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African Americans Fiction Alcatraz Island (Calif.) History 20th century Fiction Autism Fiction Baltimore (Md.) Fiction Brothers and sisters Fiction Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction Gays Fiction Science fiction United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Fiction United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Juvenile fictionSummary: Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Blood 2007Albin, Gennifer.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys is called upon to harness her power in a battle for control of Earth, but as she uncovers the truth about her own history she learns that everyone holds secrets, some of which may drive her from her love, Jost, into his brother Erik's arms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: "Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Moose has his hands full during the summer of 1936 watching his autistic sister, Natalie, and the warden's daughter, Piper, and trying to get on a baseball team by proving he knows Al Capone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHOAlbin, Gennifer.
Summary: Gifted with the unusual ability to embroider the very fabric of life, sixteen-year-old Adelice is summoned by Manipulation Services to become a Spinster, a move that will separate her from her beloved family and home forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2006
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC 2015
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Summary: Newspaper reporter Hope Jensen goes undercover to find out who has been anonymously giving glass jars filled with money to people in need.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday ChAlbin, Gennifer.
Summary: Adelice returns to Arras, where the Guild's control is slipping and Cormac Patton needs her help to reestablish order, but she soon discovers that she is not alone and must choose between an unimaginable alliance and a war that could destroy everyone sheloves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ALBCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he secretly gave Moose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JFIC CHOGoodman, Jenniphr.
Summary: When a young elephant is apprehensive about his first day of school, his parents show him how much fun school can be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GOOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Too shy to approach the girl he likes, Jackson hides little gifts for her to discover before Valentine's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CHOCholdenko, Gennifer
Summary: Sam is happy to play with his monkeys until way past bedtime, but he gets tired before them and has to find a way to get them to sleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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Summary: "This fast paced novel follows Sheridan Alexander through the halls of North Harbor High. She proves she may be a foster child, but she is no pushover in the face of Barbie lookalike bullies." -- from publisher's website
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Publisher / Publication Date: WinePress Pub. 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KODJenner, Natalie
Summary: "In 1955, Vivien Lowry is facing the greatest challenge of her life. Her latest play, the only female-authored play on the London stage that season, has opened in the West End to rapturous applause from the audience. The reviewers, however, are not as impressed as the playgoers and their savage notices not only shut down the play but ruin Lowry's last chance for a dramatic career. With her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: After a liver transplant, Andre suddenly becomes a time traveler, but is his soulmate Michael, who lives in 1969, or Blake, his donor's brother, who is training him in 2021?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JACWood, Jennie
Summary: After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Can Dylan and Leighton save their friendship and protect their future while trying to survive camp?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick for Mad Cave Comics Inc., published by Mad Cave Studios, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC WOOJenner, Natalie
Summary: ""Fans of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society... A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal." -Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris Just after the Second World War, in the small English village...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction JennerJackson, Kosoko
Summary: "A chance to rewrite their ending is worth the risk in this swoony romantic comedy from Kosoko Jackson. It's been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them meeting up at a café. Maybe Hudson wants to profusely apologize for the breakup. Or confess his undying love. . . . But no, Hudson has a favor to ask-he wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACSummary: New Orleans. Arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana cross paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician. Tiana follows suit when she decides to kiss the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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Summary: When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school's past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023