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1) Debris
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Series
Language
English
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After being exposed to radioactive particles as part of a clean-up gang in the depths of space, Tanyana develops an ability to understand the apparently sentient stuff. Powerless, penniless, and scarred, Tanyana must adjust to her new life collecting magical garbage--but she soon realizes this debris is more important than anyone could guess.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a classmate's disappearance, a sixth grader and his older brother observe strange events in 1960s Long Island, including the appearance of a man in a large white car and the deteriorating mental state of the school librarian.
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Series
Daily Texas volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A charming tale of small-town Texas with a twist of romance as the producer of a reality show attempts to keep secrets from the locals.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Henry Powell, a thirty-one-year-old salesman at a men's clothing store, spends his days fantasizing about an exciting life away from his small New England town, but when the store goes out of business on September 10, 2001, Henry experiences drastic changes.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his friend. Readers will certainly spot the glorious beast, plus an array of big-city icons they can count. Is the dragon taking the crosstown bus, or breathing his fiery breath below a busy street? Maybe he took a taxi to the zoo or is playing with the dogs in the park.
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Series
Western lights volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
"A mysterious owl hovers in the sky, watching and waiting. Mournful voices ring out in the night, crying for a lost child. Townsfolk toss and turn in their sleep, haunted by odd recurring dreams. High above the town, in a mansion-house that has stood empty since the terrible days when darkness was an art and fear was a ritual, a new light shines from a window. A new family has taken residence within its unholy walls. And now only one man, the reclusive...
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the wrong side of the tracks and with most of her family in jail or dead, Piper Walsh is used to everyone in town thinking the worst about her. It doesn't seem to matter that she's worked hard to build a good life for herself. So she isn't surprised that when she comes into contact with Sweet Hill's wildly irresistible, arrogant sheriff, Hale Walters, they're instant adversaries. Piper has nothing in common with the town golden-boy-turned lawman...
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Series
Chronicles of Amicae volume 2
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The sequel to Bolender's City of Broken Magic--a fast-paced, adventure fantasy. Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. While the ancient monsters have been beaten back for the moment, new and more monstrous dangers face them in the form of belligerent bureaucracy, dangerous gangs, grasping Sweepers bent on personal glory... And Rex, the City of Kings, who breed...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Evelyn St. James no es el tipo de mujer que un hombre olvida fácilmente. Beckett Porter, desde luego, no ha sido capaz de hacerlo. Cuando Evie reaparece de repente en su vida, Beckett se da cuenta de que no tenía ni idea de que la increíble mujer que conoció es, en realidad, mundialmente famosa. Pero al terminar su trabajo en el pueblo, ella se marcha y él se propone, esta vez sí, olvidarla. Sin embargo, Evie está harta de su vida online y...
12) Hell's half acre
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Stay the hell out of Fort Worth." These were the last words uttered by the boomtown's most recent sheriff. Half-starved cowpuncher Jess Casey ignores the travel advice and not only enters Fort Worth, he becomes the new sheriff -- inheriting the body-riddled little slice of heaven called Hell's Half Acre. The deadliest piece of real estate on the American frontier, it's home to Kurt Koenig and his gang-run empire. For Koenig, the only good lawman...
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Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The city of Ora is watching. Anima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora's citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although ær world is restricted to what æ can see and experience through the Gleaming, Anima takes pride and comfort in keeping Ora safe from harm. When a mysterious outsider enters the city carrying a cabinet of curiosities from around with the world with a story attached to each item,...
14) Jamal's journey
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Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jamal the little camel is separated from his mama, baba, and their caravan by a freak sandstorm.
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya's last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside...
16) Making it right
Author
Series
Most likely to volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Some kids inherit a family business; Jo Ward inherited a badge. Once voted Most Likely to End Up in Jail, the town wild child has become sheriff-- hell-bent on uncovering the truth about her father's mysterious death. Life is quiet in rustic River Bend, but Jo longs for something beyond her small hometown and the painful memories it holds. All that keeps her sane is the support of her best friends, Melanie and Zoe. But when Jo signs up for an expert...
Author
Series
Still volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Clare turns up alone in the remote mining town of Blackmore asking about a local girl named Shayna who disappeared, it turns out that everyone in this place is hiding something just as she does.
Clare O'Dey is on the run from her past, from her husband, and from her own secrets. When she turns up alone in the remote mining town of Blackmore asking about Shayna Fowles, the local girl who disappeared, she's hiding her ties to Shayna. But everyone...
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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
"The Web and the Root features the three initial sections of the The Web and the Rock, widely considered to be the book's strongest material. A prequel to You Can't Go Home Again, it is the story of George Webber's momentous journey from Libya Falls, North Carolina, to the Golden City of the North--offering vivid, sometimes cutting depictions of rural pleasures and small-town clannishness while exploring boundless urban possibility and the complex,...
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English
Description
"A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies--her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. The city she calls home, an engaging backdrop to her days, acts as a confidant:...
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