Summary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRIBalen, Katya
Summary: Ten-year-old Frank's life revolves around his autistic brother, five-year-old Max, but after many changes over the course of a year, he discovers that he loves Max and is proud of him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BALByers, Sam
Summary: Katherine, Daniel, and Nathan evaluate their feelings about each other in a shared world marked by such eccentricities as a mysterious cattle epidemic, an unwanted pregnancy, and a bio-domed workplace housing a perfectly engineered cornfield.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BYEGalvan, Ana
Summary: "A science-fiction graphic novella grounded in a familiar experience for most: spending an afternoon with our best pals over a burger and fries. But this joint has something more special than a Happy Meal: the "Once Party" menu. The "Once Party" menu, for ages 11 and up, can only be ordered once (of course). But there's a catch: not everyone who does gets the special prize. Those who do, go to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 GALHapka, Cathy
Summary: Steve is excited and happy to be starting "real school" until Hannah, who just moved from Alaska, captures everyone's attention and his response lands him in the principal's office.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HAPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green HapkaGallo, Tina
Summary: When a group of kids decide to create a buddy bench at school, they can't decide how to paint it, but come up with a very colorful solution.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019
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Summary: When Steve befriends David, the new kid at school, he tells David to do what he does, but his plan backfires when David begins copying everything, from Steve's clothes to his lunch.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green HapkaGallo, Tina
Summary: Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda team up to find a lost notebook in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read based on an episode of the hit preschool show from Fred Rogers Productions Donkey Hodie! Donkey Hodie and her best friend Purple Panda have a dance party at Donkey's house. But they make a bit of a mess, and now Panda can't find his poetry notebook for his poetry reading! Will Donkey be able to clean up...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GALHirshberg, Glen
Summary: "Chronicles a harrowing childhood incident and its lingering aftermath. In the mid-1970s, as a serial killer called the Snowman stalks the streets of suburban Detroit and the racial tension ... continues to underscore every aspect of daily life, Mattie and Spencer, two exceptionally bright eleven year-old boys, wage an increasingly desperate campaign to save their friend Theresa ... from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIRMyers, Cindy.
Summary: When newly divorced Maggie Carter inherits a gold mine from the father she never knew, she leaves Houston and travels to the small town of Eureka, Colorado. There, she hopes to solve the mystery of the man who abandoned the family when she was three. In Eureka, Maggie meets people who touch her life in different ways, bitter librarian Cassie Wynock, town mayor Lucille Theriot; and Jameso Clark,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MYEMyers, Maya
Summary: The class project is to use the scientific process to see which team can grow the tallest bean sprouts, but Rosie has a problem--the new kid at her table, Jack, will not acknowledge her at all, and that makes teamwork difficult.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MYEGailey, Sarah
Summary: When Alexis accidentally kills a classmate on prom night using magic, her best friends Roya, Iris, Paulie, Marcelina, and Maryam join in using their powers to try to set things right.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GAIMyers, Bernice
Summary: Big Dog and Little Dog meet, become friends, and have adventures together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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Summary: When the members of the Not-So Secret Society create a candy-making machine for a school science fair, the device goes haywire, threatening the whole city.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: KaBOOM!, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DALMyers, Matthew
Summary: A boy buys the world's longest licorice rope from a girl and follows it until he finds a surprise at the end.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MYEGallo, Tina
Summary: Mavis wants to help her friend Wendy, an adorable little green blob with a heart of gold, who lives at Hotel Transylvania with her family. Other monsters keep telling Wendy that she is too cute and too little, and Wendy is sick of it! Mavis sets out to help Wendy prove she's more than just an adorable little blob, but in the process, she accidentally turns Wendy into a giant!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2019
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Summary: "Unicorn and Yeti try new things. They have fun with stickers. They roller skate everywhere. They chew gum and blow bubbles. And they always stick together!"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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Summary: Unicorn and Yeti are best friends even though they do not always like the same things--and best friends support each other and share experiences, whether it is icicles in the snow or a walk in the dark forest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BURBurnell, Heather Ayris
Summary: In three stories, friends Unicorn and Yeti spend time with each other, watching clouds in the sky, playing copycat, and having a tea party.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn, Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BURBurnell, Heather Ayris
Summary: Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, (for instance Unicorn is magic, Yeti is not, Yeti likes snowball fights, Unicorn can not throw snowballs)--the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BURVisaggio, Magdalene
Summary: Welcome to Bolingbroke. It's a small town just like any other . . . or so eighth graders Val and Lanie think. They're the best of best friends--they love the same comics, they watch the same shows, and they're always there for each other. Which is important when you're queer, like Lanie, or on the spectrum, like Val, and just don't seem to fit in anywhere. When a school project about their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: In three stories, friends Unicorn and Yeti enjoy each others' company as they make up an original game, play hide-and-seek, and work on a puzzle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Summary: When a rare genetic disorder steals away her memories and then her health, teenaged Sammie records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION AVECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC AVEForman, Gayle
Summary: In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021