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[2019]., Adolescent, Soho Teen Call No: ROMANCE F COL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An anthology of short stories exploring interracial and other relationships, in which differences are front and center, but may or may not matter.
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2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL F RIC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots; Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together, but when competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy and she discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake--she may have to prevent World War III.
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2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Sci Fi Fic Richmond Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In an alternate world, no atomic weapons were invented and the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is fought at the Pax Games with robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots. The 1963 games are about to begin and the stakes are high. Jo Linden is invited to compete for Team USA and since she needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, she agrees. However, soon she learns pilots are dying of poisoning and a deadly political plot puts the world at risk of World War III.
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2019., Simon Pulse Call No: REALISTIC F HUN Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family's pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother's life. Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life's hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, 'Have you had anything to eat?' Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same. Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home"--From the publisher's web site.
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2018., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical Fiction FIC RIC Edition: 1st ed., April 2018. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death.
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Ã2015., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: SC TYR Edition: 1st ed. 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An anthology of historical fiction and fantasy by young adult writers featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.
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2016., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: Adventure SC Tyr Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: An anthology of historical fiction and fantasy short stories features a diverse array of daring heroines making their way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals to face down everything from murderers to marriage proposals.
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2016., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: ADVENTURE F TYR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: A Tyranny of Petticoats Volume: 1Summary Note: An anthology of historical fiction and fantasy short stories features a diverse array of daring heroines making their way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals to face down everything from murderers to marriage proposals.
