Summary: Based on a true story, twelve-year-old Tom and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZoBurns, Loree Griffin
Summary: On November 14, 1963, something exceptional happened in Iceland--and that's saying a lot. In a country where the average summer temperature is 50°F and the sun only appears for a few hours a day during the winter, an event has to be pretty unusual to stand out. The birth of the island of Surtsey, the newest earth on Earth, was just that. On that November day, a volcano fifteen miles offshore...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 BURHarman, Alice
Summary: Poverty and hunger look different around the world. In the United States, poverty can include people living on the streets as well as those who have low-paying jobs and receive formal government assistance. In other parts of the world, those living in poverty may only have a shack and no available jobs. Poor living conditions and not having enough to eat cause deaths every day. What can young...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.5 HARPallotta, Jerry
Summary: Readers learn about the anatomy and behavior of walruses and elephant seals and decide who would win if they fought.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.79 PALBlume, Judy
Summary: Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BLUTorres, Jennifer
Summary: After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TORJarrow, Gail
Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.9 JARRoberts, Jillian
Summary: Using illustrations, full-color photographs and straightforward text, this nonfiction picture book introduces the topics of homelessness and poverty to young readers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362 ROBCao, Wenxuan
Summary: Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CAOHubbard, Ben
Summary: Take a trip to this land of fire and ice! Meet ponies and puffins, then take a dip in an outdoor pool where the water is as hot as a bath!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2021
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Summary: "In this harrowing survival story, Brian Koonoo takes off on a hunting trip in Canada's Arctic. After his snowmobile breaks down, his GPS loses signal, and his camping fuel runs low, Brian is left alone to survive for seven days. He experiences close encounters with planes, blizzards, and hunger, all while much of his gear is lost, and walking 60 kilometres in search of safety. He uses the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KOOHolmes, Melisa
Summary: "Did an adult just give you this book? Did you roll your eyes or laugh a little? Either reaction would be normal because this book is going to give you a lot of information that may seem awkward. It can also be a little funny, but it's really important. It's about puberty--that time when your body starts changing to look more grown up. Sometimes it may seem as if you are the only one dealing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.2 HOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.6 HOLKlein, Lisa
Summary: This guide helps young girls understand and embrace the changes they may be experiencing in their bodies, minds, and emotions. It will help them become an expert on everythign from pimples to peer pressure--and help them discover how their changing bodies are beautiful and special. -- adapted from back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 613.04 KLETaylor, Sonya Renee
Summary: "Celebrate your body (and it's changes, too!) is your guide to understanding and loving your body - now and as it continues to change. Here's everything you need to know about breasts and bras, your period, hair here and there, feelings and friends, and so much more. You'll find support and encouragement in these pages that will help you navigate this whole puberty thing. Think of this book as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.661 TAYTodnem, Scott
Summary: Presents a guide for boys to help them understand and embrace the physical and emotional changes in the journey through puberty.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.661 TODRodgers, Allison K.
Summary: "An illustrated guide to vaginas and vulvas from TikTok star Dr. Allison Rodgers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Neon Squid 2023
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Summary: Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: "This nonfiction book for middle readers tells the story of the Northern elephant seal, from being hunted to near extinction less than 100 years ago to their thriving population of more than 250,000 today. Illustrated with photos from the author."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.79 RICBrown, Echo
Summary: "Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side of Cleveland, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich white school on the West Side and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Emma finds a note tucked into the saddle of a carousel polar bear asking her to bring balloons, and soon she is off on an amazing adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARYang, Kelly
Summary: The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp. But as...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Mia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang! The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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Summary: Ghana. Eldest of four girls, Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother's old school friends. She has to accept: her wages will feed her family, help her sisters stay in school, and ensure that her mother won't have to worry about them. Amerley's move to Accra isn't easy, but she soon settles into her new life away from her small village-- until she is raped by the son of her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOKYang, Kelly
Summary: "After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school!...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021