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1) Starlings
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When seventeen-year-old Kit visits her father's hometown for the first time following his death, she not only discovers that her family is strangely revered among the locals, but that she also has an important role in the town's future.
6) Round trip
Author
Pub. Date
[1983]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip, from back to front, upside down.
8) Uno's garden
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Uno builds a home and garden in the magnificent forest among the playful puddlebuts and feathered frinklepods, but as the place becomes more and more popular, it is overtaken by tourists and buildings until the forest and animals seem to disappear altogether.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his friend. Readers will certainly spot the glorious beast, plus an array of big-city icons they can count. Is the dragon taking the crosstown bus, or breathing his fiery breath below a busy street? Maybe he took a taxi to the zoo or is playing with the dogs in the park.
10) Steel Town
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In Steel Town, it's always raining, freight trains come and go, the big furnace roars, and the steel mill never sleeps.
12) Christmas City
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Young Tommy travels to a magical city on Christmas Eve, where rhyming clues lead him through the streets toward a suprise. Vivd illustrations let readers participate in the treasure hunt with Tommy by finding hidden objects and unscrambling a holiday message.
15) Shadow grave
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Arlo is afraid of fire, creepy TV shows, and even his own shadow. . .During a Thanksgiving road trip, a sudden collision with a strange beast in the middle of the road totals the family's car, and Arlo, his mom, and his sister end up stranded in a small town. There's something off about Livermore. When he stumbles upon a dark secret that the town's inhabitants will kill to keep, getting out of Livermore becomes a matter of life or death"--Provided...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sisters Beck and Riley travel to an isolated Arizona town to investigate its connection to their mother's death, but uncover more than they anticipated.
Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigative reporter. She finds herself unable to stop herself from slipping into memories of happier days, clamoring for a time when things were normal. So when a mysterious letter in her mother's handwriting...
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
18) This is my town
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Little Critter invites readers to explore his town and discover where everyone works and plays.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home...A massive armada has surrounded Highgate's crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors...the once-great flying city protects a powerful secret, hidden away for centuries...One small airship, the Halcyon, has slipped through the ominous blockade on a mission to collect Milo--and the rich bounty on his head--before the fighting...
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