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Grippando, James

Summary: Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random violence and, Julia's abusive husband back in El Salvador. Arriving in Miami, mother and daughter struggled to carve their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia's rejects her boss's unwanted sexual advances. Suddenly--thanks to an "anonymous" tip to U. S....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRI

Okporo, Edafe

Summary: "A poignant, moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo. On the eve of Edafe Okporo's twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering the secret Edafe had been hiding for years -- that he is a gay man....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OKPORO, EDAFE OKP

Melzer, Nils

Summary: "Nils Melzer's compelling investigation shows how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power risks annihilating Western democracy and the rule of law. The case of Julian Assange could set a chilling precedent"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Verso Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 MEL

Summary: Explores the workings of the American Immigration and Naturalization Service which decide the fates of thousands of asylum-seekers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2006

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WEL

Kassindja, Fauziya

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte press 1998

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Stutzman, Jonathan

Summary: Tiny T. Rex and his friend Pointy are planning a campout in the backyard, but they are both worried that the dark will be altogether too dark, so they plan on bringing a night light with them--but when the night light does not work they bravely open their eyes and discover the stars above.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STU

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STU

Goldembaum, Sally

Summary: "Birdie, Nell, Cass, and Izzy are prepping their coziest handiwork for a holiday gathering in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But as murder makes waves in their tightly knit coastal village, can the Seaside Knitters prevent a deadly trend from catching on? While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can't stop talking about Tess Bean--a bright-eyed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOL

Erickson, J. R.

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Summary: "Orla has a gift, an ability to sense things she touches: memories, traumas ... murders. On a sunny day in 1975, she sets off on a bike ride into the picturesque countryside and vanishes. She is not the first young woman to go missing and she will not be the last. Ashes beneath her is a paranormal murder mystery that will take you into the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane. Ashes Beneath...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2019

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERI

Erickson, J. R.

Summary: "Jake Edwards hasn't thought about the Northern Michigan Asylum in three decades. When Petra, a mysterious woman from his childhood, appears at his business, he suspects a practical joke. Until the woman vanishes, leaving behind a blood-spattered apartment and a trail of secrets that all lead back to the shuttered asylum. As Jake digs into his dark past, he must face the sinister forces who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: J.R. Erickson 2020

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERI

Franklin, Ruth.

Summary: What is the difference between writing a novel about the Holocaust and fabricating a memoir? Are Holocaust writings, by their very nature, exempt from criticism and interpretation? Do narratives about the Holocaust have a special obligation to be truthful--that is, faithful to the facts of history? Is a fictional account of the Holocaust, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "an insult to the dead"? In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FRA

Ryan, Pam Muñoz.

Summary: Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2003

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Bang, Molly.

Summary: Explains how all life on the Earth depends, directly or indirectly, on light from the sun, and describes how all ocean life, from the tiniest plankton to great whales, including the creatures in the darkest depths, form a web that uses sunshine.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.45 BAN

Moore, Georgina

Summary: Forbidden, passionate and all-encompassing, Margo and Richard's love affair was the stuff of legend--but, ultimately, doomed. When Richard walked out, Margo locked herself away, leaving her three daughters, Rachel, Imogen, and Sasha, to run wild. Years later, charismatic Margo entertains lovers and friends in her cottage on the Isle of Wight, refusing to ever speak of Richard and her painful...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOO

Summary: In the late 1980s, 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian launched a crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill--assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend Neal Nicol, and his older sister Margo Janus, Kevorkian begins offering his "death counseling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientele. He earns the support of Hemlock...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Films 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YOU

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You 2010

Key, Watt

Summary: When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEY

McInerny, Ralph M.

Summary: Investigating the murder of a Notre Dame athletic department faculty member, professor Roger Knight and his P.I. brother Phil, meet a host of suspects at the victim's wake, including two women who both claim they were secretly engaged to him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2003

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1 available in Adult, Call number: M MCI

Florence, Melanie

Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLO

Summary: This expert-curated guide book to Isle of Wight shines a spotlight on a more unusual British break, with a wealth of practical information on what to see and do. Each area or neighbourhood featured in this Isle of Wight travel guide is explored in-depth with detailed coverage of the points of interest, shops, restaurants, cafes and bars on offer. Excursions to surrounding areas give plenty of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.228 ISL

Graham, Heather

Summary: "They're not going down without a fight. When FDLE special agent Amy Larson discovers a small horse figurine amid the bloody aftermath of a gang massacre in the Everglades, she recognizes it immediately. The toy is the calling card of the apocalypse cult that Amy and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have been investigating, and it can only mean one thing: this wasn't an isolated...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GRA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRA

Rankin, Ian.

Summary: The assorted leaders of the G8 countries have gathered in the capital and with daily marches, demonstrations and scuffles on the streets, the police are stretched to the limit. DI John Rebus has been sidelined for fear of embarrassing his superiors at this most crucial time. However, all that changes when the night-time plunge of a young politician from the walls of Edinburgh Castle drags Rebus...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orion 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAN

Hurley, Graham.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orion 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUR

Rankin, Ian.

Summary: When a Scottish delegate dies mysteriously before a summit of world leaders, Rebus' superiors would rather that he stay as far away from the whole mess as possible. But Rebus will do whatever is necessary to ferret out the truth. As demonstrators and the media fuel the mounting tension in Edinburgh, events spiral out of control and Rebus may have finally bitten off more than he can chew.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Clipper Audio 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M RAN

Krensky, Stephen.

Summary: One dark and noisy night the Fraidy Cats let their imaginations run wild, visualizing scary things from wild elephants to hungry wolves.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1993

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE Kre

Mayer, Gina.

Summary: In four stories, Little Critter complains about the unfairness of his parents' rules, realizes he doesn't know everything, decides that a new critter is not too different to be his friend, and takes part in the school play.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: FastPencil Premiere 2012

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