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2012., AUK Authors Edition: 1. Click to access OverDrive digital title. Summary Note: Through JK Rowling's series of Harry Potter books and the eight films, we have been introduced to a fantastic and magical world that I'm sure many of us would like to visit. But what is the story behind what we see and read, and what are some little-known facts about the books, the films, the actors and the characters? This book contains 101 amazing facts which you most likely didn't know!
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By Stout, Glenn2010. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Baseball Heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series Good Sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies character and nerve in the face of adversity. Baseball Heroes highlights players who were among the first to break through barriers of race, ethnicity and even sex in order to play professional baseball. Subjects include Jackie Robinson, Hank Greenburg, Fernando Valenzuela, and Ila Borders.
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2011., Britannica Educational Publishing Edition: 1st Edition. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Drawing crowds for its displays of both raw athleticism and spectacular showmanship, basketball has become one of the most exciting spectator sports in the United States, as well as the world. Players renowned for their maneuverability and skill—“Air” Jordan and his classic acrobatic moves, for instance—have intensified the level of competition in professional leagues and inspired everyday fans to “shoot hoops” in friendly games. This engaging volume examines the history and evolution of basketball and some of its most influential players.
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2014. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Jordan or Malone? Bird or Kobe? Who are the greatest scorers in the history of basketball? Fans always love to compare modern players to the great players of the past. From the slam dunk to the three-point shot, author Barry Wilner gives us the ten greatest players (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Elvin Hayes, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West) who ever lit up a basketball scoreboard.
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2014. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Who throws down the best dunks? What are the most important qualities of the best slam dunkers? Size? Strength? Agility? From stars of the past like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the greatest players today like LeBron James, Ken Rappoport lists the ten best basketball players to have ever rattled a rim. Other players included in this title are Vince Carter, Darryl Dawkins, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Bill Russell, and Dominique Wilkins.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Romance Fic La Sala Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Raffy loves designing and creating cosplay costumes, and he soon sets his sights on the year's biggest cosplay competition. If Raffy can win big there, it could lead to a sponsorship, art school, and real career. The only problem is his main competition is Luca, his ex-boyfriend who broke his heart. When he is forced to partner with Luca on a project, Raffy has to come to terms with his unresolved feelings towards Luca and his insecurities in order to achieve his dreams.
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By De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- Huerta, Dolores, 1930- Bartlett, Bonnie, 1929- Molina, Gloria Morrison, Susan Davis, Williabel Jones, 1947- McEvoy, Trish Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret Steinkellner, Cheri Bowen, Brenda Zambello, Francesca Davis, Babette Knight, Holly Stohl, Margaret Ponder, Anna Katheryn Lorie, Jill, 1967- Adams, Katrina, 1968- Bray, Libba Falik, Abby, 1[2017]., Adolescent, Henry Holt and Company Call No: 305.4 BEC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The collection includes writings from an impressive array of girls and women who are trailblazers in their fields, including bestselling authors Victoria Aveyard, Libba Bray, and Margaret Stohl; Hollywood heavy-hitters such as Quvenzhane Wallis; renowned chef Katie Button; aerospace and mechanical engineer Emily Calandrelli; and many more.
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2014., Candlewick Press Click to access OverDrive digital title. Summary Note: A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens. Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference. Portraits, family photographs, and candid images grace the pages, augmenting the emotional and physical journey each youth has taken. Each honest discussion and disclosure, whether joyful or heartbreaking, is completely different from the other because of family dynamics, living situations, gender, and the transition these teens make in recognition of their true selves.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 976.6 8604 52 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District--a thriving, affluent neighborhood known as America's Black Wall Street. They brought with them firearms, gasoline, and explosives. In a few short hours, they'd razed thirty-five square blocks to the ground, leaving hundreds dead. The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today? These are the questions that . . . author Brandy Colbert seeks to answer in this . . . nonfiction account of the Tulsa Race Massacre"--Provided by publisher.
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2020., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: 305.8 Jos Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Chronicles the reflections of Frederick Joseph, award-winning marketing professional and writer, and other prominent African American artists, writers, and activists on their experiences with racism and white supremacy. Discusses ways for white people to be anti-racist through their behavior and knowledge. Includes a glossary.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: 306.46 Bod Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Contains a collection of thirty-seven essays, lists, comics, and illustrations about body image and the political and social aspects of the human body. Highlights topics such as body size and shape, eating disorders, cancer, sexuality and gender identity, and physical disabilities, and examines their intersectionality with race, gender, and gender identity. Includes additional resources.
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-- America's war in Vietnam2018., General, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: 959.704 PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: HI-INT 305.2 BIA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mayim Bialik puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!
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2022., Adolescent, Hyperion Call No: Realistic Fic Peppins Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Avielle "Avi" LeBeau can't wait to join her older sister Belle at Briarcliff Prep, a Historically Black Boarding School that everyone in her family has attended, and Avi's life is soon filled with new friends, challenging classes, and a possible romance. Belle is dating Logan, the most popular boy at Briarcliff's sibling school Preston Academy, but no matter how much Belle reassures her, Avi can't help but feel like something is off about him. When Avi uncovers a dangerous secret about Logan, she knows she has to tell someone, but doing so could ruin her relationship with her sister forever.
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2021., Viking Call No: 811 GOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future"--Jacket flap.
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2021., Juvenile, Greenwillow Books Call No: 811.54 Nye Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Collection of eighty-four poems by the author that explore stories of discarded rubbish, ignored persons, and trashy talk.
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-- True story of love, war, and survival2020., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: HI-INT B SAB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.
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2012., Chicken Soup for the Soul Thumbnail cover image Sample Summary Note: This first batch of Chicken Soup for Teens consists of 101 stories every teenager can relate to and learn from; without feeling criticized or judged. This edition contains important lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future, and the value of respect for oneself and others, and much more.
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2009., Laurel Leaf Large cover image Sample Summary Note: A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.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.Following the success of the critically acclaimed adult bestseller Falling Leaves, this memoir is a moving telling of the classic Cinderella story, with Adeline Yen Mah providing her own courageous...
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2015., Artisan Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep in their hearts. We learn of Jack Lucas, a 13-year-old who kept his real age a secret so he could fight in World War II—where he deliberately fell on a grenade to save his buddies during the Iwo Jima invasion—and Clint Romesha, who almost single-handedly prevented a remote U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan from being taken over by the Taliban. Also included are civilians who have been honored by the Foundation for outstanding acts of bravery in crisis situations: for example, Jencie Fagan, a gym teacher who put herself in danger to disarm a troubled eighth grader before he could turn a gun on his classmates. Adding depth and context are illuminating sidebars throughout and essays on the...
