Ansari, Rebecca K. S.
Summary: When he keeps insisting that his little brother is missing even though no one else can remember that Liam ever existed, Charlie and his best friend Ana are determined to follow the instructions on a note that may help them find out what happened to Liam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ANSAlwani, Sami
Summary: "In The Pleasure of the Text, Sami Alwani weaves together themes of art induced dissociation, queer intergenerational polyamory, racial capitalism and esoteric mystical experiences into 20 slice of life comic stories that are equal parts comedy and tragedy. These stories question society and individual identity. A talking baby philosophizes away his own emotions. A half-man, half-dog...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALWSachdeva, Anjali
Summary: "A haunting, diverse debut story collection that explores the isolation we experience in the face of the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives Anjali Sachdeva's debut collection spans centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters but is united by each character's epic struggle with fate: A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is irrevocably changed by the brutal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SACAnand, Shelly
Summary: After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANAAbani, Christopher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABADwivedi, Avani
Summary: "It's Friday night, and on the bustling streets of Mumbai, a girl heads out with her family to the cinema. As she rides through the winding blocks with her maa, baba, and bhai, old melodies fill the car. And as she captures the sights and sounds of the city with her camera, she imagines a movie unfolding before her eyes. A choreographed dance sequence atop a long line of cars! When they arrive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DWIAbani, Chris.
Summary: Determined to solve a series of murders before he retires, detective Salazar turns to Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in psychopaths, to help determine if a pair of conjoined twins he apprehended are the killers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ABASolomon, Asali
Summary: "Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel about two Philadelphia women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLSolomon, Asali.
Summary: "An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who's ever felt the shame of being alive Kenya Curtis is only eight years old, but she knows that she's different, even if she can't put her finger on how or why. It's not because she's Black--most of the other students in the fourth-grade class at her West Philadelphia elementary school are too. Maybe it's because she celebrates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLAssadi, Hannah Lillith
Summary: "Ahlam, the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and his Israeli wife, grows up in the arid lands of desert suburbia outside of Phoenix. In a stark landscape where coyotes prowl and mysterious lights occasionally pass through the nighttime sky, Ahlam's imagination reigns. She battles chronic fever dreams and isolation. When she meets her tempestuous counterpart Laura, the two fall into infatuated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASSAssadi, Hannah Lillith
Summary: "A story of secrets, loss, and the betrayals of memory: a lyrical novel of an aging woman confronting her romantic past under the mysterious skies of her island home. Off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra. At the height of WWII, impressionable young Elle Ranier comes to the island when her new husband,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASSMontgomery, Anson.
Summary: The reader has a potion that can make his or her grandparents do whatever he or she wants them to - you get to choose from 8 different endings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MONPeters, Stephanie
Summary: "In this Swedish folktale, a young boy longs for all the nice things other children have. An old woman tells the boy a secret for granting his wishes: sprinkling salt on a magpie's tail. But, before the magpie will grant the boy's wish, the bird has some strange requests of his own."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 PETCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PET (Graphic Novel)Ansay, A. Manette.
Summary: Ellen Grier and her family move in with her in-laws to help take care of them, and she begins to feel like she is losing her identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANSMontgomery, Anson.
Summary: "Dragons don't have birthdays--they have Dragon Days! Fifi, Lala, Windy, and Wyrm are Dragonlarks now. They dream of the day they'll be Dragons. On the friends' first Dragon Day there is a lot to celebrate, but there is also still a lot to learn. Wyrm is worried that his fire breathing skills won't be perfected in time for the celebration. Will he have a happy Dragon Day, or will he still be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JPB MON BASKETMontgomery, Anson.
Summary: "You and a group of your friends are on an expedition across some particularly treacherous moonscape. A sudden quake rocks the mountain, and you and your leader are separated from the group. ... It's summer vacation - not that that means a lot; there aren't really seasons here on the moon. What it does mean is that you're making big plans. You'll have a lot of expeditions to choose from, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chooseco 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MONMarx, Mandy R.
Summary: Betty the yeti is nervous about her first day of school full of humans, but she learns that being different is what makes her wonderful.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARAngel-Ajani, Asale
Summary: "A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANGMarx, Mandy R.
Summary: Betty the Yeti moves to a new apartment and friendly neighbors bring the Yetis spaghetti for dinner, but for Betty it is nothing like she expected.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents the Franco Zeffirelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Marx, Mandy R.
Summary: Betty the Yeti uses a kick drum to keep the beat at the school's winter concert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARMarx, Mandy R.
Summary: Betty the Yeti wants to play hide-and-seek with her new city friends, but her size and bright white fur make it difficult to hide--seeking may be a different matter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARSummary: When Lightning McQueen and his best friend Mater compete in the World Grand Prix, the road is filled with hilarious surprises, especially when Mater gets caught up in an adventure of international espionage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: West African spider-god Anansi wants all of Sky God's famous stories, but to earn them, he has to outwit several of the animals in his village. It will take all of his cleverness and skills in mischief to pull it off. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022