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20182) Flower girl Katie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile Measure
530L
Summary
Katie is delighted when her Aunt Patty asks her to be a flower girl--but then she starts thinking about everything that could go wrong and worries that she will spoil her aunt's wedding.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Summary
"The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris-one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic adventures aa deux. Then her husband is called away to Iraq on a year-long post-alone. Suddenly, Ann's vision of a romantic sojourn in the City of Light is turned...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
"Based on the real life of Lieutenant Annie Fox, Chief Nurse of Hickam Hospital, The Woman with a Purple Heart is an inspiring WWII novel of heroic leadership, courage, and friendship that also exposes a shocking and shameful side of history. Annie Fox will stop at nothing to serve her country. But what happens when her country fails her? In November 1941, Annie Fox, an Army nurse, is transferred to Hickam Field, an air force base in Honolulu. The...
20185) Earth to aliens
Author
Series
Arcade world volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
"Travis, Journey, and their new pal, Devonte, embark on a new adventure that takes them off-planet and into distant outer space as a new game, Earth to Aliens, sets up a galactic battle between old friends and new enemies"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
c2012
Summary
HUCKLEBERRY FINN: After being kidnapped by his drunken father, Huck heads down the Mississippi with his buddy Jim and have many adventures. THE PROUD REBEL: After John Chandler's son goes mute following a tregedy, John searches for a doctor who can help him. Before he finds one, he and his family must work off a debt using their talented sheepdog, Lance. When a doctor is found, John has no money to pay for help for his son and must decide whether...
20187) Sergeant York
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
20188) Will & Grace: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Summary
Includes all 23 episodes of the second season with Will, Grace, Jack and Karen.
20189) Marika marches for equality
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile Measure
620L
Summary
In 1970 thirteen-year-old Marika dreams of going to Harvard to study economics, but her parents both believe that a woman's place is in the home; Marika does not understand why they are so attached to "traditional values," especially since they defied convention when they were married at a time when interracial marriages were illegal in many states--so Marika defies her parents and joins her Black friend, Beth, and her parents and attends the Women's...
20190) Wyatt Earp
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Summary
Describes the life and legend of Wyatt Earp, from his early life and career as a lawman to his famous gunfights and his legacy that lives on in popular culture.
20191) Katie's vet loves pets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile Measure
500L
Summary
Katie finds a sick kitten, and when her father comes home they take the kitty to Dr. Wong's veterinarian clinic, where they find all different kinds of pets waiting for the doctor's attention.
20192) Rainbow: Volume 1
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
"Teenager Boo has pink hair and a very vivid imagination that she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows closer...
20193) Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts: stories and recipes from five generations of black country cooks
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
"A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden stories of Black Appalachians through powerful essays and forty comforting recipes from the Poet Laureate of Kentucky. Years ago, when O. Henry Prize-winning writer Crystal Wilkinson was baking a jam cake, she felt her late grandmother's presence. She soon realized that she was not the only cook in her kitchen; There were an abundance of ancestors stirring, measuring, and braising with her. These...
20194) Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution!: the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ+ history
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Appears on list
Summary
""Someday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They'll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry." Sylvia and Marsha are closer than sisters. They are kind and brave and not afraid to speak their truth, even when it makes other people angry. This illustrated book introduces children to the story of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, the two transgender...
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Summary
Publisher Annotation: In Disney's live-action film "Beauty and the Beast," Belle, a bright, beautiful, and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. Soft, warm, bright colors show Belle's optimistic view of the world in this full-color manga-style...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Summary
"As a kid, Abby Wambach was loud and clear about what she wanted and what she didn't--and she didn't want to be left out of any competition, especially soccer. Darting down fields and booting balls ... into goals, Abby worked her way up from competitive youth player to U.S. Women's National Soccer Team star."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic, Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.
20200) Spawn compendium: 2
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Summary
"TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation, SPAWN, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history. Now for the first time Issues 51-100 are collected in FULL Color. Spawn: Compendium 2 presents the continued tales of Spawn, as he journeys from the back alleys of NYC to the pits of Hell itself. Featuring incredible art from Greg Capullo and stories from writers Todd McFarlane and Brian Holguin. Compendium...
