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2008, c2006., Adolescent, Speak Call No: Young adult FIC GREEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
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2006, c2004., Pre-adolescent, Puffin Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC CHOLDENKO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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c2003., Juvenile, Hyperion Books for Children Call No: Fantasy FIC STROUD Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Bartimaeus trilogy Volume: bk. 1Summary Note: Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
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By Frank, Anne1967., Doubleday Call No: 921 FRANK Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Here are the thoughts and expressions of a young firl of great spirit and sensitivity, passing through the critical years of adolescence.
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By Stein, Garth2009., Harper Call No: Sports FIC STEIN Edition: 1st Harper pbk. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On the night before his death, philosophical canine Enzo recalls various moments from his life and examines his contributions to the preservation of his master's family.
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By Chopin, Kate1970., Holt, Rinehart and Winston Call No: Literature FIC CHOPIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rinehart editionsSummary Note: A collection of short stories by Kate Chopin.
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2017., Juvenile, Starscape Call No: FIC GRATZ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her favorite book in the school library is challenged by a well-meaning parent, Amy Anne and her friends start a secret banned books locker library, using ridiculous reasons to ban every book in the library to make a point and take a stand against censorship.
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2018., Juvenile, Starscape Call No: [Fic] Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take a stand against censorship.
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2018., Greenhaven Pub. Call No: 363.31 BAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It may sound shocking, but even in this current age, books are banned all around the globe. But what makes a book inappropriate--even dangerous--for public consumption, and who has the power to deem it so? Some governments ban books as a form of censorship. Even schools can ban books they consider too racy or inappropriate for their students. Does banning books take away our liberties, attempt to erase history, and impose an agenda? Or is the practice actually in our best interests, depending on the circumstance? This balanced volume examines this surprisingly nuanced issue"--From the publisher's web site.
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c2012., Juvenile, Greenhaven Press Call No: 363.31 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Introducing issues with opposing viewpointsSummary Note: Offers pro-and-con essays on the topic of banned books, discussing if children should be protected from controversial books, if some types of reading material should be restricted, and alternatives to banning controversial books. Includes facts about banned books, organizations to contact, and further reading.
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2004., Vintage International Call No: Historical fiction FIC MORRISON Edition: 1st Vintage International ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne the unthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keep Beloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off the legacy of her past.
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-- Selected from Bless me, Ultima1989., Signal Hill Call No: Historical fiction FIC ANAYA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Writers' voicesSummary Note: Presents selections from the story of a young Mexican American's life in a small New Mexican community during World War II. Includes a short biography of the author.
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1994., Plume Book Call No: Young adult FIC MORRISON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An eleven-year-old African-American girl in Ohio, in the early 1940s, prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful.
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2000., Harcourt, Inc. Call No: Mystery FIC PLUM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
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[2017]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 363.31 Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Essential library of the information age.Summary Note: This book examines how and why schools, special-interest groups, and governments attempt to suppress information in print and online.
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2003., Little, Brown Call No: 958.1 SEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Asne Seierstand recounts the experiences she had while staying with a bookseller named Sultan Khan and his family in Afghanistan just after the fall of the Taliban, describing what it was like for families in Afghanistan to adjust to a new way of life and a new government.
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2006, c1932., Harper Perennial Call No: Science fiction FIC HUXLEY Hux Edition: 1st Harper Perennial modern classics ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Harper Perennial modern classicsSummary Note: A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is worshipped.
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1995., Health Communications Call No: 921 PELZER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in the history of California, tells the story of how he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his past.
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1989., Greenwillow Books Call No: Young adult FIC CRUTCHER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen year old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather is doing to her.
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2008., St. Martin's Griffin Call No: Fantasy FIC CAST Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Series Title: House of night Volume: bk. 3Summary Note: Zoey Redbird, a fledgling vampyre, becomes confused about whom to trust, with friends becoming enemies and enemies becoming friends at the House of Night prep school, and the need for caution becomes increasingly important when she finds herself juggling three boyfriends, and vampyres start turning up really dead.
