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Alcatraz Island (Calif.) History 20th century Fiction Autism Fiction Brothers and sisters Fiction Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction Elephants Juvenile fiction First day of school Fiction JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience Science fiction United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Fiction United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Juvenile fictionSummary: Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antia. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antia's father and Julieta's husband. At times, grief doesn't bring people closer, it drives them apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JUL1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JUL
Choldenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CHOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Moose has his hands full during the summer of 1936 watching his autistic sister, Natalie, and the warden's daughter, Piper, and trying to get on a baseball team by proving he knows Al Capone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHOMcDaniel, Tiffany
Summary: "Six women--mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDAlbin, Gennifer.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys is called upon to harness her power in a battle for control of Earth, but as she uncovers the truth about her own history she learns that everyone holds secrets, some of which may drive her from her love, Jost, into his brother Erik's arms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: "Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOAlbin, Gennifer.
Summary: Adelice returns to Arras, where the Guild's control is slipping and Cormac Patton needs her help to reestablish order, but she soon discovers that she is not alone and must choose between an unimaginable alliance and a war that could destroy everyone sheloves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC CHORoss, Jenifer
Summary: Newspaper reporter Hope Jensen goes undercover to find out who has been anonymously giving glass jars filled with money to people in need.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday ChAlbin, Gennifer.
Summary: Gifted with the unusual ability to embroider the very fabric of life, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that will separate her from her beloved family and home forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2006
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Choldenko, Gennifer
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Too shy to approach the girl he likes, Jackson hides little gifts for her to discover before Valentine's Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Sam is happy to play with his monkeys until way past bedtime, but he gets tired before them and has to find a way to get them to sleep.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHOGoodman, Jenniphr.
Summary: When a young elephant is apprehensive about his first day of school, his parents show him how much fun school can be.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GOOAniston, Jennifer
Summary: After surviving a car accident, Claire joins a chronic pain support group and befriends the husband of a woman who committed suicide.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAKMcDaniel, Breanna J.
Summary: "A young girl lifts her hands up in a series of everyday moments before finally raising her hands in resistance at a protest march"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCDWood, Jennie
Summary: After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Can Dylan and Leighton save their friendship and protect their future while trying to survive camp?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick for Mad Cave Comics Inc., published by Mad Cave Studios, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WOO(GRAPHIC NOVEL)Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC WOOJenner, Natalie
Summary: "In 1955, Vivien Lowry is facing the greatest challenge of her life. Her latest play, the only female-authored play on the London stage that season, has opened in the West End to rapturous applause from the audience. The reviewers, however, are not as impressed as the playgoers and their savage notices not only shut down the play but ruin Lowry's last chance for a dramatic career. With her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When white-collar peon Peter Gibbons decides he's had enough and neglects his job, he is quickly promoted to upper management.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A deadly epidemic is spreading through the remote Cornish village of Clagmoor Heath. As darkness falls its victims are found foaming at the mouth with savage wounds upon their necks. After his brother becomes another fatality, Harry Spalding travels to Clagmoor to investigate his sibling's mysterious death. With little help from the superstitious locals, Harry follows a trail of macabre...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR REPSummary: Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and give it up...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008