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Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Birds: Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.
Marnie: A woman robs her...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"John Weir, author of The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket, a defining novel of 1980s New York in its response to the global AIDS crisis, has written a story collection that chronicles the long aftermath of epidemic death, as recorded in the tragicomic voice of a gay man who survived high school in the 1970s, the AIDS death of his best friend in the 1990s, and his complicated relationship with his mother, "a movie star without a movie to star...
1443) Bao
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In Bao, an aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. Mom excitedly welcomes this new bundle of joy into her life, but Dumpling starts growing up fast, and Mom comes to the bittersweet realization that nothing stays cute and small forever. This beautifully illustrated Little Golden Book retells the short film from Pixar Animation...
Author
Publisher
Yellow Kite Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton gives you simple steps to deal with the unique challenges and joys of raising motivated, cooperative and confident boys. Using the foolproof techniques that have been developed over many years of working with families, Noel shows parents how to get back in charge.
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Birds: Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.
North by Northwest: Enemy...
1446) Home
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When an ex-felon returns home from prison, he must confront his troubled past."--
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The author "shows how the two sides of Lewis's personality, the "Dreamer" and the "Mentor," affected his writing" and then "discusses the formative biographical events in Lewis's life and offers an estimate of Lewis's achievement and legacy as a writer."--Cover.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This little sea otter loves spending time with his parent learning new things, playing together, or even just holding each other. In fact, every day this little sea otter spends with his parent is special, just because they are together. --
1449) Hush-a-bye bunny
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It's time for Bunny to go to bed, and he happily has his dinner, bath, and story. But when it's time to go to sleep and he gets tearful, Mommy Bunny knows just what to say to reassure her little one. This sweetly illustrated story from Holly Surplice is perfect for comforting sleepy little ones who don't like being left alone when it's time to turn out the light. --Publisher.
Author
Series
Chi no Wadachi ; 2
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"His mother has done the unthinkable...and now Seiichi must decide if he will be complicit. But before he can even catch his breath, what remains of his sense of self is smashed to pieces by her next shocking act... Shuzo Oshimi (The Flowers of Evil) invites us to watch as a once-happy household quietly transforms into an inescapable living hell."--
1451) The girls in the attic
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Max Wolff is a committed soldier of the Reich. So when he is sent home wounded, only to discover that his mother is sheltering two young Jewish women in their home, he is outraged. His mother's act of mercy is a gross betrayal of everything Max stands for. He has dedicated his life to Nazism, fighting to atone for the shame of his anti-Hitler father's imprisonment. It's his duty to turn the sisters over to the Gestapo. But he hesitates, and the longer...
1452) Queerceañera
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it. And while he knew his dad and sister, Carmen, would be super supportive, he wasn't quite ready for them to surprise him with a queerceanera, a coming out party to celebrate him. Between all the talks of tastings and venues, and the chirping of his family's RSVP texts, the question of who will be his chambelan is on everyone's minds. What Joaquin is decidedly trying to not think about is whether his mom is going...
Publisher
Westerly Library and Wilcox Park
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Birds: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn or the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. - imdb.com
North by Northwest: Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order...
