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19 items

  • Bella Waverly is trapped in servitude for a cruel mistress. Without a letter of reference, she cannot apply for another job, even though she dreams about--and is good enough--to become a chef in a fine household. Strangely, witnessing a tragic…
    Book, 2020Seattle [Washington] : Lake Union Publishing, [2020]
  • Sixteen-year-old Cade Curtis and his dad steal angels—the stone kind that sit atop forgotten graves in forgotten cemeteries. They only do it out of necessity, but Cade wants to stop, wants to be someone Soleil Broussard would be proud to go out…
    Book, 2019New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019.
  • Opposites attract when a disillusioned romance author and her creative nemesis, a burnt-out literary novelist, find themselves living (and writing) in neighboring beach houses. I love a good summer romance, and this one left me with a big, happy…
    eBook, 2020[Place of publication not identified] : BERKLEY PUB GROUP, 2020.
  • Three teens with mysterious allergies confront a devastating biological terror - vicious, fast-growing, and carnivorous plants threaten to choke out all life unless they can find a way to annihilate the toxic invasion. First book in an action-packed…
    Book, 2020New York : Alfred A. Knopf , [2020]
  • First in the Daevabad Trilogy (which just concluded in July 2020), City of Brass follows 1800s Egyptian con artist Nahri and the djinn warrior Dara as they venture into--and become immersed in--the politics of Daevabad, the City of Brass where djinn…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
  • Demon Slayer

    Kimetsu No Yaiba. 1, Cruelty

    Gotoge, Koyoharu, 1988-
    A teenage boy joins a group of elite demon hunters after losing his family to the vicious creatures. Selected by CRRL_EricA
    Graphic Novel, 2018San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2018]
  • From Scratch

    a Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

    Locke, Tembi, 1970-
    When actress Tembi Locke decides to study abroad in Italy, she has no idea the journey on which she would embark. In Italy she meets Saro, the love of her life, whom she would eventually marry, parent a child with, and lose to cancer. Locke's memoir…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
  • Nancy Drew, who? In 1950s Florida, 16-year-old Goldie Vance works at the hotel her father manages and puts her amateur sleuthing skills to good use...when she's not drag racing or trying to get noticed by the girl she's crushing on. Selected by…
    Graphic Novel, 2016Los Angeles, CA : BOOM!Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc., 2016.
  • Maya never looked back after her time as a juror of one of the highest profile cases in LA's history, especially when she was the one that convinced the other 11 jurors to find the defendant not guilty. Now she is a successful lawyer and somehow…
    Book, 2020New York : Random House, 2020.
  • Astrid has grown up in a secluded environment, protected from the outside world where mosquitoes carry a disease that makes anyone they bite become “wicked.” This condition is highlighted by both the bloodthirsty nature the victims acquire and their…
    Book, 2019New York : Atheneum, [2019]
  • Sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy live with their mother in Brooklyn while their father is away overseas. This biracial blended family deals with typical sisterly squabbles, as well as the threat and intrigue of the outside world. This modern retelling…
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
  • Hoping to leave her past behind, Jennifer Young moves with her young son to rural Tennessee. But her elderly neighbor is determined to uncover the newcomer's secret. Selected by CRRL_FritziN
    Book, 2015New York : Touchstone, 2015.
  • By turns melancholy and lyrical, this historical, set in Jane Austen’s England, follows a young English cavalry captain fleeing a war-time atrocity pursued by a pair of soldiers sent to make him pay. Selected by CRRL_MaryB
    eBook, 2019New York : Europa Editions, 2019.
  • Before she became a movie star, Hedy Lamarr lived in Europe and spied on her Nazi husband and his colleagues. Finally, she had to flee for her life and ended up in Hollywood, where she turned to acting. However, she still had more to contribute to…
    eBook, 2019[Place of publication not identified] : Sourcebooks, 2019.
  • Penny, a puppy, has been adopted into a family of piglets. Follow her through a journey of self-discovery and acceptance. Selected by CRRL_QuettaraD
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
  • The Reason I Jump

    the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-year-old Boy With Autism

    Higashida, Naoki, 1992-
    Thirteen-year-old Naoki provides insight into his life with autism in this powerful memoir. With help from bestselling novelist David Mitchell, Naoki describes his feelings, thoughts, and point of view, including his relationship with his parents.…
    Book, 2013New York : Random House, 2013.
  • Office worker Satoru Mikami saves his coworkers lives, dying in the process. Luckily for him, he is reincarnated in a fantasy world as a slime, one of the lowest forms of monsters in this world. His special new abilities, combined with his wit and…
    Book, 2017New York : Kodansha Comics, [2017]
  • After a prank went too far, Clara Shin's dad sentences her to work in his food truck, the KoBra, with her nemesis for the entire summer, but she discovers that maybe her nemesis is not as bad as she thinks and maybe there are other things that…
    Book, 2018New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2018.
  • Without Precedent

    John Marshall and His Times

    Paul, Joel Richard
    An excellent, very readable biography of our longest-serving chief justice, a leader who imagined a dynamic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Selected by CRRL_EdwardD
    Book, 2018New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.