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Enger, L.L.

Summary: "Born with no air in his lungs, it was only when Reuben Land's father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that Reuben's lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that his father is touched by God and can overturn the laws of nature. The quiet 1960's midwestern life...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2008

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ENG

Lil Miss Hot Mess

Summary: "The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish encourages readers to boldly be exactly who they are. Written by a founding member of the nationally recognized Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), this playful picture book offers a quirky twist on a classic nursery rhyme by illustrating all of the ways to "work it". The story plays off "The Wheels on the Bus" as it follows a drag queen who performs...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIL

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIL

Del Col, Anthony

Summary: The Brotherhood of the Assassins is in trouble. Their long feud with the Templar Order has depleted their resources and they are struggling to regain their footing in a world where the goalposts are constantly shifting. Could joining forces with a mysterious collective help, or are their aims too different to make an alliance an option? Join Charlotte de la Cruz and Galina Voronina as they try...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 ASS

Del Col, Anthony

Summary: Charlotte De La Cruz is in way over her head. With the realization that she is now deep in trouble with the Templars, her only hope is to unravel the mystery of what they want from her... and to do that she needs the Animus.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 ASS

Summary: When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into the Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups' archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with Victoria Vance, a meteor-obsessed mad scientist, to steal the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2023

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Del Col, Anthony

Summary: Based on the popular game series, this graphic novel follows a fresh inductee into the modern-day Assassin Brotherhood - as they uncover a conspiracy in their DNA that stretches back hundreds of years! Contains first 5 issues of the "Assassin's Creed" comic.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2016

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 ASS

Summary: Combating the city's most heinous crimes, the priority of Detective Sergeant Hank Voight and his intelligence team has always been to protect their great city, bringing criminals to justice by any means necessary. Facing a new day and age in Chicago, Police are under siege and under a microscope. With police reform in full swing, the team is forced to navigate treacherous conditions in their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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Lil Miss Hot Mess

Summary: Drag queens sing verses of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their fabulousness by singing, posing, and twirling along.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIL

Summary: Married couple Ian and Emma negotiate the insecurities, the ambiguities, the hopes and the fears, and the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MAR

Summary: Set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a devastating plague, "Survivors" explores how humanity would cope in a world stripped of modern technology and comforts.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2010

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SUR

Bly, Mary

Summary: While vacationing on Elba, Shakespearian scholar Lizzie Delford, who received a devastating diagnosis, meets a sardonic chef named Dante, his battered dog Lily, and his 12-year-old daughter Etta, who is desperate for a mother, and wonders if it is right to fall in love when time is short.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC BLY
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLY

Elo, Elisabeth.

Summary: "Dennis Lehane meets Smilla's Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions Elisabeth Elo's debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talking girl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north. When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELO

Kaufman, Bel.

Summary: A young high school teacher relates the frustrations and challenges of teaching through fictitious memos, letters, papers, and student comments.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1991

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAU

Boll, Heinrich

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Northwestern University Press 1995

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOL

Ile, Jowhor

Summary: An unforgettable debut novel about a boy who goes missing, a family that is torn apart, and a nation on the brink During the rainy season of 1995, in the bustling town of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, one family's life is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of seventeen-year-old Paul Utu, beloved brother and son. As they grapple with the sudden loss of their darling boy, they embark on a painful...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ILE

Summary: Return to ground zero in the fight against Chicago crime in all 23 episodes of this critically acclaimed drama. In Season Three, Hank Voight's intelligence unit is in the final stretch of taking down a powerful kingpin when one of his detectives is severely beaten and kidnapped. In a race against time, Voight makes the difficult decision to bring back one of the disgraced former members of his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Balliett, Blue

Summary: In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BAL

Fell, Blair

Summary: "Arlo Dilly is young, handsome and eager to meet the right girl. He also happens to be DeafBlind, a Jehovah's Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle. His chances of finding someone to love seem slim to none. And yet, it happened once before: many years ago, at a boarding school for the Deaf, Arlo met the love of his life-a mysterious girl with onyx eyes and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEL

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEL

Gal, Susan.

Summary: A dog gives many good reasons it likes to go for a walk--to chase away the neighbor's cat, to greet people on the street, to watch guys shooting hoops, and to feel the wind lifting its ears.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAL

Summary: Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAN RATED PG-13

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mandella 2014

Fox, Hester

Summary: In post-World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Fox

Corey, Shana.

Summary: Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC COR

Carter, Ally.

Summary: "Cammie Morgan and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle's elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie--and her country--forever"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2013

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAR

Doll, Jen

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Millicent M. Chalmers is depending on a series of debating victories, culminating in winning Alabama's state debate tournament, to secure a college scholarship. Her singular focus is disrupted after a run-in with Taggart Strong, who seems equally dedicated to losing every debate as long as he says what he really believes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DOL

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