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Berube, Claude G. Boyer, Glenn G. Coleman, Claire G. Flake, Sharon G. G Messer, Claire.Flake, Sharon G.
Summary: "In 'The Skin I'm In,' readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char. Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, 'The Life I'm In,' we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FLABoyer, Glenn G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYFlake, Sharon G.
Summary: Paralyzed by guilt, eleven-year-old John Henry must come to terms with the events surrounding his Ma's near drowning and with the help of his twin sister Hattie, learn to embrace life again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "Best friends Duck and Cat have a problem--Cat makes Duck sneeze! 'I think-achoo!-I'm allergic to you,' Duck declares. Hilarity ensues as Cat keeps trying to solve the problem--but Duck keeps sneezing! Is Duck really allergic to Cat or is something else going on?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLABerube, Claude G.
Summary: Set against a background of modern piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the story begins as the new Ambassador to Yemen, C.J. Sumner, is assigned to negotiate access to the oil fields off the island of Socotra and enlist help countering pirates who are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa. Meeting with resistance to her diplomatic overtures, Sumner recruits Connor Stark, a former naval officer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBoyer, Glenn G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker and Co. 1986
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYColeman, Claire G.
Summary: "Terra Nullius (def): land belonging to no one; no man's land. 'Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running.' The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to bring peace to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLSummary: The heroic life story of rodeo legend Lane Frost, the bull-riding champion who fights to achieve his childhood dreams--both in and out of the rodeo ring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 8G
Summary: "Text based on a Hebrew lullaby tells the story of a Jewish refugee family traveling by night to find a safe home in a new land"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GSummary: Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN MYSummary: Set in 1919 but based on a real incident from 1906. A coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside. Workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KAMSummary: A collection of crime tales includes contributions by Harley Jane Kozak, Jeffrey Somers, Elaine Viets, Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, Martin Meyers, and Charlaine Harris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CRISummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLSummary: H.G. Wells, whose time-travel pursuit of Jack the Ripper delivers him to a modern-day San Francisco, discovers a society far different from the utopia he had envisioned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI TIMSummary: A top-secret robotic dog connects with a kind-hearted outsider, Miles, while on the run from the scientists who created him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Global Road Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AXLSummary: An Air Force pilot in charge of a group of young flyboys in 1952 Korea knows where and when to separate his private life from his responsibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUNSummary: The small town of Suddenly is invaded by professional assassin John Baron and his henchmen. Taking a local family hostage, Baron sets up vigil at the second-story window of the family's home. Baron is hoping to become "someone" by killing the President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Legend Films 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SUDMesser, Claire.
Summary: "Have you ever had a grumpy day and not known why? Penguin is having a grumpy day like that. No matter what he does, he just can't shake it! Sometimes the only thing left to do is wash the grumpy day away and start over"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MESSummary: A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AUGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD FIC AUGSummary: Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs officiates over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who freely take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter Mara prepares for her wedding day under the observant eye of Hope Slaughter, Mara reveals a deadly secret that threatens to shatter the entire community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR THE1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF THE
Summary: A lawyer whose connection to a ruthless racketeer has nearly destroyed his sense of morality. His participation in a rigged numbers racket could prove disastrous for his high-strung brother whose small-time policy bank stands to go broke when the rigged numbers pay off.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012