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Fantasy
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When Pyetr is accused of murder, he and Sasha escape to Kiev. In the forest, the wizard Uulamets enlists their…
help in searching for his daughter, a ghost who preys on the living to bring herself back to life. Followed by "Chernevog" (DC10236). Some strong language. 1989.
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Suspense and thrillers, Science fiction
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While hospitalized for heart problems, attorney Herman Strockmire learns an employee has been murdered after downloading a biotech firm's files.…
Postponing surgery, Strockmire, his daughter Susan, and ex-cop Jack Wirta uncover a government project to genetically engineer manlike creatures as disposable soldiers. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. 2003.
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LGBTQ+ fiction, Mysteries and crime stories
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After Chicago baseball player Scott Carpenter comes out of the closet, he and his lover, Tom Mason, travel to rural…
Georgia to comfort Scott's ill father, only to find themselves suspects in the murder of the local sheriff. 1996.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
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On the morning of 25th June 1988 the thirty-two adult residents of an exclusive estate in West London are brutally…
murdered and their thirteen children abducted. Dr. Richard Greville, Deputy Psychiatric Adviser to the London Metropolitan Police, is determined to follow up his ideas, even against police advice. 1988.
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Poetry
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Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake,…
and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own. Grades 3-6. 2005.
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General fiction
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Gossipy novel about the movie industry, spanning the years 1912-1982, as told through the lives of a child movie star,…
Baby Jewel, and her flamboyant mother, Elva Kay. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1983.
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Spy stories, Suspense and thrillers
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A British intelligence agent is called out of voluntary retirement to deliver a mysterious electronic component to an unknown man…
in Iceland, and when someone tries to kill him the agent decides to uncover what is behind the operation. 1972.
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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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In 1986, at the age of 14, Evelyn Lau ran away from her strict and traditional parents who refused to…
accept her passion for writing. This book is based on the journal she kept during her two years on the streets of Vancouver. She explores the physical and emotional struggles of a young girl coping in a world of drugs, prostitution and attempted suicide. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1989.
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Disabilities fiction
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic. Grades 5-8. 2007.
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Mysteries and crime stories, Police procedural fiction
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On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. Three months later,…
all that Police Inspector Martin Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna, that she came from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people. Followed by "The man who went up in smoke". 2008. Uniform title: Roseanna.
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Fantasy
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While simultaneously trying to prevent and prepare for war between the Faeries of the Night and Faeries of the Light,…
Queen Holly Blue is kidnapped from her Uncle Hairstreak's home by human Henry Atherton and learns she must face another, far greater enemy. Junior and senior high. Sequel to "The purple emperor", followed by "Faerie lord". 2007.
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History, European history
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Bing chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting and…
general mismanagement. "Rome, Inc." then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many dos and don'ts of a successful corporation. 2006.
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Historical fiction
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When she finds out who murdered her mother, Celandine, Rowan Hood returns to her former home to seek revenge. Sequel to "Wildboy". Grades 4-7. 2005.
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Family stories
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The adventures of seven-year-old Rufus Moffat, living with his widowed mother and older siblings including his encounter with an invisible piano player and his attempts at ventroliquism. Grades 4-7. 2004.
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Family stories
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Three weeks after Mary Lou's husband dies, her 14-year-old daughter runs away. Nearly paralyzed with grief, Mary Lou stays grounded…
through her job at the Dairy Queen. Then one day, she signs up for a single-parenting class. Armed with her newfound courage, she begins a comical, touching quest to find her daughter. 2003.
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Historical fiction
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In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a…
boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage. Followed by "Lionclaw". Grades 4-7. 2002.
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories
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Ben Cooper woke up in a Costa Rican jail cell to find himself arrested on suspicion of murder. Worse, Ben…
bought a bar on the beach from the victim, hours before the man's death. With his ex-fiancée's life savings. So much for parting on good terms. With foreclosure looming and death threats piling up on the rum-soaked bar, Ben and his friends must turn to the wild idea that got them into this mess - building a business around those who've always wanted to run their own bar on a beach somewhere, even for just a week. But to survive the sinister surf town of Tamarindo, they will need every skill at their disposal, including those they'd rather forget they have. 2016.
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Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Short stories
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A collection of eight stories primarily linked by the appearance of Walt Macbride, writer, philanderer, drunk, and captain of the…
ship Black North, and the appearance of the fictitious community of Bannonbridge, New Brunswick. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 1997.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)Canadian non-fiction
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A middle-aged woman, suddenly in possession of considerable wealth, leaves her surly husband and safe Canadian home to search for…
her Salvadoran foster-child, Jonatan, about whom she has had premonitions of disaster. 1986.
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Animal stories
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In the Land of Sinna, Black Tip, Vickey, Old Sage Brush, Fang and the rest of the foxes who live…
around Beech Paw are in trouble. The fur companies are hunting them almost to extinction. The foxes have no choice but to set out in search of the secret of survival. Join them in their journey through city and countryside, as they rediscover what it means to be 'as cunning as a fox'. For junior high readers. 2005.