Summary: Documents an entire school year with Wilma Stephenson and those students committed enough to surrender themselves to her enlightened despotism. By the end of the year, thirteen of her students will have made it through the gauntlet. At a school where over 40% of students don't even make it to their senior year, Wilma shows her kids how to achieve the American Dream: You choose a realistic goal....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PREHan, Jenny.
Summary: Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different as she finds herself falling for a boy she has known since childhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Create a giant-sized pan cookie or brownie in a fun shape. Ideal for refrigerated cookie dough and brownie mix. Also great for: refrigerated pizza dough, crisp rice treats recipe, any recipe appropriate for a 9x13 pan. Approximately 13 x 12 x 3/4 in. deep.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Wilton Enterprises 1999
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: BAKING PANHarris, Jessica B.
Summary: In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era--the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia. In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way from the jazz clubs of the Manhattan's West Side to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, JESSICA B. HARSummary: Cutters measure approx. 3-inch. Constructed of durable tin-plated steel. 5-piece set includes skull and bones, pirate’s hat, treasure chest, gold coin, and pirate ship. Will easily create uniform cut-out cookies and release nicely from dough. Hand wash and dry completely to best preserve finish.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Run Craftsmen
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1 available in Baking pans, Call number: COOKIE CUTTERSVande Zande, Jeff.
Summary: Betrayed by his art and disillusioned by his job as a professor, Ray Casper finds his long-time girlfriend has just left him. At the death of his estranged father, he links up with his out-of-work brother Sammy, and things really get complicated. Sammy moves in with Ray and needs a job; Ray needs inspiration to paint again, and both have to keep from killing each other. This novel unites...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bottom Dog Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VANArmand, Glenda
Summary: As Frances helps her grandmother with New Year's Day dinner, Grandma teachers her the origins of the different dishes and soul food they prepare together. Includes a recipe for Fay's Fabulous Pralines.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARMParker, Robert B.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleuth Philomel 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARProse, Brad
Summary: "In Chiles and Smoke, pitmaster and professional recipe developer Brad Prose turns up the heat for smoky and savory barbecued meats, seafood, and vegetables"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Common Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.76 PROReynoso-Morris, Alyssa
Summary: "A young girl learns the cultural significance of plantains while cooking alongside her abuela"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REYHan, Jenny.
Summary: Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HANHan, Jenny.
Summary: Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HANSummary: Nonstick coating for easy cleaning. Oversized handles allow you to carry with ease. Heavy-gauge construction ensures even heat distribution and prevents warping. Rolled edges add stability. Light color ensures even baking. Carbon steel with nonstick coating. Hand wash. Oven-safe up to 425°F. Safe for use with nylon, silicone and wood utensils. Not safe for use with metal utensils.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Food Network 0000
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1 available in Baking pans, Call number: BAKING PANRees, Celia
Summary: Germany, 1946. Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and unwilling to live with her overbearing mother any longer, Edith Graham applies-- and is also recruited by her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC REEDessen, Sarah.
Summary: "During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DESShepard, Ray Anthony
Summary: Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, An Imprint of Highlights 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 973.7 SHEThompson, Kay
Summary: Collects six stories featuring Eloise, a little girl who lives in the Plaza hotel in New York City.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN THOStrohm, Stephanie Kate
Summary: High school juniors Rosie Radeke and Henry Yi, both enrolled in an elite cooking program in Paris, must balance rivalry and romance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Florence, Debbi Michiko
Summary: "Susannah Mikami dreams of becoming a famous sushi chef like her dad. And this summer, she plans to learn everything about his traditional kitchen. Only he refuses to teach her, and won't tell her why. Is it because he doesn't want her to embarrass him in front of the documentary crew filming at his restaurant? Or worse, because she's a girl? Either way, Sana decides he's not the only one who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FLOHobbs, Jeff
Summary: Examines "the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets--and of one's own nature--when he returns home"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PEACE, ROBERT HOBDaise, Natalie
Summary: Papa has something special planned for tonight's family dinner--and Bobo can't wait! Excited to learn how to make okra stew like his ancestors, Bobo helps Papa pick veggies from the garden, catch shrimp from the creek, rain down rice in the pot, simmer the stew, and even make a tasty side of cornbread. When the stew begins to bubble and pop, Bobo and his family gather around for a mouthwatering...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAISummary: Made in the USA; manufactured in America with certified food safe American steel. Create and make fun shapes with cookie dough, fondant, biscuits, brownies, or cakes while supporting your favorite college team!
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Ann Clark
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1 available in Baking pans, Call number: COOKIE CUTTERSSummary: Made in the USA; manufactured in America with certified food safe American steel. Create and make fun shapes with cookie dough, fondant, biscuits, brownies, or cakes while supporting your favorite college team!
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Ann Clark 2023
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1 available in Baking pans, Call number: COOKIE CUTTERSVelasquez, Eric
Summary: Ramsey dons his superhero cape to rescue Grandma from the huge octopus she is trying to cook--or is he simply telling a story? Includes author's note on the story's origin and a recipe for Octopus stew.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019