Brown, Waka Takahashi
Summary: When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she cannot understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BROBrown, Waka T.
Summary: Melony Yoshimura's parents have always been overprotective. They say it's because a demonic spirit called the Amanjaku once preyed upon kids back in Japan, but Melony suspects it's just a cautionary tale to keep her in line. So on her twelfth birthday, Melony takes a chance and wishes for the freedom and adventure her parents seem determined to keep her from. As if conjured by her wish, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: J FIC BROBrown, Waka T.
Summary: "In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams. As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BROSummary: A new enemy is born in the form of Kaguya, who plans to shroud the world in eternal darkness. Determined to stop her, Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo join forces and prepare to fight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ 2002
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUSummary: Based on a true story, an inner-city Baltimore family copes with ever-present drug traffic and violence in their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Disc one. Pyjamarama (Roxy Music) -- Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (Electric Light Orchestra) -- Barbecutie (Sparks) -- Joey (single version) (Pretty Things) -- Tumble with me (The Hollywood Brats) -- Rolling with my baby (single version) Silverhead -- Teenage archangel (Be-Bop Deluxe) -- On the ball (Streak) -- Once bitten twice shy (album version) (Ian Hunter) -- Kerb crawler (Hawkwind) -- Payroll (Brutus)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OH!Summary: With the threat of arch enemy Naraku lurking at every turn, our heroes must face an array of foes, including a jealous dark priestess, an evil mountain sage, giant ogres, and deadly traps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Video 2006
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUSummary: Ako Tamaki looks to her fellow high school friends for help in separating real life from her life in the fantasy online gaming world of Legendary Age, or LA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME ANDSummary: Karen is an American nurse living and working in Tokyo who agrees to cover the shift of another nurse. When she enters the assigned home, she discovers an elderly woman who is lost in a catatonic state. As she tends the woman, Karen hears scratching sounds upstairs and goes to investigate. Within this house is a chain of terror more terrifying than she could ever imagine, resulting from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRUSummary: When Professor Bresson, touted to be this century's most established archaeologist passes away, he leaves behind the Bresson Diary, rumored to hold clues to the treasures of a lost civilization. When elusive Lupin III, grandson of the famous French thief, learns of this, he decides to snatch the sought-after diary to claim the lost treasures for himself and to redeem his grandfather's name, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GKIDS 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LuSummary: Mecha otaku Tsubasa Kurata had a pretty good life until he died in a car crash. Now, he's living the life of his dreams. Reincarnated as a young boy, he finds himself in an alternate world where magic is real and humans pilot giant robots called Silhouette Knights. It's this mecha fanboy's chance to shine, and he knows it. Nothing will stop him from building and piloting his very own mecha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME KNISummary: A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FATCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FATSummary: Madagascar: A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MADSummary: "Bea and Ben look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold - until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So, they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple" -- Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD ANYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ANYSummary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLISummary: In the dead of winter, past and present traumas afflict two sisters and their aging father in this, one of Ozu's most heartbreaking and powerful works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKTyler, the Creator
Contents: Indhold: Sir Baudelaire / feat. DJ Drama -- Corso -- Lemonhead / feat. 42 Dugg -- Wusyaname / feat. Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign -- Lumberjack -- Hot wind blows / feat. Lil Wayne -- Massa -- Ruinitup / feat. Teezo Touchdown -- Manifesto / feat. Domo Genesis -- Sweet ; I thought you wanted to dance / feat. Brent Faiyaz & Fana Hues -- Momma talk -- Rise! / feat. Daisy World --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP TYLBowen, Dana Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1940
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BOW1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 BOW
Summary: Featuring contributions from an award-winning, bestselling group of Black voices, past and present, this powerful poetry anthology elicits vital conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A must have, one of a kind, definitive space opera anthology with 15 new stories by top contemporary authors in top franchises as well as classic genre defining tales dating back over 60 plus years. With an introductory essay on space opera by Grand Master Robert Silverberg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INFSummary: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLABowen, Dana Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freshwater Press 9690
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BOW1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 BOW
Summary: NOW 86 features 16 major current hits from today's hottest artists. Each numerical NOW release also features NOW Presents What's Next tracks, previewing tomorrow's biggest hits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023