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1) Wild houses
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The riotous, raucous, and deeply resonant debut novel from "one of the best story writers in the English language today" (Financial Times), Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporary Irish literature's most daring stylists. Praised by Oprah Daily as...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses...
6) The husbands
Author
Language
English
Description
"A novel about a woman who one day comes home to find her attic is magic and producing an endless supply of interchangeable husbands."--
"When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together...
7) Lucky duck
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Din Djarin, the terse Mandalorian bounty hunter, travels the galaxy with the adorable Grogu in tow. Whether he is keeping Grogu from messing with the ship's controls or stopping him from using the Force to steal extra snacks, Mando?s lessons as a caretaker will be instantly fun and recognizable to all families. Brown's colorful all-ages style and spin complement the show's gritty milieu while accentuating the sweetness of the found family at the...
Author
Series
School of monsters volume 7
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Will gets nervous, he lets out a stink. But what will all his classmates think?
11) Beach pug
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
It is Bub the pug's first trip to the beach, and Bella wants to enter him in a pet-surfing contest, but Bub is scared of the ocean and refuses, so he hopes to make it up to Bella by presenting her with the treasure at the end of the map he found.
Author
Series
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Penelope Rex might finally have bitten off more than she can chew ? a pet sabretooth tiger! Most kids have dogs and cats and fish and guinea pigs. Penelope Rex has Mittens. Penelope wasn't sure she even wanted a pet when Mittens came into her life. But now that he's here, she is determined to make the best of it. Pets, especially ones that are six hundred pounds with six-inch-long teeth, can cause very big, very messy problems."
Author
Series
School of monsters volume 9
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Some monsters are short, and others are tall, but Frank is quite clearly the tallest of all! Frank always feels like he's in the way. How will he ever be able to help out at school? Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers! Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird...
Author
Series
School of monsters volume 8
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Luna's a ghost, so her classmates can't see how she feels when they accidentally leave her out of their games. Will showing her true colors help her - or scare them away for good?
Author
Series
ChupaCarter volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Ernie's dad is accused of stealing artifacts related to the legendary El Dorado gold, Jorge and his friends set out to clear his name and run into a fiendish ring of thieves along the way.
Author
Series
Julius Zebra volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"On a mission from Heracles to find his lost Golden Apple, Julius and his pals come face-to-face with a minotaur in a labyrinth, must find some way to trick a one-hundred-headed dragon at the Garden of Hesperides, and wind up in the palace of King Midas himself. But what on earth will the gods on Mount Olympus have to say about the gang's antics in the underworld? Madcap hijinks abound in another adventure with broad appeal for fans of historical...