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My Totally Awkward Supernatural Crush
by Laura Toffler-CorrieIn My Totally Awkward Supernatural Crush by Laura Toffler-Corrie, Jenna Bloom is just an average middle school student until her family takes her to her least favorite restaurant for her birthday, where she meets Cowpoke Luke, her waiter and one true love. Oh, and he also happens to be an angel. Jenna can't believe that Luke could actually be interested in her, and yet he is! Unfortunately he's got a demonic foe named Adam who could potentially complicate matters, and when the two boys have a big showdown at the local community theater's performance of Fiddler on the Roof, Jenna is right in the middle of it all.
My Trans Parent: A User Guide for When Your Parent Transitions
by Heather BryantMaybe you just found out your mom, or your dad, is transgender, or maybe you've known for a while. But now what?This guide covers everything you need to know. With chapters on navigating the changes in your family, coming out, or not, the many ways to transition both inside and out, and much, much more, you'll see how other people have handled these experiences. From definitions to names and pronouns, you'll find all you need to support yourself and your family through the transition and beyond.With real-life stories from people whose parents have also transitioned, and tips and advice throughout, this essential book will be your companion every step of the way and shows that there are others just like you.
My Travel Adventures and Secret Recipes: Culinary Adventures With Secret Recipes
by Chef HanauCHEF WOLFGANG HANAU, born and educated in Eastern Europe, learned to love good cooking from an early age, so it was only natural that he’d go on to become a world-renowned chef. What isn’t so natural, however, is his willingness to share the secret recipes he’s learned over a decades-long career at some of the world’s most exclusive restaurants, luxury hotels, and resorts. In this memoir/recipe book, he revels in dishes with a French fl air, Bavarian specialties from Munich’s Oktoberfest, Switzerland’s renowned international cuisine, and dishes from the many great places he’s practiced his craft. You’ll laugh and smile as he enjoys camelback rides in the Sahara desert, cruises on luxury ocean liners, and meets celebrities at culinary destinations that offer sun, fun, and escapes from the ordinary. Along the way, he shares recipes that will impress your relatives and friends, including German Warm Potato Salad, the Allenstein Bbq Recipe, Bearnaise Sauce, Rainforest Acai Berry Cookies, Amstel Light Portobello Gorgonzola Burger, Golden Apple Cheddar Pancakes, Apple Jam-Filled Cookies, and Apricot-Glazed Mushrooms over Mixed Baby Greens. There’s an exciting story and a tasty dish for everyone in this book of secret recipes and travel adventures. Chef Wolfgang Hanau, a native of Bavaria, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute in Munich. He has worked in Switzerland, Paris, and London and has practiced his craft at many popular hotels and resorts. He lives with his wife, Diana, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
My True Colours
by Mike LevittA socially isolated teen overcomes the pressure to be homophobic and transphobic and instead finds the empathy inherent in his nature. Jake, whose single mom is out working most of the time, keeps mostly to himself at high school, spending time with his more assertive friend Buddy. After being persuaded to attend a protest against LGBTQ+ students with Buddy, Jake gets into a fight with a member of the gender-sexuality alliance club, getting himself in trouble at school and home. But Jake soon discovers a very personal connection to this issue—his employer, Max, who serves a father figure to him, is in fact trans. Jake rethinks what his values are and finds that he has more in common with members of the LGBTQ+ community than he thought.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
by Stephanie PerkinsTwelve romantic holiday stories by twelve bestselling young adult authors edited by Stephanie Perkins.If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers (Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de La Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, Laini Tayler and Kiersten White), edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.
