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1) Sinner man
Author
Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-126
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23 cm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rise
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Description
"An age-appropriate introduction to the concepts of race, gender, consent and body positivity, developed by early childhood and activism experts, combines clear text with engaging artwork to help the youngest children recognize and confront unjust actions."--
3) The walk
Author
Series
Walk novels volume 1
Description
What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and the love of your life--all at the same time? When it happens to Seattle ad executive Alan Christoffersen, he's tempted by his darkest thoughts but then decides to take a walk, heading for the farthest point on his map: Key West, Florida. The people he encounters along the way, and the lessons they share with him, will save his life.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"An examination of how individuals strive for social status and how this creates our culture as a whole Contrary to belief, status signaling isn't just the province of the immature or insecure but a fundamental human need to secure social standing. It drives our behavior, forms our tastes, determines what we buy, and ultimately shapes who we are. It's what's behind "cool" and what drives fashion, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
[viii, 305] pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders--revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy's extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer perspectives that will change how you think about who you are....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
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Description
"Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when...
7) Purity
Author
Description
"A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author of Freedom Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother--her only family--is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother has always concealed her own real name, or how she can ever have...
8) Sunrise
Author
Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Power of three volume 6
Warriors power of three volume 6
Warriors. Power of three volume 6
Warriors power of three volume 6
Warriors. Power of three volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2009.
Physical Desc
318 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Firestar's grandchildren, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather, finally discover who their true parents are, there are dire consequences for ThunderClan and the Warrior Code.
9) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
10) Odd bird out
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Lerner Publishing
Pub. Date
2011, c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Faced with mockery for his antics and attire, a raven named Robert leaves town to seek his fortune, and some time later a fabulous entertainer named Bobby Raver appears to great popular acclaim--but he never reveals his identity.
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
288 pages.
Description
Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission--find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her, will be a help or a hindrance.
12) The cloud roads
Author
Series
Books of the Raksura volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Living most of his life trying to hide his shapeshifting from the human tribe that sheltered him, Moon is cast out when his secret is discovered and finds himself being rescued by a winged shapeshifter who introduces him to a new world and a common enemy, winged creatures known as the Fell.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In a world where everyone knows the day they will die, Denton has always wanted to live a normal life. If he knew what was in store for his last day, he probably wouldn't be so calm. First hangover. First sex. First love triangle. When Denton discovers a strange purple rash making its way up his body, and then a strange man shows up claiming to have known his long-deceased mother, Denton's life is filled with mysterious questions... and precious little...
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
296 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, and Glory is hoping to learn more about her own identity, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil.
15) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Description
Deals with the adventures of a young orphan boy trying to survive amid greed and poverty in 19th-century London.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When twelve-year-old Ariel and her friend Zeke find a mysterious artifact which has not been seen in a long time, it proves to be the beginning of a long and arduous journey that will untimately reveal to them their true identities.
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
109 p. ;
Description
"A chorus of essays from a variety of voices, backgrounds, and experiences, exploring what it means to be human and true to yourself. What does it mean to be yourself? To be born here or somewhere else? To be from one family instead of another? What doesit mean to be human? Collected by Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, A Path to the World showcases essays by a vast variety of luminaries--from Gary Soto to Nawal Nasrallah to Ying Ying Yu, from chefs to artists...
Author
Series
Dreamer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Ronan, Hennessy, and Bryde are dreamers; Ronan's dreams always seem to end in random destruction, using up the power of the ley lines he cannot even sense; Hennessy makes multiple copies of herself, dreaming them into reality in search of her own fragileidentity, and Bryde dreams of power and reordering his companions and the world to his own specifications; their families and duplicates are the collateral damage of their dreams--and meanwhile they...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate--the first automobile any of them have seen--and a stranger arrives. In...
20) Impostors
Author
Series
Impostors (Scott Westerfeld) volume 1
Formats
Description
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
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