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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
290 p. : ill. map ; 21 cm.
Description
1912. The peace of the Lake District is interrupted by the noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane-- and Beatrix's friend Grace is receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry.
123) Dad goes to school
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"It's Parents Week for Mrs. Connor's first graders. Every day a different parent visits to show the class what they do. But Ayanna's dad isn't like the other parents. Will her classmates like him anyway?"--
124) Alas salvajes
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
125) Gillespie and I
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
504 p. ;
Description
As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her friendship with Ned Gillespie--a talented artist whose life came to a tragic end before he ever achieved the fame and recognition that Harriet maintains he deserved. In 1888, young Harriet arrives in Glasgow during the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter with Ned, she befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes...
Author
Series
Ava Lee novels volume 1
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
392 pages
Description
On a journey that takes her from Seattle to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Guyana, and the British Virgin Islands, Ava encounters everything from the Thai katoey culture to corrupt government officials. In Guyana she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, Robbins decides he wants a piece of Ava's five million dollars and will do whatever it takes to get his...
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated in the latest installment of a series that incorporates events from the life of Beatrix Potter and her beloved characters.
128) The god of endings
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
480 pages ; 2 x 15 cm.
Description
Collette LeSange has been hiding a dark truth: She is immortal. In 1834, Collette’s grandfather granted her the gift of eternal life and since then, she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache. Now, almost 150 years later, Collette is a lonely artist running an elite fine art school for children in upstate New York. But her life is suddenly upended by the arrival of a gifted child from a troubled home, the return of a stalking presence from...
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a novel based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Lale used the infinitesimal...
Author
Series
Shang-chi (Ying) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Sneaking out of the palace into the outside world to find the legendary Peaches of Immortality to gift to his father, 12-year-old Shang-Chi refuses to fail in his quest until he hears things that make him wonder if his father deserves to be saved.
Author
Series
Little blue envelopes volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
282 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ginny Blackstone precipitously travels from her home in New Jersey to London when she receives a message from an unknown man telling her he has the letters that were stolen just before she completed a series of mysterious tasks assigned by her now dead aunt, an artist.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 307 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1910 Miss Beatrix Potter is able to get away from her parents and goes to her properties in the Land Between the Lakes, Hill Top Farm and Castle Farm, where trouble is brewing in the hamlet. When Mr. Harmsworth barricades the foot path running through his property, Applebeck Farm, claiming he did it because someone lit a fire to his hayloft, and another fire ruins a place of business, Miss Potter is on the case!
133) What's up, Chuck?
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Chuck the woodchuck is a skilled sculptor in wood, and he has won the Best of the Forest art contest three years in a row, but this year he faces a serious challenge from a newcomer, Scooter Possum.
134) Shades of darkness
Author
Series
Ravenborn volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
As she discovers the truth about her past, Kaira, a senior at a boarding school for aspiring musicians and artists, discovers that vengeful gods are threatening humanity.
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Two narratives--Richard in present day, settingling into a quiet but pleasant life as a newly married art teacher; Sean in 1980s Virginia, when cult leaders, serial killers, and stranger danger are on the rise--converge around a few small lies that spiraled into a terrible tragedy. Thirty years later, it seems someone is out for revenge."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
147 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
In 1940, after traveling from their country village to Mexico City to find their mother, fourteen-year-old Maria and her younger brother Victor are befriended by the artist Frida Kahlo and the talking animals and household objects that inhabit her home.
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In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortress like stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob’s Ladder in search of someone—or something—they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men,...
138) 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.
139) 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.
140) Confess: a novel
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At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping a major...
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