My Ultimate Sister Disaster: A Novel
by Jane MendleWhat happens when your sister becomes your biggest rival?If there were a way to pick your family, fourteen-year old Franny might not pick her own. Her father is a hipster boutique owner who's constantly "friending" her on Facebook, her mother is off in Kenya jumpstarting her stalled anthropology career, and her sister Zooey, eleven months older and eight inches taller, is a precocious, prima ballerina. Lately, Zooey's so absorbed with her burgeoning ballet career that she barely seems to notice Franny. And since Zooey attends a top ballet conservatory, Franny's on her own navigating the brutal halls of her Manhattan prep school, a first-year trying to get noticed on the school paper (and by its soulful, long-lashed editor-in-chief). But everything changes when Zooey breaks her leg and her dancing comes to grinding halt. Her ballet dreams shattered, Zooey begins to hone in on Franny's "normal" life and friends. Franny feels terrible for Zooey, but when her encroachment starts to extend to Franny's long-time crush, Franny begins to wonder if her sister might just be her worst competition...
My Week with Him
by Joya Goffney"Acute portrait of agency, hope, and intergenerational trauma by Goffney."—Publishers WeeklyA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pick!From Joya Goffney of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, comes a stirring YA coming-of-age, best friends-to-lovers romance about a girl named Nikki who plans to run away from small-town Texas, but ultimately finds that her oldest friend, Mal, just might be the one who’s been there for her all along. Filled with heart and humor, this novel captures complex family drama, friendship, and love. For fans of I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest and Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan.Nikki can’t wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career . . . After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince her to stay in Texas, or to at least graduate high school. But their plans are interrupted when Nikki’s little sister Vae goes missing.Nikki is forced to work alongside her difficult mother as they set off in search of Vae, with Malachai’s support. Will Nikki find a reason to stay in Texas, or will this spring break be the last time she sees them? Through her emotional journey, Nikki ultimately finds the love she’s always been missing and discovers the power of her own voice.
My best friend is gay
by Dielson VilelaCarlos and Márcio are two long time friends. One day, an event leads Carlos to finding out that his best friend, Márcio, is gay. He sees himself paralysed against that revelation. What now? Amid that surprise, Carlos becomes the witness of a coward crime and decides to create a blog to narrate his suffocating agony. In that process, he comes across the violence motivated by the prejudice that creates victims that are from several segments considred minority by the society. By reading "My best friend is gay", we come across adventures, danger, fights, re-encounters and a good pinch of police romance that make the book a realist narrative, easy of being read, understood and experienced by the reader as if they are part of the story, no matter their sexual orientation, religion, culture or ideology.
My life as a Gamer
by Janet TashjianDerek Fallon gets the chance of a lifetime―to participate in a gaming company focus group and to test out a new video game called "Arctic Ninja." Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek thinks his gaming talents will be showcased.<P><P> But he soon realizes that everyone has got him beat, including whiz kid El Cid. On top of that, school reading tests have begun and Derek feels doubly off his game. Isn't there anything he's good at?
My Ántonia: Assessment Manual (Clydesdale Classics)
by Willa CatherPackaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Solomon Northup in Twelve Years a Slave, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through the words of the exceptional few.My Ántonia, a novel by Willa Cather, tells the story of friendship between Ántonia Shimerda-a young woman who moves to the Midwestern prairie with her bohemian family-and Jim Burden, an orphaned child who moves from Virginia to the Midwest to be with his grandparents. The narrative is majorly told from the perspective of Burden, almost peripherally, as a memoir of his childhood in Nebraska. It is here where he meets Ántonia and her family, his new neighbors. Eager to learn, Jim teaches Ántonia English and they become fast friends.When Ántonia’s father tragically commits suicide, Ántonia discontinues her lessons with Jim and begins to work on the farm where she and Jim share countless memorable experiences together. After being accepted into Lincoln University, Jim moves away. Meanwhile, Ántonia copes with being abandoned by her fiancée and bearing an illegitimate child. When Jim graduates he returns to Nebraska and visits her before he starts law school, promising her that he’d visit again very soon. Despite keeping in touch, it is not until twenty years after this meeting that they meet again. Although in very different places in their lives, they pick up where they left off-the bond they formed as children remaining completely intact.A classic story by renowned American author Willa Cather, My Ántonia is a timeless tale of a lifelong friendship.
