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New York

While visiting her uncle's ranch in New Mexico, Gwen follows her dog Fletcher at night to find out about the disappearance of a thoroughbred horse.

Something Queer in the Wild West

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

In this romantic dramedy from the author of Alex, Approximately, a teen girl’s way-too-ordinary life is driven off the beaten path when she’s abandoned in the wilderness with her worst adversary—the boy who broke her heart. Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. It doesn’t hurt that their families are the modern day, Californian version of the Montagues and Capulets. But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together. What could go wrong? With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely. And as the two travel deeper into Northern California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?

Starry Eyes

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Oregon

Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell novels—the New York Timesbestselling series that Lee Child calls “the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today”—will never be the same after this bombshell:The Murder of Mary Russell.

The Murder of Mary Russell

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#hardcover #exlibrarybook #travel #midwest #children #allages

Minnesota

A True Book

The Midwest is known for its wide-open plains and farmland that stretches as far as the eye can see.A True Book: U.S Regions series allows readers to experience what makes each of America's regions distinctive and exceptional. Readers will get to know each regions' history, geography, wildlife and future outlook. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.The Midwest is home to some of the nation's most exciting cities. Readers will learn about the region's unique climate, long rivers, and more. They will also discover cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit.

The Midwest

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Ohio

Fish happens 

Louisiana

A Novel

"An assured, powerful novel that blends suspense and rich family drama...it is, in a word, unforgettable." --William Landay, author of DEFENDING JACOB It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world. As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town - or perhaps lives among them - drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

All Is Not Forgotten

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A top suspense writer returns with a tale of treachery and deceit in which a sinister psychic manipulates a potential congresswoman by claiming to be in contact with her missing husband. Lit Guild & Doubleday Main.

Before I Say Good-Bye

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South Dakota

People have been asking this question for thousands of years, and will probably continue to ask for as long as there are stars in the sky. Apparently some, er, others have been asking the same question, and have sent a crew of explorers into space to search for an answer. Three brave astronauts and a mascot blast off, full of hope and full of yearning for intergalactic friendship. They endure a dizzying array of dangers in their quest and are about to give up when they make a surprising discovery. Young readers will be just as surprised -- when they hop on board this white-knuckle ride through the perils of the planets. Author and pilot Carol Diggory Shields is at the controls. Illustrator and navigator Scott Nash is responsible for the astonishing view out the window! Prepare for a far-out adventure, brought to you by the author and illustrator of the wildly popular prehistoric dance party, Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp, winner of a best-book award from the acclaimed Please Touch Museum for children.

Martian Rock

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Douglas Preston

Lincoln Child

The first in the groundbreaking Nora Kelly series from #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child blends the legend of the Donner party with a riveting suspense tale, taking the dynamic duo's work to new heights. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px} Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with tales of courage, resourcefulness, bad luck, murder, barbarism--and, finally, starvation and cannibalism. Captivated by the Donner Party, Nora agrees and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the camp. Quickly, they learn that the discovery of the missing starvation camp is just the tip of the iceberg--and that the real truth behind those long-dead pioneers is not only far more complex and surprising than they could have imagined...but it is one that puts them both in mortal danger from a very real, present-day threat in which the search for the lost party, and its fabled fortune in gold, are merely means to a horrifying end.

Old Bones

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#hardcover #dystopian #youngadult #adventure #pirates #raidersransom #  #emilydiamand #exlibrarybook #middlegrade #fantasy

The Riveting Sequel to the Award-Winning RAIDERS' RANSOMShe survived the epic battle of the raiders on the rough waters that flood England. Now poor fishergirl Lilly is determined to return Lexy, the Prime Minister's kidnapped daughter, to her home. And since his father was killed in the clash, Zeph is equally determined to claim leadership of his family's clan before more savage tribes invade the marshlands. But will the electromagnetic pulse of an omnipotent computer set the world aflame and wipe out all humans so that artificial intelligence can take over the future?! It's up to the unlikely trio of children -- and their petulant, unpredictable gameboard PSAI -- to rage against the machines!

Flood and Fire

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#hardcover #laurienotaro #humor #exlibrarybook

Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club" returns with her first collection of all new essays and personal observations in three years--and her funniest yet.

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death

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Carolyn Coman

Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.

What Jamie Saw

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A strange new family has moved into Old Howl Hall.  And Critter Falls' three biggest busybodies--Mrs. Plum, Mrs. Pucker, and Mrs. Pinch--can't wait to check them out.  The  situation gets really hairy when the nosy ladies pop in for lunch--and find much more on the menu than they expected!  

Werewolves for Lunch

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Newt Gingrich

William R. Forstchen

Albert S. Hanser

Pennsylvania

George Washington and the Crucible of Victory

In To Try Men's Souls, New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen cast a new light on the year 1776 and the man who would become the father of our nation, George Washington. Valley Forge picks up the narrative a year after Washington’s triumphant surprise attack on Trenton, and much has changed since then. It’s the winter of 1777, and Washington’s battered, demoralized army retreats from Philadelphia. Arriving at Valley Forge, they discover that their repeated requests for a stockpile of food, winter clothing, and building tools have been ignored by Congress. With no other options available, the men settle down for a season of agony. For weeks the dwindling army freezes under tents in the bitter cold. Food runs out. Disease festers. The men are on the point of collapse, while in Philadelphia the British, joined by Allen van Dorn, the Loyalist brother of the dead patriot, Jonathan van Dorn, live in luxury. In spite of the suffering and deceit, Washington endures all, joined at last by a volunteer from Germany, Baron Friederich von Steuben. With precious few supplies and even less time, von Steuben begins the hard task of recasting the army as a professional fighting force capable of facing the British head-on—something it has never accomplished before—and in the process he changing the course of history. Valley Forge is a compelling, meticulously researched tour-de-force novel about endurance, survival, transformation, and rebirth. It chronicles the unique crucible of time and place where Washington and his Continental Army, against all odds, were forged into a fighting force that would win a revolution and found the United States of America.

