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(Fictitious character) Black Panther (Fictitious character) Black Panther Juvenile fiction (Fictitious character) Shuri Juvenile fiction African Americans Fiction Letters Fiction Motion pictures, Chinese Wakanda (Africa : Imaginary place) Wakanda (Africa : Imaginary place) Juvenile fiction Women scientists Juvenile fiction Women superheroes Juvenile fictionSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUNi, Maoshing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 NISummary: In 1920s China, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. Competition between the wives is fierce, as their master's attention carries power, status and privileges. Each night Chen must decide which wife to spend the night with and a red...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Razor Digital Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When Beijing journalist Ga Yu arrives in a remote Tibetan village, he immediately finds himself embedded in a relentless manhunt across the barren waste lands of Kekexili. Acting without the Chinese government's approval, this ragtag group of impoverished vigilantes has sworn to capture of kill the poachers responsible for decimating the sacred antelope of Kekexili.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOUSummary: Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.09 NIStone, Nic
Summary: "For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: Shuri thinks sneaking out of the palace with K'Marah will be the most difficult part of her mission, but when they leave Wakanda, the girls discover that not everyone feels the same way about Wakanda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STOStone, Nic
Summary: For centuries, the Chieftain of Wakanda (the Black Panther) has gained his powers through the juices of the Heart-Shaped Herb. Much like Vibranium, the Heart-Shaped Herb is essential to the survival and prosperity of Wakanda. But something is wrong. The plants are dying. No matter what the people of Wakanda do, they can't save them. And their supply is running short. It's up to Shuri to travel...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: "The royal palace of Wakanda is one of, if not the most, secure facilities on this planet--or any other. So the anxiety Shuri feels when she's jolted out of sleep by the queen mother with the news that someone attempted to break into the palace--and succeeded--is significant. And as quickly as they broke in, they vanished. The search for this interloper, a mysterious "symbiote" with superhuman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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Summary: Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC STOSummary: Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows Lieutenant Li and Japanese emissary Lai Xi, both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the west to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WARSummary: A coming-of-age tale set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution. Eleven-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou Province. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school in daily gymnastics, he is told he must wear a clean, new shirt, which forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Soon after, Wang...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ELENF
Contents: The search -- Leave Me alone -- Change -- My stress -- Nate -- Time -- Returns -- When I grow up -- Only (feat. Sasha Sloan) -- Let me go-- -Interlude- -- Hate myself -- I miss the days -- No excuses -- Like this -- Options -- Why -- Thinking -- Trauma.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
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3 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: Shuri would rather be in her lab than perform her princess duties, but when she learns of rumors of an invasion and that Wakanda's heart-shaped herb plants are dying, she must figure out how to save the plants in time for Challenge Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STOStone, Nic
Summary: Shuri and K'Marah rush back to Wakanda in order to attend Challenge Day, but a mysterious enemy blocks them from the palace and threatens to destroy the dwindling heart-shaped herbs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STOStone, Nic
Summary: "Since Shelbi enrolled at Windward Academy as a senior and won't be there very long, she hasn't bothered making friends. What her classmates don't know about her can't be used to hurt her--you know, like it did at her last school. Andy Criddle is not okay. At all. He's had far too much to drink. Again. Which is bad. And things are about to get worse. When Shelbi sees Andy at his lowest, she can...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: "How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home. What Not to Bring: A Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD STOStone, Nic
Summary: "Vernell Laquan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, though, Justyce walks the illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center. Through a series of flashbacks, vignettes, and letters to Justyce -- the protagonist of Dear Martin -- Quan's story...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: PA FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: "Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past-and fast-before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STOStone, Nic
Summary: "When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she and her popular and wildly rich classmate, Zan can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019