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The encyclopedia of mythology : classical, Celtic, Greek [i.e. Norse] /

Cotterell, Arthur.


Includes index. Although title page has "classical, Celtic, Greek" content is Norse rather than Greek. Cover has Norse, classical, Celtic.
Date Published:2005

The alchemist /

Coelho, Paulo.


Translation of: O alquimista. Translated from the Portuguese. First HarperCollins hardcover edition: 1993. HarperPerrenial paperback edition: 1998. Originally published in Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro : Editora Rocco, c1988.
Date Published:1993

The beast in the clouds : the Roosevelt brothers' deadly quest to find the mythical giant panda /

Holt, Nathalia, 1980-,


The last large mammal -- The happy valley -- The valley of death -- The crim's pool -- Eaves of the world -- House of the prince -- South of the clouds -- Forge of arrows -- Complete heaven -- Kingdom of the golden monkey -- Temple of hell -- Land of the yi -- Teh hall of Asian mammals -- The summer white house -- Trail's end. Junior Library Guild. "The Himalayas--a snowcapped mountain range that hides treacherous glacier crossings, raiders poised to attack unsuspecting travelers, and air so thin that even seasoned explorers die of oxygen deprivation. Yet among the dangers lies one of the most beautiful and fragile ecosystems in the world. During the 1920s, dozens of expeditions scoured the Chinese and Tibetan wilderness in search of the panda bear, a beast that many believed did not exist. When the two eldest sons of President Theodore Roosevelt sought the bear in 1928, they had little hope of success. Together with a team of scientists and naturalists, they accomplished what a decade of explorers could not, ultimately introducing the panda to the West. In the process, they documented a vanishing world and set off a new era of conservation biology. Along the way, the Roosevelt expedition faced an incredible series of hardships as they disappeared in a blizzard, were attacked by robbers, overcome by sickness and disease, and lost their food supply in the mountains. The explorers would emerge transformed, although not everyone would survive. Beast in the Clouds brings alive these extraordinary events in a potent nonfiction thriller featuring the indomitable Roosevelt family. From the soaring beauty of the Tibetan plateau to the somber depths of human struggle, Nathalia Holt brings her signature 'immersive, evocative' (Bookreporter) voice to this astonishing tale of adventure, harrowing defeat, and dazzling success"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

The last large mammal -- The happy valley -- The valley of death -- The crim's pool -- Eaves of the world -- House of the prince -- South of the clouds -- Forge of arrows -- Complete heaven -- Kingdom of the golden monkey -- Temple of hell -- Land of the yi -- Teh hall of Asian mammals -- The summer white house -- Trail's end. Junior Library Guild. "The Himalayas--a snowcapped mountain range that hides treacherous glacier crossings, raiders poised to attack unsuspecting travelers, and air so thin that even seasoned explorers die of oxygen deprivation. Yet among the dangers lies one of the most beautiful and fragile ecosystems in the world. During the 1920s, dozens of expeditions scoured the Chinese and Tibetan wilderness in search of the panda bear, a beast that many believed did not exist. When the two eldest sons of President Theodore Roosevelt sought the bear in 1928, they had little hope of success. Together with a team of scientists and naturalists, they accomplished what a decade of explorers could not, ultimately introducing the panda to the West. In the process, they documented a vanishing world and set off a new era of conservation biology. Along the way, the Roosevelt expedition faced an incredible series of hardships as they disappeared in a blizzard, were attacked by robbers, overcome by sickness and disease, and lost their food supply in the mountains. The explorers would emerge transformed, although not everyone would survive. Beast in the Clouds brings alive these extraordinary events in a potent nonfiction thriller featuring the indomitable Roosevelt family. From the soaring beauty of the Tibetan plateau to the somber depths of human struggle, Nathalia Holt brings her signature 'immersive, evocative' (Bookreporter) voice to this astonishing tale of adventure, harrowing defeat, and dazzling success"-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

The Sherlock society /

Ponti, James,


Junior Library Guild. Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
Date Published:2024

The wild robot escapes /

Brown, Peter, 1979-


School Library Journal starred, March 2018. Booklist starred, January 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2018. Kirkus Review, February 2018. After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill.
Date Published:2018

We were liars /

Lockhart, E.


School Library Journal starred, April 2014. Booklist starred, January 2014. Pub Weekly, February 2014. Kirkus Starred, April 2014. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Horn Book Starred, May 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2014. Teacher Librarian, February 2015. Pub Weekly, March 2021. Kirkus Starred, April 2021. Booklist, April 2021. Horn Book, July 2021. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. Junior Library Guild. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal starred, April 2014. Booklist starred, January 2014. Pub Weekly, February 2014. Kirkus Starred, April 2014. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Horn Book Starred, May 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2014. Teacher Librarian, February 2015. Pub Weekly, March 2021. Kirkus Starred, April 2021. Booklist, April 2021. Horn Book, July 2021. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. Junior Library Guild. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

Date Published:2013

Pick the lock /

King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-


Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home. And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane, this all seems normal until she suddenly gains access to the files for a lifetime of security-camera videos--her lifetime.
Date Published:2024

Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in a Victorian mansion with her younger brother and their mendacious father who confines Jane's mother to a system of pneumatic tubes whenever she's at home. And then there's weirdly ever-present Aunt Finch, Milorad the gardener, and his rat, Brutus. For Jane, this all seems normal until she suddenly gains access to the files for a lifetime of security-camera videos--her lifetime.

Date Published:2024

After life /

Forman, Gayle.


