Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7825&N=3+7900 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707052 In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes faces danger in a train station for the dead, a museum of curiousities, and downtown Moscow as he helps his brother, Mycroft, who has been framed for murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735988 Sybellas duty as Deaths assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this sequel to Grave Mercy-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735839 Living temporarily in Venice, three American siblings uncover a mystery surrounding magical objects, an Arabian Nights book, and animals that can walk in and out of paintings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753581 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704542 Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britains strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703834 Ginger the golden retriever narrates the story of her life, from her birth in a puppy mill through the various people who have owned her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729368 In Victorian London, a lonely band of misfits trapped in a sideshow decides to put their extraordinary talents to use to solve the mysteries that no one else cares about, starting with the stealing of poor children from the banks of the Thames. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739170 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1720332 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703874 Mike, a knight-in-training, provides a tour of the town of Glendragon, introducing his horse Galahad, his two best friends who happen to be dragons, his little sister Evie, and his mother, and talks about some of his greatest adventures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696511 One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange, but the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is starting to effect him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739289 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739146 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714970 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753931 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697938 A German shepherd describes her life as the first guide dog trained to serve the blind. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682797 Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1754086 As Himiko traverses ancient Japan in order to free enslaved members of her clan, she encounters members of many other tribes and emerges as the leader who will unify them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694366 An unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing. What if the football hadnt gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesnt want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell--who has different-colored eyes, who cant read, cant write, Standish Treadwell isnt bright--sees things differently than the rest of the train-track thinkers. So when Standish and his only friend and neighbor, Hector, make their way to the other side of the wall, they see what the Motherland has been hiding. And its big.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739317 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703813 Twelve-year-old Ivan has escaped from the siege of Leningrad, but when the town he has taken refuge in is occupied by Hitlers troops, he sees his chance to help the partisans he has met--and to rescue two German shepherd puppies, Zasha and Thor, from the cruel Commander Recht. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739169 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704294 Dr. Moreaus daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged fathers island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1686131 Who is Geronimo Stiltonoot? He is a cavemouse -- Geronimo Stiltons ancient ancestor. He runs the stone newspaper in the prehistoric village of Old Mouse City. From dealing with dinosaurs to dodging meteorites, his life in the Stone Age is full of adventure! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702015 The intertwined lives of the prominent Averley family and the servants of Somerton Court are forever changed when an old secret comes to light-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753950 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697458 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704537 When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady. Accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, she seeks their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739269 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731502 Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1753506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714525 Family trips are usually fun, but not for the Croods. They dont want to leave their cave--ever! Join the Croods on their first adventure out into the big wide world as they discover new things (like an awesome invention called fire). Grug assures his family they never have to worry about getting lost or finding food, because he knows everything about survival. Or does he?--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1722549 Long ago, the emperor of China, seeking a way to help recall the year in which certain events occur, calls upon the animals to race one another and the first twelve to finish will have a year named after them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729596 After the death of her father in 1855, seventeen-year-old Sophia goes to live with her wealthy and mysterious godfather at his gothic mansion, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi, where many secrets lie hidden. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1758052 When Odettes father becomes a Nazi prisoner-of-war and the Paris police begin arresting Jews, her mother sends Odette to hide in the Catholic French countryside where she must keep many secrets to survive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714974 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623797 Twelve-year-old Colophon Letterford has a serious mystery on her hands. Will she discover the link between her familys literary legacy and Shakespeares tomb before its too late?-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574970 The outer crust is under attack by the subterranean Styx who are turning ordinary humans into walking bombs and incubators for their eggs, and only Will Burrows and his band of retired commandos stand in their way--but the Styx also have problems of their own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1550289 Michael, a thirteen-year-old French-American, watches in fear as the Nazis invade Paris, and is spurred to become part of the French Resistance movement, defying Hitler, helping American aviators to safe zones, and delivering secret documents at great risk to his own safety. Includes historical notes, glossary, and timeline. