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561) The last emperor
Series
Criterion collection volume 422
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in...
563) A place to belong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
565) Huda F cares?
Author
Series
Huda F books volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This summer's exercise in Fahmy family sisterly bonding involves a trip to Disney World--which seems like it is headed for disaster when Huda gets into a fight with a boy making fun of her hijab.
566) The secrets we keep
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When her identical twin sister, Maddy, is killed in a car accident, seventeen-year-old Ella assumes Maddy's life, only to discover that it was filled with dark secrets"--
567) Tilly in technicolor
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Tilly Twomley white-knuckled her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister's start up requries her to travel around Europe, offering a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. Oliver Clark's autism often makes it hard for him to form relationships, but his love of color theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected...
568) Salt the water
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"All Harriet Szász has ever known is life onstage with her twin sister, Josie. As "The Sisters Sweet," they pose as conjoined twins in a vaudeville act conceived of by their ambitious father and managed by their practical mother, who were once theatrical stars in their own rights. Then, in an explosive act, Josie exposes the fraud in a spectacular fashion and runs away to Hollywood. The family retreats to Chicago, where Harriet must figure out how...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
This Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today's Indigenous communities. Smashing stereotypes, it follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st century. Each hour explores a core tenet of Native American heritage: the power of Indigenous design, how language and artistry fuel the soul, the diverse ways Native women lead, and the resilience of the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with no money and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. He spent his first three years...
573) There will be lies
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Shelby Cooper, nearly eighteen, has been overprotected by her single mother all her life but after a car accident, Shelby's life is transformed not only by the discovery of secrets about herself, but also by trips into "The Dreaming," where she is sent ona heroic quest wrapped in Native American mythology.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one student. But suddenly, Elizabeth's own country took away the...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From PEN/Hemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boy's turbulent childhood growing up with five stepfathers and the mother who was determined to give her son everything but the truth. When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his Mexican father. His mother, Maria, dreaming of a more exciting life, saw no reason for her...
576) T is for terrible
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.
577) UnWholly
Author
Series
Unwind dystology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not...
578) Twins
Author
Series
Twins volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ethel Leatherhead becomes invisible, her best friend, Boydy, helps keep her secret while she seeks a way to become visible again, keep herself safe, and solve the mystery of her birth.
580) The faerie path
Author
Series
Faerie path volume 1
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Anita, an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl, is transported from modern-day London to the realm of Faerie where she discovers that she is Princess Tania, the long-lost daughter of King Oberon and Queen Titania.
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