Acampora, Paul
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Ellie Magari's mother left shortly after Ellie was born, and her father has raised her, but Ellie always figured that one day she would meet her mother and ask her some pertinent questions--but now her mother has died, and Ellie does not know exactly how to feel about that, but she is determined, with the help of her friends in the St. Francis of Assisi's Howling Wolves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ACADoleski, Shannon
Summary: "Gaining courage from Joan of Arc, fourteen-year-old Mary Murphy navigates the waters of Chesapeake Bay in a submersible built with her friend, Kip, escaping the home where her violent father has just returned from prison. Includes facts about domestic violence and submersibles."-- Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOLReyes, Sonora
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2022
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Lou wishes she could turn back time to mend her friendship with Francie after a terrible fight, so when Lou befriends Cece she is eager to prove herself, but as she uncovers the truth about Cece's family, she grapples with what being a good friend means.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RELSummary: Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Bells 2003Molloy, Shannon
Summary: This is a story about my fourteenth year of life as a gay kid at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland. It was a year in which I started to discover who I was, and deeply hated what was revealed. It was a year in which I had my first crush and first devastating heartbreak. It was a year of torment, bullying and betrayal - not just at the hands of my peers, but by adults...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MOLAbbott, Tony.
Summary: A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ABBFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Traverse Catholic Schools 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 371.07 FAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Local FaithCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 371.0712 FAI1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 371.0712 FAI
Summary: William Franklin arrives at St. Judes, the only lay teacher among a staff of Catholic brothers. He is quick to realise that his teaching methods are opposed to those of the brothers. He succeeds in building a trusting relationship with the boys, which enables him to unlock their hidden talents and open their minds to the beauty of poetry. When two boys are severely beaten it is more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TVA Films 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SONGrainger, Jean
Summary: Sister Claire McAuliffe travels to Queensland, Australia, in 1936 to assist in setting up a Catholic school for the education of the gold rush families. When she learns of the manner in which the Aboriginal people are treated, she is forced to act; but no one wants to upset the status quo, and she finds herself in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GraingerWhite, Antonia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vigaro 1980
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIÓlafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Summary: A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter’s day, a young student at the school watches the school’s headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower. Two decades later, the child—now a grown man, haunted by the past—calls the nun back to the scene of the crime....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLASaint Mary Catholic School (Lake Leelanau, Mich.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: The School 1900
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3774635 EagleAdam, Christian
Summary: A teenage Catholic student attends a weekend retreat as she looks for answers about her awakening sexuality.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2020
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY YES1 available in Top Shelf DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Paulsen, Gary.
Summary: When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2004
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Paulson 2004Blagden, Scott.
Summary: Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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Summary: It is the fall of 1951 at Mount St. Gabriel's, an all-girls school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina. Tildy Stratton, the undisputed queen bee of her class, befriends Chloe Starnes, a new student recently orphaned by the untimely and mysterious death of her mother. Their friendship fills a void for both girls but also sets in motion a chain of events that will profoundly affect the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GODO'Donoghue, Caroline
Summary: Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up - until she discovers a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC O'DORice, Luanne.
Summary: Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, John, broke her heart--and tore their little family apart. Now, John has returned to the family. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely remembers him, and a third who may be in more trouble than anyone knows. And then there is Honor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RICCarter, Caela
Summary: Twelve-year-old Lydia, feeling threatened by the attention her changing body is getting from boys and men, finds a way to take control of her own skin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CARCushman, Karen.
Summary: In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2006
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Cushman 2006Melleby, Nicole
Summary: "When strong-willed, drama-loving eighth grader Brie Hutchens tells a lie because she isn't quite ready to come out to her mother, she must navigate the consequences in her relationships with her family, friends, and faith"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MELÓlafur Jóhann Ólafsson
Summary: A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. Her past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while rumors spread of a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC OLAGodwin, Gail.
Summary: Sparking enthusiasm for a play about the founding of their North Carolina mountains Catholic girls' school, a charismatic ninth grader and her recently orphaned best friend set in motion a series of events that have decades-long ramifications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009