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"Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....
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An accomplished executive with a troubled past navigates a new relationship with her boss . . . but she's about to learn that love is a roller coaster ride.To the world, amusement park executive Hailey Ashton is a woman on her way up. Few know that beneath her tough exterior, she leads a life of quiet emptiness in the shadow of her gorgeous sister. Then Hailey meets Tyler Scott, her wealthy, self-assured new boss and the single father...
4) Joyland
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English
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
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The threat of blackmail lures sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer Ava and nine other teens--all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost--to an abandoned amusement park on Portgrave Pier, and when bad weather and magic cut them off from the mainland, Ava and the others begin turning on each other, one by one.
10) Swamplandia!
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English
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Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the swamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wresting. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
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Series
Scary tales volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
94 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amusement park-loving Samantha receives a ticket to a very special ride that takes her on a heart-stopping adventure along with her equally terrified companion.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
A mathematically gifted sixth-grader is recruited by a group of students to game the system at the biggest theme park in the world and win the big prize.
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English
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A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites some scientists to experience the park and help calm anxious investors; but, during the visit, the security system breaks down and prehistoric creatures break out.
14) The Kingdom
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.
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Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen has finally restored order both to his life and you YouMeFun, the adventure park he now owns, when a man from the past appears - and turns everything upside down again. More problems arise when the park's equipment supplier is taken over by a shady trio with confusing demands. Why won't Toy of Finland Ltd sell the new Moose Chute to Henri when he nees it as the park's main attraction? Meanwhile, Henri's relationship...
16) Zyla & Kai
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of how a cynic and a hopeless romantic become friends, fall in love, and break up unfolds from their different perspectives.
17) Hide: a novel
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Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
240 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Fourteen contestants, including Mack, a homeless shelter resident who lost everything, embark on a seven-day competition and the chance to win $50,000 if they can successfully play hide-and-seek in an abandoned amusement park without being found and eliminated.
18) One snowy night
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
[25] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a snowy night when a park keeper takes the animals into his hut for warmth, things get too crowded for comfort.
Author
Series
Boxcar children mysteries volume 25
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
20) Dora's picnic
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr
Language
English
Description
Dora and her animal friends all contribute something to bring to a picnic at Play Park. Features rebuses.
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