Summary: Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion. Henry then marries Anne of Cleves, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TUDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TudorsSummary: After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KISSummary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MISHocking, Amanda
Summary: Ulla Tulin's journey to learn who her parents were has brought her to the attention of the Alvolk sect-- and a man claiming to be her father. The Alvolk released her-- but Ulla has lost a month of her life, and spends time trying to regain her memories. The incantation that will open the bridge to Alfheim, the First City, will unleash a menagerie of monstrous creatures upon Earth to consume...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HOCHosking, Jay
Summary: "After drifting between school and dead-end jobs, a young man makes the decision to return to the city he left after high school. The magnet is his beloved older sister, Grace: the golden girl, smart and charismatic even when rebelling, and always his hero. Now she is a promising graduate student in science and the center of a group of friends that take "Little Brother" into their fold, where...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOSWooding, Chris
Summary: With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: SF WoodiDooling, Richard.
Summary: Joe Watson is an associate in a prestigious St. Louis law firm when a notorious district court judge assigns him a politically explosive pro bono case. He must defend a bigoted white man accused of killing a deaf black man. Watson's decision to represent his disreputable client in court, rather than wriggle out of the case, outrages his partners and imperils his marriage. Watson depends on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DooliBolling, Valerie
Summary: Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLHocking, Amanda
Summary: Mara's life with Gideon Davorin's Traveling Carnival leaves her longing for an ordinary life where nobody has special powers, but when she sees her chance in the small town of Caudry, a dark presence forces her to master her new power in order to save everyone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fanatsy Hocking 2017Hocking, Amanda.
Summary: Wendy, a changeling troll princess, returns to her rightful home, a frightening, beautiful world where she discovers her new powers, fights enemies who want to use her abilities for evil, and struggles with romantic decisions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HOCHocking, Amanda.
Summary: Gemma must battle Penn to break the siren curse and secure a future with Alex.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC HOCBowling, Dusti
Summary: While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWBoykin, Kim
Summary: April, 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher at Columbia College in South Carolina, but as graduation approaches, she can’t wait to return to her family — and her childhood sweetheart, Brooks — in Alabama. But just days before her senior recital, she gets a letter from her mama telling her that Brooks is getting married . . . to her own sister. Devastated,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYBoling, Dave
Summary: Lettie and her family are Afrikaners, Dutch settlers in turn-of-the-century southern Africa. When the British Empire wages a brief but brutal two-year war against them, Afrikaner forces will lose thirty-five hundred soldiers, but more than twenty-six thousand Dutch women and children will have died of disease and starvation in British concentration camps by the war's end. Taken from their farm...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BOLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Boling 2017Bowling, Dusti
Summary: Eight-year-old Aven Green is despondent when she does not master the piano in one day, but with new inspiration from guitarist Mr. Tom, who is armless like her, along with a special gift from her great-grandma, Aven learns she does not need to be perfect to perform.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOWBowling, Dusti
Summary: After navigating middle school, ninth-grader Aven, born without arms, struggles with the challenges of high school, which test her confidence, strength, and sense of self.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWGooding, Beverley
Summary: Max the Zebra is too shy to tell Tallulah how much he loves her. He tries a variety of ways to get her attention, but each time, something goes wrong! Finally, Max has the best idea of all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOOVivat, Booki
Summary: Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisis—and not just because she’s starting middle school or because she’s stuck in a family that doesn’t quite get her or because everyone seems to have a Thing except her. Abbie Wu is always in crisis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC VIVCowley, Joy.
Summary: Trouble ensues when Papa gets Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving and Miguel develops an attachment to it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COWVivat, Booki
Summary: Abbie Wu is Frazzled as she navigates locker thieves, diabolical cats, and other hazards of middle school. Things are looking up for Abbie Wu: this year she'll run for class president and get a brand-new shiny locker. Until--she doesn't...Not only does she discover that her locker has been hijacked by a complete stranger, but it turns out the culprit also happens to be her new science partner....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC VIVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC VIVBolling, Valerie
Summary: Zoya wants to give her dog Coco a birthday present, and with her mother's help finally settles on painting his bowl gold, with lots of glitter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR GREEN BOLBolling, Valerie
Summary: "Celebrating community and friendship, this lively rhyming picture book follows children as they play their way through their culturally diverse neighborhood"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLBolling, Valerie
Summary: "This upbeat picture book--a companion to Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun!--follows the nine children from the first book as they help plan a big, musical block party. Author and educator Valerie Bolling's rhyming text makes for a rollicking read-aloud and features instruments from all around the world including the agogô, banjo, daegeum, djembe drums, double bass, erhu, maracas, piano, steel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOLBolling, Valerie
Summary: With her puppy Coco's help, Zoya gives her room a glittery makeover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024