Benjamin, Chloe
Summary: It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children -- four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness -- sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BENFeltman, Amy
Summary: "Morgan Flowers has spent their adolescence following all the rules. Raised by their neuro-divergent father Julian and recently deceased grandmother, nonbinary Morgan grew up painfully aware of all they needed to do to stay out of trouble and maintain their scholarship, and of their mother Zoe's absence. Dazzling, dangerous, and increasingly alcoholic Zoe, who fled to Europe on a trust fund,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FELModiano, Patrick
Summary: "As a boarding school student in the early 1960s, Patrick Modiano lived among the troubled teenage sons of wealthy but self-involved parents. In this mesmerizing novel, Modiano weaves together a series of exquisitely crafted stories about such jettisoned boys at the exclusive Valvert School on the outskirts of Paris: abandoned children of privilege, left to create new family ties among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MODNovak, Ali
Summary: When her triplet sister Cara is diagnosed with leukemia, eighteen-year-old Stella puts her deams on hold to move home and be with her family, but when she starts spending time with the lead singer of Cara's favorite band, will Stella resent him for taking her attention away from her sister--or will he help Stella find the courage to live her own life?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION NOVClement, Jennifer
Summary: "Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLEWatters, Shannon
Summary: "Jen and Rosie plan to take the Lumberjane scouts to see an amazing astronomical event. But their night of star-gazing is thrown off course when half of the Roanoke and Zodiac cabins sneak away into the night in search of aliens, leaving everyone else to deal with a gatecrashing goddess who throws the entire camp into a tizzy. Not to mention there's a nefarious kitten-napping and a super-secret...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUMSunmi
Summary: "Caroline Kim is feeling the weight of sophomore year. When she starts tutoring infamous senior Kimberly Park-Ocampo--a charismatic lesbian, friend to rich kids and punks alike--Caroline is flustered . . . but intrigued. Their friendship kindles and before they know it, the two are sneaking out for late-night drives, bonding beneath the stars over music, dreams, and a shared desire of getting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SUNHagiwara, Daisuke
Summary: "The sweet 'aww'-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The student council members are usually pretty buddy-buddy. But that's not to say they get along 24-7... When an all-out fight explodes among them, will it be just another chapter of their average high school life? Or will their friendships be forever broken...?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 HORMcCranie, Stephen
Summary: "To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon. Amy is finally feeling that she's made a true connection with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver, but their entire relationship is rattled--possibly forever. Amy struggles to come to terms with that friendship ending and reaches out to an old friend. She'll discover that the help of friends from all points...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC MCCOzaki, Kaori
Summary: "Tsugu and Sora ran away from home, Yuushin took on the challenging professional boxer test, and Asari broke off ties with the girls in her class...Nothing is turning out the way they'd hoped. Even in the face of such painful headwinds, they continue their restless adolescent journey..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 GOLSummary: A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar, hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town. After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLOSummary: The sequel to Hope and glory, Bill Rohan is grown up and drafted into the army where he and his best mate battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA QUESummary: After losing her virginity, seventeen-year-old budding beauty Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her older gentlemen clients for erotic hotel room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOUElliott, Rachel
Summary: "Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded-up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ELLKaito
Summary: "An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them... Toma's older brother, Seiya, asks Taichi to find out why Toma doesn't want to go to college. On the day of Toma's release from the hospital, Taichi still hasn't found a way to broach the subject with Toma....
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BLUGrine, Chris
Summary: "Eleven-year-old Willow doesn't want to go to her dad's weird old summer camp any more than she wants her family to move to the weird old town where that camp is located. But her family--and fate itself--seem to have plans of their own. Soon Willow finds herself neck-deep in a confounding mystery involving stolen snacks, suspected vampires, and missing campers, all shrouded in the sinister fog...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GRISummary: Based on Parks' semi-autobiographical novel, the film follows the journey of Newt Winger, a teenage descendant of Exodusters growing up in rural Kansas in the 1920s, as he experiences the bittersweet flowering of first love, finds his relationship with a close friend tested, and navigates the injustices embedded within a racist legal and educational system. Exquisitely capturing the bucolic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA LEASummary: "Poignant performances and genuine emotion illuminate this inspiring coming of age story about self discovery and the healing power of forgiveness. Newcomer Rachel Hendrix stars as Hannah, a college student whose world is shattered when she discovers her parents have kept a life-changing secret from her that will force her to question who she truly is."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OCTSummary: A bewitching fairy tale about a young girl's coming of age. Valerie discovers the world is not what it seems after she gets a pair of magical earrings. Her quaint little village is actually a haven for blood-sucking vampires. Her grandmother is really an evil old crone. The local farmers are lechers, and the town's priest harbors strange desires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VALSummary: At six, Vitus is both incredibly talented and wonderfully precocious. When it becomes evident that he has an exceptionally high IQ and can play piano like a young Mozart, expectations run high. His parents love him, his grandfather understands him, but no one knows the truth - that his real genius is in his heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VITLeth, Kate
Summary: Liv Holme is not exactly thrilled to be moving to a new town with her mother. After all, high school can be brutal, even more so when you're a fifteen-year-old, bisexual goth. But Liv is determined to be who she is, bullies or not. Still, being the new kid and the only out student brings her a lot of unwelcome attention, and Liv flounders in her search for community. The only person who makes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 LETFajardo, Kat
Summary: "Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceañera for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022