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2) Big time
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
" What if time could be taken from us-the minutes, the hours, the years of our lives, extracted like organs taken for transplant? What would it mean for the world? And what would it do to the person from whom it's taken? Grace Berney is a mid-level bureaucrat in the Food and Drug Administration, a woman who once brimmed with purpose but somehow turned into a middle-aged single mom with a dull government job and a melancholy sense that life has passed...
Author
Series
Asker volume 1
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After a high-profile kidnapping case goes wrong, criminal inspector Leonore Asker is relegated to the so-called Department of Lost Souls where she, drawn into a peculiar case, one possibly linked to the kidnapping, is led to the darkest recesses of the city where an unusual kind of evil lurks in the shadows"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Stonewall Book Awards
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: March 2024 Chapter Books
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: March 2024 Chapter Books
Description
When twelve-year-old River's only friend is kidnapped and dragged to the terrifying spirit world of The Otherwoods, they have no choice but to face the world's monsters and their own fears to become the hero they were destined to be.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie's pocket. Her target is Daniel, who seduced Kyoko's mother then callously dropped her, leading to her death. But tonight, there will be repercussions. Following the unsuspecting Daniel home, Kyoko manages to get a rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and then nothing goes as planned. The Fetishist is the story of three people--Kyoko, a Japanese...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends don't always have the best intentions. On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering--with a jolt of fear--that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered...
Author
Series
Cryptid kids (Sara Goetter) volume 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Children's New Books: January 2024 Graphic Novels
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Read in Full Bloom: 3rd - 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 5th & 6th Grades
Read in Full Bloom: 3rd - 5th Grade
Description
"Penny swears that when she was a little girl, a creature called the Bawk-ness Monster -- half sea serpent, half chicken -- saved her from drowning. Now, years later, she's about to move away to a new city, and before she goes, she needs the help of her best friends, Luc and K, for a vitally important mission: seeing “Bessie” one more time. But in their quest to find Bessie and give Penny the send-off she deserves, the kids stumble into a whole...
Author
Series
Rocket and Groot volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rocket and Groot are living their best lives touring the galaxy for the very best deep-dish pizza in the universe. Just as Rocket is about to bite down on a gooey slice of pizza with extra trash, an alert pops up on his bounty tracker: Star-Lord has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom! Rocket and Groot immediately drop their 'za and jump into action. Who would want to capture Peter Quill anyway? Okay... maybe a lot of people. It's probably...
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