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Curious McCarthyClavel, Teru
Summary: "Combining the humor and warmth of Bringing Up Baby with the insight of The Smartest Kids in the World, World Class is a firsthand exploration of how American schools are failing our children, and what parents can learn from the Asian education system tohelp our children excel in today's competitive world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 370.9 CLABuruma, Ian
Summary: "An exploration of the nature of collaboration, and all the gray areas between heroism and abject opportunism, through the interwoven stories of three World War II-era collaborators under Nazi and Japanese rule-Kawashima Yoshiko, Felix Kersten, and Friedrich Weinreb"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BURFuria, Philip
Summary: Traces the history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42164 FURDas, Surya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3444 DASSurya Das
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 DASLeigh, Tera
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 LeighTutu, Desmond.
Summary: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has a Dream, his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop Tutu reaches out to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 231.7 TUTTyre, Peg.
Summary: From the moment they step into the classroom, boys begin to struggle. By eighth grade huge numbers are reading below basic level. Perhaps most alarmingly, boys now account for less than 43 percent of those enrolled in college, and the gap widens every semester! The growing gender imbalance in education portends massive shifts for the next generation: how much they make and whom they marry....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.821 TYRFukuda, Andrew Xia
Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Lévy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 LEITutu, Desmond.
Summary: "The establishment of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a pioneering international event. At the center of this attempt at healing a nation has been Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whom President Nelson Mandela named as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. With the final report of the Commission just published, Archbishop Tutu offers his reflections on South...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.065 TUTUChristie, Tory
Summary: When the lights go out in her house fourth-grader and middle child Curious starts to consider the whole phenomenon of electricity and how it is created--but one of her younger brothers, John Glenn McCarthy, sees her scientific research as an opportunity for practical jokes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED CHRAmos, Tori
Summary: "Filled with compassionate guidance and actionable advice--and using some of the most powerful, political songs in Amos's canon--Resistance is for readers determined to steer the world back in the right direction."-Dust jacket. "A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AMOS, TORI AMOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult AmosDunlap, Tori
Summary: "In Financial Feminist, Tori Dunlap distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum. Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022
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Summary: "How do you reply to your colleague's weird email? What would Emily Post say about your Tinder profile? And just how do you know if you're mansplaining? In this irreverent journey through the murky world of digital etiquette, WIRED's Victoria Turk provides an indispensable guide to minding our manners in a brave new online world, and making peace with the platforms, apps, and devices we all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume, Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395.5 TURHarris, John F. (John Furby)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLIChristie, Tory
Summary: Now that budding scientist Curious McCarthy's dad is going back to work, the five oldest McCarthy kids will be helping more with chores and taking turns cooking dinner. When her parents present the daily chore chart, Curious is delighted that they forgot to assign her a task. She spends the next week trying to go unnoticed and chore-less as she learns about chemistry and observes it at work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED CHRTemple, Teri.
Summary: Introduces the Greek god Ares and explains his importance; features well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes map of ancient Greece and family tree of the Greek gods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childs World 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2113 TEMTemple, Teri.
Summary: Introduces the Greek goddess Athena and explains her importance; features well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes map of ancient Greece and family tree of the Greek gods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childs World 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2114 TEMTemple, Teri.
Summary: "Introduces the Greek god Hermes and explains his importance; features well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes map of ancient Greece and family tree of the Greek gods." -- from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childs World 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2113 TEMTurk, Evan
Summary: In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TURKanefield, Teri
Summary: Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POWELL KANKanefield, Teri
Summary: Offers an overview of crime and the American criminal justice system, using extensive examples of real cases to illustrate difficult questions about what is considered criminal and what punishment is appropriate for different types of crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 KANKanefield, Teri
Summary: "Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was a US Supreme Court Justice and important civil rights activist. Born in Baltimore, Marshall faced racial segregation at school, but he worked his way up and earned his law degree from Howard University, where he met Charles Hamilton Houston. He followed Houston to New York to serve the NAACP and argued cases as an attorney. He argued more than thirty-two cases...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020