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61) Secret sabotage
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When Lexi Claremont discovers that someone has started a cruel blog about her and her friends, and then she starts getting threatening notes about her role in the upcoming River Heights Mahoney Celebration, Nancy investigates.
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Cosmoe, Princess Dagger, Humphree, and the gang are back for another swashbuckling space adventure in the third hilarious illustrated novel of the Galactic Hot Dogs series, which Big Nate author Lincoln Peirce calls "an insanely entertaining, eye-popping adventure." Secrets about Cosmoe and Big Humphree's past are revealed during a twisty new adventure for the crew of the Neon Wiener, leading up to a major turning point in all of their lives aboard...
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Clifford's big doghouse is where the fun begins on Birdwell Island. It's the place where Clifford, Emily Elizabeth and their friends meet and make plans for adventures, both big and small. Laughing, playing and sharing great times together, they dig up treasures, perform in a band, explore the local carnival, and make a new friend.
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"It's time for the annual Woodlawn Middle School Carnival! Lay Lay and her friends are excited to participate -- it's a tradition. Each year, there is an unofficial competition between the students to see which carnival booth raises the most money. Lay Lay and Giana team up to run a karaoke booth while Harper and Akila set up a tie dye and batik booth. Meanwhile, Riley plans to sell her homemade vegan treats. But when the competition heats up between...
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Join Thomas as he roars down the tracks with the most special delivery yet, the Lion of Sodor. Thomas' special delivery is not what he thinks it is, a real lion. When the other trains try to tell him that it's actually a statue, he is too excited to listen. Hop on board with Thomas as he learns the importance of listening to others in this lionhearted collection of tales from the tracks.
66) Bacchanal
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Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the color line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It's a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she's a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she's a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza's ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge. Among fortune-tellers, carnies, barkers, and folks even stranger...
67) The strange case of Dr. Couney: how a mysterious European showman saved thousands of American babies
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"The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies-by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City. What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? As Dawn Raffel artfully recounts, Dr. Couney figured out he could use incubators and careful nursing to keep previously doomed infants alive, and at the same time make good money displaying...
68) Clockwork angels
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A novel based on the album "Clockwork Angels" by the rock band Rush follows a young man on a quest through a world of lost cities, pirates, anarchists, and a Watchmaker who imposes precision on all aspects of daily life.
69) Serial sabotage
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When a cash box is stolen from a visiting carnival, Nancy endeavors to clear the name of her accused friend, Ned, and uncovers a complicated plot involving financial mismanagement, a setup and other sinister activities.
70) Nightmare alley
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The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall. Stanton Carlisle is an ambitious carnie who plays scams alongside phony mentalist Zeena and her alcoholic husband Pete, working the crowd as Zeena pretends to read their minds. But Stan has no intention of staying with the carnival; he has his heart set on an upscale night club act.
71) The switch
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When wealthy, spoiled, thirteen-year-old Tad Spencer wishes he were someone else, he awakens as Bob Snarby, the uncouth, impoverished son of carnival workers, and as he is drawn into a life of crime he begins to discover truths about himself and his family.
72) Hey, Presto!
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Friends Presto and Monty open a very successful magic show at the carnival, but Monty not only steals the spotlight, he starts to treat Presto very badly putting the show, and their friendship, at risk.
74) Nightmare alley
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Stanton Carlisle is an ambitious carnie who plays scams alongside phony mentalist Zeena and her alcoholic husband Pete, working the crowd as Zeena pretends to read their minds. But Stan has no intention of staying with the carnival; he has his heart set on an upscale night club act.
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"After an extended stay with her grandmother, Chloe is finally back home, ready to hang out with her best friend. Unfortunately, her best friend Fatoumata isn't around, her helicopter parent father is taking up all her time. Friendless and alone, our young heroine will be swept away in the preparations for the neighborhood carnival! Can a costume change and a visit from her wise Uncle Steve fix things or will Chloe left being the clown of the party?"--Provided...
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"1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pestilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the heartland of an empire called America, where a traveling carnival harboring Ben Hawkins, a troubled healer, will clash with an evangelical ministry led by Borther Justin Crowe."--Container....
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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus.
Getting energized (topic: energy): The class is ready to plug in their "double trouble wheel of wonder" at the carnval when they discover all the outlets are taken.
Gets charged (topic: electricity): The class is selling light bulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle's house to sell her one, they find that her doorbell doesn't work.
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The star of Ian Falconer's beautifully illustrated books, children know and love Olivia, an adventurous, 'can-do' 6-and-3/4-year-old pig. Olivia has an active imagination, a keen sense of humor, and a spunky, confident personality. In these programs Olivia's world, her family and friends are brought to vibrant life. Whether Olivia is learning to dance like a prima ballerina, running her school carnival, or camping in the great outdoors, no challenge...
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Scope and content: The Nashville Community Band Photographs collection includes nine (9) black and white oversized images pertaining to Nashville, Tennessee during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Five photographs show images of carnival or entertainment-oriented bands; two photographs appear to be military-oriented bands; and another two photographs contain images related to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897.
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