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Author
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Two friends battle feelings for each other as they work together to renovate a school bus into a home in this charming romance novel from viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Out on a Limb Lane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is leading nowhere, and simply put, she's not happy. So, after a night out celebrating her birthday, she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase: a giant yellow forty-eight...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old Nora Nichols decides to escape her hometown and take a summer job as an arts and crafts counsellor at an all-girls' camp in the mountains of West Virginia. There, she meets girls and women from all walksof life with their own heartaches and triumphs. Immersed in this new camp experience, trying to form bonds with her fellow counselors while learning to be a trusted adviser for her campers, Nora distracts...
23) Devotion
Author
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in the village of Kay in Prussia, 1836, Hanne Nussbaum would rather run wild in the forest than conform to the limitations of womanhood. Hanne is friendless and misunderstood ... until she meets Thea. When Hanne and her family are forced to flee religious persecution, they board a crowded, disease-riddled ship bound for the colony of South Australia. In the face of brutal hardship, the beauty of whale song enters Hanne's heart, along with...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women -- separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen -- forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington's father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections....
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the Underground Palace, Hyunckel, who has a grudge against Avan, leads the Undead Legion. Dai, Popp, and Maam arrive in Papnica only to find the Undead Legion has devastated Princess Leona's homeland! Meanwhile, the Blizzblaze Legion's Flazzard schemes to gain status among his rival Dark Army commanders"--
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After losing redeemed fellow disciple Hyunckel, Dai and his friends continue their search for Princess Leona. They soon meet Amy, one of the three sages who personally protect the princess. The party sets out for Leona's hideout, but Flazzard is alreadyputting a freeze on Dai's plans! When the little hero meets his match, a new ally offers a strategy"--
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ada is 26 and having a grand time just trying to figure it all out. An Australian living in London, she ekes out a living as a poorly-paid cabaret performer and part-time temp. And yet she can't imagine wanting to be any other age. Ada's a seeker, a perpetually moving ball of excess. Every night is an opportunity to be thrilled and every morning a chance to recount it to her friends. So when Ada falls for Sadie and Stuart at the same time she doesn't...
28) DELIVER ME
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand, a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends torn apart by gang violence and class differences in Stockholm, soon to be a Netflix series. Dogge is from affluent R�onnviken. Billy lives inthe concrete towers of V�aringe, only a few hundred yards across a highway, but a world apart. They met as six-year-olds at R�onnviken's playground and have been unlikely best friends ever since....
Author
Publisher
Viking Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ariel has dreams of leaving her southside Chicago neighborhood and making it big as a punk rocker with her best friends and bandmates, now that they've graduated from high school, but the realities of young adulthood make that challenging and strain their friendships with each other."--Provided by publisher.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. Itan High is in danger! Proxy Chair Icho has accidentally placed the school on the chopping block, but the students still have one...
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