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  • Please Be Quiet!

    Mary Murphy

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 27, 1999)
    The little penguin from My Puffer Train is having a wonderful time hopping and skating about the house. "Please be quiet," his mother tells him, "The baby is sleeping." But it is very hard for a little penguin to keep still, and finally mother penguin sends him outside where he finds all sorts of noisy things to do with his animal friends. When the little penguin comes back inside to play, he finds a clever way to have fun and keep quiet. Filled with bright colors and familiar activities and language, this warm, reassuring book is perfect for toddlers at bedtime or anytime.
  • The City, Not Long After

    Pat Murphy

    eBook (Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy, April 15, 2014)
    A chilling postapocalyptic novel of hope, despair, art, and war from the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Falling Woman. A plague wiped out most of the population, but some have been spared. In San Francisco, those who were left—painters, writers, dreamers—began rebuilding the city in their image: a society based on art, community, and peace. But not everyone has the same pacifist ideals. When a mysterious young woman, Jax, appears in San Francisco, she brings disturbing news. There’s a power-hungry man, a general, moving across California, annexing cities and rebuilding his own version of America, willing to destroy anyone who stands in his way. His sights are set on the Golden Gate Bridge, and his army will soon descend, bringing guns, determination, and violence. If Jax and her allies are to survive, they’ll have to defend themselves with nothing more than their creativity—and the soul of a city that refuses to be dominated. Drawing comparisons to the mind-bending work of Gabriel García Márquez, this lush and thought-provoking dystopian novel is an examination of human spirit, for better or worse, and a magical journey into what it means to survive.
  • Stonemaster

    C. E. Murphy

    language (Miz Kit Productions, Nov. 2, 2019)
    It's good luck to earn the king's regard...isn't it?Seamaster journeyman Rasim's quick wits have helped to save his beloved home city and earned him the dubious honor of studying with the diplomatic Sunmasters. But not everyone is happy that magical knowledge is being shared, and when the king orders the guilds back to the Northlands on a sensitive political mission, it may well cost Rasim his life.Seamaster-born, Sunmaster-trained, Rasim now faces a fight that can only be won by a Stonemaster...
  • A Young Patriot: The American Revolution As Experienced by One Boy

    Jim Murphy

    Hardcover (Clarion Books, May 1, 1996)
    Profiles fifteen-year-old Joseph Plumb Martin, who served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War from 1776 to 1783, and his adventures during the war as he draws upon his wartime memoirs.
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  • Bob at the Plaza

    R. Murphy

    eBook (Soul Mate Publishing, May 27, 2015)
    Bob, our favorite martini-loving ghost, has vanished. Now Roz faces a miserable snowbound Crooked Lake winter alone. Well, almost alone. Thank goodness for David, the practical, kind grape grower who lives up the hill.What a winter it is! Record-breaking snows followed months later by record-setting rains. Ah, the joys of living on a lake shore when the spring floods arrive.High water, anyone?Undeterred by mice, sociopathic relatives, Carnegie Hall disasters, and spring floods, Roz searches for her MIA ghost. In the process she goes toe-to-toe with the hyper-verbal crowd at the Algonquin Round Table. Can Roz best smarty-pants Dorothy Parker in a game of wits? Will Harpo Marx finally speak out and help Bob return to Crooked Lake?For the answers to these and many other spirited questions, read BOB AT THE PLAZA!
  • My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881

    Jim Murphy

    Hardcover (Scholastic Inc., Oct. 1, 2001)
    Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.
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  • Quick Duck!

    Mary Murphy

    Board book (Candlewick, Feb. 12, 2013)
    Where is that duck going in such a hurry? Mary Murphy brings her surefire baby appeal to this bright concept book.This little duckie needs to be quick-quack-quick — leaping out of the mud, scooting under the hedge, running around the flowers, and skipping over the stones. Now he can splash into the river, where his mom and siblings are waiting and ready to go!
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  • The Long Road to Gettysburg

    Jim Murphy

    Hardcover (Clarion Books, April 20, 1992)
    Based on the written accounts of two teenage soldiers--one a Confederate lieutenant, one a corporal in the Union army--this vivid study recreates the events of a dramatic Civil War confrontation and its historic aftermath.
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  • Orpheum: Gods of Music and Madness

    D.S. Murphy

    language (Urban Epics, Feb. 29, 2016)
    The first man I killed roared like an animal. I tore off his head with my fingertips.I spent a decade becoming the best violinist in my state - but a single letter dashed my hopes of a musical career. Desperate to escape my sheltered existence, I took a mysterious offer from a music school in Bulgaria. The culture and my new classmates seemed magical at first... a little too magical. My blood runs dark and hot as new emotions awaken within me, along with supernatural abilities that take my music farther than I'd ever imagined. They tell me I'm the key to everything, but only if I can keep my head.That should have been easy. Instead, I follow my heart and kill everyone I loved.Now I'm going to get them back.Orpheum is a young adult dark fantasy romance based on Eastern European history, the myths and literature of Orpheus and Pythagoras' theory of the music of the spheres. Readers who loved This Savage Song and Strange the Dreamer will love this hypnotic mythological thriller.This book is for anybody who loves: music and stories with violins epic stories full of history and mythology magical powers and supernatural creaturesGothic themes and literature tragic romancesThis is PART ONE of the first book in the series."Believable and engaging characters - also very informative about music, European countries, and architecture. These elements nicely complimented the suspense and fantasy in the story." -Amazon Review ★★★★
  • Stonemaster

    C E Murphy

    Paperback (Miz Kit Productions, Nov. 2, 2019)
    It's good luck to earn the king's regard...isn't it?Seamaster journeyman Rasim's quick wits have helped to save his beloved home city and earned him the dubious honor of studying with the diplomatic Sunmasters. But not everyone is happy that magical knowledge is being shared, and when the king orders the guilds back to the Northlands on a sensitive political mission, it may well cost Rasim his life.Seamaster-born, Sunmaster-trained, Rasim now faces a fight that can only be won by a Stonemaster....
  • Riddles Ahead!: 101 Rhyming Riddles for Young, Old & Middles

    M.J. Murphy

    language (Twilight Storm Publishing, Aug. 7, 2018)
    Kick back and enjoy this collection of family friendly riddles made with one hundred percent pure fun. This book has many unique features including: a linked table of contents, clean elegant design and a format that includes a title for every riddle which is itself a tantalizing clue. Every riddle is a poem, and answers are neatly placed on the very next page for simple, turn the page access. No confusing links or navigation. Challenge yourself today and share your favorites with friends and family. Riddles Ahead looks, feels and sounds like a timeless classic and is a great addition to every riddle lovers library.
  • GUESS AGAIN: Short Stories

    Murphy

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, April 30, 1986)
    Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures
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