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1) Nearlywed
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English
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"An engaged couple's compatibility is put to the test during their ill-fated early honeymoon in this smart, dazzling, and provocative summer comedy perfect for fans of People We Meet on Vacation. 5 Signs You and Your Fiancé Might Be Secretly Incompatible ... and #3 Will Shock You! Ray Bruno and Kip Hayes are horrible on paper. Ray is a chaotic millennial ex-clickbait-writer who's been oversharing his every thought online since he was a teenager,...
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Series
Guncle volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Patrick O'Hara is back. It's been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant's caretaker after their mother's passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by, and relaunch his dormant acting career. After the run of his second successful sit-com comes to a close, Patrick feels on top of the world... professionally. Some things have had to take a back seat. Looking...
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English
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Finn and Ezra's bar mitzvah weekend takes on a Groundhog Day twist in this hilarious and magical middle grade novel from Joshua S. Levy. Finn and Ezra don't have a lot in common--except, of course, that they're trapped in a bar mitzvah time loop, reliving their celebrations in the same New Jersey hotel over and over and over again. Not ideal, particularly when both kids were ready for their bar mitzvahs to end the moment they began. Ezra comes from...
4) Dreadful
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English
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"It's bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard's workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something. It's a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is... you. Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play...
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Stupendous switcheroo volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Stupendous Switcheroo--Switch for short--used to idolize legendary superhero Vik Valor. He wanted to be just like him: a hero. But now that he has finally gotten used to waking up with new powers every day, Switch isn't so sure that Mr. Valor is one of the good guys. How could he be, if he put all of Switch's new friends' parents (who happen to be famous supervillains) in jail? Switch is left with only one course of action: Operation Jailbreak....
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Grimwood volume 3
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A Bigfoot is on the loose! Ted, Nancy, Willow, and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster."-- Publisher's website
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Slice of mallow volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Meet Mallow--he's an excitable yet pessimistic marshmallow in a big world. In this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel, Mallow goes on three fun, slice-of-life adventures with his friends Pizza, Ghost, Potato, and Doughnut
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English
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Peek behind the curtain of the glorious musicality of birds in Bird Rehearsal, a picture book about a raucous romp through the neighborhood, told entirely in birdsong from the award-winning author/illustrator team Jonah Winter and Stacy Innerst.
When the night is done,
and the sky begins to lighten,
the bird rehearsal begins.
It's not meant for us, but here we are,
every day, listening . . . Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more...
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Series
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English
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"Ellie is ready to have the best summer ever. She's especially excited to draw under her favorite tree and hang out with her big brother, Ben. But all Ben seems to care about is impressing the new lip-glossy neighbor, Sara. And all Sara seems to care about is turning Ellie's brother into a Hawaii husband! Luckily, Ellie's best friend, Ling, has the marriage list--a top-secret tool to track the lovebirds and stop a wedding before it starts. But nothing...
13) Brothers keepers
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Series
Hard Case Crime book volume HCC-137
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
February 2019
Language
English
Description
"What will a group of monks do when their two-century-old monastery in New York City is threatened with demolition to make a room for a new high-rise? Anything they have to. 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' is only the first of the Commandments to be broken as the saintly face off against the unscrupulous over that most sacred of relics, a Park Avenue address. Returning to bookstores for the first time in three decades, Brothers Keepers offers not only a master...
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English
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A career-ending injury destroys track star Agnes Chan's hopes of a college scholarship, putting her on a journey through the underbelly of Malaysian stand-up comedy, and directly into the path of her archnemesis, the ridiculously wealthy and disgustingly handsome Royce Taslim
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Series
Absolute zeros volume 1
Publisher
Little Brown Ink, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Camp Launchpad! Summer is in full swing, which means a new class of kids has arrived to attend the best space camp in Florida...or at least, it used to be. With growing competition from the trendy rival camp next door, Camp Launchpad needs all the help it can get to keep its doors open. Campers Val, Mark, and Pete are here for very different reasons: following in the footsteps of an astronaut mom, living up to expectations as a vice president's...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life's swerves. Lark Smith was planning a fairy-tale wedding to her high school sweetheart when, in the blink of an eye, everything she dreamed of was suddenly gone. That day, Lark decided the best way to deal with loss was to prevent others from ever having to. Five years later, her goal of becoming a doctor--the best...
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Series
Reggie volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown Ink, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Reginald "Reggie" Guinn is a kid penguin who is equal parts playful, curious and cantankerous, and gets into everyday adventures at school, home, and his neighborhood"--
Reggie is just like any other penguin, always looking for fun and adventure! But Reggie's curious, playful side sometimes gets him into trouble. Like when he tries to give himself a haircut before picture day...and ends up gluing his feathers back on his head! Or when he sneaks...
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Series
Jurassic Jeff volume 2
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Jeff the alien is ready to take his dino-friends on a quest to find their missing family. . .that is if he can remember where he put his warp drive first."--
19) This again?
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Noah tries to avoid the worst day ever and help his future self win his eighth grade class election using time travel
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Series
P.I. Butterfly volume 3
Publisher
Genius Cat Books, an imprint of Kayppin Media
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"It's the opening night of the school play but Daisy, the lead of the show, has disappeared! There's no way Daisy would ever miss her starring role. With a class full of suspects, and a mysterious feather trail, can P.I. Butterfly crack the case before showtime?"--
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