Crouch, Blake.
Summary: When his beloved wife vanishes during an electrical storm on a lonely desert highway, Will Innis is wrongly accused of murder and flees with his daughter only to be approached by a hard-edged FBI agent who informs Will that his wife was not the only person who has disappeared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [CreateSpace] 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P CROFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since Rakuto, on of the most popular guys in school, is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. Soon Sachie finds herself falling for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: "When Sachie Wakamura lost her mother, her estranged grandfather showed up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since Rakuto, one of the most popular guys in school, is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. When Azuma visits his ailing grandfather in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: "A new school year starts, bringing a new teacher to Sachie and Rakuto's class. He seems to be a breath of fresh air and enthusiasm. But he has a secret past and harbors a wish for revenge against Sachie. Now he threatens to reveal Sachie's family secret and have her run out of school ."--Global Books in Print.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILThompson, Victoria (Victoria E.)
Summary: "When midwife Sarah and detective Frank Malloy's friend and new partner Gino Donatelli is accused of murder, he and Sarah must catch the real killer to keep him alive. . . . A young woman is missing in the upper Manhattan neighborhood called Italian Harlem, and everyone knows whoʼs responsible--the Black Hand, a notorious group known for terrorizing their own community with violence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THOFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: "With the sudden appearance of his long lost father, Rakuto must deal with a whole new world of emotions--feelings of betrayal and abandonment followed by anger. For a guy used to keeping himself on a thight leash, these emotions may be more than he can cope with. Will Sachie be able to help him keep it together?"--p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: "As the seniors prepare for their college applications, Rakuto seems headed for the school of his choice. But a jealous enemy pries into Rakuto's past, and a troubling story from his youth surfaces. Will this ruin his future before it has begun?" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILFujiwara, Kiyo.
Summary: "Rakuto and Sachie finally bring themselves to openly acknowledge their feelings for each other and begin going through the awkward motions of redefining their relationship. But crisis looms as Rakuto decides to move to Kyoto to live with his ailing father. Will their new love be able to survive the separation?"--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WILSummary: This program examines the close correlation between gang activity and the music many youths are listening to today, "gangster rap. The program features Sgt. Ron Stallworth, who heads the unit dealing with gangs at the Utah Division of Investigation. Sgt. Stallworth has frequently testified about gangs and gang violence before Congress and police and civic groups. He is the author of Gangster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Nobody is safe in Salinas, California, where two Latino gangs, Nuestra Familia and the Mexican Mafia, are at war. Through exclusive interviews with NF members and law enforcement personnel, this program describes Nuestra Familia's formation by convicts inside the prisons of northern California, its military-like structure, its dismaying power throughout the region and the U.S., and Operation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Police estimate that there are 31,000 gangs currently operating in the U.S., with more than 800,000 members-many of whom are women. In this program, ABC News correspondent Cynthia McFadden interviews female members of two Los Angeles gangs-the Drifters and Tepa 13-while correspondent John Quinones talks with King Tone, the radical leader of New York City's notorious Latin Kings. In addition,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Colombia's
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In the 1990s, thousands of Salvadoran nationals living illegally in the U.S. were deported to their homeland. Some took Los Angeles gang culture with them. This Wide Angle report documents six months spent inside the transnational gang known as "18"-a Salvadoran permutation of L.A.'s notorious 18th Street gang. Following teenage "homeboys" as they patrol their turf in the streets of San...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Following the activities of gang members and undercover agents, this program investigates a group that some law enforcement experts have informally termed the New Mafia-a super-violent criminal franchise rooted in both El Salvador and the United States, known as MS-13 or Mara Salvatrucha. The film profiles two Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who infiltrated the gang, re-creates a deep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Prisons have become incubators for hate, where ethnic and white supremacist enclaves vie for control through violence and coercion directed along color lines. In part one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with prisoners doomed to solitary confinement due to their gang affiliations. They discuss the dangers that drove them to join-and that keep them looking over their shoulders...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Gang violence plagues schoolyards and pervades city streets. Both inner-city and suburban teenagers are confronted by it daily. This documentary-style program features former gang members and their stories. Each one views his/her experience differently and viewers will learn who joins gangs, the reasons they join, and alternatives to gang life. It's no secret that a gang lifestyle can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Goodman, Joanna
Summary: "From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks 2024