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Apartheid South Africa Fiction Books and reading Fiction Family life Fiction Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction Germany History 1933-1945 Juvenile fiction Jews Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction South Africa History 1961-1994 Fiction South Africa History Soweto Uprising, 1976 Fiction Storytelling Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue FictionHarcus, Les (Buzz Harcus)
Summary: Maddie Jameson and her fiancé, Greg Adams, were young, impetuous, and deeply in love. In one of her impetuous moments during the tall ships festival being held at Traverse City, Maddie teased Captain Jeff Harmon of the tall ship, Madison, asking if she and her fiancé could be married on board his ship as her name was Madison, and it would be wonderful to be married on board her namesake....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHarcus, Les (Buzz Harcus)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wolfenden 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARBuckingham, Matt.
Summary: Having overslept on the day his school swims to cooler waters for the summer, a little fish sets off on an adventure as he tries to catch up with his bright, glittery friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BuckiGabriel, Marius.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GabriBurlingham, Abigail
Summary: Find out what happens when a new dog moves next door to Grub, a very messy pup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books Inc 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC BURGabriel, Marius.
Summary: Thirty years after the end of World War II, Francine Lawrence, a wealthy, half-Chinese businesswoman, is forced to confront her past, when a young woman claiming to be her daughter, Ruth, given away to preserve the child's life, returns.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GABZusak, Markus.
Summary: Before THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe Brothers: THE UNDERDOG, FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE, and GETTING THE GIRL. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions at getting into fights, coming up with half-baked schemes, and generally disappointing girls, their parents, and their much more motivated older siblings. They're intensely loyal to each other, brothers at their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ZUSBurningham, John.
Summary: A little girl and her grandfather share very special moments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BURMarcks, Ira
Summary: When a Hollywood director starts filming a blockbuster action film on the otherwise sleepy island of Martha's Vineyard, thirteen-year-old Gayle and her friends set out to make their own film and solve an island mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: A secret mouse family are discovered sharing a house and must escape before the mouse catcher arrives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Burningham 2018Burningham, John
Summary: When Boy and Girl go out for a picnic, they meet Sheep, Pig, and Duck and invite them along, but the group loses several things before they can sit down to eat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2014
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Summary: Every night Marie-Elaine's cat, Malcolm, goes out, and every morning he comes back in and sleeps. "Where do cats go at night?" the girl wonders. So when she sees him at his cat door dressed to the nines, she begs to come along. And amazingly, Malcolm agrees, as long as she puts on her fancy clothes, gets small, and keeps it all a secret. With a whimsical story and breathtaking artwork, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BURSummary: A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features, Universal Studios 2023
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHAZusak, Markus
Summary: Upon their father's return, the five Dunbar boys, who have raised themselves since their mother's death, begin to learn family secrets, including that of fourth brother Clay, who will build a bridge for complex reasons, including his own redemption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZUSCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZUSZusak, Markus.
Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2006
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Summary: Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel -- a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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Summary: It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2007
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Summary: Meet Ed Kennedy--underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. . . Chosen to care,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2007
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Summary: Presents three novels in which two brothers, Ruben and Cameron Wolfe, strive to overcome the limitations of their family's poverty, taking jobs as fighters, and Cameron, the younger brother, tries to find love with his brother's ex-girlfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZUSSummary: 1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MARMarais, Bianca
Summary: "Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarias, Javier
Summary: "Berta Isla thought she knew what to expect from life. When she was a young girl she decided she had found her match in Tom©Łs Nevinson--the dashing half-Spanish, half-English boy in her class with an extraordinary gift for languages--so she was even able to endure their time apart while Tom©Łs studied at Oxford. But after his graduation, he returns to Madrid a changed man. Distracted, sullen,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarais, Bianca
Summary: "From the author of Hum if You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time, and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries. On the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa Bambisa lives in desperate poverty in tiny metal shack in a squatter camp,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarquis, Krystal
Summary: The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023