Haghenbeck, F. G. (Francisco Gerardo)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAGSummary: The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through eyes of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honor collide, a fratricidal war breaks out and puts their lives, culture, and ancestral traditions at stake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BIRSummary: Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Worlds 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STASolomon, Rivers
Summary: "The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society -- and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the [...] song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people -- water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SOLSummary: Family man Marlon Villar is the long-time driver of Manuel Chango, a corrupt Filipino politician. While he and his daughter accompany his boss' preteen daughter home, Marlon is ambushed and the wrong girl is kidnapped. The driver's life takes a sudden, terrifying turn which propels him into a horrifying downward spiral and, as events in his life unravel, Marlon, Changho, and their families...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drafthouse Films 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRA1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GRA
Agrimbau, Diego
Summary: In this graphic retelling of Virgil's classic tale, Aeneas escapes from Troy with the survivors and wanders the Mediterranean, undergoing many adventures and trials, before ultimately founding the city that will become Rome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 AGRRivero, Melissa
Summary: Fleeing the economic and political strife of 1990s Peru, undocumented factory worker Ana struggles to support her family while fending off the challenges of discrimination, sexual harassment, and a loan shark's criminal enforcers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVDirgo, Craig.
Summary: Anti-terrorist agent John Taft is called into action when the Chinese stumble upon the secret of Einstein's Unified Field Theory, hidden since the scientist's death, a formula that would allow the Chinese to build a super-weapon that could make the U.S. nuclear arsenal obsolete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIRRivera, Gabby
Summary: "It begins with the story you've been waiting for: the origin of America Chavez! But everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse soon meets her match -- in the form of the deadly and exotic Exterminatrix! Can America stand against this vile villainess, backed by the full power of the ominous Midas Corporation? America gains all-new but untested abilities -- and she'll need them against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AMERivera, Kaela
Summary: When her vicious tía, Catrina, seizes the throne of Devil's Alley and sets her sights on the living world, Cece Rios must do everything in her power to stop the bruja queen from taking control of the four elements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIVRivera, Lilliam
Summary: In early 1960s Florida, sixteen-year-old Goldie, an aspiring detective at the Crossed Palms Resort Hotel, investigates when a diamond-encrusted swim cap goes missing during the filming of a movie at the resort.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIVRivera, Lilliam
Summary: A modern retelling of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Eury leaves Puerto Rico for the Bronx, haunted by losing all to Hurricane Maria and by evil spirit Ato, and meets a bachata-singing charmer, Pheus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RIVRivera, Lilliam
Summary: "Should you save a world that doesn't want to save you? Award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the haunting story of an alien invasion from the perspective of three Latinx teens. Pedro, Luna, and Rafa may attend Fairfax High School together in Los Angeles, but they run in separate spheres. Pedro is often told that he's "too much" and seeks refuge from his home life in a local drag bar....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC RIVDirgo, Craig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DIRRivera, Gabby
Summary: "Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RIVRivero, Melissa
Summary: "Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It's been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the bridge between them. One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note written in her mother's handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRivera, Kaela
Summary: Privately questioning her remote community's superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil's Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujeraia to rescue her kidnapped sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIVRivera, Kaela
Summary: The dream world is real! Now the all-new action-packed world of LEGO DREAMZzz takes readers into an incredible world where magic and monsters exist, and only imagination can save both the waking world and the dream realms in this novel based on the new series! Mateo, Izzie, Cooper, Logan, and Zoey are a group of young adventurers who will be tested like never before when they are drawn into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEGRivera, Matthew
Summary: "A young boy learns to care for his own plant, proudly taking after his gardener father."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Natalia's dream of becoming a synchronized swimmer is in jeopardy when her parents decide they are against a sport that emphasizes looks, but Nat is determined to change their minds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIVRivera, Lilliam
Summary: A sequel to "The Hotel Whodunit" finds Goldie teaming up with Derek, an overeager part-time magician and detective to uncover a saboteur who is targeting a magical arts convention being hosted at the Crossed Palms hotel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: "Jessica Cruz has done everything right. She's a dedicated student, popular among her classmates, and has a loving family that has done everything they can to give her a better life in the United States. While Jessica is a part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing her to go to school and live in the U.S., her parents are undocumented. Jessica usually worries for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RIVRivera, Gabby
Summary: "At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America's high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2017