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Suthar, Nihar

Summary: "The Hope Raisers is a deeply emotional narrative that follows Daniel, Mutura, and Lucy as they fight to transform their slum through art and skating. It inspires and educates readers on African culture, female empowerment, and creating sustainable change in developing countries"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 307.3 SUT

Wells, Jonathan Daniel

Summary: "Although slavery was outlawed in the northern states in 1827, the illegal slave trade continued in the one place modern readers would least expect, the streets and ports of America's great northern metropolis: New York City. In 'The Kidnapping Club,' historian Jonathan Daniel Wells takes readers to a rapidly changing city rife with contradiction, where social hierarchy clashed with a rising...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 WEL

Pallotta, Jerry

Summary: Contains facts about lobsters and crabs, comparing such aspects as their sizes and abilities, and what the outcome would be if they were to fight each other.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Who Pallotta

Summary: Revisit with the remaining original members of the Buena Vista Social Club and explore their contribution to the unknown history of Cuba.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC BUE

Chau, Chan

Summary: Kristy's family moves to a new neighborhood where the kids make fun of Louie, Kristy's pet collie, who's going blind. The Baby-sitters are not going to let them get away with it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BAB

Lupiano, Vincent dePaul

Summary: "The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is recognized yearly throughout France with the same profundity as the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in the United States. The Oradour Massacre is taught in school in France and the anniversary is commemorated every year. Today, Oradour is a destination for people interested in one of the most horrific events in French history....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2023

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Summary: An unprecedented array of never-before-seen footage of Gould, photographs, and excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus personal interviews with Gould's most intimate friends and lovers, some who have never spoken about him publicly before, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. An enigmatic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2011

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GEN

Akutami, Gege

Summary: "A mysterious cursed spirit with a grudge against Maki flies into Sakurajima Colony. It evolves with incredible speed from cursed womb to adult form and threatens to overwhelm Maki and Noritoshi. Just then, two more combatants join the battle"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2024

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 JUJ

Bathala, Neeti

Summary: Leena and her mom volunteer each summer to count the horseshoe crabs that visit their beach. With their dog Bobie at their sides, the duo spends a night on the shore surveying horseshoe crabs who have come to mate and lay eggs. Readers will learn valuable facts about these ancient animals and how they can get involved in the effort to conserve horseshoe crabs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arbordale Publishing 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAT

Herzog, Brad

Summary: For 108 years, fans of Chicago Cubs baseball suffered every playofff season, with mishap after mishap each being traced back to 1945 when a friendly goat was kicked out of a World Series game. But the 2016 season felt different. Would this finally be the year that the Billy Goat Curse was reversed? Author Brad Herzog tells the story of the curse's origin and follows the Cubs right through that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HER

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua

Summary: "For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 535.6 BRE

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 535.6 BRE

Siepker, Barbara.

Contents: Preface -- Glen Lake Map ©Frederick W. Dickinson, 1942 -- Introduction -- Glen Lake Map ©Arthur Gommersen, circa 1939 -- The Cottages -- Miller House -- Walker House -- Evelyn's Cottage, Brown Cottage -- Worthington Cottage, Birchworth -- Bray Cottage -- Fralick • Lehmann Cottage -- Dillon Cottage, Crodillonbear -- Warren • Senter Cottage -- Dunbar • Batchelder • Williams Cottage -- Hench •...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Leelanau Press 2008

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: 977.4635 Siepker
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.4635 SIE

Blight, David W.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007

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Cohen, Rich

Summary: After his first Cubs game when Rich Cohen was eight, his father asked him to make a promise. "Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win," he explained, "and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life." Here he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days-- not just what happened, but...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017

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Blight, David W.

Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 BLI

Maraniss, Andrew

Summary: "The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BUR

Phillips, Mark

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 PHI

Owara, Sumito

Summary: "Asakusa loves to design worlds. Mizusaki loves to animate. Kanamori loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken-a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget from their school and a leaky warehouse for a studio, Eizouken is going to have to work hard and use their imagination...the one thing they've got plenty...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KEE

Pallotta, Jerry

Summary: "Which dangerous animals would win in a fight? Find out in this awesome bindup of four books in the popular Who Would Win? series. The collection features a range of mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, insects, and birds to satisfy all kinds of animal fans, including Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird, Lobster vs. Crab, Jaguar vs. Skunk, and Green Ants vs. Army Ants. Kids will learn about each...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023

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Verducci, Tom

Summary: "With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions"--

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 796.357 VER

Fenske, Jonathan

Summary: When Crabby gets sick, Plankton is determined to play doctor and take care of his friend, even if Crabby does not want the help--until Crabby realizes that he can get Plankton to do all of his household chores.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FEN

Taulbert, Clifton L.

Summary: Tells the story of growing up in the segregation-era South, in a community that faced adversity and held together with amazing dignity and grace.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.2 Taulb

LaPrade, Robert F.

Summary: "From prominent experts in orthopedics and sports medicine, a comprehensive guide for anyone with knee injury or chronic knee pain: how injuries occur, how to treat problems, and how to return to the life and sports you love." -- from Amazon.com

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Life Long Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.5 LAP

Akutami, Gege

Summary: "The incident in Shibuya becomes dire when Toji Zen'in reappears! Meanwhile, Mei Mei confronts the traitorous Geto on a subway platform, and Nanami's furious over the casualties suffered by the assistant managers. Then more grade 1 sorcerers enter the fray as Itadori fights the eldest Death Painting Womb brother, Choso!"--Provided by publisher

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021

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