Rosewater, Kit
Summary: Ever since they can remember, fifth-graders Kenzie (aka Kenzilla) and Shelly (aka Bomb Shell) have dreamed of becoming roller derby superstars. When Austin's city league introduces a brand-new junior league, the dynamic duo celebrates. But they'll need to try out as a five-person team. Kenzie and Shelly have just one week to convince three other girls that roller derby is the coolest thing on...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ROSViva, Frank
Summary: During the course of a day spent with Grampa, Owen learns silly dances to fight the urge to pee.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VIVFoges, Clare
Summary: "Swing on down and get all groovy, come and join the bathroom boogie! Starring: Mouthwash! Power shower! The toothbrushes! Loofah! Shampoo! With guest appearances from wash cloth & bubble bath!"--Back cover
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE FOGSalinger, J. D. (Jerome David)
Summary: Franny came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed in 1957 by Zooey. Both stories are early entries in a narrative series about the Glasses, a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York. In the first story, Franny, a young college girl, arrives in New Haven (Yale) to be with her boyfriend for a football weekend, where they go to a café. The story is essentially an account...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown 1961
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALDunn, Gaby
Summary: Ava and Gen, best friends, are heading off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. They stay in touch with texts and emails, documenting their weird roommates, self-discovery, coming out, and mental health. As each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship survive the distance?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DUNSummary: In the third installment of this new adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's novels, Anne Shirley, now a young adult, leaves Green Gables to attend Queen's College, preparing to be a teacher. Facing an difficult choice and being overwhelmed by loneliness, Anne finds a silver lining.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ANNHolabird, Katharine
Summary: When Angelina accidentally embarrasses herself in ballet class after being off for summer break, she isn't so enthusiastic about returning to ballet school, but with encouragement from family and friends, Angelina learns that making mistakes shouldn't stop her from doing what she loves most: dancing!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOL (BASKET)Holabird, Katharine
Summary: No dream is too big or to small... especially for Angelina! Join Angelina as she remembers her very first dreams of becoming a dancer. From dancing in her first ballet shoes to doing her first arabesque, to her biggest dream of all -- to one day becoming a prima ballerina!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOL (BASKET)Sterling, Holly
Summary: Thomas wants to be a ballet kid! He and his friends meet at the dance studio to take lessons from Mr. Elliot, their ballet instructor. The children stand at the barre and practice their feet positions--first position, second position--as well how to plie and releve. And then it's time to saute, or jump! Finally, the ballet kids get to choose their costumes for the Winter Show where they are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEFunder, Anna
Summary: The story of two Jewish Germans -- Hans and Ruth Wesemann -- who resisted Hitler in the 1930s. Based on real events.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUNNicholson, Sue
Summary: "Cinderella wants more than anything to take lessons at the new dance school in the village, but she doesn't have any ballet shoes. Will her dreams ever come true? Learn about kindness in this original story about Cinderella and her fairytale friends."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quarto Library, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2019
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Summary: Lola is taking ballet classes and is excited to dance at the Swan Lake recital until she learns that she will be a background chicken instead of a graceful swan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NOVAbbott, Megan E.
Summary: "With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were homeschooled and trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic car accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC ABBGurevich, Margaret
Summary: After years of ballet Jada feels she is ready to go "on pointe," but the whole process is a lot more complicated then she ever realized: from being measured and fitted for the shoes, to tying the laces correctly she still has a lot to learn, and that is before she actually tries to walk in pointe shoes, which seems to uses muscles she was barely aware of--for the first time Jada finds that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint 2019
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Summary: "Valentine's Day is coming! Posey is so excited about her special ballet recital and giving cards to everyone at school. Then she learns that one of her classmates doesn't have any valentines to give out. Can Princess Posey and her tutu find the perfect way to help?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: JBR BLUE GREBeck, Robert (Robert John)
Summary: Désirée Rabbit dreams of being a famous ballet dancer in her hometown of Paris, France, but is continually told there are no bunnies in the ballet, yet after taking classes she wins over her classmates and has a chance to shine.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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Summary: Sarah knows that she is the best dancer in her ballet class, and she is eager to show off at the upcoming recital--but when a new move proves unexpectedly difficult and she has to ask for help, her confidence is shaken.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADTiffin, Hero Fiennes
Summary: When a teenager starts her first semester of college, she finds her plans for her life changing after meeting a mysterious man and falling in love with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AFTSmith, Jeff
Summary: A graphic novel which presents the story of the Bone cousins who try to save ancient Atheia from The Hooded One but the time is short, and they must hurry before the city is totally destroyed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix / Scholastic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC SMICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Smith 2008MacKay, Elly
Summary: When Gran gives her granddaughter tickets to the ballet, the young girl initially does not want to get dressed up and go, but when she experiences the Nutcracker she becomes entranced with the magic of the theater.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MACCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACReynard, Sylvain.
Summary: Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption. When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC REYHoltzer, Susan.
Summary: Student newspaperwoman Zoe Kaplan investigates UFO sightings over the University of Michigan campus. It's a replay of the 1966 sightings, then explained as swamp gas, but on this occasion someone takes advantage of the crowds of sightseers to commit murder. By the author of Black Diamond.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins's Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLCopeland, Misty.
Summary: American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Copeland 2014Summary: An adventure set in South America's rugged Andes Mountains. The Duke has been assigned by a powerful U.S. mining magnate to build a railroad to his newest mines. His romance with the boss's daughter only complicates matters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2007