"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple further and further out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? Why was she given this second chance? This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity"--
Date Published:2025

"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple further and further out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? Why was she given this second chance? This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity"--

Date Published:2025

The Brontë sisters : the brief lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne /

Reef, Catherine.


"Oh god, my poor children!" -- "Bend inclination to duty" -- "What on earth is half so dear?" -- "Who ever rose...without ambition?" -- "A peculiar music" -- "It is soul speaking to soul" -- "Moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath" -- A dreadful darkness closes in" -- "Out of obscurity I came" -- "I should fancy I heard the steps of the dead". Junior Library Guild. The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. This biography explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived.
Date Published:2012

"Oh god, my poor children!" -- "Bend inclination to duty" -- "What on earth is half so dear?" -- "Who ever rose...without ambition?" -- "A peculiar music" -- "It is soul speaking to soul" -- "Moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath" -- A dreadful darkness closes in" -- "Out of obscurity I came" -- "I should fancy I heard the steps of the dead". Junior Library Guild. The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. This biography explores the turbulent lives of these literary siblings and the oppressive times in which they lived.

Date Published:2012

The old man and the sea /

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.



Date Published:2003

All fall down /

Carter, Ally.


School Library Journal, November 2014. Publisher's Weekly, November 2014. Booklist, November 2014. Kirkus Review, November 2014. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. "There are many powerful people along Embassy Row who want Grace to block out all her unpretty thoughts. But Grace will not stop until she finds out who killed her mother and make the killer pay"--OCLC.
Date Published:2015

Refugee /

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


School Library Journal, July 2017. Pub Weekly, May 2017. Kirkus Starred, June 2017. Horn Book, November 2017. Library Media Connection, October 2017. Junior Library Guild. "Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal, July 2017. Pub Weekly, May 2017. Kirkus Starred, June 2017. Horn Book, November 2017. Library Media Connection, October 2017. Junior Library Guild. "Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2017

1984 : a novel /

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


Booklist, August 1997. Booklist. Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of Truth in the future political entity of Oceania, puts his life on the line when he joins a covert brotherhood in rebelling against the Party that controls all human thought and action.
Date Published:1977

Under the same stars : a novel /

Bray, Libba,


Junior Library Guild. "Three timelines converge to unveil the mysterious disappearance of two girls during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Never thought I'd end up here /

Liang, Ann,


Junior Library Guild. After making a cultural blunder at her cousin's wedding, seventeen-year-old Leah travels to China to connect with her roots and winds up falling for a former classmate on the trip, who she previously blamed for ruining her life.
Date Published:2025

A good girl's guide to murder /

Jackson, Holly, 1992-


"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, December 2019. Kirkus Review, December 2019. School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Review. "As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, December 2019. Kirkus Review, December 2019. School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Review. "As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Smile /

Telgemeier, Raina.


School Library Journal, March 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 2009. Booklist, December 2009. New York Times, May 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011. Horn Book, October 2010. The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
Date Published:2010

School Library Journal, March 2010. Publisher's Weekly, December 2009. Booklist, December 2009. New York Times, May 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2010. Kirkus Review, January 2010. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011. Horn Book, October 2010. The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.

Date Published:2010

I'll find you where the timeline ends /

Baker, Kylie Lee,


"A magical YA romance about a teen descendant of a Japanese dragon god who must find out the truth of what happened to her missing sister while trying not to fall for a handsome rogue agent"-- Provided by publisher. "Yang Mina, descended from a Japanese dragon god, was born with the power to travel through time, and has spent her life training to take her place in the Descendants, a secret organization whose purpose is to protect the timeline. But since moving to Seoul, everything is falling apart. Mina has discovered that the Descendants are corrupt, that her sister has been erased from existence, and that she can't pass Calculus, which puts her mission to kiss the cutest boy in her year at risk. With her very existence on the line, Mina decides to tread a dangerous path: team up with a handsome rogue agent named Yejun, who has a plan to free the Descendants from the corrupt influence, and (hopefully) restore Mina's sister. Between class and their time travel dates, Mina can't stop herself from falling for the mysterious Yejun. Yet, as Mina grows closer to Yejun, she also grows closer to discovering the truth, which may be the very thing that breaks her..." --
Date Published:2025

"A magical YA romance about a teen descendant of a Japanese dragon god who must find out the truth of what happened to her missing sister while trying not to fall for a handsome rogue agent"-- Provided by publisher. "Yang Mina, descended from a Japanese dragon god, was born with the power to travel through time, and has spent her life training to take her place in the Descendants, a secret organization whose purpose is to protect the timeline. But since moving to Seoul, everything is falling apart. Mina has discovered that the Descendants are corrupt, that her sister has been erased from existence, and that she can't pass Calculus, which puts her mission to kiss the cutest boy in her year at risk. With her very existence on the line, Mina decides to tread a dangerous path: team up with a handsome rogue agent named Yejun, who has a plan to free the Descendants from the corrupt influence, and (hopefully) restore Mina's sister. Between class and their time travel dates, Mina can't stop herself from falling for the mysterious Yejun. Yet, as Mina grows closer to Yejun, she also grows closer to discovering the truth, which may be the very thing that breaks her..." --

Date Published:2025

Death in the dark /

Moore, Bryce,


"When multiple women are found murdered in their London homes during The Blitz, seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill vows to uncover the identity of the Blackout Ripper, even if it puts her own life at risk"--
Date Published:2025

Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones /

Clear, James.


"A leading expert on habit formation reveals practical strategies to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results"--OCLC.
Date Published:2018