Mysteries of Thorn Manor
by Margaret RogersonFrom the internationally bestselling author of Vespertine comes a heart-stopping new sequel novella to the breathtaking fantasy Sorcery of Thorns. This is the perfect read for fans of Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Maas&’s A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series, and Holly Black!Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny from nosy reporters hungry for gossip about the city&’s most powerful sorcerer and the librarian who stole his heart. But something strange is afoot at Thorn Manor: the estate&’s wards, which are meant to keep their home safe, are acting up and forcibly trapping the Manor&’s occupants inside. Surely it must be a coincidence that this happened just as Nathaniel and Elisabeth started getting closer to one another . . . ? With no access to the outside world, Elisabeth and Nathaniel have to work together to discover the source of the magic before they&’re due to host the city&’s Midwinter Ball. Faced with a house filled with unexpected secrets, the couple will have to lean on their connection like never before to set things right before it&’s too late . . .Praise for New York Times bestselling Sorcery of Thorns: 'A bewitching gem . . . I absolutely loved every moment of this story' – Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series 'If you loved the Hogwarts Library . . . you&’ll be right at home at Summershall' – Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale 'An enthralling adventure replete with spellbinding characters, a slow-burning love story, and a world worth staying lost in' – Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Mysteries of Thorn Manor
by Margaret RogersonIn this delightful sequel novella to the New York Times bestselling Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball!Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny from nosy reporters hungry for gossip about the city&’s most powerful sorcerer and the librarian who stole his heart. But something strange is afoot at Thorn Manor: the estate&’s wards, which are meant to keep their home safe, are acting up and forcibly trapping the Manor'&’ occupants inside. Surely it must be a coincidence that this happened just as Nathaniel and Elisabeth started getting closer to one another… With no access to the outside world, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas—along with their new maid Mercy—will have to work together to discover the source of the magic behind the malfunctioning wards before they&’re due to host the city&’s Midwinter Ball. Not an easy task when the house is filled with unexpected secrets, and all Elisabeth can think about is kissing Nathaniel in peace. But when it becomes clear that the house, influenced by the magic of Nathaniel&’s ancestors, requires a price for its obedience, Elisabeth and Nathaniel will have to lean on their connection like never before to set things right.
Mysteries of the Unexplained
by Allan ZulloIn "Mysteries of the Unexplained", Zullo takes us on a journey to six mysteries of our time, including the Bermuda triangle, the Loch Ness monster, the purported UFO crash in Roswell, the Mary Celeste, the Plains of Nazca, and Bigfoot.
Mysterious Signal (Freedom Seekers #5)
by Lois Walfrid JohnsonJordan makes plans to travel to Chicago and turn over the gift to help fugitive slaves. But then a dangerous man escapes, and if he recognizes Libby, Jordan, and Peter, they will be in danger. When a disguise for Libby seems the only answer, it will require a sacrifice she isn't sure she's willing to make. Will a life-threatening steamboat accident and Libby's new willingness to forgive bring the breakthrough she needs? From the golden age of steamboats, the rush of immigrants to new lands, and the dangers of the Underground Railroad come true-to-life stories of courage, integrity, and suspense in the Freedom Seekers series.
Mysterious Strangers (Thorne Twins Adventure Books #8)
by Dayle CourtneyIn trying to sort out the confusion caused by mysterious lookalikes in their hometown, Eric and Alison rely on their Christian principles when they find themselves involved with a strange scientist and an international spy ring. Strange look-alikes begin causing confusion for the twins in Ivy, Illinois. Their search for answers leads them to one of their father's former acquaintances, a strange scientist named Dr. Swykert. But the discovery of Dr. Swykert's connection is only the beginning of the ordeal. Eric finds himself tangling with an international spy ring full of CIA intrigue. Alison is forced to wrestle with the mysteries of life itself. There is suspense on every page, and no shortage of surprises. Catch up on the many books in the Thorne Twins Adventure series from Bookshare including:# 1 Flight to Terror, #2 Escape From Eden, #3 The Knife With Eyes, #4 The Ivy Plot, #5 Operation Doomsday, #6 Omen of the Flying Light, #7 Three-Ring Inferno and #9 The Foxworth Hunt.
