Tran, Trang Thanh
Summary: When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She's always lied to fit in, so if she's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough, she can get out with the college money he promised. But the house has other plans. Night after night, Jade wakes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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Summary: "A young conservationist overcomes the odds to return a sun bear to its natural habitat"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGUSummary: Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed. Tim intends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SEVCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Seven 2009Summary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSNguyễn, Trang
Summary: Young conservationist Chang overcomes the odds to save and return an elephant to its natural habitat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC NGU (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Bechko, Corinna
Summary: "Hal Jordan yearns for the thrill of discovery, but the days when astronaut and adventure were synonymous are long past. His gig prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic is less than fulfilling--but least he's not on Earth, where technology and culture have stagnated. He might be a nobody, but he's in space. When Jordan finds a powerful ring, he also finds a destiny to live up to. There are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Bechko 2018Summary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONCTsang, Katie
Summary: Sam Wu tries to hide his fear of Tulip, the pet tarantula that is coming to visit his class, but when Tulip escapes from its cage, he bravely decides that it is up to him and his friends to save the school from the scary spider.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED TSADemas, Corinne.
Summary: A little girl tries to create the perfect heart-shaped valentine for her mother on Valentine's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE DEMDemas, Corinne.
Summary: A rhyming tale of pirates who go to school accompanied by their parrots, learn arithmetic and letters, and want to hear sea stories at storytime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DemasLuyken, Corinna
Summary: "From moments of great joy and exuberance to necessary times of quiet contemplation, your heart is your guide" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUYCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LUYSummary: A collection of 13 horror stories all written by queer authors of color and each told through the lens of a teenager of color about the Halloween night that changed their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NIGSummary: A man returns to Kaili, Guizhou, the hometown from which he fled many years before. Back for his father's funeral, he recalls the death of an old friend, and searches for a lost love who continues to haunt him
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LONStrang, Em
Summary: Quinn is serving a life sentence for a crime he's convinced he hasn't committed. Surely the authorities have got it wrong, and when they find his childhood sweetheart, Andrea, his name will be cleared? His parole is drawing near when he receives a letter from Andrea's mother, who invites Quinn to share her home. It soon becomes clear that what appears to be a genuine act of forgiveness is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STRTsang, Katie
Summary: Billy Chan and his friends have been transported 5,000 years into the future where the evil Dragon of Death has become ruler of Dragon City. Humans now live to serve the dragon population, and it's no different for Billy, Charlotte, Dylan, and Ling-Fei. After losing contact with their own dragons, they're determined to track them down in this new city, even if it means putting their own lives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSASummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANDemas, Corinne
Summary: Nina, the smallest of a group of Russian nesting dolls, is separated from her sisters and swept along on a dangerous journey that eventually brings her back home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DEMRoberts, Corinne
Summary: Jolene goes searching for her missing friend, Peter, only to find herself trapped in a cooking contest run by bugs, and this year's secret ingredient? Children!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Source Point Press 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ROBDemas, Corinne
Summary: Grumpy Gus is one pirate that complains about everything, even about seeking treasure, an attitude that annoys his fellow pirates--so the Pirate Queen gives Gus an equally grumpy parrot in hopes that it will teach Gus a lesson and make him change his grumpy ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2020
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Summary: On a quest for the perfect Christmas tree, and following her friends' advice, Bunny looks for one just her size, bushy as Squirrel's tail, perfectly pointy on top for a star, the greenest green, and smells like Christmas, but sometimes the perfect tree is the one surrounded by friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEMSummary: Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHTsang, Katie
Summary: "Billy Chan is having the summer most twelve-year-olds dream about--bonding with his very own dragon and exploring the magical Dragon Realm! But the new world has not been without its perils as Billy and his friends have just barely escaped the clutches of the Dragon of Death and learned of a betrayal from someone they trusted. That betrayal leads to Billy's friend Dylan being kidnapped and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSATsang, Katie
Summary: When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the middle-of-nowhere China, he can't imagine anything worse. He's not expecting to become friends with fellow campers Dylan O'Donnell, Charlotte Bell, and Liu Ling-Fei. And he's definitely not planning to meet any dragons. But when the four kids accidentally open a crack in an ancient mountain,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSADemas, Corinne
Summary: In rhyming text, this story demonstrates that even pirates can be polite, and say "please" and "thank you."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016