Summary: An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WITCrowe, Rubie
Summary: "Is there something that I'm missing? What could it be -- of course! I'm a unicorn who's lost her horn. Without it I'm just a horse! Follow along with Unicorn as she thinks back through her busy day. Did she lose her horn playing ring toss with the fairies? Or toasting marshmallows with the dragons? Where could Unicorn's horn be?" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cottage Door Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force, a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD WISSumner, Jamie
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Smith, Jake
Summary: James McConnell's one wish is that his nine-year-old son will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Then he and his wife, Emily, receive news they've dreaded: Aaron's cancer has relapsed. As the family steels themselves for a draining treatment regimen in yet another hospital, Aaron receives the gift of a lifetime--a personal visit from one of his favorite professional baseball...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC SMIO'Connor, Barbara.
Summary: A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: CD J O'COCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD O'COFry, Jason
Summary: Who is Darth Vader? How did the once great Jedi become a fearsome villain? Who are the allies and foes Darth Vader has faced? In this biography -- complete with black-and-white illustrations, timelines, and character profiles -- young readers will delight in learning the complete history of the Sith Lord.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FRYContents: Disc 1. First-hand experience (the value of experience) ; Second thoughts (appreciating what you have) ; Third degree (appreciating others) -- Disc 2. It happened at Four Corners (greed) ; Fifth house on the left I (self-sacrifice) ; Fifth house on the left II (self-sacrifice) -- Disc 3. Gone-- (difficult goodbyes) ; --But not forgotten (coping with change) ; The election deception (dishonesty)...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CDA AdvO'Connor, Jane.
Summary: In this new reillustrated edition of the beginning reader classic, Lulu finds her first day at witch school with her wonderful teacher, Miss Slime, frustrating because of Sandy, a fellow student who is best at everything.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOO'Connor, Barbara
Summary: "A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC OCOCordell, Matthew
Summary: When an elephant couple decides it is time to have a child, unexpected challenges arise but, at last, the pair's deepest wish comes true.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CORHoover, Colleen
Summary: "The newest, highly anticipated novel from beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author, Colleen Hoover. Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up--she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2016
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4 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCopies Available at Interlochen
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction HooverHyde, Katherine Bolger
Summary: "When Emily Cavanaugh inherits a fortune from her great aunt, she expects her life to change. She doesn't expect to embark on a murder investigation, confront the man who broke her heart 35 years before, and nearly lose her own life. Emily travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony Beach, Oregon, to claim her inheritance, centered in a beautiful Victorian estate called Windy Corner but also...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HYDHubbell, Patricia.
Summary: Rhyming text presents the characteristics of various kinds of trains.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUBYoung, Suzanne
Summary: In the near future at a girls-only private high school isolated in the Colorado mountains, Mena and her classmates--under the watchful eyes of their Guardian, professors, and analyst--are trained to be beautiful and obedient for their sponsors and investors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOUSummary: "Here are ten original stories about the valiant Jedi and the evil Sith. Larger-than-life characters clash in epic lightsaber battles that will appeal to young readers and to the young Star Wars fan in all of us! Ten acclaimed authors imagine new tales for some of the most iconic Star Wars characters ever, from Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Maul, and beyond"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Lucasfilm Press 2022
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Summary: Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOONg, Yvonne
Summary: "A boy walks home one day, only to find his street under construction! As he enjoys watching the excavators, bulldozers, dump trucks, pavers, and more, he gets a sense of the building process from start to finish. From blueprints to demolition to fresh, new asphalt, friendly, bright illustrations show the construction machines and workers up close"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NGDewdney, Anna
Summary: "Join Llama Llama as he makes his way from A to Z in this colorful ABC board book illustrated in the classic Anna Dewdney style. From crayons to ice cream to kisses, Llama Llama introduces you to all of his favorite things"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD DEWMora, Julissa
Summary: Family members head into the kitchen to help Abuelita bake a tres leches cake for Papi's birthday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MORHyde, Katherine Bolger
Summary: "Classic novels and crime solving intertwine in Katherine Bolger Hyde's charming series. Bloodstains with Bronte is the second in a series that will puzzle and please fans of mystery and masterpieces alike. Windy Corner is being remodeled into a writers'retreat. Two of the young workers, Jake and Roman, are showing too much of the wrong kind of interest in Katie, Emily's young single-mother...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HYDThompson, Jean
Summary: Presents a collection of stories that put a modern twist on classic fairy tales, depicting characters ranging from lost children who try to find their way home to adults who confront their past misdeeds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOSummary: Follow the first two seasons of Bundy family antics. Al is a misanthropic women's shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dimwitted and promiscuous.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2014