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2017., Juvenile, DK Publishing Call No: 700.3 HODGE Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A visual encyclopedia providing a broad overview of the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, music, and dance. Describes each one's history, notable developments, movements, and key figures. Features hundreds of color images, fact boxes, and a glossary of terms.
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[2019]., Charlesbridge Teen Call No: REALISTIC F CHA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by the publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: Historical Fic Charles Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1984 New Jersey, fifteen-year-old Beatriz Mendez dreams of becoming a professional dancer like her idol Debbie Allen. Then her gang-leader brother is murdered and the fierce Beatriz is forced to step into her brother's shoes to run the gang at a time when cocaine was the dominant force running the neighborhood. Her dreams of dancing are all but gone, and her mother, grieving over the loss of her son, has turned into a shell of her former self. Then a classmate asks Beatriz to join him in a dance competition and her passion for dance once again sneaks in.
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Ã2019., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: TEEN FIC CHA Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2019., Adolescent, Charlesbridge Teen Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC CHA Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Betrayed! 19772006., Little, Brown Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Crime through timeSummary Note: While working for a traveling disco show accompanying the King Tut exhibition in 1977, fourteen-year-old Zeke investigates a series of mishaps involving the cast and crew, mysterious messages, centuries-old artifacts, and an ancient curse.
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-- From ballet to breakin'--step into the dazzling world of danceBy Mack, Lorrie2012., Pre-adolescent, DK Call No: 792.8 Mac Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Provides an introduction to the world of dance, outlining styles from around the world and spotlighting famed dancers from various nations. Discusses how to begin practicing dance and features full-color photographs throughout.
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[2014], Primary, Philomel Books Call No: E DEM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American prima ballerina who grew up in Harlem in the 1950s and worked to overcome racial oppression to become a great ballerina.
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[2014], Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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[2015], Primary, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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[2015], Primary, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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[2015], Primary, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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1996., JG Press, inc., : Distributed by World Publications Call No: 299.74 MOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: First published a century ago, The Ghost Dance is a unique first-hand account of a messianic movement against white subjugation that arose among Native Americans of the West and the Plains in the latter part of the 19th-century.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: Historical Fiction FIC GUT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical Fic Engle Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Chelsea House Call No: 792.8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World of dance.Summary Note: This series explores various genres of dance, including forms indigenous to particular regions and cultures. These books provide not only a historical overview and cultural context of the dances' development but also technical insight into movement.
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2010., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the 1980s, two teenaged ballet dancers--one American, one Russian--spend an unforgettable night in New York City, forming a lasting friendship despite their cultural and political differences.
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c2009., Enslow Publishers Inc. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American heroes
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2004., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 978.004 SIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great moments in American historySummary Note: This book is an account of the last days of Sitting Bull's life, from his vision of a meadowlark to his arrest and death by Grand River Indian police.
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By Malam, John2000., Juvenile, Franklin Watts Call No: 780 MALAM Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Everyday historySummary Note: Explains the history of singing and dancing, including how musical notes were invented, how nursery rhymes were handed down, and how music and dance will continue to influence us in the future.