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[2014]., Ages 3-6, Stone Arch Books Call No: G BRE Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Field trip mysteriesSummary Note: Catalina "Cat" Duran and her sixth-grade class are on a bowling trip, but in one lane the ball keeps going mysteriously off track, so the four friends decide to investigate the problem.
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-- Cover up[2008], c2007., 6.3; Young Adult, Yearling Call No: YA FEI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Two teenagers learn that every player on a professional football team--which is supposed to play in the Super Bowl--has failed their drug test and the owner has covered up the results, and now they must find a way to prove it.
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2015, Adults, Kregel Call No: CF FIN Availability:1 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: Ten-year-old Pearl doesn't understand a lot of things - why her sister's brain doesn't work right, why the preacher yells so much, why Jesus and the president seem to have forgotten all about Oklahoma. But she does know who she is: Pearl Spence, daughter of the esteemed town sheriff. Generous and always ready to help in a crisis, the Spences bring hope to the desolate town, and Pearl is proud of her family. She knows who she is, she knows she is loved, and even in unrelenting hardship, life feels secure. Not even the dust that sweeps incessantly across Red River can quench her hopes and dreams. But someone else seems to know who she is, too, and he makes Pearl uneasy. From the moment the mysterious hobo steps off the train and stares at her with his cold eyes, Pearl's secure world begins to unravel. How does Eddie know her name? Why does he seem to hover everywhere she turns? And why does he act like he knows something about her family that she doesn't? Pearl is determined to avoid him, but Eddie is bent on forcing his way into her life and disrupting her family's shaky tranquility. The more he badgers Pearl, the greater her confusion, until the storm within her rivals the swirling of dust and dirt without.
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By Gutman, Dan2005, c2004., 5.2; Ages 3-6, Hyperion Paperbacks for Children Call No: Y GUT Edition: 1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
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2009., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: FIC BRO Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1934, Ella Barron struggles to keep her Texas boardinghouse afloat despite the financial hardships her neighbors are facing, which leads her to rent a room to the soft-spoken David Rainwater, who shows Ella and her ten-year-old son the true meaning of trust and compassion.
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2017., Adults, Kregel Publications Call No: FIC FIN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pearl Spence novels Volume: #2Summary Note: "Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her and they all love each other, come what may. That's the one thing Pearl no longer questions. But then a devastating tragedy throws the whole family into a tailspin -- and signals the beginning of the end of her secure life. Now the Spences are fleeing their Oklahoma wasteland for an unknown life in Depression-era Michigan. Pearl isn't sure she'll ever see home or happiness again. Will any trail of crumbs be powerful enough to guide her back to the dependable life she once knew?" --from back cover.
