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2007., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: Young adult FIC GARSEE Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After dealing with an alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend, a school bully, and life on the wrong side of the tracks in Cleveland, Ohio, high school sophomore Martha Kowalski expects to be happy when she moves in with a rich family across town, but finds that the "rich life" has problems of its own.
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By Brown, Echo2020., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: TEEN FIC BRO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more"--Provided by publisher.
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By Brown, Echo2020., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: FANTASY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more"--Provided by publisher.
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By Brown, Echo2020., Adolescent, Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company Call No: Fantasy Fic Brown Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A black teenager named Echo believes she is a wizard and uses her magical abilities to cope and rise up out of her crime-infested and poverty-stricken east Cleveland neighborhood, and reach beyond her dysfunctional family's drug addiction. She meets wise female wizards along the way who teach her to use magic and uses a portal that transports her to a rich, mostly white school on the west side of town where she meets Elena, a Muslim teen whom she is convinced also has magical powers.
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By Brown, Echo2020., Adolescent, Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company Call No: FANTASY F BRO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more.
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By Brown, Echo2020., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From age six through her high school valedictory speech, believing she and her mother are wizards helps young Echo cope with poverty, hunger, her mother's drug abuse, and much more"--Provided by publisher.
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c2012., Egmont USA Call No: [Fic] Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Having experienced compulsive behavior all her life, Lo's symptoms getting her into trouble when she witnesses a murder while wandering dangerous quarters of Cleveland, Ohio, collecting things that do not belong to her, obsessing about her brother's death.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Ohio University Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biographies for young readers.Summary Note: "Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters--including a perfect game--and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young's life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young's name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True 'Cyclone' Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Ohio University Press Call No: HI-INT B YOU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Biographies for young readers.Summary Note: "Cy Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers of all time. He recorded three no-hitters--including a perfect game--and accumulated more than 2,800 strikeouts on his way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Scott H. Longert uses Young's life story to introduce middle-grade readers to the game, explaining balls, strikes, and outs in an easy-to-understand way. Longert narrates each season and each milestone game with an enthusiastic play-by-play that is sure to draw readers into the excitement on the field and in the crowd, fostering a better understanding of and a passion for baseball. Baseball fans today know Cy Young's name chiefly through the award given in his honor each year to the best pitcher in the National and the American Leagues. Denton True 'Cyclone' Young won more than five hundred games over a career that spanned four decades, a record that no other major league pitcher has come close to matching. In addition to being the winningest pitcher in baseball history, he was also a kind, self-effacing, and generous man. Born into a farm family in rural Ohio, he never lost touch with the small-town values he grew up with"--Provided by the publisher.