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623855 As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602285 When the Musketeers pursue the dangerous Michel Dinicoeur to Spain, theyre ambushed at every turn, causing them to suspect that there may be a traitor within their own ranks-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580588 In 1453, seventeen-year-old Luca Vero, accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, is recruited to help investigate evil across Europe but frees his first subject, Isolde, from captivity in a nunnery, and together they seek the one who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685717 In ancient central Asia, thirteen-year-old Kallisto, a superb equestrian, and her friend must warn their families and protect the Ferghana horses from invading Chinese armies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565694 In the seventeenth-century court of Englands King Charles II, three young ladies-in-waiting discover a palace teeming with love, intrigue, and treachery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559868 In medieval Wales, follows Cecily whose family is lured by cheap land and the duty of all Englishman to help keep down the vicious Welshmen, and Gwenhwyfar, a Welsh girl who must wait hand and foot on her new English mistress. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577827 Escaping their impoverished Irish village and boarding a ship to America, 15-year-old Maura and 12-year-old Patrick endure a treacherous journey, wondering what the new world will bring, while helping a young stowaway avoid capture. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582513 Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her straynge band of mysfits have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade ; the dangerous device Jasper stole from him for the life of the girl Jasper loves. One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Meis neck tightens. And tightens. From the rough streets of lower Manhattan to elegant Fifth Avenue, the motley crew of teens with supernatural abilities is on Jaspers elusive trail. And theyre about to discover how far theyll go for friendship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671760 Dak, Sera and Riq might be in over their heads when they attempt to stop a Viking invasion! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562909 In this prequel to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde set in 1870s Paris during the Prussian siege, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl whose knowledge of witchcraft includes transformation spells meets a young medical doctor from London. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1617973 Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa Mara--to correct history and defeat the SQ. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556230 With the end of the Mayan calendar fast approaching, fourteen-year-old Max Murphy and his friend Lola, the Maya girl who saved his life in the perilous jungle, race against time to outwit the twelve villainous Lords of Death, following the trail of the conquistadors into a forgotten land steeped in legend and superstition. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574926 Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to keep in touch with her parents, who are trying to survive in Holland. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678286 A shepherd boy apprenticed to his carpenter father builds a stable and then welcomes two weary travelers from Nazareth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1575501 Long ago in Venice, Italy, a young orphan named Candida copies music each night for the orchestra of orphans who play for famed composer Vivaldi, and her imaginings find their way into one of his concertos. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664643 During what seems like an ordinary museum visit, a tour guide lures Sunni and Blaise through a painted doorway-and they discover theyve stepped into eighteenth-century London. When they realize their tour guide will do anything to get more information about what Sunni and Blaise know about magical paintings, they attempt to flee and encounter body snatchers, art thieves and forgers-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712057 In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint LOuverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624243 In 1852, when seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent to her familys estate to prove that her uncle is insane, she finds he is an inventor whose work creating ingenious clockwork figures supports hundreds of families, but strange occurences soon have her doubting her own sanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548324 While working on a project translating letters from sixteenth-century Prague, high school senior Nora Kane discovers her best friend murdered with her boyfriend the apparent killer and is caught up in a dangerous web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all searching for a mysterious ancient device purported to allow direct communication with God. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647880 Amy and Dan Cahill are no strangers to impossible tasks. After seven of their relatives were kidnapped, the siblings scoured Europe for the priceless artifacts Vesper One demanded in exchange for the hostages. But then the Cahill kids are given an assignment that pushes them to their breaking point-a journey to a legendary city. Amy and Dan know they cant afford to fail, yet theyre running out of options. . . and running out of time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574880 Cambodian child soldier Arn Chorn-Pond defied the odds and used all of his courage and wits to survive the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519604 A collection of four love stories featuring Shelby, Miles, and other characters from the Fallen series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566221 Sixteen-year-old Hild hates the perpetual fighting between men of her kingdom and others, but when she is sent to marry a neighboring king, supposedly to ensure peace, she must tap into her own abilities with the sword and choose between loyalty and honor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628335 Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistles life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold or jewels in the kingdom of Anglund. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685724 In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674727 With a young Sherlock Holmes immersed in despair, the only thing that can rouse him from this blackness comes when he uncovers a sinister plot unleashed by Malefactor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1575597 Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at LAcadmie Nationale St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559264 In early nineteenth-century Paris, young Louis Alexandre helps his dramatic great-uncle Henri design a spectacular chandelier for Madame Maries salon. Includes authors note about a chandelier in the J. Paul Getty Museum collection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544353 Fourteen-year-old Johnny Trott, a bell-boy at Londons Savoy Hotel in 1912, becomes caregiver to Kaspar Kandinsky, the Prince of Cats, and soon the two are stowing away on the Titanic, where they are befriended by the Stanton family of New York. