Summary: Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentine family and follows them to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrusts their young daughter to his care, unaware that he is a notorious war criminal. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring "the German doctor" to justice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GERBurian, Natalka
Summary: "In rural West Virginia, Joanie and her foster siblings live on a farm tending a mysterious plant called the vine. The older girls are responsible for cultivating the vine, performing sacred rituals to make it grow. After Joanie's arranged marriage goes horribly wrong, leaving her widowed and with a baby, she plots her escape with the help of her foster brother Cello. But before they can get...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURGinzburg, Natalia
Summary: "In a quiet Italian town after World War Two, Elsa lives with her parents in the house where she was born. Twenty-seven and unmarried, she is a constant concern to her obsessive, hypochondriac mother. But her mother does not know that Elsa has fallen in love with Tommasino, the elusive youngest son of the De Francisci family, who own the textile factory that dominates the town. Over the course...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GINSylvester, Natalia
Summary: "When Abuela comes to visit from Peru, she brings a suitcase full of treasures and her granddaughter learns that home is not just a place, but the love between family no matter the distance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SYLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SYLHernandez, Natalia
Summary: For her entire life, the Name-Bearer's sole purpose has been to receive and deliver the names of the future monarchy from the Flowers of Prophecy. But when the child is finally born and the Name-Bearer is sent to the Flowers, they refuse to name him. Instead they deliver a prophecy; another child was born who is more worthy of the Naming, and if they are found and brought before them it will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HERSylvester, Natalia
Summary: "When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SYLSylvester, Natalia
Summary: The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already dead--an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family--especially his wife, Elda--to let him redeem himself. Isabel and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2018
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC SYLCaple, Natalee
Summary: To fufill her adoptive father's dying wish, Miette sets out to meet her mother, the notorious Calamity Jane, and crosses the badlands of the North American West in her quest to find the woman who had forsaken her for a life of danger and adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPGamarra, Katalina
Summary: "Beatriz Herrera is a fierce woman who will take you down with her quick wit and keen intellect. And after the results of the 2016 election worked hard to erase her identity as a queer biracial woman, she'd be right to. Especially if you come for her sweet BFF cousin, Hero. Beatriz would do anything for her, a loyalty that lands Beatriz precisely where she doesn't want to be: spending a week at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graydon House 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GAMDeaon, Natashia
Summary: "Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles, nearly naked and with no memory of how she got there or where she's from, only a fleeting sense that this isn't the first time she's found herself in similar circumstances. Taken in bya caring foster family, Lou dedicates herself to her education while trying to put her mysterious origins behind her. She'll go on to become...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEOButler, Nathalie
Summary: Readers will be enchanted by the zany delights in this colorful book. This entertaining narrative is sure to charm emerging readers, educating them about the concept of opposites. Readers will learn to identify opposites including big and small, messy and neat, and hot and cold, as they explore Monster Town. Colorful illustrations bring the story to life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BUTFink, Jennifer Natalya
Summary: "On the night of December 2, as 1984 drew to its Reaganomic close, an explosion at an American-owned factory in Bhopal, India, released untold amounts of toxic gas on uncounted numbers of people, creating a human and environmental disaster of insurmountable proportions. Known as the Bhopal disaster, it once dominated international headlines, and is now barely remembered. Yet Bhopal remains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FC2 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FINGhent, Natale
Summary: In Ontario, Canada, in 1977, twelve-year-old Nat and his sisters find that owning, training, and caring for a pony they acquired for free makes it easier to cope with the poverty they have faced since their father abandoned them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GHEOshiro, Mark
Summary: Struggling with panic attacks and grief over his father's death, high school junior Moss, in the face of a racist school administration, decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2018
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSHHoffman, Amalia
Summary: A celebration of imagination, creativity, acceptance, and art that will delight children of all ages. Ever tried to make the meanest, wildest, scariest monster? What if even a green tongue, pointy horns, creepy sharp teeth, and claws won't frighten anyone away? Join the frustrated artist on a hilariously hair-raising adventure where the scary and not scary mingle and lead to the discover that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yeehoo Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOFOshiro, Mark
Summary: Twelve-year-old Haector Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in eachother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OSHOshiro, Mark
Summary: "After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC OSHAndriamirado, Natacha
Summary: Worried that his reptilian ferocity will scare his friends, Fossil the crocodile prefers peace and quiet and being alone, but his friends insist that Fossil play with them anyway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANDButler, Nathalie
Summary: When the weather stops a young boy from going to the beach, he stays home and reads books with his mother and grandmother instead. Even his dog joins in on the fun! With brightly colored illustrations that encourage readers to follow along and join this boy s fun-filled day, this story is sure to excite children about the concept of reading books.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BUTBélineau, Nathalie.
Summary: Pięknie ilustrowana kartonikowa książeczka dla dzieci z edukacyjnego cyklu "Obrazki dla maluchów", przedstawia najmłodszym czytelnikom ich pierwsze samodzielne czynności. Na końcu książeczki znalazła się prosta zgadywanka.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firma Księgarska Jacek i Krzysztof Olesiejuk "Inwestycje" 2005
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: BOARD POLISH BELBaye, Nathalie
Summary: Set during the time of World War I, follows a group of women in rural France who have to run the family farm while their men got shipped off to combat.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GUAButler, Nathalie
Summary: Readers will learn about animals and their behaviors in this adorable narrative about man s best friend. Using familiar pets such as cats and goldfish, the text imparts the lessons of early elementary curriculum in a fun and child-friendly way. Charming illustrations complement the text, reinforcing the book s concepts while captivating the attention of young listeners and emerging readers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BUTButler, Nathalie
Summary: Learning how to count is fun! This book uses rhymes to motivate children when first learning their numbers. The brightly colored illustrations captivate readers while also providing them with a way to make connections between what they read and what they see. The simple language in this book makes it suitable for both emerging readers and young listeners.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BUTSummary: Kwabena quits his dead-end recruitment job to chase his dream of becoming a filmmaker and is thrown into a world of uncertainty. Having recently met the tantalizing Vanessa, he struggles to keep up with her taste for fancy restaurants and cocktail bars by secretly taking shifts as a fast-food delivery driver. Meanwhile, his cousin has a baby on the way, meaning he needs to find a new place to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV DRE1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD