Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her "other" family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Zando
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I don't just want to hear her laugh, I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I've become addicted to it. To her."
From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy—a
Author
Language
English
Description
"Meet Sam: an insolent pug--and incidental hero--who will stop at nothing to protect his family! When scientists Elaine and Gary Peterson adopt Sam to keep their son, Justin, company in the midst of a top-secret research project, they never imagine the precocious pup will cause more harm than good. But from chewing up Elaine's hair dryer (the "brain-melting heat cannon") to his inability to be house-trained (who could resist the 'pooping rug'?), the...
6) Stepping off
Author
Language
English
Description
"When his parents stop talking to each other, Jesse tries to maintain his dream life in Pennsylvania away from the pressures of high school in NYC until COVID shuts the city down just days after his mother leaves his father, causing his two worlds to collide"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Her life. Her rules. Finally.
Anuri Chinasa has had enough. And really, who can blame her? She was the unwilling star of her stepmother's social media empire before "momfluencers" were even a thing. For years, Ophelia documented every birthday, every skinned knee, every milestone and meltdown for millions of strangers to fawn over and pick apart.
Now, at twenty-five, Anuri is desperate to put her way-too-public past behind...
Anuri Chinasa has had enough. And really, who can blame her? She was the unwilling star of her stepmother's social media empire before "momfluencers" were even a thing. For years, Ophelia documented every birthday, every skinned knee, every milestone and meltdown for millions of strangers to fawn over and pick apart.
Now, at twenty-five, Anuri is desperate to put her way-too-public past behind...
Author
Series
Today tonight tomorrow volume 2
Language
English
Description
Rowan and Neil, in a committed long-distance relationship while attending different colleges in Boston and New York City, face the challenges of navigating the first months of college life and personal struggles as they strive to make their relationship last
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sixth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.
The end is nigh.
It has been nearly two hundred years since Hadrian Marlowe assaulted the person of the Emperor and walked away from war. From his Empire. His duty. From the will and service of the eldritch being known only as the Quiet. The galaxy lies in the grip
...Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times graphic novel bestseller!
Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years.
But when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders—they soon find themselves in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!
This omnibus collects...
Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years.
But when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders—they soon find themselves in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!
This omnibus collects...
11) Star Spanked
Author
Series
Publisher
Leighton Greene
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sebastian Fox, a British celebrity chef, flees the relentless English tabloids for the sunny shores of Los Angeles. As he plans the summer launch of his new culinary venture, the last thing he's looking for is an entanglement—especially one that could make headlines.
But at the urging of an old friend, Sebastian indulges in his one passion other than food, and attends a special event...one that involves a lot more
12) My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
Author
Language
English
Description
After being summoned to another world, Yogiri and Tomochika were abandoned by their classmates as bait to distract a rampaging dragon. Thanks to Yogiri's ability to cause instant death with a single thought, the two of them survived and made the arduous journey to reunite with their classmates in the capital city. Although they overcame tremendous danger along the way, rejoining the other students is still only the beginning. From the intricate schemes...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live.
In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and...
In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and...
14) SHELTERWOOD
Author
Language
English
Description
“Wingate’s stellar latest (after Before We Were Yours) explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region’s history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
The comics continuation of Nickelodeon's hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender returns with a treasure trove of short stories, collected for the first time in hardcover!
Follow Team Avatar as they journey through the four nations! From Earth King Kuei to the Kyoshi Warriors, and Mai to the Boulder, your favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender friends are back for a wide-ranging exploration of life in their world. And where...
Follow Team Avatar as they journey through the four nations! From Earth King Kuei to the Kyoshi Warriors, and Mai to the Boulder, your favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender friends are back for a wide-ranging exploration of life in their world. And where...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three of Goosebumps' creepiest creature books ever!*Now in a cool, new GB Graphix anthology adapted and illustrated by acclaimed comic artists Scott Morse, Greg Ruth, and Gabriel Hernandez.Creepy creatures are howling, growling, and stalking through the artwork of the first Goosebumps Graphix anthology when three hot, talented comic artists adapt these bestselling Goosebumps books into a cool, new graphic novel format:SCOTT MORSE, creator of the popular...
17) Optical Osmosis
Author
Language
English
Description
It's been said the eyes are the windows to the soul. What happens, however, when those windows crack? Tempe, Arizona resident Greg Gnops, is about to find out.When an accident involving sunlight and a telescope alters Greg's vision, he suddenly finds himself with a strange new ability that drains psychic fragments of a person's soul from their body, killing his victim in the process. Despite trying to hide behind a pair of sunglasses, the slightest...
18) Baby Babble
Author
Language
English
Description
Nikie is a newborn baby who, from the very first moment of her birth, has amazing powers to speak like an adult, make words appear in the air, turn words and sentences into colors and symbols, and speak in mathematical terms. How her parents Nick and Angie and her doctors accept and deal with these amazing and astonishing powers is the essence of Baby Babble.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Given a choice, Lisinthir Nase Galare would have stayed in the Chatcaavan Empire to help its reformed Emperor and Queen remake the worlds in their image. But when his presence proved a threat to the Emperor's attempts, he bowed to necessity and accepted an exile that he thought would kill him... for what was left without duty and the company of the beloved? Adding insult to injury, his escort home included two psychiatrists, as if he was something...
Author
Language
English
Description
When the results of Earth's genetic experiments fled their makers, they took their own name as they left humanity behind; centuries later, the Pelted have spread into a multi-world alliance of cultures and languages, cribbed from Terra or created whole-cloth. Claws and Starships collects six stories of the Pelted, ranging from the humor of a xenoanthropologist on the wrong side of mythology to more serious works considering the implications of genetic...
In Find More Illinois
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Helen Plum Library can be requested from other Find More Illinois libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
We are constantly adding to our collection! Make a request and we'll consider the submission along with the needs of the community. Submit Request