Kavenna, Joanna
Summary: One corporation has made a perfect world based on a perfect algorithm . . . now what to do with all these messy people? Lionel Bigman is dead. Murdered by a robot. Guy Matthias, the philandering founder and CEO of the mega-corporation Beetle, insists it was human error. But was it? Either the predictive algorithms of Beetle's supposedly omniscient 'lifechain' don't work, or, they've been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAVCleary, Brian P.
Summary: "Don't swat that bug--fix it! Author Brian P. Cleary, illustrator (and coding hobbyist) Martin Goneau, and the indefatigable CATegorical cats offer a fun and accessible introduction to computer bugs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 005.2 CLEBroussard, Meredith
Summary: "Broussard argues that the structural inequalities reproduced in algorithmic systems are no glitch. They are part of the system design. This book shows how everyday technologies embody racist, sexist, and ableist ideas; how they produce discriminatory and harmful outcomes; and how this can be challenged and changed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.48 BROMinasi, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005 MINWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: "The Aldens are visiting Port Elizabeth when a bad storm rolls in, knocking out the power--and leaving behind a mystery! Can the powered-down Aldens figure out what's going on?"--Page 4 of cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANBeaty, Andrea
Summary: When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Old-school stop-motion animation and fast-paced satire created by Seth Green and Matt Senreich. Action figures find new life as players in frenetic sketch comedy vignettes that skewer TV, movies, music, and celebrities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROBMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Best friends Olivia and Jessica are good runners, but Olivia is uncomfortable with competition, so when her friend talks her into joining the track team and Olivia is assigned to a long distance race, she is suddenly overcome by a fear of failure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADSummary: Desperate to buy a hot-selling toy, a father endures a frantic last-minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Jingle 2007Copies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JINSummary: This hilarious cult series from creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich returns for a fourth season with a whole new collection of irreverent stop-motion parodies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This hilarious cult series from creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich returns for a third season with a whole new collection of irreverent stop-motion parodies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROBMartell, Nevin.
Summary: For over 30 years, the LEGO minifigures have make is possible for children to populate their LEGO worlds with a diverse cast of characters. Learn fascinating facts, learn how minifigures are made, and see fans' customized minifigures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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Summary: Because she is now over six feet tall everybody expects Juniper to be good at basketball, especially her demanding coach (who also happens to be her father)--but she is not sure that she even likes basketball, and she definitely does not like the pressure that she feels when she misses a shot and her father benches her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADBeaty, Andrea
Summary: "Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, she's an engineer, and engineering is all about perseverance! But sometimes, Rosie has a really important project to tackle -- one that feels much bigger than herself. When Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her pals the Raucous Riveters -- a gaggle of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC BEAMaddox, Jake
Summary: Eighth-grader and starting point guard Roman is initially thrilled when big man Sebastian transfers schools and joins the team, but Sebastian's skills seem to have disappeared and the other kids are merciless in their criticism--then Roman's big sister gives him some advice: talk to Sebastian and find out what is going on, and add a pick-and-roll to the team playbook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADLynch, Brian (Brian Michael)
Summary: Since saving the Toy Academy, misfit toy Grumbolt is now in training as an action toy, but he is still not considered a "main hero type," so he is assigned as a sidekick to Rex Everything, the academy bully, which displeases both of them--but when a toy named Tempest Boomcloud, driven to desperation by twenty years in a display case with other discontinued toys, breaks out and steals Rex's van,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED LYNWilde, Jen
Summary: Wealthy, popular Webber Academy senior, Caroline, permits her new friend and classmate Waverly, an autistic, gay, scholarship student, to attend the annual Masquerade Ball disguised as her; but the evening becomes a nightmare when there is a global blackout, and Waverly and her friends discover what the school's dean and top donors really have planned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WILWalters, Eric
Summary: A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Langeland, Deirdre
Summary: In an attempt to fit in, Zoey develops an app called the Cool Code with a cute llama avatar that will tell her everything from what to say to what to wear based on pop culture algorithms she's uploaded.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When the power goes out, it sparks an idea for Dot, Hal, Mom, and Dad. But stepping away from gadgets and devices isn't as easy as it seems. No video games, no laptaps or tablet, no drone. A trip to the basement turns up some interesting materials, none of which require electricity, software, or Internet access. What Dot and her family will need to plug into are their imaginations, creativity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZUCMaddox, Jake
Summary: After his embarrassing strike out last season Eddie Jackson decided to quit baseball and stick to band practice, but Coach persuades him to join the team as the backup catcher--then the starter is injured and Eddie finds himself back in the lineup, facing his fear of failing the team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLADeibert, Amanda
Summary: Diana Prince is used to being the best in everything in school, but to beat her foe she will have to rely on her friends to help her combat this newly dangerous menace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021