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Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood mummy

Van Draanen, Wendelin.


"A Yearling book." School Library Journal. Booklist. New York Times. A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
Date Published:2001

The star fisher

Yep, Laurence, 1948-


Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. Fifteen-year-old Joan Lee and her family find the adjustment hard when they move from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920s.
Date Published:1991

Pretend you don't see her : a novel /

Clark, Mary Higgins.


Wilson's Fiction. Booklist. Kirkus Starred. Real-estate agent Lacey Farrell, accidentally walked in on a murder. The dying victim entrusts her with a journal that contains information so damaging that even the government's witness protection program can not keep Lacey safe.
Date Published:1997

An assassin's guide to love and treason

Boecker, Virginia,


Junior Library Guild. In the early sixteen-hundreds, an assassin and a spy, seventeen-year-old Katherine and nineteen-year-old Toby, go undercover as actors in a Shakespeare play in a plot to kill---or save---Queen Elizabeth.
Date Published:2018

When the circus came to town

Yep, Laurence, 1948-


Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.
Date Published:2002

There's something out there

Night, P. J.


On a sleepover at her house, Jenna and her friends go in search of the legendary Marked Monster that is said to roam the forests around her hometown.
Date Published:2011

Weep no more, my lady : a novel /

Clark, Mary Higgins.


Wilson's Fiction. Booklist. Elizabeth Lange is haunted by the tragic death of her sister Leila, who plunged from the balcony of her New York penthouse under mysterious circumstances. While visiting the Cypress Point Spa, Elizabeth decides to find out exactly what happened.
Date Published:1987

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Coville, Bruce.


Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. A simplified prose retelling of Shakespeare's play about two young people who defy their warring families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.
Date Published:1999

Alfred Hitchcock's spellbinders in suspense

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-


A collection of thirteen stories of mystery and suspense, each written by a different author.
Date Published:1967

Claim to fame

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


School Library Journal, December 2009. Publisher's Weekly, November 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2010. Kirkus Review, October 2009. Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.
Date Published:2009

School Library Journal, December 2009. Publisher's Weekly, November 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2010. Kirkus Review, October 2009. Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.

Date Published:2009

Lunar New Year love story

Yang, Gene Luen.


School Library Journal starred, December 2023. Booklist starred, November 2023. Kirkus Starred, November 2023. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Kirkus Starred. "Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal starred, December 2023. Booklist starred, November 2023. Kirkus Starred, November 2023. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Kirkus Starred. "Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Whales on stilts

Anderson, M. T.


Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
Date Published:2005

The 3-2-3 Detective Agency in The disappearance of Dave Warthog

Robinson, Fiona, 1965-


Five animal friends decide to form a detective agency in Whiska City, where they investigate the rash of disappearances linked to a poodle beauty salon.
Date Published:2009

Annabel the actress starring in Hound of the Barkervilles

Conford, Ellen.


"Ages 7-10"--Dust jacket. Wilson's Children. Book Links (A.L.A.). Booklist. When Annabel, who wants to be a famous actress someday, has a part in a real play, she finds she must cope with a big dog and an unruly audience member.
Date Published:2002

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Pinborough, Sarah, 1972-,


"A different version of this title was published in Great Britain by Gollancz, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group." Junior Library Guild. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this---that it wasn't an accident, and that she wasn't suicidal.
Date Published:2017

Catch a falling star

Culbertson, Kim A.


School Library Journal, April 2014. Publisher's Weekly, March 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Kirkus Review, February 2014. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Horn Book. Carter Moon is expecting to spend a quiet summer working in her parents' restaurant and hanging out with her best friends Alien Drake and Chloe, but when a Hollywood company arrives to film a movie, her sleepy California town is suddenly transformed, and Carter finds herself playing an unexpected part in it all.
Date Published:2014

School Library Journal, April 2014. Publisher's Weekly, March 2014. Horn Book, October 2014. Kirkus Review, February 2014. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Horn Book. Carter Moon is expecting to spend a quiet summer working in her parents' restaurant and hanging out with her best friends Alien Drake and Chloe, but when a Hollywood company arrives to film a movie, her sleepy California town is suddenly transformed, and Carter finds herself playing an unexpected part in it all.

Date Published:2014

YOLO Juliet

Wright, Brett.


Adaptation of: Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare. "Two families at war. A boy and a girl in love. A secret marriage gone oh-so-wrong. What if those star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet had smartphones? The classic Shakespeare play told through its characters texting with emojis, checking in at certain locations, and updating their relationship statuses"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2015

Abandoned!

Dale, Jenny.


"An Apple paperback." Neil decides to investigate when strange things begin to happen after a mysterious stranger shows up late one evening at King Street Kennels saying he was called out of town unexpectedly and needs the Parkers to care for his very well-trained dog, Jessie.
Date Published:1997

William Shakespeare's Macbeth


Presents a graphic novel representation of William Shakespeare's classic play "Macbeth," and contains excerpts from the play's original dialogue.
Date Published:2002

Only the good spy young

Carter, Ally.


Cammie Morgan questions the loyalty of her classmates and friends after she learns that one of her most trusted allies is actually a double-agent, and now danger follows her everywhere.
Date Published:2010