Hesse, Monica
Summary: Haruko and Margot meet at the high school in Crystal City, a 'family internment camp' for those accused of colluding with the enemy. The teens discover that they are polar opposites in so many ways, except for one that seems to override all the others: the camp is changing them, day by day and piece by piece. Haruko finds herself consumed by fear for her soldier brother and distrust of her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HESSummary: Based on a true story of the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the two DEA agents that brought the famed Medellin Cartel to its knees.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV NARKlare, Shannon
Summary: A sheriff's daughter with a less than pristine reputation, Alex is caught drinking at a party and is in deep trouble. Her parents ship her off to her aunt's summer camp to work as a counselor. What could be worse than spending your summer deep in the mosquito-infested woods of Texas? Being paired with an obnoxious co-counselor who wants nothing to do with you. Alex is determined to put up with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KLAJamieson, Victoria
Summary: "Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar's nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future ... but it would also mean leaving his brother, his only family...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counsellor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOUSummary: "Follow Jason Voorhees as he cuts and hacks a swath of fear from Crystal Lake to the mean streets of Manhattan." Friday the 13th: Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for over twenty years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. New owners reopen the camp, only to have each counselor stalked by a violent killer. This 24-hour nightmare of blood unfolds into a film which is widely acclaimed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FRISortino, Anna
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Lilah, who wears hearing aids, returns to a summer camp for the Deaf and Blind as a counselor, eager to improve her ASL and find her place in the community, but she did not expect to also find romance along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SORJackson, Lisa
Summary: It starts as a prank -- a way to blow off steam after a long summer at Camp Horseshoe. Among the teen counselors, tensions and hormones are running high. No wonder the others agree when Jo-Beth Chancellor suggests they scare Monica O'Neal a little--or a lot. Monica has it coming, and no one will really get hurt. What could go wrong? Twenty years later, Lucas Dalton, a senior detective with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Jackson 2017Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M JACCarr, Robyn
Summary: The rustic campground at the crossroads of the Colorado and Continental Divide Trails welcomes everyone, whether they're looking for a weekend getaway or a new lease on life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARCarr, Robyn
Summary: For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CARSummary: Television series that follows marshal Wyatt Earp from Ellsworth to Wichita to Dodge City and Tombstone as he tries to tame the Wild West.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Timeless Media Group 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LIFGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRESummary: Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FOXCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOXHauke, Joshua
Summary: In a postapocalyptic world where everyone has unusual abilities, Doom Thorax, whose only power is reading, gets left in charge and is responsible for the survival of all the other kids at camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HAUWiseman, Ellen Marie
Summary: "Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary -- awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears -- seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC WISCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WISEggers, Dave
Summary: In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 974.71 Eggers 2018Summary: This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Englehardt, John
Summary: Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead. In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dzanc Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ENGWillink, Jocko
Summary: Marc hopes that his Uncle Jake can help him turn around his terrible summer, which he has to spend at camp with Nathan James, who is mean and annoying, while longing for a fancy new bike his parents will not buy him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction WilWatters, Shannon
Summary: "X MARKS THE SPOT...FOR TROUBLE! Ripley found a treasure map! The Roanoke scouts are eager to hunt down what they hope might be some kind of mystical hoard of gems and jewels, rad dinosaur bones, or maybe even more treasure maps (that you have to piece together to find an EVEN BIGGER prize, obviously)! What they end up finding is scattered pieces of an ancient Greek statue of a woman, who, when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUMSummary: Reunite with the perplexing and prickly Dr. Gregory House as he tackles impossible cases while putting a new staff of potential team members through the medical wringer with his trademark sarcasm and irreverent bedside manner.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUBrown, Carolyn
Summary: "A headstrong woman discovers it's never too late for change in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's spirited novel about lost hope and second chances. Substitute counselor for wayward teens isn't how public-school teacher Jayden Bennett planned to spend her summer vacation. However reluctant, she's hiking up her jeans and heading for remote Piney Wood Academy in north Texas. Two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Montlake 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Carolyn
Summary: Working as a summer counselor at an amenities-limited camp for at-risk teens, a headstrong public-school teacher employs a tough-love approach to intervene on behalf of three troubled girls while bonding with a hardened boot-camp drill instructor.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction BroHarris, Duchess
Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019