Gantos, Jack
Summary: "Ralph takes a swing through his family tree to find out why he's so rotten"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000
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Summary: In his family's new rental home on a down-at-the heels street in sun-beaten Miami -- with dog-eating alligators in the canal out back, a dangerously attractive girl across the road, and the unhinged Pagoda family next door -- fourteen-year-old Jack is adrift, losing a sense of who he is and what he's all about. Which is why he ends up trying to morph himself into someone he's not, that someone...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: Rotten Ralph comes to appreciate Sarah's healthy cat food after he gets sick from eating out of trash cans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: When Rotten Ralph, the cat, fails to win a spot on a baseball team with his friend Sarah, he becomes the "cat boy" instead, still dreaming of proving himself the superstar he imagines himself to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GANGantos, Jack
Summary: Pursued by the authorities, Jack and Miss Volker take to the road in this madcap follow-up to the Newbery Medal winner.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: It is Valentine's Day and Rotten Ralph, a very, very nasty cat, is up to his rotten tricks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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Summary: It is Valentine's Day and Rotten Ralph, a very, very nasty cat, is up to his rotten tricks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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Summary: To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GANGantos, Jack.
Summary: Rotten Ralph, the cat, is not at all nice to the Christmas visitor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1984
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Summary: In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2011
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Summary: When the veterinarian determines that Sarah's cat has used up eight of his nine lives, will the high-spirited feline finally stop misbehaving?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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Summary: Sarah's cat Rotten Ralph tries to help her create a school project based on ancient Egypt, but he is more of a hindrance than a help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GANSummary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENDSummary: As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to disrupt the private and professional lives of Endeavour Morse and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continues to be challenged by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENDSummary: A fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein traveled to Barcelona for an extended weekend getaway. In the four days spend together, the suave Epstein and the provocative Lennon reflect on their lives, both private and professional; as they explore the unique bond they share. Munch's sparse and intimate narrative, captured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOUSummary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMSummary: Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J JDVD GoosebumpsSummary: Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man who was a corporate giant. After deciding to resume his place with the Rams (by purchasing the team), Pendleton must also deal with the consequences of the former businessman's actions. Loose remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 1999
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HEASummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007