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2024.
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English
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"Their name? The objectors. Their job? To break off weddings as hired. Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other. When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her wedding that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad's cutthroat boss, she doesn't want to be the one to do it. Her savior comes in the form of a professional objector, whose purpose is to show...
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"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
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English
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"Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day's truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before the store opens and customers arrive. Their lives follow a familiar if grueling routine, but their real problem is that Town Square doesn't schedule them for enough hours--most...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Big Audrey, who has cat-like whiskers, and her telephathic friend Molly set out on a journey to find out why flying saucers are landing behind the old stone barn in Poughkeepsie, New York, and, more importantly, to determine whether another cat-whiskered girl really exists.
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Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Zombies discover tips for a good night's rest in this hilarious picture book! Ever wonder why zombies look a bit, um, tired? Maybe they're just not getting enough sleep! Thankfully, we humans are here to teach them tips for a good night's rest. Like, maybe find a comfy resting spot instead of taking a dirt nap. Or how about shutting off those zombifying screens before bedtime?
10) Pink Flamingoed
Author
Series
Aylesford Place volume 1
Publisher
Steve Demaree
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
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"An author inherits his grandparent['s] home and plans to move in, hibernate for the winter, and write his next bestseller. But five minutes after he arrives, some of his neighbors ring his doorbell and his life is never the same game. It is much better. The book is full of humor and quirky characters who have bonded and spend much time together, celebrating anything they can think of to celebrate, which causes readers to comment that this is the...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man's attempt to capitalize on his mother's murky legacy--a story steeped in Miami's marvelous and sinister magic. Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes--you can call him Izzy--might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and...
12) Lucky duck
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined.
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Attention, reader: You're going to LOVE this book! No, really, you are. It's got everything you could ever want: comedy, drama, action, heart. Plus--are you ready? It's got homework! Ahh yeah! And a trip to the best place ever, the dentist! Ahhhh yeahhh! Additionally--brace yourself--it's got raisins! Nature's candy. AHH YEAHHH! This book is so great, you won't be able to stop reading it. I DARE you not to have fun" --
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Genius Cat Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Meet Siegfried, a most serious fart who is sick and tired of farts being a laughing matter. When he sets out on a most serious mission to change the fart as we know it, he ends up learning to embrace his fartness and the fun and friendship that come with it."--
Series
Farting Adventures volume ; 2
Publisher
Humor Heals Us
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Frank is an awesome flamingo, except for one small problem: He has gas. He can't help it; it's just the way he is."
Author
Series
Mead mishaps volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When I was a little girl, my Ma used to read me stories every night. Some were epic adventures with high stakes and exciting twists, while others were of princesses trapped in towers guarded by fierce dragons. The pitiful princess would be stuck inside all day pining for her prince charming to come and rescue her. I always hated those stories. I couldn't imagine why the lazy thing didn't just get up and leave. Ironic since I was now stuck in that...
17) Here be dragons
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Here be dragons! Where? That's the question in this laugh-out-loud picturebook where everyone's in on the joke but the hapless knight."--
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Publisher
Rhysdon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma...
Author
Publisher
Rhysdon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma...
Author
Publisher
Rhysdon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement,...
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