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Free African Americans Juvenile fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Mammals Mammals Juvenile literature Mystery and detective stories New Orleans (La.) History 19th century Fiction New Orleans (La.) History 19th century Juvenile fiction Orphans Fiction Orphans Juvenile fiction Star Wars fictionBacker, Sara
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BACWalker, Sarai
Summary: "The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her "slyly subversive" (EW) cult-hit Dietland-a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up.New Mexico, 2017: Sylvia Wren is one of the most important American artists of the past century. Known as a recluse, she avoids all public appearances. There's a reason: she's living...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALWalker, Sarai.
Summary: "A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Walker 2015Contents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TREParker, Lara
Summary: "With unflinching honesty, Lara Parker, the Deputy Director for BuzzFeed, shares her day-to-day challenges of living, working, and loving with chronic pain caused by endometriosis in this raw, darkly humorous, and hopeful memoir. I wasn't ready to be completely honest about my vagina yet, and the world wasn't ready for that either. But I was getting there. I wanted the world to know that all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.1 PARBaxter, Sarah
Summary: The ultimate trip planner for every month of the year. Where should you go next? Whenever and wherever you want to travel, this book has you covered. Featuring hundreds of destinations and the best time of year to experience them, it will help you plan a lifetime of perfect getaways. Includes infographics, expert advice and gorgeous photography throughout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2022
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 910.202 BAXBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCSummary: When it rains, sometimes Little Bear plays indoors ... and sometimes Little Bear plays outdoors. Either way, Little Bear and his friends know how to have fun. A rainy day never puts a damper on Little Bear's adventures - whether he is acting in a play or puddle jumping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2000
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Summary: While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCSummary: Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JACBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Traveling to Paris in 1907 with Grandmary and the Admiral, Samantha and her adopted sister Nellie suspect that someone is trying to harm their beloved grandfather and stop his secret government mission. Includes a glossary of French words and an "Inside Samantha's World" essay about tourism and international tensions in Europe in the early 1900s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When Marie-Grace discovers a baby outside her father's office and a slave catcher claims the boy, she helps place him at a white orphanage where she becomes a volunteer, as her friendship with Cécile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Volunteering with her friend Cecile at a crowded New Orleans orphanage during the yellow fever epidemic of 1853, Marie-Grace discovers that it is not just the orphans who need help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When an archaeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief. Includes French glossary and historical information on travel and archaeology in the early twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCParker-Pope, Tara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 679.73 PARParker-Pope, Tara.
Summary: One of the "New York Times'" most popular investigative journalists presents the science behind why some marriages work and others don't, and translates that science into advice that can be used every day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, Penguin Group 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 PARAcker, Ben
Summary: "If being a hero were easy, everybody would be one. Mattis Bans knows that he's meant to be a hero of the galaxy like the legendary Luke Skywalker, and when General Leia Organa's Resistance recruits him to join its efforts against the evil First Order, he finally has a chance to fulfill his destiny. But the rest of his squadron doesn't seem very promising. Sure, there's the Zeltron girl Lorica,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC ACKFormat: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin Classics 2005
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Summary: While visiting an old castle in England, Samantha and Nellie solve mysteries involving a ghost and some missing rare books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Marie-Grace is excited that a well-known English opera company will perform at the very theater where she takes singing lessons from Aunt Ocǎne, but as she and her friend Cčile help out backstage, they make disturbing discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2013
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Buckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, makes friends with Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and is persuaded to change places with her at separate Mardi Gras balls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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Summary: Presents an overview of mammals, including their history, various kinds, physical characteristics, behavior, and endangered and extinct species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2002