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Twenty-eight-year-old Emily is the CEO of Veritech, twenty-three-year-old Jess is an environmental activist and graduate student in philosophy. Pragmatic Emily is making a fortune in Silicon Valley, romantic Jess works in an antiquarian bookstore. Emily is rational and driven, while Jess is dreamy and whimsical. Emily's boyfriend, Jonathan, is fantastically successful. Jess's boyfriends, not so much, as her employer George points out in what he hopes...
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English
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This is a book about dinosaurs. No it's not. Dinosaurs are not allowed. Oh. This is now a book about avocados! Sorry. We deleted those too. FINE. This book is about--nope! Forbidden! Maybe you shouldn't even try reading this book...But what could possibly be inside? Discover just what can happen when ideas are erased instead of expressed.
5) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Language
English
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ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens - 2023
Black History Month - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Black History Month - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
7) It's a book
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Two readers compare a print to digital media, and learn books are still valuable.
8) The red book
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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Description
A book about a book, a magical red book, without any words, and the friendship that develops around it.
10) The story keeper
Author
Series
Carolina heirlooms novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Successful New York editor Jen Gibbs is at the top of her game with her new position at Vida House Publishing--until a mysterious manuscript from an old slush pile appears on her desk. Turning the pages, Jen finds herself drawn into the life of Sarra, a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in turn-of-the-century Appalachia. A risky hunch may lead to The Story Keeper's hidden origins and its unknown author, but when the trail turns toward...
11) Copper Beach
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Series
Dark legacy volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in rare old books on the paranormal. After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat and rumors say that an old alchemical text called The Key has reappeared. She hires an investigator to double as a bodyguard, and passion flares between them though neither quite trusts the other.
12) Be quiet!
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Rupert the mouse wants to star in an artistic, wordless picturebook, but his animal friends cause problems by talking too much.
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Language
English
Description
When the principal at Lupton Academy posts a "prohibited media" hit list, Clara Evans is horrified. Titles like "Their eyes were watching God" and "The perks of being a wallflower" have been pulled from the library and aren't allowed on the school's premises. Students caught with the contraband will be punished. Clara starts an UnLib-- an underground library-- in her locker. When one of the books she loves most is connected to a tragedy she never...
15) The finder
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Language
English
Description
There's no doubt about it: Colin Harrison is a master storyteller. Critics and readers love his gripping, dark books. It's hard not to get sucked into his world. Entertainment Weekly calls him the "class act of the urban thriller," Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times lauds him as "a master of mood and atmosphere," andPublishers Weekly crows that Harrison "writes like an angel."
Now, the author of The Havana Room, Afterburn, and Manhattan Nocturne...
17) Hug this book!
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This picture book celebrates a love of books.
18) Any questions?
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English
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Via a fictional encounter with curious children, answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day.
19) Red again
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a young boy discovers an abandoned book on the side of the road, it opens a window to another world just as real as his own. But what happens when the two worlds collide?
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