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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
203 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York, November 3, 1954. In a few days, the immigration inspection station on Ellis Island will close its doors forever. John Mitchell, an officer of the Bureau of Immigration, is the guardian and last resident of the island. As Mitchell looks back over forty-five years as gatekeeper to America and its promise of a better life, he recalls his brief marriage to his beloved wife Liz, and is haunted by memories of a transgression involving Nella,...
884) What I like about me
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone. Not when her Dad is AWOL and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's already shaky confidence. And especially not when her best friend starts flirting with the boy she's always loved. But Maisie's got something to prove. As she writes down all the ways...
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
xiv, 189 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the diary entries of a young woman living in the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt, a model concentration camp designed by the Nazis to show to the Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations.
Author
Series
Enchanted files volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Angus Cairns is a brownie, a magical creature with a fastidious nature. Alex Carhart is the messiest eleven-year-old in the United States of America. Together, this unlikely pair embarks on an unforgettable adventure"--
888) Bombs over London
Author
Series
Mira's diary volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Instructed by her time-traveling mother to travel to World War I London and steal a German spy's briefcase, thirteen-year-old Mira enjoys meeting famous suffragists and such writers as Arthur Conan Doyle, but soon begins to struggle with whether the changes she has been working for are the right thing to do, or if history should be allowed to unfold without interference.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Giselle and Ingrid are the twin daughters of Doctor Victor Frankenstein, but they are very different people, and when they inherit his castle in the Orkney Islands, Giselle dreams of holding parties and inviting society--but Ingrid is fascinated by her father's forbidden experiments.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher...
892) Big Apple diaries
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
281 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white mom's new place in Queens, navigating the trials and tribulations...
893) Deadly
Author
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.
894) Creeper on the case
Author
Series
Creeper diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
187 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Gerald's mom says he should get more "involved" at school, he joins the newspaper staff. But reporting on current events is a snooze, until he stumbles onto a few mysteries. Why is Room 117 always locked? What is the disgusting smell coming out of Mr. Zane's briefcase? And . . . why is Gerald's best friend, Sam the Slime, suddenly acting so strangely? Someone has to figure out what's really going on at Mob Middle School. But never fear--Gerald...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Frank family and others are found and arrested during World War II, Miep Gies hides young Anne's papers from the Nazis and later is instrumental in having her beloved friend's diary published.
897) TV Star
Author
Series
Dork diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki and her friends go?"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Long Island teens Miri, Soleil, Penny, and Jonah befriend a bestselling YA novelist, they find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next novel, with devastating consequences. Told from different perspectives as interviews, journal entries, and book excerpts.
900) The cursed coven
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's finally summer vacation, but Buffy Summers isn't getting a break from vampire slaying ... or from school. While Cleveland teens are going missing and Sarafina is growing closer with her older sister's witchy coven, Buffy is stuck splitting her time between classes during the day and patrolling for demons and dark creatures at night. Buffy feels crushed! Not only is she missing all the summer fun that she dreamed of, but her friendships are a...
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