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Arctic regions Drama Bucharest (Romania) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Dictatorship Fiction Dictatorship Juvenile fiction Espionage Romania History Juvenile fiction Families Romania Juvenile fiction Revolutions Juvenile fiction Romania History Revolution, 1989 Juvenile fiction Santa Claus Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Juvenile fictionSummary: A strong-willed detective in her mid-thirties Helen Weeks is drawn into the two most testing and personal cases of her career, just as she begins her journey towards motherhood. Helen is never fazed by a challenge, but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner conflict. When the husband of an estranged school friend is accused of abduction, Helen must return to her hometown and confront her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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Summary: "Solitario Cisneros thought his life was over long ago. He lost his wife, his family, even his country in the late 1870s when the Rio Grande shifted course, stranding the Mexican town of Olvido on the Texas side of the border. He'd made his brooding peace with retiring his gun and badge, hiding out on his ranch, and communing with horses and ghosts. But when a gruesome string of murders and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUIModan, Rutu.
Summary: Maya's unique table manners turn the palace upside down when she accepts an invitation to dine with the queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MODCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MODAuth, Jeannine.
Summary: Emmy's mom has a drinking problem that is starting to affect Emmy. Former friends aren't allowed to associate with her anymore, and Emmy doesn't know where to turn for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morningtide Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AUTSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "Madrid, 1957. Under the oppressive dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth. Photography introduces him to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEPSepetys, Ruta.
Summary: Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Summary: Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2013
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Summary: "When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his entire collection to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Nili Broshi sees her last chance to finish an archeological expedition begun decades earlier--a dig that could possibly yield the most important religious artifact in the Middle East. Motivated by the desire to reinstate her father's legacy as a great archeologist after he was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MODSummary: FBI Agent Will Graham hunts the most notorious serial killers. He is both gifted and cursed with an extraordinary ability: he can think, see, and feel like his prey. What he doesn't know is that his new partner has an extreme past. While pursuing a cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams Graham with a psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Dr. Lecter tests Graham every step of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HANRuta, Domenica
Summary: "The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in a thought-provoking debut that brings to mind such novels as Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. In Domenica Ruta's profoundly original debut novel, the end of the world comes every year. Or at least it's supposed to. On May 3, humanity comes together to anticipate the planet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUTSepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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Summary: "As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA CD FIC SEPSummary: It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MUNCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUN RATED RSummary: In the spring of 1942, German troops advanced deep into the Soviet Union en route to Stalingrad. Hitler seriously misjudged the tenacity of the Red Army and was convinced that the city could be conquered before winter. Ordinarily foot soldiers, inadequately clothed and without sufficient food, struggled just to stay alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN STASchatzer, Jeffery L.
Summary: A charming story of how a cold and lonely bird found refuge in the world's most famous beard. This is a tale of friendship and compassion. Through cooperation, Santa and the bird overcome a problem that answers one of the mysteries of Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Belly Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SCHRush, Norman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUSSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SEPSepetys, Ruta
Summary: At the Castellana Hilton in 1957 Madrid, eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson connects with Ana Moreno through photography and fate as Daniel discovers the incredibly dark side of the city under Generalissimo Franco's rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Septys 2019Sepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SEPRuths, Mitali Banerjee
Summary: "Archie is worried that her school friends won't like Diwali, her favorite Hindu holiday, and when a storm knocks out the electricity, it looks like the party may be ruined."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUTSchatzer, Jeffery L.
Summary: When Santa Claus trips over a toy and loses his memory, he gathers clues from others to learn his own identity, then leaves a special message for the careless boy who caused the trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitten Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SCHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC SCHMuth, Jon J.
Summary: In this reworking of the Buddhist parable, Stillwater, a giant panda, teaches Addy that the grief she feels for the loss of her kitten, is part of life and is shared by everybody.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020