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"Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim - the Thursday Murder Club - are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper's Chase, their posh retirement village. But they are out of luck. An unexpected visitor - an old pal of Elizabeth's (or perhaps more than just a pal?) - arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men, and...
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"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. There's Red Ron, the infamous former socialist firebrand, still causing trouble; gentle Joyce, widowed, pining for another resident, but surely not as innocent as she seems; Ibrahim, a former therapist who understands the darker side of human nature; and Elizabeth? Well, no one...
Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
. It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed. While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience...
4) Rick
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Rick Ramsey has generally gone along with everybody, just not making waves, even though he is increasingly uncomfortable with his father's jokes about girls, and his best friend's explicit talk about sex; but now in middle school he discovers the Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities can express themselves--and maybe among them he can find new friends and discover his own identity, which may just be to opt...
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"It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them: an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the trade are as old as the objects themselves. As they encounter drug dealers, art forgers, and online fraudsters--as well as heartache close to home--Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim have no idea...
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Cat Kid Comic Club volume 4
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English
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"A brand-new graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey, the internationally bestselling author and illustrator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series. In Cat Kid Comic Club, Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence."--Provided...
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Astrid the astronaut volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl is determined to be the first astronaut with hearing aids in space! Astrid can't wait for the school year to start so she can put her Astronomically Grand Plan into action! She and her best friend, Hallie, are going to be in their first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space. Astrid's big sister has told her all about it, and this year, there is a big, wonderful prize: a trip to a real-life space camp! But Astrid's...
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When members of the Shooting Stars and Petite Picassos team up for a combined STEM and art project, Astrid is torn between her best friend, Hallie, and her arch-rival, Pearl, until she overcomes her initial suspicions and realizes being a good teammate is more about working together than winning.
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English
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In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.
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Grand blue dreaming volume 14
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Now that Kohei's aware of Aina's feelings for Iori, the crazy otaku's taking every opportunity to push them together. What should have been a time for heartfelt confessions becomes a bizarre test of survival! With little time remaining before the gang heads back to Japan, will Aina take the plunge or get cold feet?"--Provided by publisher.
12) Robot rebellion
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Banding together to create the perfect gift for their teacher's big birthday, Astrid and the rest of the Shooting Stars decide to have their robot do a fun dance for her during the robotics competition, but things don't go as planned.
Author
Series
Grand blue dreaming volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Having raised their funds for the diving license boot camp, Iori and the gang finally make their way to Okinawa. But their joy is short-lived, as what awaits them there is the bane of all morons: an exam. To combat this dread, the antics of this nudity-loving diving club are only going to escalate in response!"--Penguinrandomhouse.com.
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Series
Grand blue dreaming volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sister, sister. On a stormy night, Iori and Chisa have to watch the home alone. Little do they know that a passionate, libido-charged evening is about to unfold. Meanwhile, Iori's little sister, Shiori Kitahara, makes an appearance, transforming Kohei inot a jealous god of destruction. Brocons, siscons, and lolicons run amok in the nude diving comdey's little-sister arc! A coming-of-age tale with beer, bums, and the Grand Blue!"--Provided by publisher....
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Series
Grand blue dreaming volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A boy heads off to college in a seaside town, and stumbles into the Grand Blue Dive Shop - a place full of beautiful female divers, noodle-obsessed jocks and various other lovable bastards... Despite swimming about as well as a sack of hammers, Iori's been drafted into Izu University's diving club. The club's beer-soaked parties bring out his inner beast, but how will he do once he's actually underwater and face-to-face with the grandeur of the sea?...
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Series
Grand blue dreaming volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Mating season. With a ticket to the Oumi Women's University school festival on the liine, a fierce competition unfolds between the guys. Who will take the prize and win the right to pick up chicks and/or go to the voice actress concert?! Passionate friendship and way-too-passionate familal love go full throttle in the latest volume of the raunchy SCUBA diving comedy - minus the diving, this time!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Grand blue dreaming volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Okinawa training camp continues to be a rollercoaster of shenanigans, now with a curious misunderstanding threatening to shake the dynamic of the club members' relationships ... And at last, the Miyakojima tradition of otori begins! Will the springtime of youth finally grace this nude diving comedy?!"--Provided by publisher.
18) Supper Club
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Series
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Food, friendship and drama. High school is always cooking up something unexpected. Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedules and mounting extracurriculars inspire the girls to form a secret club where they can hang without sacrificing their future aspirations. Enter Supper Club, the delicious solution to their problems. When life starts to crumble like a cookie under the girls' feet, they rely on comfort food to hold...
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Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Hellboy learns firsthand about the history of the famed Silver Lantern Club! Professor Bruttenholm's uncle and former member Simon Bruttenholm relates tales from his time with the Silver Lantern Club, which boasted members like Sir Edward Grey, Sarah Jewell, Lady Bai, and Major Singh, as they investigated the mysterious happenings in London near the end of the 19th century! Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson expand the Hellboy universe with a new tale...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A deliciously twisty YA thriller about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror"--
Scholarship student Rachel keeps to herself at Manchester Prep, preferring the company of horror films to trust fund babies. When a prank puts her on the radar of a mysterious student society, "The Mary Shelley Club", they subject her to a number of escalating Fear Tests which eventually puts them on the radar of a serial killer.