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2161) Comrade Koba: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
166 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Moscow. After the death of his nuclear-physicist father and the arrest of his mother during the Stalinist purge of Jewish doctors, ten-year-old Leon Rozental hides in the secret rooms of the House on the Embankment. There he encounters Koba, a high-ranking Soviet officer with disturbing insights into the thoughts and actions of Joseph Stalin."--Provided by publisher.
2162) Maid of secrets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1559 England, Meg, an orphaned thief, is pressed into service and trained as a member of the Maids of Honor, Queen Elizabeth I's secret all-female guard, but her loyalty is tested when she falls in love with a Spanish courtier who may be a threat.
2163) Treasures of the Twelve
Author
Series
Twelve (Lin) volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Usagi's quest to save her younger sister, Uma, and save Midaga from the Dragonlord continues in this sequel to The Twelve"--
2164) The final descent
Author
Series
Monstrumologist volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Warthrop begins to doubt sixteen-year-old Will Henry's loyalty, he sets him against one of the most horrific creatures in the Monstrumarium unaware that Will's life and his own fate will lie in the balance.
When Dr. Warthrop begins to doubt fourteen-year-old Will Henry's loyalty, he sets him against one of the most horrific creatures in the Monstrumarium, unaware that Will's life and his own fate will lie in the balance. The plot contains...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
246 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and 'friends.' When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret...her...
2166) The ice monster
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth. When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she's determined to discover more. A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime-- from London to the heart of the Arctic!
2167) Daughter of deep silence
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
At fourteen, Frances survived a slaughter that claimed the lives of her parents and best friend, Libby, but she took on Libby's identity and wealth while plotting revenge against the powerful Wells family and now, at age eighteen, is ready to destroy them, including her first love, Grey.
2168) La profecía de Beatryce
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
En tiempos de guerra, un niño misterioso aparece en el monasterio de la Orden de las Crónicas del Dolor. El gentil hermano Edik encuentra a la niña, Beatryce, acurrucada en un establo, atormentada por la fiebre, cubierta de suciedad y sangre, y agarrada con fuerza a la oreja de la cabra Answelica. Mientras el monje cuida a Beatryce para que recupere la salud, descubre su peligroso secreto, uno que los pone a todos en peligro, ya que el rey de la...
2169) Disney Pete's dragon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pete has a friend and protector in the huge green dragon Elliot. But when they are discovered in the forest, Pete must find a way to protect Elliot in return. A boy and his dragon find friendship, adventure, and a place to belong in this junior novel based on the upcoming Walt Disney Studios film, Pete's Dragon.
2171) A little princess
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order, a new warrior rises. Follow a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic as he searches for a strange bounty, a mysterious Force-wielding Child"--Page 4 cover
2173) A snake lies waiting
Author
Series
Legends of the condor heroes volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Snake Lies Waiting is the next in Jin Yong's high stakes, tension-filled epic Legends of the Condor Heroes series, where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus Huang's father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in the three trials to win the hand of his beloved. But now, along with his two...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A band of orphan avengers. A cursed stone. A horde of zombie outlaws. This is Keech Blackwood's new life after Bad Whiskey Nelson descends upon the Home for Lost Causes and burns it to the ground. With his home destroyed and his family lost, Keech will have to use the lessons he learned from Pa Abner to hunt down the powerful Char Stone. Luckily, he has the help of a ragtag team of orphans. Together, they'll travel through treacherous forests, fight...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mason Chandler is home to meet his mail-order bride, six months too late! Little wonder Emma Jones wants to honor his letter releasing her from their agreement, especially when Mason has returned from his father's deathbed with two adopted girls in tow. And the dark secret he's hiding makes the homesteader feel unworthy to woo anyone. As the new schoolteacher in Pepin, Wisconsin, Emma can support herself without a husband. Yet she's touched by Mason's...
2177) Dogboy
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1346, twelve-year-old Brind, an orphaned kennel boy raised with hunting dogs at an English manor, accompanies his master, along with half of the manor's prized mastiffs, to France, where he must fend for himself when both his master and the dogs are lost at the decisive battle of Cr̈еecy.
2178) Shakespeare's scribe
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
vi, 265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
2179) Great expectations
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
144 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1866, a fourteen-year-old orphan reluctantly joins the crew of a missionary ship leaving Australia, but when a hurricane strands him on a South Sea island and he is captured by slave traders, he finds the courage to trust in God.
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