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-- Fifty-seven bus2017., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Realistic 364.15 Sla Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight."--
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-- Fifty-seven bus2017., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: 364.15 SLA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sasha and Richard were high school students from one of the most diverse cities in the country but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act changed both teenagers forever and thrust them into the spotlight.
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[1993]., Juvenile, Clarion Books Call No: B STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.
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2009., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: HI-INT 629.45 STO Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the story of the thirteen women connected with NASA's Mercury 13 space mission, who braved prejudice and jealousy to make their mark and open the door for the female pilots and space commanders that would soon follow.
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2020., General, Levine Querido Call No: 921 GAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking." -- Inside front jacket flap.
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-- Spider-Girl.2006., Juvenile, Spotlight Call No: 741.5 Graphic Novel DEFALCO Edition: Library bound ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Spider-Girl (Series)Summary Note: After Mayday Parker learns that she is the daughter of Spider-Man with his same kind of power, she begins to fight crime. But Peter and Mary Jane Parker, her parents, try to stop her at first and then they begin to help her.
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-- Spider-Girl.[2006]., Juvenile, Spotlight Call No: 741.5 Graphic Novel DEFALCO Edition: Library bound ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Spider-Girl (Series)Summary Note: Presents the adventures of Spider-Girl, the daughter of Spider-Man.
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[2008]., Juvenile, Norwood House Press Call No: 796.33 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Presents the history, accomplishments and key personalities of the Buffalo Bills football team. Includes timelines, quotes, maps, glossary and websites"--Provided by publisher.
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[2010]., Juvenile, Charlesbridge Call No: B HAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?" --Dust jacket flap.
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-- Navajo code talker's story2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: 940.54 BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.
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2011., Adolescent, Ember Call No: 979.4 0049510092 Edition: First Ember edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. She and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family.
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2011., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: HI-INT B COL Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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[2022]., Primary, Fly!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom Call No: 796.332 ABDO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A summary of NFL team Denver Broncos. .
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2003., Juvenile, Peachtree Call No: 940.54 GAR Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A coming of age story about Eleanor Ramrath Garner, as an American girl in Hitler's Germany.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Mitchell Lane Publisher Call No: Biography ELLIOTT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Robbie reader.Summary Note: Learn about the football player, Ezekiel Elliott.
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2018., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: B BONHOEFFER Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible!
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[2017]., Juvenile, Tommy Nelson, a division of Thomas Nelson Publishers Call No: 636.70092 9 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Bring home the incredible true story of a friendship so strong that it crosses the globe! You will love the inspiring tale of Gobi, a lost dog who kept pace with an ultramarathon runner, Dion Leonard, across a vast desert. Follow their unlikely friendship through the challenges of an 80-mile race and Dion's struggle to bring Gobi home for good. Finding Gobi : The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey is the incredible true story of Dion Leonard, an athlete who was befriended by a stray dog while running an ultramarathon through the Gobi Desert. Named for the desert in which he found her, Gobi became Dion's closest companion throughout the 80-mile race across China. The scrappy little pup ran mile after mile alongside Dion, through treacherous conditions and across raging rivers. He let her sleep in his tent and share his food, and eventually, his focus shifted from winning to the newfound friendship he and Gobi shared. They crossed the finish line together--not first, but together--and Dion decided to bring Gobi home to Scotland. Just before they were about to leave, however, Gobi disappeared, setting off a worldwide search for the stray. In a town of more than 3 million people, the search seemed hopeless, but this tale of friendship will surprise and delight you as you find out what happens! Join the almost too-good-to-be-true story of hope, friendship, and beating incredible odds in Finding Gobi : The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey by Dion Leonard"--
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books, a division of Meredith Corporation Call No: 923 .173 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Heroes of history (Time, inc.)Summary Note: Publisher Anno: Forget everything you think you know about George Washington. The father of our country remains a mystery to too many of us. Now TIME tells the full, fascinating story of the Virginia planter who fought for Britain in the French and Indian War, led a rag-tag colonial army to victory over the British Empire, and was elected the first President of the United States. Young adult readers ready to look beyond the “Who Was†series deserve a collection of biographies all their own with the details, nuance, and depth they crave. With dozens of reproductions of artworks, artifacts from the period, photographs, and illustrations created to bring the subject alive, this first book in the new series, Heroes of History, captures “the essential American†and brings his life and chaotic, revolutionary times into fresh focus. Heroes of history (Time) series, 144pp.
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2004., Juvenile, National Geographic Society Call No: B WASHINGTON Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.