Valley Forge

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John Green

Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.

Turtles All the Way Down

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#suspensethrillers #fiction #kendramichaels #mysterythriller #exlibrarybook #irisjohansen #suspense 

California

A #1 New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award winner, Iris and Roy Johansen, team up to deliver a gripping new novel featuring investigator Kendra Michaels -- whose observational skills are worthy of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. Delilah Winter is one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, so how in the world was she kidnapped right in the middle of a show at the famous Hollywood Bowl? If anyone can figure it out, it's Dr. Kendra Michaels, who works with local and federal authorities on only the most impossible cases. Blind for the first twenty years of her life until a revolutionary surgical procedure allowed her to regain her sight, Kendra uses her powers of observation -- honed during her years in the dark -- to detect what other investigators don't. She agrees to lead the race to rescue the young singer before time runs out. Joined by Jessie Mercado, the singer's former bodyguard and a military hero, Kendra closes in on the hideout location but not before casualties mount up. Desperate for leads, Kendra must set aside her personal feelings when agent-for-hire Adam Lynch also volunteers his special skills to aid in the search. But as the abductor's true purpose becomes clear, the trio uncover a plot they never could have imagined -- leading to a showdown they won't soon forget.

Blink of an Eye

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Arkansas

This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is part To All the Boys I've Loved Before and part Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don’t invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself—the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend. When Sana and her family move to California, she begins to wonder if it’s finally time for some honesty, especially after she meets Jamie Ramirez. Jamie is beautiful and smart and unlike anyone Sana’s ever known. There are just a few problems: Sana's new friends don't trust Jamie's crowd; Jamie's friends clearly don't want her around anyway; and a sweet guy named Caleb seems to have more-than-friendly feelings for her. Meanwhile, her dad’s affair is becoming too obvious to ignore. Sana always figured that the hardest thing would be to tell people that she wants to date a girl, but as she quickly learns, telling the truth is easy…what comes after it, though, is a whole lot more complicated.

It's Not Like It's a Secret

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This acclaimed, darkly funny debut for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider about a teen who's consumed by love, grief, and self-destructive behavior is now in paperback.

Freshman year at college was the most anticlimactic year of Danny's life. She's failing pre-med and drifting apart from her best friend. One by one, Danny is losing all the underpinnings of her identity. When she finds herself attracted to an older, edgy girl who she met in rehab for an eating disorder, she finally feels like she might be finding a new sense of self. But when tragedy strikes, her self-destructive tendencies come back to haunt her as she struggles to discover who that self really is. With a starkly memorable voice that's at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Love and Other Carnivorous Plants brilliantly captures the painful turning point between an adolescence that's slipping away and the overwhelming uncertainty of the future.

Love and Other Carnivorous Plants

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The Cuckoo's Calling **ex library book

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Mississippi

When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning, the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficial--a fishing rod, a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme, the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down, to justify their belief in meaning. Sure to prompt intense thought and discussion, Nothing--already a treasured work overseas--is not to be missed.

Nothing

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Mailee and Cara take care of each other. Mailee is the star of the high school plays; Cara is the stage manager. Mailee can't keep her life together; Cara has enough organizational skills for the both of them. So when the girls are invited to visit the Haven, a commune in the mountains near their suburban Montana homes, it seems like an adventure. Until Cara starts spending every waking minute there ... and Mailee thinks it's creepy, almost like a cult. When Cara decides she's going to move to the Haven permanently, Mailee knows it's a bad idea. But how far will she go to save her best friend ... from herself?

Girl in a Bad Place

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"When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she and her popular and wildly rich classmate, Zan, can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize."--

Jackpot

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Janie can't have a pet dog so she invents one.

The Invisible Dog

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#exlibrarybook the book is falling apart a little bit. Look at the picture . That's the only bad spot. 

"After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg"--

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Elizabeth Levy; Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator)

Something Queer in the Wild West

Jenn Bennett

Starry Eyes

Laurie R. King

The Murder of Mary Russell

Dana Meachen Rau

The Midwest

Tricia boczkowski

Fish happens

Wendy Walker

All Is Not Forgotten

Mary Higgins Clark

Before I Say Good-Bye

Carol Diggory Shields; Scott Nash (Illustrator)

Martian Rock

Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child

Old Bones

Emily Diamand

Flood and Fire

Laurie Notaro

The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death

Carolyn Coman

What Jamie Saw

Erica Farber; J. R. Sansevere; Mercer Mayer

Werewolves for Lunch

Newt Gingrich; William R. Forstchen; Albert S. Hanser

Valley Forge

John Green

Turtles All the Way Down

Roy Johansen; Iris Johansen

Blink of an Eye

Misa Sugiura

It's Not Like It's a Secret

Florence Gonsalves

Love and Other Carnivorous Plants

Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling **ex library book

Janne Teller; Martin Aitken (Translator)

Nothing

Kaitlin Ward

Girl in a Bad Place

Nic Stone

Jackpot

Dick King-Smith; Roger Roth (Illustrator)

The Invisible Dog

Max Brallier; Douglas Holgate (Illustrator)

The Last Kids on Earth