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Summary: Autobiography of a boy who grew up in Palestine, endured the Nakba, and ultimately moved to Texas to start a new life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAMMAR, JACOB J. NAMHale, Nathan
Summary: ""Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous Tales series tracks the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When students gather at the nation's top high school jazz competition in San Antonio, Texas, the musicians at Xavier Desmond High, teenagers with strange abilities, start going wayward in their efforts to outplay their rivals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TEXThreadgill, Tom
Summary: "San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez discovers that a tragic accident involving a school bus full of kids may not be what it seems. One of the children may still be alive, and if he is, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Threadgill 2020Feldman, Jacquetta Nammar
Summary: Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FELBrown, Sandra
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRORiordan, Rick.
Summary: A man comes home to San Antonio, Texas, to rescue his old girlfriend and solve the 12-year-old murder of his sheriff father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIODe Zavala, Adina
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arte PGublico Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.4351 DEZPalmer, Diana.
Summary: Top detective Rick Marquez had never met a case he couldn't solve -- or a woman he couldn't charm. In the midst of one of the toughest cases he's ever worked on, he's confronted by the one woman who just might be able to rein in this smooth-talking Romeo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PALSummary: "Wildsam Field Guides: San Antonio leads travelers into the most authentic experience of the complex and storied Texas city, working closely with a team of trusted locals. Contributors include journalists, entrepreneurs, local artists and chefs, among others. The field guide goes beyond travel itinerary, providing a literary and story-based tour of San Antonio."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.643 SAN ANTONIO WILRiordan, Rick.
Summary: When a violinist is killed in a hail of gunfire, Tres Navarre, a private investigator, takes on the case in an attempt to hunt down the killers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIOKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Set in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio and told in alternating voices, teenaged musicians Aarón and Mia grow close as they share and struggle to overcome the emotional pain of their troubled home lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEMCastro, Julián
Summary: In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America. In many ways, there was no reason Julian Castro would have been expected to be a success. Born to unmarried parents in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of a struggling city, his prospects of escaping his circumstance seemed bleak. But he and his twin brother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CASTRO, JULIAN CASGraham, Heather.
Summary: When San Antonio becomes a dumping ground for the bodies of young women, Logan Raintree must use his powerful ability to commune with the dead to lead a group of elite paranormal investigators to solve this disturbing case.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRARiordan, Rick.
Summary: When a dangerously violent criminal and his gang escape from prison, Tres Navarre wonders at the silence of employer and mentor, Erainya Manos, whose husband helped build the case that sent the man to prison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIOThreadgill, Tom
Summary: "After her rescue of nearly fifty kidnapped children made international headlines, Amara Alvarez gets what she's worked for: a transfer to San Antonio's Homicide Division. But reality sets in quickly when her first case, the suspicious death of a teenager at a crowded local water park, plunges her life into chaos. As the investigation moves forward, Amara finds herself stalked online by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC THRRiordan, Rick.
Summary: Reformed criminal Ralph Arguello suddenly finds himself at the top of a list of suspects when his wife, homicide detective Ana DeLeon, is shot, and is forced to turn fugitive to find the real triggerman and clear his name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RB Large Print 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M RIOBrown, Monica
Summary: "The story of political powerhouse twins Juliaan and Joaquain Castro began in the small room that they shared with their grandmother Victoriana in San Antonio, Texas. Victoriana crossed the border from Mexico into Texas as a six-year-old orphan, marking the start of the family's American journey. Her daughter Rosie, Juliaan and Joaquain's mom, was an activist who helped the barrio through local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BRORiordan, Rick.
Summary: Reformed criminal Ralph Arguello suddenly finds himself at the top of a list of suspects when his wife, homicide detective Ana DeLeon, is shot, and is forced to turn fugitive to find the real triggerman and clear his name.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIOShotz, Jennifer Li
Summary: When twelve-year-old Dylan rescues Brave, he knows it will take hard work, patience, and training to convince his parents that he can keep the skittish stray dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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Summary: "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Nickolas Flux as he travels back in time and must survive the Battle of the Alamo"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YOMBurrough, Bryan
Summary: "Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths, exploring why they had their day for so long, and explaining why the ugly fight about its meaning is now coming to a head. Every nation needs its creationmyth, and since Texas was a nation before it was a state, it's no surprise that its myths bite deep. There's no piece of history more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.403 BURPollack, Pam.
Summary: ""Remember the Alamo!" is still a rallying cry more than 175 years after the siege in Texas, where a small band of men held off about two thousand soldiers of the Mexican Army for twelve days. The Alamo was a crucial turning point in the Texas Revolution, and led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 976.4 POLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What PollackCrisp, James E.
Contents: Sam Houston's speechwriters -- With Santa Anna in Texas -- Looking for Davy -- The paintbrush and the knife.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005