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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state’s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California’s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like...
3) California
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Author
Series
Modern Library chronicles volume 23
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xxv, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Author
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
36 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.
Description
Mr. Geo the geography teacher explores the state of California, where he watches the taping of a television show in Los Angeles, visits state parks and historic landmarks, and reaches the Pacific Ocean.
Author
Publisher
Pacific Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
vii, 321 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Description
"California Plants is an essential resource for outdoor enthusiasts. With his vibrant photographs and lively writing, Matt Ritter takes the reader on a journey through the Golden State's iconic landscapes and abundant plant life. This definitive guide features more than 500 species, along with detailed descriptions, fascinating natural history stories, and handy tree and wildflower color identification charts."--Amazon.com.
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined fate and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna,...
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Description
Since former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan started Private, it has become one of the world's most powerful investigation firms, sought out by the rich and famous to discretely handle their most sensitive problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world, and they always uncover the truth. When a former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect....
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Description
"Mesmerized by a band of girls in the park whom she perceives as enjoying a life of free and careless abandon, 1960s teen Evie Boyd becomes obsessed with gaining acceptance into their circle. Evie, grateful for their charismatic leader's attention, the sense of family the group offers, and the assurance of the girls, is swept into their chaotic cult existence. As things turn darker, her choices become riskier. A wonderfully written debut novel about...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
544 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
A guide to California outlines its culture and history, offers profiles of the major cities, describes sightseeing attractions, and recommends hotels, restaurants, shopping, and outdoor activities.
13) Esperanza rising
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Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
14) California bones
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Description
In the Southern Kingdom of California, Daniel Blackland is a thief and an osteomancer, able to use the magic imbued in certain bones to give himself power. As a child he witnessed the killing of his father by the mysterious ruler known as the Hierarch and then went underground. The local crime lord wants to hire him for a job, but Daniel isn't interested until he hears that it might finally be a chance for him to steal back a weapon made by his father...
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Description
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people -- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover -- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of California"--Provided by publisher.
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