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"After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going...
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"With news of her father's passing, Pearline abruptly leaves her daughter and grandchildren behind in Brooklyn to return to her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn't prepared for her father's puzzling deathbed wish that she find her siblings--whom she hasn't seen in 60 years--and discover the secret that tore her family apart"--
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"Amelia Bae-Wood's life is falling apart. Unemployed, newly single and completely broke -- for reasons she hasn't told anyone yet -- she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother's eviction from the family estate. Amelia needs somewhere to live and time to figure out what to do with the rest of her life, so moving with her mother and sister to Arcadia, the cancer retreat center where her sister volunteers,...
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Seventeen-year-old Sid lives in a tourist town where magic lies buried beneath the earth, but other than that, has a completely ordinary existence, until one day her brother goes missing and the ground opens up, unleashing the magic and zombies within.
Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with...
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Tater tales volume 02
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Rot Poe Tater digs for treasure and uncovers a shiny old crown, but after wearing it like a king and feeling the power to make everyone do what he says, he soon realizes he is the only one in his kingdom having fun.
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Grimmworld volume 1
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"When twins Willow and Jake are pulled into an alternate universe filled with characters from the Grimm fairy tales, they must battle the witch in the woods to save Hansel and Gretel and find a way home"--
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Palmer Hudson is considered the bad boy of the family. But he never allows his roving eye to wander in Louisa O'Brien's direction. Because his sister's best friend is off-limits. Then Louisa begs Palmer to secretly investigate her hidden past, and their search triggers a series of attacks. How can Palmer unearth the truth and protect Louisa, while keeping his desire for her under control?
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[2024]
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"Brother and Sister Bear are very excited to be going back to school! But there's one big question on their minds--who will be their new teacher? Why, it's none other than Miz Bearly, known for giving lots of homework, loving pop quizzes, and always looking a bit grouchy. But the cubs soon realize that Miz Bearly can also make learning fun, and if they just give her a chance, they may even find this tough teacher is a big softy at heart"--
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"Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens, or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother, and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman,...
13) Next of kin
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"Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the chemistry between them threatens to undo their plans. When people-pleasing Chloe learns that her birth mother has unexpectedly had another baby, she doesn't hesitate to become a next-of-kin guardian. But when she fails to pass Child Protective Services' financial evaluation, she is faced with a choice: see her baby sister placed in foster care...
14) The ghost forest
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Secrets of the sky volume 03
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2024.
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English
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Returning to the Kingdom Beyond, twins Kiya and Kinjal discover the tree ghosts are losing their forest, and to save the trees and the Kingdom, the siblings must use their collective knowledge of this world - and their magic.
15) Greta & Valdin
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2024
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"Valdin is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn't know how to pronounce Greta's surname, Vladislavljevic, properly. From their Auckland apartment, brother and sister must navigate the intricate paths of modern romance as well as weather the small storms of their eccentric Māori-Russian-Catalonian...
16) Field day!
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[2024]
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A brother and sister are super excited for their school's field day.
18) Blood justice
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Blood debts volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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When Cristina and Clement Trudeau take back their family's throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into a brighter future, Valentina Savant tries to reclaim her sovereignty, while new murders, shocking disappearances and impossible alliances change the game for them all.
19) Yumbo gumbo
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[2024]
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Annabelle and her little brother, Beau, cannot decide which kind of gumbo to cook, so Annabelle suggests taking a family vote, but when some family members are not happy with the results, Annabelle comes up with a solution that satisfies everyone. Includes a glossary of Louisiana Creole terms, a cultural note, and math activities for developing data literacy.
20) Safe passage
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[2024]
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"An epic journey across the South Side of Chicago for Darius, his little sister Cissy, and his best friend Booger as they set out to find an armored truck that has lost a payload of cash"--
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