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1) Numb
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Language
English
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"Fiona and her sons are fleeing her violent marriage. The farmhouse, west of Queensland's Gold Coast, is old and has been empty for many years, but Fiona says yes because the rent is low, and it is someplace else. Here, she can disappear. Alick, an ex-army sniper, lies motionless on the ridge watching the woman and her children through his rifle scope. Something has changed. Not the house itself. That remains resilient, despite him. The changes are...
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English
Description
"Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets in The Survivors, a thrilling mystery by New York Times bestselling author Jane Harper Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between...
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English
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"Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I’m not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I’m Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I’d killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it’s a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let’s...
4) Pig the star
Author
Series
Pig the pug volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pig the self-centered pug, and his friend Trevor, the Dachshund, are at a photo-shoot, and as usual, Pig wants to hog all the costumes and be the star of the show--but the photographer favors Trevor, and Pig needs to learn a lesson about sharing the spotlight.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
1942. When American model Jessica May arrives in Europe to cover the war as a photojournalist for Vogue, most of the soldiers are determined to make her life as difficult as possible. But three friendships change that. Journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules. Captain Dan Hallworth keeps her safe in dangerous places so she can capture the stories that truly matter. And most important of all, the love of a little orphan named Victorine...
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Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in Australia, France, and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies, and as nations. Driven by a vivid cast of characters, it explores necessary emigration, the art of fiction, and ethnic and class conflict. Pippa is an Australian writer who longs for the success of her novelist teacher and eventually comes to fear that she "missed everything important." In Paris, Celeste tries...
Author
Series
Curious cockroach volume 1
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The story of an eager cockroach who gate-crashes a birthday party -- with hilarious results. For fans of I Don't Want to Be a Frog. It's your birthday, and little do you know that an unwelcome guest has joined in on the festivities. A friendly cockroach has snuck undetected into the house, and has proceeded to join in on all of your fun party games. You were so excited to finally spot him napping on top of your birthday cake, having eaten his fill,...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year old girl vanished from her home in Manson, Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler. On April 3rd, 1990, Jack...
11) Fire with fire
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Language
English
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"A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop. Four people with everything on the line. What will be left in the ashes of the next 24 hours? Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD forensic lab hostage, and have given law enforcement an ultimatum: Find their daughter, Tilly, or they will destroy all the evidence they can find to other cold cases. Detective Charlie Hoskins has...
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Series
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself - a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly. It all comes down to this. For it ends here - now - in the most lethal and dangerous place...
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Series
Billie B. Brown volume 7
Publisher
Bruño
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
88 pages : coloured illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Author
Series
Fetch Phillips volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A former soldier turned PI solves crime in a world that's lost its magic in this brilliant sequel to actor Luke Arnold's debut The Last Smile in Sunder City. The name's Fetch Phillips - what do you need? Cover a Gnome with a crossbow while he does a dodgy deal? Sure. Find out who killed Lance Niles, the big-shot businessman who just arrived in town? I'll give it shot. Help an old-lady Elf track down her husband's murderer? That's right up my alley....
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Publisher
Five Mile Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
10 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 19 x 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Mouse has lost her squeak. Can you follow the adventure and help Little Mouse find her missing squeak? Featuring interactive lift-the-flap elements so that children can help in her search. Gorgeous watercolour illustrations from the amazing Jedda Robaard.
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Midsummer Garden brings to life the stories of two intriguing women across centuries. Travelling between lush gardens in France, windswept coastlines of Tasmania, to Tuscan hillsides and beyond, this delightful tale lures the reader on an unforgettable culinary and botanical journey.1487 Artemisia is young to be in charge of the kitchens at Chateau de Boschaud but, having been taught the herbalists' lore, her knowledge of how food can delight...
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 1118/3
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Primera edición en Debolsillo.
Physical Desc
628 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Todo comenzó con una carta. Una carta que llevaba extraviada mucho tiempo, esperando durante más de medio siglo en una saca de correos olvidada en el oscuro desván de una anodina casa de Londres...
18) Heads and tails
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Leveraging the natural and universal fascination that children have with animals, the book utilizes hints and recognition to build a sense of anticipation on each page, that is resolved on the following page when the identity of the animal is discovered.
Author
Series
Wolf girl volume 1
Publisher
RBA Molino
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
I crawled onto the bank and collapsed, exhausted. From the dirt, I looked up in amazement at four dogs staring down at me. Was I dreaming? Had I gone mad? It all seemed very real. 'You guys saved me!' I said, as I sat up in my dripping clothes. 'I owe you.' When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she must fend for herself, all alone in the wilderness. Luckily, she's not alone for long... When a wolf puppy, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
[US edition].
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After her final year in college, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. Over the course of an eight-hour shift, she is dropped into hundreds of crises, hearing only pieces of each. The work itself becomes monotonous. And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life, and she begins drinking heavily, sleeping with strangers, having an affair with an ex-lover. Interwoven...
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