Milande, Véronique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.2 MICAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Ever since she got pregnant in her freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making tough decisions. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's impossible. Yet once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ACEAcevedo, Desirée
Summary: "Vega and her friend Alex wonder why the pencil in the box is called 'skin color' when it doesn't match either of them. This question leads them on a beautiful journey of exploring the diverse array of skin colors they see in the world. Together, they discover how to bring all of them into their art."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento de Luz SL 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Curvaceous sixteen-year-old Xiomara Batista discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her fiercely religious mother's view of women, as well as her relationship to a world dominated by rape-culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACEAranda, Ana
Summary: "A family honors their living and dead relatives as they celebrate the Day of the Dead with shared food and stories"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ARATirana, Turhan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.12 TIRAcevedo, Chantel
Summary: After her cloistered childhood at the Spanish court, her youth spent in exile, and a loveless marriage, Eulalia gladly departs Europe for the New World. In the company of Thomas Aragon, the son of her one-time wet nurse and a small-town bookseller with a thirst for adventure, she travels by ship first to a Cuba bubbling with revolutionary fervor then on to the 1893 Chicago World Fair. She is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACEAcevedo, Sylvia
Summary: "The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 369.463 ACECopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 369.463 ACESummary: "Don Ameche and Alice Faye pair up as husband and wife, Baron and Baroness Duarte, and head to South America in this musical classic. In order to avoid some financial problems, the Baron switches places with impersonator Larry Martin "Direto da Broadway" (also Ameche). When Martin's affections for the Baroness are too kind and romantic, both the Baroness and Martin's girlfriend Carmen realize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Acevedo, Chantel
Summary: Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for money - she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a lettora - and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell one last story so that eight women can keep both hope and themselves alive. Cuba, 1963. Hurricane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACEAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACECarter, Miranda
Summary: "Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carter's lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine. London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARFrance, Miranda
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 982.11 FRAInnes, Miranda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RD Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 749.7 INNInnes, Miranda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Studio 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 721.8 INNJames, Miranda
Summary: The theater department at Athena is putting on a play by a fledgling playwright with local connections. Charlie's son-in-law, Frank Salisbury, will be calling the directorial shots, and his daughter, Laura, will be taking on the lead female role. Luke Lombardi, the guest artist, is someone she knew in Hollywood. The older male actor - whose career in film has been on the wane - arrives with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JAMJames, Miranda
Summary: "Charlie Harris has sworn off investigating murder and mayhem after a recent close call. Instead, he's delighted to cheer on his daughter, Laura, who's starring in a production of Careless Whispers. The theater department at Athena College is debuting the play written by a fledgling playwright with local connections and Charlie's son-in-law, Frank Salisbury, will be calling the directorial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JAMJames, Miranda
Summary: Charlie, Diesel, and Helen are heading to North Carolina to spend a week at a boutique hotel and participate in a gathering of a mystery reader's club. When one of the club members turns up dead, it is up to Charlie and Diesel to prove that their friends are not the guilty parties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JAMJames, Miranda
Summary: "When Charlie Harris decides to go back to school, he and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, find themselves entangled in a deadly lovers quarrel on campus in the latest installment of theNew York Timesbestselling series. In addition to his library duties and his role as doting grandad, Charlie has enrolled in an early medieval history course offered by young, charismatic professor Carey Warriner....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAMJones, Miranda
Summary: Ali uses one of her magical wishes so that she and Little Genie can trade places and Ali can stay home from school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC JONKenneally, Miranda
Summary: From their freshman year visit to an escape room through a senior adventure in London, Lulu and Alex's relationship develops from sworn enemies to true love, the biggest trip of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Kenneally, Miranda.
Summary: From the bestselling author of Catching Jordan comes a brand new contemporary YA you won't forget. The finish line is only the beginning... Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can't escape the guilt that if she hadn't broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race. But the training is even more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2014