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African Americans Juvenile fiction Butlers Fiction Depressions 1929 Juvenile fiction Ducks Drama Family life Flint (Mich.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Friendship Gary (Ind.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Poverty Juvenile fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) DramaHill, Grace Livingston
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1937
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILSummary: After gambling away his freedom, one king becomes slave to another, and uses his lowered position to expose corruption and win the love of his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THREllis, Ann Dee
Summary: Twelve-year-old Olivia endeavors to care for her younger sister, possibly make a new friend in the quirky and secretive Bart, and keep hope alive for her, her family, and her community of idiosyncratic neighbors at Sunny Pines Trailer Park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ELLChancy, Myriam J. A.
Summary: "From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Schmidt, Gary D.
Summary: Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCHSummary: "The film focuses on farmers of Punjab who are busy with their own activities and have neither aim nor mission in life. Some want to become singers, some want to go foreign, some just want to make money no matter how they make it. Thus running their life with drugs. This young group of four guys named Rabbi Sidhu, Gaazi Dhillon, Lalli Baar and Tunda, live their life and work for a corrupt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eros International 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MITSummary: Phoolan Devi was a murderer, kidnapper and living folk legend who had endured a life of rape and abuse after beng sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders known as the Behmai Massacre to avenge the death of her lover made Devi the object of a police hunt. In prison from 1983 until 1994, she spent years being prosecuted by the Indian police, only to be turned into a legend by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BANSummary: Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius. You've never met a college student quite like 'Rancho.' From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down-along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for 'Virus, ' the school's uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THRSummary: Two decades after its original negatives were burned in a fire, Satyajit Ray's breathtaking milestone of world cinema rises from the ashes in a meticulously reconstructed new restoration of a family saga. Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) follows a poor Bengali family living in a village. The boy Apu's development grows as he witnesses the protection of family members' reputations, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in late 19th-century, pre-independence India, this film is about a woman's artistic and romantic yearning. It is about the lonely wife of a workaholic newspaper editor, Charulata, whose beautiful face masks a burning creativity. When her husband's poet cousin comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him creatively and dangerously drawn to him physically. A delicate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHASummary: "Rizwan, an Indian man with a unique way of looking at the world, moves to San Francisco and meets a vivacious single mother named Mandira. They form a special bond and fall in love against all odds, but fate and tragedy conspire to tear them apart. That's when Rizwan embarks on a remarkable journey across America to win back the love of his life"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MYSummary: It's time to enjoy some slightly spooky sights and haunted happenings with friends from PBS Kids. Join Daniel Tiger and his friends for Dress Up Day and the annual main street parade. Then, when Alma, Rafia and Lucas are in charge of the Haunted Hallway, Alma takes the spookiness a little too far. And the Kratt Brothers need to put their new dual cobra powers to the ultimate test, and much,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JUSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD JUV JUSYoung, Alan
Summary: Follows the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DUCCurtis, Christopher Paul.
Summary: With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2012