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Tiger Lily
Jodi Lyn Anderson
Before there was Wendy, there was Tiger Lily. Tinker Bell narrates this story about the adopted daughter of Tik Tok, the shaman of the Sky Eater tribe of Neverland. Tiger Lily has many adventures including rescuing a shipwrecked Englishman and falling in love with a boy named Peter Pan. This book tells more of the Neverland back story and is darker than the Disney version.
Andrew Lane
Young fourteen year old Sherlock Scott Holmes learns that John Wilkes Booth is alive and living in England. In addition, Sherlock’s tutor, Amyus Crowe, is a member of the Pinkerton Dectective Agency and is trying to keep Booth and other Southern Sympathizers from returning to America. Sherlock and his friends Matty and Virginia cross the Atlantic in this mystery that takes place on two continents.
Sharon G. Flake
Autumn and Adonis are ninth-graders who seem to have little in common, but they both are dealing with a disability. Autumn has a learning disability and reading is a struggle. She is also the only girl on the wrestling team. Adonis is the wrestling team manager. He is super smart, conceited, and stuck in his wheelchair as he has no legs. Each chapter is told in alternating points of view.
Brodi Ashton
Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the “Hades and Persephone” myth.
Melissa Marr
A centuries-long war between daimons and witches sets the stage for three teens caught up in a deadly struggle for power and autonomy in the exotic and otherworldly Carnival of Souls, the mercantile center of the daimon dimension.
Michelle Gagnon
After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.
John Green & David Levithan
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other’s best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.
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Noteworthy & New Saginaw County Hall of Fame Nomination Form
Click on the link above to access the nomination form for the Saginaw County Hall of Fame. Form must be submitted to address included by July 31, 2013.
Adopt a Pet
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National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994
As the official journal of the nonprofit National Geographic Society, National Geographic magazine built its reputation delivering the highest-quality photojournalism and cartography in the world.
As generations of researchers and fans will attest, this monthly publication provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology and more – making it an essential resource for educators and students as well as general readers. Thanks to advanced digital technology, The Public Libraries of Saginaw can now offer unlimited access to the magazine to the mid-1990s – every article from every issue, each fully searchable through an intuitive interface.
This resource is located under Your Resources, Magazine Articles and Databases or by clicking here.
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