vanderbeekers ever after
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English
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"The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people! But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a newly-made and critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down. In the poignant conclusion to the bestselling Vanderbeekers series, the...
12837) Cats (2019)
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event. The film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap. One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, it won seven Tony Awards, including...
12838) Our Friend
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[2021]
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English
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Journalist Matt, his vibrant wife Nicole and their two young daughters, have their lives upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux offers to come and help out. As Dane puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, the impact of this life-altering decision proves greater and more profound than anyone could...
12839) Snail & Worm, of course
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[2023]
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English
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"These endearing invertebrates may not have backbones, but they always have each other's backs! With signature cheer and heartfelt humor, these tales celebrate friends who accept each other exactly as they are."--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high school’s speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who won’t stop posting about the details of her illness online. It’s not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers. But this latest hospital...
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