Gabrielle Zevin
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Language
English
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The irascible A.J. Fikry, owner of Island Books, the only bookstore on Alice Island, has already lost his wife. Now, a rare book, has been stolen from right under his nose in the most embarrassing of circumstances. The store itself, it seems, will be next to go. One night upon closing, he discovers a toddler in his children's section with a note from her mother pinned to her Elmo doll: "I want Maya to grow up in a place with books and among people...
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English
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late night talk show punchline; she is slut shamed, labeled as fat...
4) Elsewhere
Author
Language
English
Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
283 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things in order at home, but she.s been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and can never find the right moment to confront its swelling con tents. In an attempt to...
Author
Series
Birthright volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
350 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Balanchine seeks a way to make Balanchine Chocolate legitimate, and although a trip to Mexico gives her new insights and ideas, escaping her mobster family's legacy of violence may prove impossible.
Author
Series
Birthright volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Anya's new prominence brings out friends, foes, and ghosts from the past. Certain scores must be settled; certain debts must be paid. Surviving a crime-ridden New York City in the 2080s is looking harder and harder for Anya"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rocco
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
1a ed.
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Portuguese
Description
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have...
Publisher
Falmouth Public Library
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
11 books ; in canvas tote 24 in. x 14 in. x 7 in. + 1 plastic folder.
Language
English
Description
When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family, and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.
Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two apparent strangers at a New York City wedding reception become entangled in a sexually charged battle of wits. As the night carries on, however, the passion of their two-decades-past love affair is revealed. Unfolds entirely in split-screen.
13) Darkest fear
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Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Simon Pulse edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her parents, Vivi reunites with her long-lost family and learns more about her heritage as a haguara--a person who can shapeshift into a jaguar"--
Author
Series
Birthright volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What led Mikey down the dark path to the Nevermind? As Aaron and Wendy make deals with new allies and potential enemies to save their sons, will Mikey's hunt for th elost mages of Terrenos leave him beyond redemption?"--Back cover.
