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2021., Adolescent, Quill Tree Books Call No: Fantasy Fic Ness Edition: First U.S. trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When fifteen-year-old Sarah Dewhurst and her father can't afford to hire workers to help them out on their Frome, Washington farm, they resort to what poor farmers in 1957 have to do: they hire a dragon. Sara knows their selection of a Russian blue dragon is controversial given the Cold War, but as a biracial teen, she's used to being given the cold shoulder (and worse). Sarah forms a bond with the dragon Kazimir and he becomes her protector for reasons that become clear when a missionary named Malcolm from a dragon-worshiping cult seeks her out to fulfill a prophecy.
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[2017], Adolescent, Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associate Book Call No: MYSTERY F HAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Alternative Detective Volume: 2Summary Note: Anglet Sutonga, a former Steeplejack, must pose as a foreign princess to catch the thief who stole the government's plans for a secret weapon. Yet Ang has other things on her mind as well. Refugees from the north are trickling into the city, but an ambitious politician is proposing extreme measures to get rid of them, and when Ang discovers that one theft could spark a conflagration of conspiracy that will threaten the most vulnerable of Bar-Selehm, she decides she is the only one who can stop it. --
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[2016]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Front Lines Volume: 1Summary Note: "1942, World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are still to die. The Nazis rampage across Europe and eye far-off America. The green, untested American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled--the armed forces of Nazi Germany. But something has changed. A court decision makes females subject to the draft and eligible for service. So in this World War II, women and girls fight, too. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering. Not one expects to see actual combat. Not one expects to be on the front lines. Rio, Frangie, and Rainy will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the future of the human race. They will fear and they will rage; they will suffer and they will inflict suffering; they will hate and they will love. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known." -- From dust jacket.
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2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Sci Fi Fic Richmond Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In an alternate world, no atomic weapons were invented and the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is fought at the Pax Games with robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots. The 1963 games are about to begin and the stakes are high. Jo Linden is invited to compete for Team USA and since she needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, she agrees. However, soon she learns pilots are dying of poisoning and a deadly political plot puts the world at risk of World War III.
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2021., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: Supernatural Fic Hand Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In this reimagined Western, it is 1876, and Calamity Jane, Frank Butler, and Annie Oakley use their traveling show, "Wild Bill's Wild West," as a cover for hunting werewolves. After a hunt in which Jane receives a bite, she travels to Deadwood where it's rumored she can find a cure before the sickness takes hold of her. However, things aren't what they seem, and Frank and Annie race after Jane to warn her before it's too late.
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-- Silver stars :[2017]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Front Lines Volume: 2Summary Note: During the summer of 1943, women soldiers Frangie, Rainy, and Rio accompany the American Army to Sicily to fight on the front lines.
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[2016], Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: MYSTERY F HAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Alternative Detective Volume: 1Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Anglet Sutonga lives repairing the chimneys, towers, and spires of the city of Bar-Selehm. Dramatically different communities live and work alongside each other. The white Feldish command the nations higher echelons of society. The native Mahweni are divided between city life and the savannah. And then theres Ang, part of the Lani community who immigrated over generations ago as servants and now mostly live in poverty on Bar-Selehms edges. When Ang is supposed to meet her new apprentice Berrit, she instead finds him dead. That same night, the Beacon, an invaluable historical icon, is stolen. The Beacons theft commands the headlines, yet no one seems to care about Berrits murderexcept for Josiah Willinghouse, an enigmatic young politician. When he offers her a job investigating his death, she plunges headlong into new and unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, crowds gather in protests over the citys mounting troubles. Rumors surrounding the Beacons theft grow. More suspicious deaths occur. With no one to help Ang except Josiahs haughty younger sister, a savvy newspaper girl, and a kindhearted herder, Ang must rely on her intellect and strength to resolve the mysterious link between Berrit and the missing Beacon before the city descends into chaos.
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By Norris, Kate2021., Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: Sci Fi Fic Norris Genre: Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Winnie, who can see alternate realities, finds herself transported to one and must now find her way back to save the man she loves.