author
Author
Description
"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wild. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St Jame's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage,...
4) Now or never
Author
Series
Fossil Colorado book volume 4
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Detective Kit Piper is kidnapped by two men who apparently weren't interested in making sure they had the right target. When the kidnappers make a pit stop for food and a hooker, she seizes her chance to escape. No one is more surprised than Simon Ward when he discovers Kit face-first on the floor, wrapped in a soggy blanket the next morning. On top of that, she's black-and-blue and bruised all over. Kit's starting to think she may have misinterpreted...
Author
Description
Toronto, 1926. Knowing that he will die without an heir, childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided in a contest that will become a media sensation and be known as the Great Stork Derby. His money will go to the winner: the woman who bears the most children in the ten years after his death. It is a bequest that will have dramatic consequences for the lives of two women-- allies...
12) Bunny Love
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A tired salesman (Gary Stone) and jaded romance novelist (Becky Dungmire/Sylvia Jayne) discover an abandoned baby boy at Woodstock with a mysterious note left by the mother, causing them to raise Bunny Love in the Midwest." -- Amazon.com.
13) The lost package
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A tour of the busy work that takes place at post offices is depicted through the journey of a lost package that receives a little help reaching its destination, proving that distance cannot keep loved ones apart
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Twelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All around cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T'Challa. Shuri knows she could do so much more to help Wakanda, but everyone is obsessed with the prince because he's the next Black Panther. That is, until Soul Washing Day, one of the most important rituals of Wakandan society. When an argument between T'Challa and Shuri leads to one of Shuri's inventions accidentally...
17) Werewolf myths
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The werewolf, or lycanthrope, is a human that can take an animal form or an animal that can take human form. Shape-shifters are prevalent in the legends of world cultures, including the Greek minotaur, Celtic selkies, Navajo skin-walkers, and more, dating back to the oldest myths from around the globe. Cave paintings from 25,000 years ago depict images of half-human half-animal figures. This thrilling volume is full of grisly tales as well as surprising...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jyn --Ahsoka --Leia.
The new micro series highlights adventures with Star Wars heroines! Rey and her friend BB-8 faces danger in the sands of Jakku. Rebel Sabine Wren needs help to protect a precious cargo. And Padme Amidala faces off against a bounty hunter with the help of her Jedi Padawan friend Ahsoka.
19) Ten tiny turtles
Author
Pub. Date
[2016], ©2016
Description
Ten baby turtles swim out to sea as the story counts down from ten.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
"It has been centuries since the oceans rose and swallowed up all the nations of men. Now only beasts and unseen horrors lurk below the waves, kept in check by one man: Captain Nemo, in his legendary ship the Nautilus. Until one day, young Arona comes onboard his ship, a stowaway from times long past, giving Nemo his first crew member in years. But as he raises the young orphan in his image, she begins to have questions that ask Nemo to dredge up...