Summary: October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: Join sweet young ponies Starlight, Sweetheart, Melody, Bright Eyes, Patch, Clover and Bon Bon on their adventures in Ponyland. Together, these pony friends navigate school, hang out at the local ice cream shop, enter a talent contest, roller skate and even fall in love! Whether they are getting together for a slumber party, planning a tea party or acting in the school play, the girl ponies of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Chau, Chan

Summary: Jessi recently moved to Stoneybrook and is one of the newest members of The Baby-sitters Club. She's getting ready to start regularly sitting for the BSC's newest charge, Matt Braddock. Matt has been Deaf since birth and uses sign language to communicate, so Jessi has to use it, too. It's a secret language! Soon all the neighborhood kids want to learn how to sign, which keeps the BSC busy....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022

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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BAB

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Demas, Corinne.

Summary: A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Demas

Porter, Chana

Summary: "Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle-but nonetheless world-changing-invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POR

Demas, Corinne.

Summary: A little girl tries to create the perfect heart-shaped valentine for her mother on Valentine's Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2008

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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE DEM

Porter, Chana

Summary: "In the quaint religious town of Seagate, abstaining from food brings one closer to God. But Beatrice Bolano is hungry. She craves the forbidden: butter, flambé, marzipan. As Seagate takes increasingly extreme measures to regulate every calorie its citizens consume, Beatrice must make a choice: give up her secret passion for cooking or leave the only community she has known. Elsewhere, Reiko...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POR

Summary: The story of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth and teachings to His crucifixtion and Resurrection.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRE

Demas, Corinne

Summary: On a quest for the perfect Christmas tree, and following her friends' advice, Bunny looks for one just her size, bushy as Squirrel's tail, perfectly pointy on top for a star, the greenest green, and smells like Christmas, but sometimes the perfect tree is the one surrounded by friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2022

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Demas, Corinne

Summary: In rhyming text, this story demonstrates that even pirates can be polite, and say "please" and "thank you."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEM BASKET

Umino, Chika.

Summary: "Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that tame"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008

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Demas, Corinne

Summary: Nina, the smallest of a group of Russian nesting dolls, is separated from her sisters and swept along on a dangerous journey that eventually brings her back home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1999

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEM

Summary: In the Paris of 1978, old formulas do not charm listeners anymore in a male-dominated music industry. Until Ana uses her synthetizers to make herself heard, creating a new sound that will mark the decades to come: the music of the future.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMP

Chari, Sheela

Summary: Returning to Earth after escaping the Martian colony, Mars Patel and his friends, along with genius billionaire Oliver Pruitt, discover that all the adults have mysteriously vanished and, as tensions rise and new mysteries are revealed, must somehow discover the truth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHA

Crede, Phaea

Summary: Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH CRE

Decos, Lissette

Summary: "Ana Karina loves her job--though she isn't quite where she thought she'd be by now. As reality TV producer, she orchestrates extravagant marriage proposals that always (read: mostly) go as planned. If they don't, she's not afraid to cut and paste scenes to perfection afterward. Even if her arrogant film editor isn't a fan. But what does he know about romance anyway? If only Ana's love life was...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DEC

Hapka, Cathy

Summary: A snowstorm prevents King Roland from returning home in time for the holidays. Sofia leads her family on a brave expedition to find him, and shows Amber that spending the holiday with loved ones is better than any present.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAP

Potok, Chaim.

Summary: Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he's in love, and he's studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders--now a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POT

Smyth, Ciara

Summary: A teen girl, Aideen, makes a journey from self-protectively tough to ready and willing to face her main problem: her single mother's alcoholism.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMY

Chaon, Dan

Summary: "In 1983, Dustin Tillman's family--his parents and his aunt and uncle--were murdered in a shocking massacre. His foster brother, Rusty, was convicted of the crime, in a trial that was steeped in the "Satanic Cult" paranoia of the 1980s. Thirty years later, Rusty's conviction is overturned, and suddenly Dustin, now a psychologist, must question whether his testimony that imprisoned his brother...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017

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Cecka, Melanie.

Summary: Violet, a little white cat, tries out several homes before she finds just the right one.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Childrens Books 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CEC

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Chaon, Dan.

Contents: Safety man -- I demand to know where you're taking me -- Big me -- Prodigal -- Passengers, remain calm -- The illustrated encyclopedia of the animal kingdom -- Among the missing -- Prothesis -- Here's a little something to remember me by -- Late for the wedding -- Falling backwards -- Burn with me.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2001

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA