Cisneros, Sandra
Summary: "An enchanting story about a writer remembering her short time in Paris and her reflections on friendships, relationships, and her younger self in a beautiful dual-language edition. Paris has long been romanticized as the city of light. A city with a vibrant literary and artistic expatriate community. Corina--nicknamed Puffina--is a young writer hoping to find that idealized community, but when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CISCisneros, Ernesto
Summary: Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won't change things at home, not without each other's help. This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2002
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Summary: Frustrated by a life in the slums of Chicago, Esperanza tries to escape her neighborhood and invent her own future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1994
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Summary: Chick encourages all the other animals to get some sleep by giving them all good-night kisses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MACCisneros, Ernesto
Summary: Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Frustrated by a life in the slums of Chicago, Esperanza tries to escape her neighborhood and invent her own future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1994
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Summary: A girl describes how each person in the family has hair that looks and acts different, Papa's like a broom, Kiki's like fur, and Mama's with the sweet smell of bread before it's baked
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Set Spanish Cisneros 1994Cisneros, Sandra.
Summary: The word "orphan" might not seem to apply to a fifty-three-year-old woman. Yet this is exactly how Sandra feels as she finds herself motherless, alone like "a glove left behind at the bus station." What just might save her is her search for someone else gone missing: Marie, the black-and-white cat of her friend, Roz, who ran off the day they arrived from Tacoma. As Sandra and Roz scour the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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Summary: The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991
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Summary: As the United Kingdom decides whether or not to remain a member of the European Union or go its own way in September of 2017, a group of ruthless killers will stop at nothing to keep a shocking secret at the very heart of the government that could change everything in an instant from being revealed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCarrier, Lark
Summary: Page cutouts and short descriptions give clues to familiar Halloween characters hiding in the pages of this rhyming story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CARHalter, Marek.
Summary: The story of Sarah-and of history itself-begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord,Sarah is raised in great luxury, but balks at the arranged marriage her father has plannned for her. The groom is handsome and a nobleman, but on their wedding day, Sarah panics and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2004
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Summary: "Treasure fever has hit Winkelfuss! A recently discovered map alleges that many years earlier, Cap'n Gnawface the Meanie buried her loot somewhere on the island, but anyone tries to find it will be cursed by pirate ghosts. A "golden smudge" will appear on the cursed--and then the treasure-seeker will be ghost-napped! Certain it's just a silly story, the greedy residents go after the booty, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARMarz, Ron.
Summary: "During a ceremony to celebrate the Skytrain connecting to the Skylands to the Cloudbreak Islands, the train is stolen by a gang of gear trolls and it's up to Jawbreaker to save the day. Meanwhile, Cynder meets a fairy named Calliope after winning a tournament" --From the Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARLark, Sarah
Summary: "In the chaos of World War II, Polish teenagers Helena and Luzyna Grabowski have lost everything. Without parents or a home, they are shipped to a refugee camp in Persia, where the days ahead hold only darkness. When they hear that orphans are being selected for relocation to New Zealand, Helena is filled with hope--until the officials say they have a place only for her younger sister. On the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LARMarko, Cyndi
Summary: Superheroes Kung Pow Chicken and Egg Drop must stop the evil Birdbrain from zapping the smartest chickens in Fowladelphia into zombies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARMarko, Cyndi
Summary: Gordon Blue and his brother Benny, unlikely superheroes, must save Fowladelphia from Granny Goosebumps, who has filled the city with cookies that cause innocent chickens' feathers to fall off.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JFIC MARMarz, Ron
Summary: "When the students arrive at Skylanders Academy without their pilot, Tessa and Cali search for Flynn. Along the way, they rescue an academy student. Will the girls find Flynn? And what does the student have to do with Kaos?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MARMarz, Ron.
Summary: "While on a mission with Trigger Happy, Bouncer, and Night Shift, Blades is so eager to takedown Machine Magus that he leaves his team behind to fight the boss alone. Meanwhile, Hex pulls a fairy named Calliope onstage to help her with a magic trick" --From the Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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Summary: Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see faeries, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle between the Summer King and the Winter Queen, and the survival of her life, her love, and summer all hang in the balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MARHalter, Marek.
Summary: Lilah, the sister of Ezra, the high priest destined to lead the Jews back to Jerusalem, gives up her plans to marry a Persian warrior for her faith, but when her brother orders all Jewish men to abandon their foreign-born wives, Lilah rebels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HALSummary: A contemporary romantic drama set in picturesque Budapest. An aging, married retiree who was forced to leave Hungary during the '56 revolution returns to his homeland, and falls in love with his former lover.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2006