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Summary: Anneke, a Dutch Jewish teenager, is sent with her family to Theresienstadt, a "model" concentration camp, where she confronts great evil and learns to do what it takes to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLPoll, Willie
Summary: "My Little Ogichidaa is inspired by Indigenous motherhood. It invites readers to explore the compelling dreams and hopes of an Indigenous parent for her soon-to-be-born warrior. The word Ogichidaa itself means warrior in Anishinaabemowin, and this beautifully illustrated book is a tribute to Indigenous families everywhere who are proudly raising their children to carry forward their culture,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Medicine Wheel Education 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLBuck, Nola.
Summary: Sid sings a long song that drives Sam crazy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1996
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BUCSummary: Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. In a fun twist, six NASCAR stars pop up in non-driver cameo roles in the film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LOGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOG RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LoCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LoganFuller, Iola.
Summary: The story of an Indian girl destined to grow up with the incompatible traditions of her own people and of the white traders on Mackinac Island. One of the most popular books ever written about the conflict of alien peoples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1984
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUL1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC FUL
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FULOkogwu, Tola
Summary: When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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Summary: "Wanda is hosting this year's school harvest feast, but she is so busy promoting it, she forgets to get the food! Luckily, Ralphie happens to know of a farm that grows the finest produce around, but there's a problem: he thinks it's haunted! There are tractors driven by ghosts, plants that climb walls, and so many robots! Could the spooky discoveries actually be helping the farm?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mariana brings her two children from Colombia to New York to reunite with her husband, only to be abandoned by him. Desperate and alone, Mariana must find a way to survive and care for her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IndiePix 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ENTBuck, Nola
Summary: Introduces young readers to the story of the first Christmas as they discover the role of the donkey, the ram, the ox, the shepherds, the wise men, and Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Laura Geringer Book, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE BUCBuck, Nola.
Summary: A child plays with three new cat friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE BUCPoll, Willie
Summary: "A young Indigenous water protector named Minnow goes on an underwater journey; learning from our ocean-living relatives. When she returns to the surface, she gathers her community to help make a change. This story is told in lyrical rhyme and helps children gain a better respect for Indigenous water and land protectors, the environment and world around them, and helps show children activism at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Medicine Wheel Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, becomes drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a "sure bet" that evaporates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABRJaye, Lola.
Summary: A poignant and provocative story of adoption, self-discovery, and the meaning of family, Being Lara by author Lola Jaye ( By the Time You Read This ) is an unforgettable tale of three women—British mother, Nigerian birth mother, and 30-year-old daughter—the choices they made, and the fragile bond they try to create across time and continents. Intelligent and touching, Being Lara is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2012
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Jaye, Lola.
Summary: "Lara Reid knew she was an alien. What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word 'adopted'. Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows out the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake; a woman in a blue-and-black head tie who also claims the title...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAYLafon, Lola
Summary: Fascinée par le destin de la petite gymnaste roumaine de quatorze ans apparue aux JO de Montréal en 1976 pour devenir immédiatement un mythe planétaire, la narratrice de ce roman imagine de l'expérience que vécut cette prodigieuse fillette, venue, par la pureté de ses gestes, incarner aux yeux du monde le rêve d'une enfance éternelle. Mais quelle version retenir du parcours de cette petite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Actes Sud 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 LAF FRENCHJaye, Lola
Summary: This novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity, and belonging, features two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC JAYHolt
Summary: "A Korean nine-year-old named Jesse is adopted and sent to live with a lovely couple in America. Equipped with a seemingly encyclopedic brain but socially awkward, the young girl's journey through the complexities of race, gender, and identity hits a fork in the road when she discovers she's not entirely human...yet. Adolescence just got a lot more emotional for the world's first true A.I....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HOLSummary: Based on the classic 1867 novel and play by French writer Émile Zola. The story of a young woman, Thérèse, unhappily married to her first cousin, Camille. She begins a passionate affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent. Thérèse and Laurent will go to any lengths to be together, but their actions may haunt them forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV THEJaye, Lola
Summary: Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAYSummary: "When Dane and his little brother Lucas move from the city to the suburbs, they're in for a big surprise. Along with cute next door neighbor Julie, they unlock a trap door to a mysterious hole in their basement. Once opened, long buried secrets are unearthed and the three must confront their darkest fears in a fierce battle for survival!"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Air Studios 2012
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HOLCreton, Lola
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Camille has fallen in love with Sullivan, an older boy who returns her feelings, but devastates her when he leaves to travel the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GOOSchaefer, Lola
Summary: As a star rises higher and higher in the sky, Bear finds the perfect tree, gathers animals to decorate it, and summons people from around the world to join in a special celebration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHStVil, Lola
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Shay is trying to cope with being overweight and getting bullied in school, but when she falls in love with mysterious Blake, insecure Shay needs the help of her two best friends to make love prevail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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Summary: In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control the fates of nations, while one young man seeks only to live a life of his own.Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be enslaved to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2018