Nicky Diss
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear - including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Audrey's dream as a mother had been for her daughters, Jess and Lily, to be as cose as only sisters can be. But now, as adults, they no longer speak to each other, and Audrey's two teenage granddaughters have never met. Audrey just can't help feeling like she's been dealt more than her fair share as she's watched her family come undone over the years, and she has no idea how to fix her family as she wonders if they will ever be whole again. If only...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230, 12 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Julia, a Swedish transplant who spends her days teaching English to unemployed Austrians and her evenings watching Netflix with her cat or club hopping with a frenemy. An aspiring novelist, Julia's full of ideas for future bestsellers: A writer moves his family to a deserted hotel in the dead of winter and spirals into madness! A homely governess loves a brooding man whose crazy wife is locked up in the attic! Fine, so they've been done. Doesn't...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Casper is transported to the strange world of Rumblestar, he must work with his first real friend, Utterly Thankless, to stop the monstrous creatures terrorizing the land.
Casper Tock hates risks and is allergic to adventures. So it comes as a nasty shock to him one day when he hides from bullies in an ancient grandfather clock--and ends up finding an entire world inside. Casper discovers that this sky kingdom of Rumblestar is one of the four...
Author
Series
Unmapped chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Twins Fox and Fibber find themselves in one of the Unmapped Kingdoms and set off on a quest to find the Forever Fern hidden deep in the glow-in-the-dark rainforests of Jungledrop"--
6) Sky song
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Flint entered Winterfang Palace hoping to free his mother, but instead helps Eska escape and together they journey to the Never Cliffs intending to stop the evil Ice Queen's rule.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
426 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When their sister Charlie is kidnapped by poachers, Betty, Fliss, and their newfound friend Willow embark on a high seas adventure involving ghosts, fierce pirates and a journey to a mythic island that only exists in legend.
8) Dear child
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare. She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn't their Lena. The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn't sharing, and Lena's devastated father is...
