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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years—good years—but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese...
9702) Catwad: 5,High five!
Author
Series
Catwad volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Catwad and Blurmp are back with more ridiculous fun that will have readers high-fiving each other with joy. This volume sees the big blue grump and his slow but lovable friend get a pet, try new hobbies, explore the newest video game technology, and more! If you love laughing (and who doesn't??), this book is for you!"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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Nikki has spent most of her life distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community. After her father's death she takes a job teaching a creative writing course in the heart of the Punjabi community. When one of the women students brings a book of erotica to class, Nicki uses it as the basis for helping these modest women unleash creativity by telling their own stories.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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"Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born severely deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan is forced to interact with the world through the vivid prism of his mind. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan. That is until the seventeen-year-old Polina arrives at the hospital....
9709) Mindy makes some space
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Best friends Gabby, Priya and Mindy create a dog walking business, and quickly learn that running a business is no walk in the park.
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Series
Simon and Chester volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
Simon and Chester are bored...until they pretend to be detectives.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"To prepare for the cultural festival on the horizon, Komura, Mie, and their classmates are hard at work on their project for the big event. But with so much to do, long days turn into late nights at school. Komura gets more Mie time, but she has a curfew! Will Komura be able to help Mie out when she gets into hot water with her mom?!"--
9713) Quest for the spark
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Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Twelve-year-old Tom Elm, his raccoon friend Roderick, Percival, Abbey, and Barclay Bone, warrior-priest Randolf, and forest-woman Lorimar join in a quest to find the pieces of the Spark that can save Dreaming--and the Waking World--from a Darkness created by the Nacht.
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Series
Charlie Mortdecai mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and acknowledged coward. With his thuggish manservant--the incomparably named Jock Strapp--Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving stolen paintings, a vintage Rolls Royce, secret police, a whirlwind trip to the United States, a dead client, and a ravishing young wealthy widow...all just to make a dishonest living. He's not one to pass...
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Elvis and the underdogs volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A sickly ten-year-old boy and his talking therapy dog find adventure in the White House.
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Series
Guinea PIG pet shop private eye volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When guinea pig Sasspants leaves Mr. Venezi's pet shop to live with Detective Nichols, and hamster-detective Hamisher retires, the case of the missing bookstore cat must be solved without their help.
9720) Sparky and Posh
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Sparky and Posh have new names and are back for a new adventure, this time in the wild outdoors! This book is perfectly designed to take turns reading aloud: the dialog for the cat, Posh, can be read by a parent, and the dialog for the puppy, Sparky, can be read by a child. With lots of humor and charm, Sparky and Posh is sure to become another read-together favorite!"--
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