Summary: When Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior. As she recounts her career, Genya and his crew are literally pulled into her memories where they witness her chance encounter with a mysterious man on the run from the police. Despite never knowing his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME MILSummary: The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOKIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Ignored while the other trees talk about how they will be dressed for Christmas, a small fir tree finds her dreams fulfilled on Christmas morning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE ICHIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Tanya loves ballet dancing, repeating the moves she sees her older sister using when practicing for class or a recital, and soon Tanya is big enough to go to ballet class herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAUTezuka, Osamu
Summary: A story about a biography of Shiddhartha, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUDIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Feeling neglected when Danny goes to sleep with his new stuffed animals rather than with him, Pangoo runs away to the zoo to live with the real-life penguins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION IchikawaIchikawa, Satomi.
Summary: Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ICHMunaweera, Nayomi.
Summary: "Before violence tore apart the tapestry of Sri Lanka and turned its pristine beaches red, there were two families. Yasodhara tells the story of her own Sinhala family, rich in love, with everything they could ask for. As a child in idyllic Colombo, Yasodhara's and her siblings' lives are shaped by social hierarchies, their parents' ambitions, teenage love and, subtly, the differences between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUNMunaweera, Nayomi
Summary: "In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks in the shadows. When tragedy strikes, she and her mother must seek safety by immigrating to America. There the girl reinvents herself as an American teenager to survive, with the help of her cousin; but even as she assimilates and thrives, the secrets and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MUNSummary: When a massive gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A ragtag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side: the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Presents a series of animal picture puzzles with a question on each page. Suggested level: junior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ONIKo, Sangmi
Summary: Mini finds a dog in the park wearing shoes but no collar and begs to keep him, but soon she realizes that whoever put the shoes on him loves the dog, as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015
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Summary: A rabbit in a hat performs a magic show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KITHatori, Bisco.
Summary: Haruhi is in danger of losing her scholarship as her ranking falls. The members of the Host Club each offer to tutor her but she chooses a female student who doesn't like Tamaki. Now Tamaki has to figure out a way into her good graces so the Host Club can continue spending time with Haruhi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURMotomi, Kyousuke
Summary: "Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of 'Sweepers', people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits. Fumi has always displayed mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she begins to truly awaken as a Queen?... Even though Fumi has the ability to kill the snake that's sealed within Kyutaro, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 QUEMotomi, Kyousuke
Summary: The adventures of mind "Sweepers" continue in this supernatural romance! Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of "Sweepers," people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits. Fumi has always displayed mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she begins to truly awaken as a Queen? Fumi finds out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 QUEMotomi, Kyousuke
Summary: The continuing story of Fumi Nishioka, Kyutaro Horikita and the Genbu clan as they use their mysterious mind-cleaning abilities to banish negative energy and harmful spirits, and in the process keeping their family and friends safe from harm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 QUEHatori, Bisco.
Summary: In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club--as a boy!In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club--as a boy!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURHatori, Bisco.
Summary: While mourning the loss of the two senior members of the Host Club, who are preparing to graduate and lead separate lives at university, the members of the club are surprised when Mori challenges Hunny to a duel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 OURSummary: A year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor. His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, in this insidiously constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CREHatori, Bisco.
Summary: In this screwball romantic comedy, a poor girl at a rich kids' school ends up working for the school's swankiest club-- and gets mistaken for a boy!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2005
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Summary: "One day, Kyutaro HIrikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, comes across a sleeping maiden named Fumi Nishioka at school... Unfortunately, their meeting is anything but a fairy-tale encounter! It turns out Kyutaro is a "Sweeper" who cleans away negative energy from people's hearts-- and Fumi is about to become his apprentice. Fumi still has no memory of her past,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 QQMotomi, Kyousuke
Summary: "Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of 'Sweepers', people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome by negative energy and harmful spirits. Fumi has always displayed mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she begins to truly awaken as a Queen?... Fumi and Kyutaro finally become sweethearts after they finish their training in Seichi!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 QUEMotomi, Kyousuke
Summary: Fumi Nishioka must kill the Black Queen within her, as she continues to live and work with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of "Sweepers," in this sequel to QQ Sweeper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2018