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Silver arrow booksJordan-Fenton, Christy
Summary: "The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir's 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book's impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.892 JOYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POKMorvan, Jean David
Summary: "Award-winning writer JD Morvan and renowned photographer Abbas' stunning graphic novel masterpiece which uses iconic photos to uniquely illustrate the historical 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. On the 30 th October 1974, the most famous boxing match of the 20th Century took place. Nicknamed the "Rumble in the Jungle", it pitted Muhammad Ali,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 MORCastle, Jiordan
Summary: "Moving and evocative, this YA memoir-in-verse follows author Jiordan Castle's coming-of-age as her family reckons with the aftershocks of her father's imprisonment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CASElleman, Barbara
Summary: Tomie dePaola is among the best-known artists creating children's stories today. His art and stories are filled with imagination, humor, elegance and curiosity which comes from a love of life reflected in everything he does. Explore dePaola's world in a brilliant biography of his life. Color illustrations and artworks throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DEPBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the path-breaking reign of her daughter, Elizabeth. Much of the fascination with Britain's legendary Tudors centers around the dramas surrounding Henry VIII and his six wives and Elizabeth I's rumored liaisons. Yet the most fascinating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 BORBorman, Tracy.
Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Matilda of Flanders, the ruthless wife of William the Conqueror, who eschewed the traditional views of women in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATILDA, QUEEN BORBorman, Frank
Summary: An autobiography by the former astronaut who flew Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 missions, and later served as a diplomat and then president of Eastern Airlines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 BORAbleman, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 ABLLordon, Claire
Summary: "Something is wrong with Claire, but she doesn't know what. Nobody does, not even her doctors. All she wants is to return to her happy and athletic teenage self. But her accumulating symptoms--chronic fatigue, pounding headaches, weight gain--hint that there's something not right inside Claire's body. Claire's high school experience becomes filled with MRIs, visits to the Mayo Clinic, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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2 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 LORCoffman, Steven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons & Burford 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.782 COFColeman, Laura
Summary: Presents the story of the author's journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLEMAN, LAURA COLWolman, David
Summary: Traces the role of three Hawaiian cowboys who became champions at the 1908 Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, detailing how their careers influenced post-annexation Hawaiian identity, island ranching, and the rodeo culture of Cheyenne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.7 WOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US WolmanNobleman, Marc Tyler.
Summary: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two misfit teens in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote stories, and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC NOBKorda, Michael
Summary: "[P]ortrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, ROBERT E KORBorman, Tracy
Summary: "Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England's various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain's throne: "shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue's gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs," as Tracy Borman evocatively describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.0099 BORColeman, Melissa.
Summary: With urban farming and backyard chicken flocks becoming increasingly popular, Coleman has written this timely and honest portrait of her own childhood experience in Maine with her two homesteading parents during the turbulent 1970s. A luminous, evocative memoir that explores the hope and struggle behind one family's search for a self-sufficient life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLEMAN, MELISSA COLGordin, Michael D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 540 GORBordman, Gerald Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1992
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 792 BORBorden, Louise.
Summary: Describes the popular children's authors' childhoods and early life together, their travels and marriage in Brazil, and their dramatic escape from World War II-torn Europe on bicycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB REY BORForeman, Michael
Summary: English artist and children's book illustrator Michael Foreman looks back on his own wartime childhood in the village of Pakefield on the Suffolk coast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pavilion Children's 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORGoldman, Francisco
Summary: "Goldman's story of his emergence from grief five years after his wife's death, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of driving in the city. Embracing the DF (Mexico City) as his home, Goldman explores and celebrates the city, which stands defiantly apart from so many of the social ills and violence wracking Mexico ... [and] sets out to try to understand the menacing challenges the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.253 GOLJordan, Mary
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANTONIA, MOTHER JORJordan, Michael
Summary: The sports icon pays tribute to the mentors, teachers, and role models who shaped his life and career, sharing the lessons he has learned about the power of collaboration and teamwork.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JORDAN, MICHAEL JORJordan, Pete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2007