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Summary: Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2012
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION PATGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: One hilarious Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents in this heartfelt romp and latest installment to the New York Times best-selling series, perfect for fans of the Penderwicks. It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GLALupica, Mike.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LUPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Lupica 2010Martin, Ann M.
Summary: Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MARStead, Rebecca.
Summary: Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC STEGreene, Jacqueline Dembar
Summary: "Rebecca Rubin is growing up in the bustling city of New York in 1914. She dreams of being a star on the silver screen, but her performance this year is on the stage at school. She has to share the spotlight with her cousin Ana, though, and Rebecca fears the audience will laugh instead of applaud. Will Ana hurt or help the performance? Then, being included in a special plan fills Rebecca with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMackler, Carolyn
Summary: Willa lives on the upper West Side of Manhattan with her divorced father and her younger brother and attends fifth grade with her best friend Ruby, and she likes things to be a certain way, because it makes life manageable even with her Sensory Processing Disorder; she certainly does not like surprises, and her father has just thrown her a big one: he has been dating Ruby's mother, and suddenly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MACBurgos, Hilda Eunice
Summary: "With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BURSchmidt, Gary D.
Summary: As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer. Together they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Schmidt 2011Avi
Summary: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT CD Fiction Avi 2011Jenkins, Emily
Summary: In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks her help with an important task.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Holiday JenkinsCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JENNoble, Trinka Hakes
Summary: During the 1918 influenza outbreak, nine-year-old Rettie seeks ways to make Thanksgiving special for her siblings and ailing mother.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC NOBScieszka, Jon.
Summary: The campaign to save the earth from being turned off is going well, but Michael K. must enlist fellow fifth-graders Venus and TJ to help hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber, especially when they become involved in a school play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCIAirgood, Ellen
Summary: When eleven-year-old Ivy Blake leaves the nice farm family where she has been living in upstate New York and moves back in with her mother she is finally forced to face up to the fact that her alcoholic, dysfunctional parent will never be able to provide her with a stable home--and if she wants to achieve her dreams she is going to have to take charge of her own future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AIRCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION AIRLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASSummary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NANSummary: Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied. Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NANSteel, Danielle
Summary: Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department. Even though she's a newcomer, Jane quickly realizes that...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEEMorales, Areli
Summary: "In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York City"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORSummary: In the final season, Doug and Carrie decide that they are through, but race each other to the airport to get their newly adopted Chinese daughter. Meanwhile Arthur decides to get married to Ava, but she is only marrying him because she thinks he's gay.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD KINKhalid, Zain
Summary: "In 1990, three boys are born, unrelated but intertwined by circumstance: Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef. They are adopted as infants and live in a shared bedroom perched atop a mosque in one of Staten Island's most diverse and precarious neighborhoods, Coolidge. The three boys are an inseparable if conspicuous trio: Dayo is of Nigerian origin, Iseul is Korean, and Youssef indeterminately Middle...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KHASummary: Doug fakes cardiac arrest at Carrie's work event to cover up his inability to remember her co-workers' names. Carrie scores box seats to a Mets game, only to have Doug strike out with her boss. When Doug's parents come to town, Arthur is more than happy to entertain Doug's bored mom. Arthur settles a decades-old vendetta against a game show, solves a crime of a missing wallet, and learns the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD KINSummary: After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Master Splinter, their sensei, is struggling to keep them together. He becomes worried when strange things begin brewing in New York City. Tech-industrialist tycoon Max Winters revives four ancient stone warriors and enlists the help of the foot clan to help capture ancient monsters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TMNSummary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007