Mysterious Ways: A Novel
by Wendy WunderFrom acclaimed author Wendy Wunder comes a sharp and hilarious coming-of-age novel for fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon about an omniscient teenage girl who must grapple with whether there’s such a thing as knowing too much...Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down…Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all. Maybe she can use it for good. Maybe she can even get the guy. Or maybe there really is such a thing as knowing too much.
Mystery In the Clouds (Robin Kane #5)
by Eileen HillThe kids from Pacific Point are creating a float for the Rose Parade, and Robin and her friends will ride palomino horses, including Robin's favorite, Nugget, in the parade. But first, they have to solve a mystery that includes kidnapping, burglary, and a terrifying plane ride. Who can the girls trust? Can people be both good and bad? Picture descriptions present.
Mystery at Bear Lake (A Tom & Ricky Mystery)
by Bob WrightFourteen-year-old boys Tom and Ricky and their dog Patches set out to find out the reason behind a strange light from an empty house at Bear Lake.
Mystery at Saddle Creek: The Saddle Creek Series
by Shelley PetersonA violent death throws a horse-riding community into conflict, stirring up fear, uncertainty, mental illness, and a mysterious stranger … Summer vacation has finally started, and Bird is looking forward to an extended stay with her Aunt Hannah at Saddle Creek Farm. But before she can settle into the routine of riding Sundancer and preparing for shows, the community is thrown into chaos when a local woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police aren’t acting fast enough to satisfy the community’s calls for justice, so a vigilante group emerges to take matters into their own hands. Bird finds herself embroiled in the mystery. Who had reason to attack the woman? Does the strange man Bird and Sunny meet in the woods have anything to do with the crime? And how does the reappearance of her grandfather fit into the picture? As Bird struggles to get to the bottom of the mystery, she learns more than she bargained for about her community, her past, and human nature.
Mystery at laughing Water
by Dorothy Maywood BirdPhillis Rockford decides to go to a rustic summer camp located on Michigan's upper Peninsula While There, she and her campmates enjoy a month of hikes, swimming, and good food. No Dorothy Maywood Bird book would be complete without the solving of a mystery, and just the merest touch of romance. Though set in the late '40s, teen girls will find this book and its characters interesting and their adventures exciting.
Mystery at the Crossroads (Dana Girls Mystery #16)
by Carolyn KeeneThe Dana girls are plunged into another mystery during a visit to an old Civil War inn on a lonely country road. They hear singing in the woods, see a ghost, and discover a strange spoon with a handle in the shape of a man's head. The girls are shocked to learn from a jeweler that the spoon is cursed. The girls visit the old inn again and meet Nura, a young gypsy who has run away to avoid marrying a man whom she does not love. Nura instead longs to marry Stivo, but Stivo has been banished from the gypsy tribe for stealing a valuable silver platter. Can the Dana Girls solve the mystery to help Nura before the thief catches them?
Mystery of the Angry Idol
by Phyllis A. WhitneyWhile spending the summer in Connecticut, Jan helps solve an old family mystery involving an ancient Chinese idol.
Mystery of the Dark Old House: A Woodland Mystery
by Irene SchultzThe children all lost their parents, but with Mrs. Tandy have made their own family. Why are they called the Woodlanders? Because they live in a big house in the Bluff Lake woods. On Woodland Street! Together they find fun, mystery, and adventure. What are they up to now? Read on!
Mystery of the Haunted Pool
by Phyllis A. WhitneyA string of carved wooden beads... A ship captain's log... A strange face that appears—then disappears—at the bottom of a pool. What is the secret of the old sea captain's mansion? Susan Price and her brother Adam unravel the clues to a century-old mystery . . . and discover a fortune!
Mystery of the Missing Crew (Star Trek The Next Generation #6)
by Michael Jan Friedman Todd Cameron Hamilton Lisa ClancyWhile attending the Starfleet Academy, the young android Data, the leader of a small band of cadets who have been left to confront a hostile alien race, attempts to save both a starship and its crew.