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-- Amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clayc2000., Random House Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Joe Kavalier has managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Prague, and now he must use his cunning wits to help rescue his family from Hitler's evil plans.
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-- My so-called artist's journey.2019-., Adolescent, Seven Seas Entertainment Call No: GN HIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blank Canvas Volume: 1Summary Note: "The award-winning autobiographical manga by Akiko Higashimura, the creator of Princess Jellyfish, about her high school dream to become a comic book creator! High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!"--ONIX annotation.
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-- My so-called artist's journey.2019-., Adolescent, Seven Seas Entertainment Call No: GN HIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blank Canvas Volume: 2Summary Note: Thanks to Hidaka-sensei’s intensive training, Akiko manages to get through her art school exams. She’s one step closer to seeing her dreams come true…or so she thinks!
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-- My so-called artist's journey.2019-., Adolescent, Seven Seas Entertainment Call No: GN HIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blank Canvas Volume: 3Summary Note: Akiko has graduated from art school—let the job hunt begin! But finding work is easier said than done. Will she have to return home to Miyazaki empty-handed?
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[2020]., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: HISTORICAL F STA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Edyth grew up in a quiet village with a loving family, before losing everything she holds dear in the blink of an eye. Suddenly sent to live in a priory and work with ancient texts, Edyth must come to terms with her new life and the gifts she discovers in herself. But outside the priory, something much worse is coming. With the reappearance of a boy from her past and the ominous Great Plague creeping closer and closer to the priory, it will be up to Edyth to rise above it all and save herself"--Provided by the publisher.
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2018., Adolescent, Arthur A. Levine Books Call No: Realistic Fic Gansworth Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and some of the teenagers feel they have fewer options than they'd like: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists--but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson and Maggi have to make a place for themselves.
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By Tartt, Donna2013., Little, Brown and Co Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother, a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC KOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Turns out the bullies took a comic book from Danny's favorite store. Can he steal it back before they get caught -- and break off with the bullies before he gets in too deep?.
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2019., Adolescent, Hyperion Call No: Realistic Fic Gilbert Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Daniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.
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2021., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: Realistic Fic Zoboi Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Even though Amal Shahid is an artist and poet, he's still viewed as disruptive and unmotivated at his diverse art school. One fateful night at a local park, a fight breaks out between Amal and his friends and a group of white boys from a nearby gentrified neighborhood, leaving one of the white boys in a coma. Amal is convicted of the attack and sent to prison, even though he's not the one who put the boy in a coma. His despair and rage at having his bright future destroyed threaten to overcome him until he discovers the refuge and hope that his words and art give him.
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2021., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F ZOB Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. "The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born." Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it. With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.
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By Craft, Jerry[2023]., Pre-adolescent, Quill Tree Books Call No: GN CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights. But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected--and hilarious--turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost as tricky as navigating the same friendships, fears, and differences that they struggle with at home. Will Jordan and his friends embrace being exposed to a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Or will they all end up feeling like the 'new kid'?"--
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2022., Adolescent, Algonquin Call No: GN Slip Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Jade can't wait to leave for the Art Farm, a summer art program, but when her best friend, Phoebe, attempts suicide right before she leaves, Jade's world falls apart. She arrives at camp and finds herself falling for Mary, but she feels conflicted about her feelings for Mary when Phoebe is in so much pain. Jade throws herself into making clay animals sculptures, but when she fires them in the kiln, she's shocked when they come to life and wreak havoc across camp.
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2003., Adolescent, Silver Whistle Call No: Realistic Fic Lester Edition: 1st Silver Whistle pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Jenna and Jeremy's father shoots and kills their artist mother, they struggle to slowly rebuild a functioning family.