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Adia, Jade Blade, Adam Blade, Adam. Irving, John Karam, Adel Polydoros, Aden West, Catherine AdelAdia, Jade
Summary: Rhea and her friends Zeke and Malachi are South L.A. born and raised. The old neighborhood is fading away, and more white people are flocking to this little urban paradise for its cheap rent, transforming the place they call home. When an eviction notice from a greedy landlord threatens to split up the crew, Rhea and her friends use social media to form a fake gang in hopes of scaring off...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ADIPolydoros, Aden
Summary: "Death lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLKaram, Adel
Summary: After an insult leads to a heated exchange between two men in Beirut, the men find themselves in the middle of a socially charged court case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN INSPolydoros, Aden
Summary: "From the author of The City Beautiful comes a haunting fantasy following Toma, adopted daughter of the benevolent undead, making her way across a civil war-torn continent to save her younger sister as she discovers she might possess magical powers herself. The Kosa empire roils in tension, on the verge of being torn apart by a proletarian revolution between magic-endowed elites and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLPolydoros, Aden
Summary: Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis. He can't bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf, an ancient and profane magic to create a golem in her image. A Nazi killer, to avenge her death. When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her. But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC POLSummary: "A group of hedonistic middle-aged friends gather eatch night on a luxurious houseboat for dancing, love-making and smoking hashish. When a young news reporter visits the houseboat to write a story on the group, she is outraged to learn the tragic depths of their social alienation"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ADRSummary: Jules follows Milton who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JULWest, Catherine Adel
Summary: Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar. Like many cities in early 1960s America, Memphis is still segregated, but change is in the air. News spreads of the Freedom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WESBlade, Adam.
Summary: Few in Avantia dare to enter the jungle and fewer still return. But Tom has no choice. The next stage of his journey lies at the very heart of the jungle, where a terrible creature resides, evil as the wizard who created him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BLABlade, Adam.
Summary: Tanner, with the good Beast Firepos the Flame Bird, is waiting to avenge his father's death by warlord Derthsin when Avantia is menaced by an evil army seeking the pieces of the Mask of Death, as Tanner sets out to find the pieces first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLASummary: A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatches plans of their breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie PokerBlade, Adam.
Summary: A huge and terrifying beast lurks in eerie waters. All the fish have fled and no boats dare to pass. Tom and Elenna meet a mysterious stranger who may hold the key for tracking down the monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2007
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Summary: The Good beasts of Avantia have been imprisoned in the kingdom of Malvel the evil wizard. Tom has already fought five terrible Beasts and is nearing the end of his Quest. But in order to achieve victory, Tom must navigate through the tunnels under Malvel's castle, where Stin the Scorpion Man awaits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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Summary: In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC IRVBlade, Adam
Summary: "One boy's journey to help his village becomes a quest to save the kingdom. Strange things are happening in Tom's village. First, the horses were attacked. Then, the river dried up. Now, the last of the crops has mysteriously burned. Everyone is terrified. But Tom isn't afraid. He's always dreamed of a quest -- a real quest! -- and vows to go to the king and bring help for them. But Tom soon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2007
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BLABlade, Adam.
Summary: The evil Wizard Malvel's final Beast has reached the doors of King Hugo's palace! Stealth the Ghost Panther lassoes victims with his three tails, scratching the good citizens of Avantia and turning them into evildoers. To rescue his father, Tom must capture the final piece of Amulet from Stealth's collar--before all Avantia turns to evil!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: Desperate for knowledge about his mysterious father and determined to finish his quest, Tom heads west, where Zepha the Giant Squid threatens the seas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BLABlade, Adam.
Summary: "As Tom and Elenna navigate the horrid terrain of Gorgonia, they quickly realize that nothing is what it seems to be. Each step brings them to another dangerous encounter. But Tom won't give up. Not when Epos the Winged Flame is being held captive somewhere in the Dark Realm and Malvel has created a wicket winged Beast of his own. With the help of his friends, Tom is determined to chase down...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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Summary: Eager for revenge, the Dark Wizard has unleashed his latest Beast, Soltra the Stone Charmer, into the marshes that border Tom's own village.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2008
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Summary: "First came the mysterious attacks. Then the ice begins to crack and break away. Unless help comes quickly, even the farthest reaches of the kingdom will not be spared from Malvel's evil plans. Tom must stop Tartok the Ice Beast, and soon"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2007
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Summary: Tom must free the magical beasts of Avantia from an evil spell. Armed with a sword and shield from the Wizard Aduro, Tom sets off to face Arcta the mountain giant. Can Tom save his land from destruction?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2007
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Summary: "The good beasts of Avantia are in danger. They have been captured by six terrible new Beasts and taken to Gorgonia, kindom of the evil wizard Malvel. To free the Beasts, Tom and Elenna must journey into the sinister Dark Realm. There, Tom meets one of the deadliest creatures he has ever faced. Huge, with terrifying horns and a shining golden ax, Torgor the Minotaur will stop at nothing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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Summary: "The quest is almost over. But the most terrifying of Malvel's evil Beasts still stands between Tom and victory. Tom must defeat Trillion the Three-Headed Lion and collect the final pieces of magical golden armor to save Aduro and the kingdom. But the task will not be easy. The evil wizard Malvel is determined for the boy to fail, and has a special plan in mind...."--p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2009
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Summary: Having successfully defended his home village from Soltra the stone charmer, Tom sets out on the next stage of his quest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009