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1) Find Fergus
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fergus the bear wants to play hide and seek with the reader, but will need help--and practice--to hide well.
2) Finder
Author
Series
Finder chronicles volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Fergus Ferguson has been called a lot of names: thief, con artist, repo man. He prefers the term finder. His latest job should be simple. Find the spacecraft Venetia's Sword and steal it back from Arum Gilger, ex-nobleman turned power-hungry trade boss. He'll slip in, decode the ship's compromised AI security, and get out of town, Sword in hand. Fergus locates both Gilger and the ship in the farthest corner of human-inhabited space, a backwater deep...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Santa has a problem. This kid? Harold? Santa doesn't think he's real. He WANTS to believe in Harold--after all, Harold is one of the most magical parts of Christmas. Getting Harold's letters, eating the cookies he leaves out, feeding his carrots to the reindeer... what would Christmas be without that? But Santa's just not sure. Some of his friends are telling him they think Harold's not real. And the Harold that sat on his knee last Christmas looked...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After years alone in his castle, Vlad is ready to try something new, so he strolls into town to find a hobby. At first none of the activities seem quite right for him. But when he overhears the junior hockey team vowing to crush and destroy their rivals, he's thrilled. It sounds perfect! Vlad immediately falls for the game, but he also quickly realizes that superhuman powers don't mean much in hockey without a mastery of the basics. Can a centuries-old...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Leo arrives at the hospital, he is surprised to find it run by animals! A hilarious story featuring animals in human situations, perfect for fans of Zootopia and A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Two slightly distracted parents accidentally send their son, Leo, to the animal hospital to get his tonsils out. It's right next to the people hospital, so it's an easy mistake to make. Luckily this animal hospital is open-minded and willing to take in this...
Author
Series
Fergus and Zeke volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In their fourth adventure, classroom mice Fergus and Zeke--after a few false starts--jump into a creative project to help the kids mark the one hundredth day of school. Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do. But when the kids start collecting items and doing gym challenges and making projects to celebrate the one hundredth day of school, the mice can't seem to find a way to join...
7) The trust
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The newest novel from Ronald H. Balson, the international bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers , finds private investigator Liam Taggart returning to his childhood home for an uncle's funeral, only to discover his death might not have been natural. When his uncle dies, Liam Taggart reluctantly returns to his childhood home in Northern Ireland for the funeral--a home he left years ago after a bitter confrontation with his family, never to look...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Pru has two loving dads, an ostrich named Orville, and an ogre-tastic best friend named Oggy. Oggy and Pru spend their days playing games, having adventures, and getting spoiled by shopkeepers. Then, every evening, Oggy goes home and does whatever he wants. Pru returns to the palace where she has to finish her vegetables, tidy her playroom, and go to bed on time. When her royal dads tell her she can't take Orville for a gallop until she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Adele finds herself in a complicated love triangle."--
With her mother in rehab and her estranged father unable to take immediate custody, Adele Reimer is spending two weeks at a youth reform camp. Adele's only goal at the camp is to avoid any trouble. When she meets Fergus and Andy, Adele soon finds herself pulled into a complicated love triangle-- and a dangerous situation...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Limerick, Ireland: the O'Brien family's driveway. American Oscar Harvey opens the trunk of his hosts' car and finds the body of a woman, beaten and bloody. But let's start at the beginning. Kate and Mannix O'Brien live by Curragower Falls in Limerick, in a lovely house they can barely afford. Their autistic son Fergus is bullied at school, and their daughter Izzy blames herself, wishing she could protect him. Kate decides that her family needs a...
11) Zander stays
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Zander the goose decides not to go south for the winter with the rest of his flock. Having to adapt to his new snowy environment, Zander asks for advice from forest animals. When Zander is about to give up, a little girl finds him and brings him home. Finally finding a perfect "adaptation" in the little girl's house, Zander spends the winter with his new friend. When the other geese return, they humorously move into the house as well."--
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