Monthly Archives: December 2021

The Paris Detective

by James Patterson & Richard Dilallo

The evidence is clear–Luc Moncrief, the most famous detective in Paris, is now the sharpest crime-solving mind in the NYPD.

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Curse of Salem

by Kay Hooper

Nash O’Hara once walked the streets of Chicago as a beat cop, but no more.  He’s now part of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit, whose members use psychic abilities to solve cases.  Partnered with Destiny Kincaid, he’s facing a first case involving a dark and dangerous curse. 

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Not Here to be Liked

 by Michelle Quach

Eliza Quan doesn’t need you to like her.  She puts in more hours than anyone and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, which makes her the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her high school paper.  At least until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her.  Suddenly, her vast qualifications mean squat.  Eliza tries too hard (and somehow also not hard enough), while the inexperienced Len, who is tall, handsome, and male, just seems more like a leader. 

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A Snake Falls to Earth

 by Darcie Little Badger

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world.  She’s always felt there was something more out there.  She still believes in the old stories.  

Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters.  Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home.  He’s found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.

Nina and oli have no idea the other exists.  But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries.  And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. 

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Negative Cat

by Sophie Blackall

A winning tale about Max, a feline whose behavior doesn’t win any raves, except from the boy who believes in him and finds a way to turn a negative into a positive. 

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Bathe The Cat

by Alice B. McGinty

Bathe the floor? Sweep the dishes? This riotous romp of a picture book follows a frantic family as they try to get some chores done–with no help from the family cat, who keeps scrambling the list of chores with hilarious effects.

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Off-Limits

by Helen Yoon

For every child who has ever felt that grown-ups have all the fun, here is a vicarious chance to slip behind the office door–and play with all the tempting things that are off-limits.

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Long Road to the Circus

by Betsy Bird

Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles is tired of summers filled with chores on her family farm in Burr Oak, Micigan, and desperate to see the world.  When her wayward uncle moves back home to the farm, only to skip his chores every morning for mysterious reasons, Suzy decides to find out what he’s up to once and for all.  and that’s when she meets legendary former circus queen Madame Marantette and her ostriches. 

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