Summary: Richard Thomas plays the key role of John-Boy Walton, a youth on the verge of manhood during the Great Depression and a fledgling writer whose observations are filled with the growing-up lessons and love he receives from his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WALGonzales, Chuck
Summary: Carlos Gomez is a member of the only Mexican American family in town, so he's used to being the odd one out. A lisp, a penchant for girl glamor, and being picked on by the class bully don't help either. But now there's a talent show coming up, and Carlos is performing with the BMX stunt team. What could possibly go wrong?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GONHudson, Wade
Summary: "The memoir of Wade Hudson, a Black man and Civil Rights activist who came of age in the 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HUDHolleville, Élizabeth
Summary: Summer for Louise means sand, surf, and ... the supernatural. Louise spends every summer at her grandma's house with her older sister, cousins, and Rodin the dog. But, this year, her plans to relax and read comics on the beach are about to be turned upside down by a mischievous ghost, bored with being forced to haunt the same house. While the other girls are wrapped up in romance and teenage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow Ltd 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HOLHsu, Hua
Summary: "From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B HSU HSUSummary: Judy's been described as many things: a free spirit, a daydreamer, a boy-crazy hot mess. But this is going to be the summer it all comes together for this ambitious, 30-something drag queen/cater-waiter and his best friend, Chrissy. That is, until Chrissy's priorities suddenly shift, forcing a disillusioned Judy to examine his life and priorities as a queer artist, and rediscover himself in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHRSummary: Eleven-year-old tomboy Toni is bewitched by the tight-knit dance team she sees practicing in the same Cincinnati gymnasium where she boxes with her brother. Enamored by the power and confidence of the strong community of girls, Toni neglects her boxing, and instead eagerly absorbs the dance routines and drills. But when a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, Toni's desire...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FITAncco
Summary: "Ancco looks back at her own tumultuous adolescence, from the not-so-distanced lens of a twenty-something. A mother's struggles mirror her teen's. Memories of care between the cartoonist and her grandmother--before her faculties had started to fade. Quick judgments look ugly through the eyes of a teen, who's leaning into her own sense of self. Whether it's friends, family, animals, or even a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ANCDamm, Peter L.
Summary: Stories of a young boy's journey to adulthood in small town rural Upper Midwest in the 1950s and 60s. A funny, poignant, moving and beautifully written memoir about the challenges, mischief, fears and lessons of growing up as the youngest of five brothers and one sister, Catholic education, the natural world, trying to understand religious and adult mysteries, honor, family, truth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: O'Brien & Whitaker 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAMM, PETER DAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DAMM DAMTsukuda, Yuto
Summary: "Leaving home for the first time in his young life, Soma moves into the Polaris Dormitory--a place run by an old crone and filled with crazy and eccentric students! Barely settled in, Soma quickly finds himself in one of Totsuki's legendary cooking duels--a shokugeki! Who will his very first opponent be?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 FOOTsukuda, Yuto
Summary: "The "friendship and team-building" camp from hell begins! While most students are already petrified by the threat of instant expulsion for low marks, the unveiling of the teachers responsible for judging their dishes ratchets their fear to a whole new level! Just which anxiety-inducing teachers hold the culinary futures of Soma and the rest of the Polaris crew in their hands this time?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 FOOSummary: Loneliness, disillusionment and the experience of first love reveal the character of Raya, a seventeen-year-old living in rural Latvia with her grandmother and her little brother Robis. A huge turn of events shakes up their lives, and the young girl must come to decisions that even a grown woman would find challenging to make.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MELSummary: Folllows young genius Sheldon Cooper through his childhood years.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YoungBailar, Schuyler
Summary: "A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAIGeist, William
Summary: Before there was 'tourism' and souvenir ashtrays became 'kitsch,' the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that television host Bill Geist spent summers in the sixties during his school and college years, working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GEICopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GEIST, WILLIAM GEICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation GeistKamatani, Yuhki
Summary: "Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he had been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2019
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Summary: "In Justin Madson's debut graphic novel, Tin Man, a girl and her brother befriend the titular Tin Man with unexpected results. Solar is in her last year of high school and is reeling from the recent death of her grandmother. She has abandoned her plans for the future and fallen in with a bad crowd. Her little brother, Fenn, doesn't understand why she's changed--she doesn't even want to help him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MADMojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas
Summary: "For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.48 MOJShimura, Takako
Summary: "Akira Okudaira is starting high school and is ready for exciting new experiences. And on the first day of school, she runs into her best friend from kindergarten at the train station! Now Akira and Fumi have the chance to rekindle their friendship, but life has gotten a lot more complicated since they were kids... Kyoko's fiancé invites a group of her friends to join them at his family's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SWETsukuda, Yuto
Summary: The preliminary round of the Fall Classic begins! All of the contestants do their utmost to showcase their skills to the acclaimed judges, with the favored students presenting the most exquisite of curry dishes! Only the top eight finalists will qualify to enter the main event. Who will make the cut?!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2015
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Summary: After passing the first challenge, Soma begins to work for Shinomiya at his new Tokyo restaurant, where he finds out he has to be the best of the best to keep up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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Summary: "Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2016
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Summary: The comedian and YouTube personality shares stories of his teen years, from family turbulence, awkward dating, and revenge of bullied nerds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 HOFKamatani, Yuhki
Summary: "Tasuku is starting to feel at home at the drop-in center--just in time for him to help a younger student who also hangs out there. Misora Shuji likes to wear girls' clothing but is unsure about their gender identity. Will Tasuku's guidance offer Shuji some clarity or just make things harder?"--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2019