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281) Picture in the sand
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340 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he's run off to...
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284 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
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In this sequel to Adventures With Waffles, best friends Trille and Lena find their seaside escapades disrupted by a new soccer coach, who puts Lena's goalkeeping dreams on hold, and a new girl on whom Trille has a crush.
283) Juniper
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a troubled teenager is asked to look after his grandmother, a former war correspondent with a drinking problem and a recently broken leg, the time they spend together changes his life in an unexpected way.
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1 videodisc (approximately 133 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of...
286) We Germans: a novel
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199 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of becoming a scientist, is drafted into the German army and sent to the Eastern Front. But soon his regiment collapses in the face of the onslaught of the Red Army, hell-bent on revenge in its race to Berlin. Many decades later, now an old man reckoning with his past, Meissner pens a letter to his grandson explaining his actions, his guilt as a Nazi participator,...
287) Nineteen
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188 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Ancco looks back at her own tumultuous adolescence, from the not-so-distanced lens of a twenty-something. A mother's struggles mirror her teen's. Memories of care between the cartoonist and her grandmother--before her faculties had started to fade. Quick judgments look ugly through the eyes of a teen, who's leaning into her own sense of self. Whether it's friends, family, animals, or even a stranger on the internet, the stories in Nineteen exude...
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440 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.
Danna Mendoza Villarreal's grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna's not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship...
289) Clean getaway
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227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble -- and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly...
290) When Grandmama sings
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated South, both of them knowing that Grandmama's songs have the power to bring people together.
291) Newspaper hats
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A little girl, Georgie, visits her grandfather in the nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss, and manages to reconnect with him when they make newspaper hats for everyone.
292) Displacement
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English
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"In the next installment of her graphic memoir series, Displacement, Knisley volunteers to watch over her ailing grandparents on a cruise. (The book's watercolors evoke the ocean that surrounds them.) In a book that is part graphic memoir, part travelogue, and part family history, Knisley not only tries to connect with her grandparents, but to reconcile their younger and older selves. She is aided in her quest by her grandfather's WWII memoir, which...
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125 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"In this volume, believe it or not, Morty gets ... a friend! How is Rick gonna screw THAT up?! Then, Morty crash-lands on a crazy planet, all by himself. Can he stay alive until Rick rescues him? In a special two part story from writer Tini Howard, Jerry joins a pyramid scheme, and everyone pays the price. And in Honey, I Ricked the Kids, Summer and Morty get Rick-tified. How will they use their new mega-brains?"--Provided by publisher.
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125 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Tired of forever being in danger, Morty gets Rick to procure him a powerful armored suit, but of course things never go easy like you'd expect, bruh. Read now the tale of THE RICKONING, an event so cataclysmic that the worlds of Rick and Morty will never be the same."--Provided by publisher.
296) Beneath
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals -- and even people.
297) While I was away
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310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...
298) Plátanos are love
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
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English
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"A young girl learns the cultural significance of plantains while cooking alongside her abuela"--
299) On the trapline
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A picture book celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions. The Governor General Award-winning team behind When We Were Alone shares a story that honors our connections to our past and our grandfathers and fathers. A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child...
300) Just right Jillian
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215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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It's hatching season and Jemison Elementary is buzzing about the arrival of the baby chicks. Fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's competition and keep her promise to her grandmother.
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