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141) Ellie
Author
Series
Ellie (Mike Wu) volume 1
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
When zookeeper Walt announces that the zoo will have to close, all of the animals pitch in to try to save their home but it is Ellie the elephant who reveals a talent that just may keep the zoo open for good.
142) Pintor de lunas
Author
Publisher
L?guez
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"A veces la pinto de colores o la lleno con dibujos de los sue?os que he tenido. Otras veces, le trazo senderos. Que no s? si son de los que vienen o de los que van"--P. 4 of cover.
The moon painter got his job when his hungry cat decided to eat the moon and the townspeople were not happy. Readers will enjoy seeing what they had to do to complete the task.
143) Chasing Degas
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
At the time of the Impressionists, a young ballet dancer races around Paris searching for Monsieur Degas, who accidentally took her bag--and the tutu she needs for the recital in which she is to perform that night. Includes reproductions of paintings by French Impressionist painters, with an author's note.
Author
Formats
Description
"On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O'Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with skill that shocks even O'Brien's veteran partner. The young woman is also a brilliant escape artist. Her bold flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve--and, for Walter, even more impossible to forget"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Nest for Celeste volume 1
Formats
Description
Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
147) Starfish
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way.
148) Houdini and me
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 1
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
327 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
151) The shadow box
Author
Formats
Description
Preparing for an exhibit that includes a piece about the domestic violence she once endured at the hands of her gubernatorial candidate husband, an artist survives a home invasion only to find herself pitted against dangerous corrupt forces.
152) Life class
Author
Series
Life class novels (Pat Barker) volume 1
Formats
Description
A novel capturing the devastation and psychological trauma of the Great War on every level of British society focuses on a group of young art students, including Paul Tarrant, a Red Cross volunteer, who discovers that life, love, and art will never be the same.
153) Silverlake Art Show
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 13
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
With the help of Hattie Frog and Owen Snake, Sophie Mouse puts together the first Silverlake Art Show but when the big night comes, she finds she is not the star of the show.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 333 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she stumbles upon evidence that a flame-haired stranger may have dangerous plans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xii, 322 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
When a baby arrives on her doorstep during Sawrey's annual summer fete, Beatrix Potter sets out to discover the truth about the abandoned baby, following her only clue, a scarab ring, to Hawthorn House, a legendary manor reputed to be haunted.
156) The kill order
Author
Series
Sydney Fitzpatrick series volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 403 pages ; 18 cm
Description
FBI special agent Sydney Fitzpartick knows nothing about the Devil's Key, except that her father was involved in its theft twenty years ago and was murdered as a result. The Devil's key, a list of seemingly random, supposedly indecipherable numbers, poses an immediate threat to national security - and anyone caught with this code in their possession is terminated with extreme prejudice. --P. 4 of cover.
157) The strays: a novel
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Description
"On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia by inviting other like-minded artists to live and work at their family home. Lily becomes infatuated with this wild, makeshift family and longs to truly be part of it. As the years pass, Lily observes the way the lives of these artists come to reflect...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"As Leonora and Max embark on remarkable journeys together and apart, the full story of their tumultuous and passionate love affair unfolds, spanning time and borders as they seek to reunite and reclaim their creative power in a world shattered by war. When their paths cross with Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector and socialite working to help artists escape to America, nothing will be the same"--Provided by publisher.
160) Tender: a novel
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
When they meet in Dublin in the late nineties, Catherine and James become close friends. She is a sheltered college student, he an adventurous, charismatic young artist. In a city brimming with possibilities, he spurs her to take life on with gusto. But as Catherine opens herself to new experiences, James's life becomes a prison, walled off by a truth he feels unable to share. When crisis hits, Catherine finds herself at the mercy of uncontrollable...
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