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572679 Queen Victoria has a problem: theres a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a domestic in the royal household and fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales are challenge enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder in an opium den -- and scandal threatens the royal family -- Mary learns that the accused killer may be someone very close to her.--p.4 of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576508 When the Confederate Army calls, Johnny puts aside playing games with his sisters and leaves his plantation home to serve as a drummer boy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572223 When a new glassblower arrives to help in the family business, the attraction Maria feels for him causes a web of conflicting emotions to grow even more tangled. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583639 In 1539, Kitty Tylney and her best friend Cat Howard--the audacious, self-proclaimed Queen of Misrule--both servants to the Duchess of Norfolk, move to the court of King Henry VIII, who fancies Cat, and when Cat becomes queen, Kitty must learn to navigate the complexities and dangers of the royal court. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576911 In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668573 A story inspired by events in the boyhood of Winston Spree Simon, a pioneer in the development of the steel drum, in which he discovers he can create tunes by banging on discarded cans. Includes authors note, glossary, and sources--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685826 A dramatic tale set on the last day of World War I traces the stories of a German storm trooper, an American airman, and a British Tommy whose war experiences are shaped by their teenage perspectives, nationalities, and friendship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1563042 In ancient Japan, Himiko, the privileged daughter of her clans leader, fights the constraints and expectations imposed on young women and finds her own path, which includes secret shaman lessons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1550317 As the new queen of Hytanica, Alera struggles to forget Narian and must lead her kingdom when it is attacked by the forces of the Overlord. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1586880 While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved feelings about the first Zelda, Felixs childhood friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669298 In Renaissance Venice, orphaned Cassandra Caravello is one of the elite but feels trapped in the city of water until she stumbles upon a murdered woman and is drawn into a dangerous world of courtesans, grave robbers, and secret societies, guided by Falco, a mysterious and alluring artist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680213 Un nia afgana, un sueo, un canto a la paz. A story of a little Afghan girls dreams of peace. In Spanish. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694670 In 1586 England, sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart, daughter of one of Londons wealthiest and most devout merchants, considers renouncing her family for love of Kit, a lowly actor and playboy, until Kit is accused of treason, testing Mercys resolve. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1580553 An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1599654 When World War II breaks out seventeen-year-old Betty, an American studying in England, trains as a spy and parachutes into German-occupied France to join the Resistance, but after meeting a young American pilot she begins to realize fully the brutality of the war and their dangerous position. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574934 House of Anubis is a suspenseful live-action show on Nickelodeon and TeenNick that follows eight students at a British boarding school as they make friends and enemies, fall in love--and race to solve a mystery involving an ancient Egyptian curse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613440 The Chosen, Tormod, aided by Aine and Bertrand, returns to France seeking other Gifted members of the Templar Order and striving to recover the relics he is bound to protect, while also hoping to find and rescue his brother, Torquil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609091 Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlins beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the worlds largest giant panda reserve. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629636 Shortly after Casss big brother is deployed to fight in Iraq, Cass becomes pen pals with an Iraqi girl who opens up her eyes to the effects of war-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660612 An innkeepers chore boy discovers that a visitors stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638604 In 1939, artist Georgia OKeeffe creates nearly twenty paintings as she tours the Hawaiian islands, but refuses to paint pictures of pineapples the way her sponsors tell her to. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622403 Third grade starts off badly for eight-year-old Bean as she faces teasing from her two older sisters, learns that her former best friend wants nothing to do with her, and has to start taking music lessons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574938 House of Anubis is a suspenseful live-action show on Nickelodeon and TeenNick that follows eight students at a British boarding school as they make friends and enemies, fall in love--and race to solve a mystery involving an ancient Egyptian curse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1525760 In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teachers village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694682 Two beautiful teenage sisters, Phil and Fee Albion, descendents of a long line of stage illusionists, are sent from London to the countryside during World War II, only to discover a hidden college of real magicians who just might help them save England from the Nazis-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649537 In 1815, Lady Sophie Rosiers first London season is marred not only by her physical and emotional scars, but also by magical attacks on her father and other members of the British War Cabinet, and while Sophies magical powers are unreliable, she and her new best friend Parthenope decide to investigate--despite the distraction of Parthenopes handsome cousin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668667 In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling oddities exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687670 In Victorian London, orphaned Velvet leaves her backbreaking job in a steam laundry for the mysterious and exciting world of famed spiritualist Madame Savoya, who harbors dangerous secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668954 Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1558378 In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes discovers that his American tutor is hunting a notorious killer who was supposedly killed by the United States government, but who is apparently alive and well in Surrey, England.