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1) Grounded
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Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
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"James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover ... seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light--and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually ... a button. Which she presses ... Before they can figure up from down, strange, impossible things start happening: snowstorms form inside the B terminal; jungles...
3) Layover
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"Joshua Fields' life is a series of departures, arrivals, and airports. But during yet another layover, he meets Morgan, with whom he feels an immediate connection. When it s time for their flights, Morgan kisses him and laments that she'll never see him again. Joshua makes the impulsive decision to follow her, and buys a ticket for her flight. He s surprised to discover that she has been reported as missing. On the plane, Morgan is a completely different...
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Kids
Mock Newbery 2023 - Anderson's
Oh, The Places You'll Go
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Kids
Mock Newbery 2023 - Anderson's
Oh, The Places You'll Go
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"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
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"On a beautiful May morning at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, two planes have just departed for San Francisco--one a 757, another a smaller Airbus A321. At a security checkpoint, TSA agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge bearing an ambiguous--perhaps ominous--message. Her supervisor dismisses her concerns, but Bernice calls security and soon Ben Waterman arrives. A senior Homeland Security agent, still grappling with...
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Weiss and Bishop novels volume 1
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A routine investigation into corruption at a North Californian airport sets in motion shocking events that lead hard man Jim Bishop and world-weary ex-cop boss Scott Weiss into the center of a massive criminal conpsiracy. The trail of blood that ensues brings them dangerously closer to Weiss's old nemesis, and expert gun-for-hire known only as "Shadowman," and to a plan set to climax with an act of audacious violence and a murder that would be impossible...
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Dog's day volume 6
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Spend the day in the life of a detection dog! Tucker the beagle is more than just a friendly face at the airport. As part of the "Beagle Brigade," he helps keep out invasive species that could hurt the environment. It's a job that would be almost impossible for humans--but for Tucker, it's all in a day's work
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Stephen King's unforgettable novella—first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries—about a terrifying plane ride into a most unfriendly sky.
On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life....
On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life....
9) Gate
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Para poznaje się - jak to u Janusza Leona Wiśniewskiego często się zdarza - w przypadkowych okolicznościach. Po burzliwych przejściach spotykają się ponownie w innym miejscu i czasie. I dostają szansę nie tylko na rozliczenie się ze sobą nawzajem, ale przede wszystkim na dokonanie wyboru, czy będą rozwijać swoją relację, czy ją zakończą. Tłem wydarzeń między bohaterami jest Grand Hotel w Sopocie oraz lotnisko, na którym dzieją...
10) Blue: :A Novel
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Traveling alone from Miami to Port-au-Prince, our narrator finds comfort at the airport. She feels free to ponder the silence that surrounds her homeland, her mother, her aunts, and her own inner thoughts. Between two places, she sees how living in poverty keeps women silent, forging their identities around practicality and resilience. From a distance, she is drawn inevitably homeward toward her family and the glittering blue Caribbean Sea. Blue comes...
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