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By Oshiro, Mark2018., Adolescent, Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book Call No: Young adult FIC OSHIRO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random lockersearches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift."--Provided by publisher.
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By Oshiro, Mark2018., Adolescent, Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book Call No: Young Adult FIC OSH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random lockersearches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift."--Provided by publisher.
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By Oshiro, Mark2018., Juvenile, TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES Call No: REALISTIC F OSH Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
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By Oshiro, Mark2019., Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: Realistic FIC Oshiro Edition: First trade paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old gay African-American student Moss Jeffries feels stuck in his run-down West Oakland High School. Still mourning the death of his father, shot by police years earlier, a violent incident at his school prompts Moss to channel his simmering anger into community activism against a corrupt authority system.
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By Oshiro, Mark2018., Adolescent, Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates book Call No: Teen Fiction FIC OSH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Project Lit 19-20Summary Note: Project LIT Book "Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals in their own school. New rules. Random lockersearches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift."--Provided by publisher.
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By Oshiro, Mark2020., Adolescent, Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book Call No: FANTASY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo's wish is granted in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town's murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match... if only they can survive the nightmare-like terrors that arise when the sun goes down"--OCLC.
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2021., Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: Fantasy Fic Oshiro Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Xochitl, a storyteller in her village, is destined to hear the confessions of those in her community and relay them to the desert wind and the sun god Solis so they don't manifest as nightmares. But Xochitl is disillusioned with her fate, so when she gets the opportunity to accompany the local warlord's daughter to a new place, she takes the risk, even if it means holding onto a dangerous confession that could have dire consequences.
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By Oshiro, Mark2023., Adolescent, Tor Teen, Tor Pub. Group Call No: MYSTERY FIC OSH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.
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By Oshiro, Mark2023., Adolescent, Tor Teen, Tor Pub. Group Call No: MYSTERY FIC OSH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.
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2022., Adolescent, Wednesday Books Call No: SC REC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this collection of stories by acclaimed young adult authors the Latin American diaspora travels to places of fantasy and out into space.
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-- Sun & the star2023., Pre-adolescent, Disney Hyperion Call No: FANTASY FIC RIO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld as they attempt to rescue an old friend.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
