Summary: Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Inspried by Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree", which chronicles a story of two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAFSamana
Contents: Melancholy heat -- Live for the road -- The spirit moving -- The beach -- Patience -- All one breath -- Passing me by -- Leaving -- Begin again
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SAMSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: El campo ha cambiado frente a nuestros ojos sin que nadie se diera cuenta. Y quizá no se trata solo de sequías y herbicidas, quizá se trate del hilo vital y filoso que nos ata a nuestros hijos, y del veneno que echamos sobre ellos. Nada es un cliché cuando finalmente sucede. "Distancia de rescate" sigue esta vertiginosa fatalidad haciéndose siempre las mismas preguntas: ¿hay acaso algún...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literatura Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents. This was the collection that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SCHSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2017
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Summary: "A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv,bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHLang, Acantha
Contents: Sugar woman -- Come back home -- Beautiful dreams -- Eventually -- He said/She said -- Interlude: A word from my momma -- Lois Lang -- River keep runnin' -- It's gonna be alright -- Carry the weight -- Whatever happened to our love? -- Keep on -- Ride this train (extended version).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES LANSamaha, Albert
Summary: "A journalist's powerful and incisive account of the forces steering the fate of his sprawling Filipinx-American family reframes how we comprehend the immigrant experience. Nearing the age at which his mother had migrated to the U.S., part of the wave ofnon-Europeans who arrived after immigration quotas were relaxed in 1965, Albert Samaha began to question the ironclad belief in a better future...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SAMAbeel, Samantha
Summary: Dyscalculia is a math-related learning disability with which the author was diagnosed at age thirteen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2003
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 616.8588 ABEAbeel, Samantha
Summary: A collection of art and poetry written by a young girl; essays by her teacher and parent map the journey of her struggle with a learning disability.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hidden Bay Pub. 1993
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 811.54 ABEBell, Samantha
Contents: Science is fun! -- Obedient eggs -- Ice fishing -- A sticky situation -- Eggstremely strong -- Waterproof handkerchief -- Wandering water.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Walk in the footsteps of founders on this adventure through history. This title introduces readers to the ancient Indigenous homes of Mesa Verde and the forts, battlefields, and halls that shaped our nation today. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places BellBell, Samantha
Summary: "Grab your flashlight for this trip into the darkness below. Readers will explore the deep caverns and caves that continue to fascinate visitors and reveal the wonders of life on Earth from eons ago. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place BellBerger, Samantha
Summary: Grandmothers go by many different names, but they are all glamorous and special in their own way, so they are all Glam-mas--especially to the children that they love, and who love them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERBrooke, Samantha
Summary: Ms. Frizzle takes the class to Iceland where they learn about the power of rocks and weather.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2018
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Summary: Forest firefighters have many important jobs to do! Not only do they teach visitors about fire safety and prevention, they stand ready to put out a wildfire at any time! With helicopters, hoses, and all the tools of the trade, LEGO City Forest Firefigters keep the city safe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN BROBrooke, Samantha.
Summary: The Gabba Land gang welcomes the spring rain, knowing flowers and rainbows are not far behind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE BROCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "A young boy building a train track with his friend is headed for trouble until a teacher steps in and helps him learn social cues of anger and happiness"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTCotterill, Samantha
Summary: "Laila's birthday party, perfectly planned with her autism in mind, goes awry due to a change in weather and an accident with her cake, but with the help of her mom and her service dog, Laila knows she can handle this"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COTFuterman, Samantha
Summary: Tells the story of two young women who discover that they are identical twin sisters separated at birth and raised on different continents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passion River 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWIHunt, Samantha.
Summary: "A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning. Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later, Ruth's niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNJohnson, Samantha.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press/MBI Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.932 JOHJohnson, Samantha.
Summary: This invaluable resource contains everything you need to know about selecting and caring for healthy rabbits, whether you keep pet bunnies or exhibit animals as National FFA Organization or 4-H youth projects. Advice on feeding, housing, and much more will help you set up your own rabbitry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2011