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[2020]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: Fantasy Fic Appelt Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Angel thief Cade Curtis is hunting the Louisiana bayou for the last angel he has to steal; Zorra, a captive, is looking for an escape; Achsah, on the run, from her former master, vows to return to free her children; and Soleil Broussard, a sweet believer, finds her belief tested by nature and by her own feelings.
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Ã2019., Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st Atheneum pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The lives of four characters, including cemetery thief Cade Curtis, a runaway slave, and an illegally captured ocelot, flow together across time through their connections to the Houston bayou and an angel carved from Georgia marble.
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c2012., Random House Publishing Group Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While visiting Houston, Texas, Mike and Kate tour the Johnson Space Center with an astronaut in the morning and at the Houston Astros' ball game that evening, the cousins search for the person who steals the astronaut's moonrock when he arrives at the stadium to sign autographs.
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2021., Adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC MAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a good girl from the "right" side of the tracks.
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Ã2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: TEEN FIC DIE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened in Diamond Park.
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Ã2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC DIE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened in Diamond Park.
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2020., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: ROMANCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When his volatile father is picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars, seventeen-year-old Cal, an aspiring journalist, reluctantly moves from Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, and looks for a story to report, finding an ally (and crush) in Leon, the son of another astronaut"--Provided by publisher.
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Call No: Sports FIC MOUSSAVI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Darren Taylor is an all-state defensive end on one of the top teams in Houston. Only football promises to take him away from his gang-filled neighborhood in Houston's Third Ward. But during a preseason scrimmage, Darren tears up his right shoulder, taking him out for the season. The sudden uncertainty sends Darren into a spiral, leading to an addiction to pain pills that threatens to end his football career--and, maybe, his life.
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[2017]., Adolescent, EPIC Press Call No: SPORTS FICTION Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Darren Taylor is an all-state defensive end on one of the top teams in Houston. Only football promises to take him away from his gang-filled neighborhood in Houston's Third Ward. But during a preseason scrimmage, Darren tears up his right shoulder, taking him out for the season. The sudden uncertainty sends Darren into a spiral, leading to an addiction to pain pills that threatens to end his football career--and, maybe, his life"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Mystery at Space Center Houstonc2009., Pre-adolescent, Gallopade International/Carole Marsh Books Call No: Mystery Gold Fiction MARSH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Carole Marsh mysteriesSummary Note: Christina, Grant, and a couple of new friends learn a lot about astronauts and the history of the space program as they try to figure out who stole a valuable moon rock from Space Center Houston.
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By Kerr, Philipc2008., Pre-adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.
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By Kerr, Philipc2008., Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.
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By Kerr, Philipc2008., Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.
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[2012], Pre-adolescent, Disney/Hyperion Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Just before freshman year, Jessica, the quiet girl on the Texas Twisters, surprises her teammates by going out for the cheerleading squad.
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-- What cannot wait[2011]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda Lab Call No: Young adult FIC PEREZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
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-- You and me at the end of the world2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Romance Fic Bourne Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Teenagers Hannah, a ballet star, and Leo, a laid-back rock musician, wake up one day to discover they are alone in the city of Houston. Though the pair know each other from afar, they've never interacted and their relationship-out-of-necessity turns into romance as they try to figure out what happened in the world around them.