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Bellevue - Teen Comic/Graphic
YA 741.5973 A3767c
Bordeaux - Teen Comic/Graphic
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Bordeaux - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
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[2014] | 237 pages ; 22 cm. | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Edgehill - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Green Hills - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand | |
[2019] | 218 pages : illustrations, some color ; 22 cm. | On Shelf
Bellevue - Teen Comic/Graphic YA 741.5973 A3767c Bordeaux - Teen Comic/Graphic YA 741.5973 A3767c Edgehill - Teen Comic/Graphic YA 741.5973 A3767c |
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Donelson - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
Southeast - Adult Spanish
YA Fiction Alexand
Thompson Lane - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
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[2019] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm | Español | On Shelf
Donelson - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Southeast - Adult Spanish YA Fiction Alexand Thompson Lane - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand |
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East - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand
Main Library - Teen Audiobook
YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand
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p2014 | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 2 sound discs (2 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
East - Teen Audiobook YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand Edmondson Pike - Teen Audiobook YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand Main Library - Teen Audiobook YA CD AUDIO Fiction Alexand |
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[2014], ℗2014 | Unabridged. | [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC | 1 sound media player (2 hr., 15 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English |
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Bordeaux - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
Donelson - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
East - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
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2016. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 314 pages 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand Donelson - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand East - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand |
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Edgehill - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Alexand
Main Library - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO Fiction Alexand
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p2016 | Recorded Books | 2 audio discs (2 hr., 15 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edgehill - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Alexand Main Library - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Alexand |
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand
Green Hills - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand
Pruitt - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand
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[2016], p2016 | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 sound media player (2 hr., 15 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand Green Hills - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand Pruitt - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY JUV Fiction Alexand |
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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
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Bellevue - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
Donelson - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
East - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Alexand
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[2018] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 414 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand Donelson - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand East - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Alexand |
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand
Inglewood - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand
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[2018], p2018 | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC : | 1 sound media player (210 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand Inglewood - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Alexand |
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In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction
j796.01 A3767p
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction
j796.01 A3767p
East - Kids Non-Fiction
j796.01 A3767p
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[2017] | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction j796.01 A3767p Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction j796.01 A3767p East - Kids Non-Fiction j796.01 A3767p |
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p
Inglewood - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p
Madison - Kids Audiobook
jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p
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℗2017 | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 1 audio disc (1 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p Inglewood - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p Madison - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO 796.01 A3767p |
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Online OverDrive Collection has 2
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2017 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Available Online
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Bellevue - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p
Green Hills - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p
Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook
PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p
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[2017], p2017 | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC : | 1 sound media player (1 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p Green Hills - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p Hadley Park - Kids Audiobook PLAYAWAY j796.01 A3767p |
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"You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life. Each rule contains wisdom...
5) Solo
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Bordeaux - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
East - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
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[2017] | Blink | 458 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand East - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand |
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In this verse novel, seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, the son of fallen rock star Rutherford Morrison and the late Sunny Morrison, is struggling with his father's addiction and his girlfriend's betrayal when he learns he was adopted. He sets out on a coming-of-age journey to find his birth mother who is teaching in a small village in Ghana.
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Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction
j811.6 A3767u
Hadley Park - Kids Non-Fiction
j811.6 A3767u
Watkins Park - Kids Non-Fiction
j811.6 A3767u
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[2019] | Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 29 cm | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j811.6 A3767u Hadley Park - Kids Non-Fiction j811.6 A3767u Watkins Park - Kids Non-Fiction j811.6 A3767u |
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"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
7) Swing
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Bellevue - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
East - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
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[2018] | Blink | 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand East - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Edmondson Pike - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand |
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"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Alexand
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[2019] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy E Alexand Bordeaux - Kids Easy E Alexand Edgehill - Kids Easy E Alexand |
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Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.
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Green Hills - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
Inglewood - Teen Fiction
YA Fiction Alexand
Main Library - Teen Fiction has 2
YA Fiction Alexand
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[2013] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 330 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Inglewood - Teen Fiction YA Fiction Alexand Main Library - Teen Fiction has 2 YA Fiction Alexand |
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2019 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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When athletic, flirty Omar and bookish, Harvard-bound Claudia end up thrown together after being selected to lead a social protest, the unexpected romance that blossoms between them ends up throwing both of them for a loop.
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Green Hills - Kids Easy
E Alexand
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2011 | Sleeping Bear Press | p. cm. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy E Alexand Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy E Alexand Green Hills - Kids Easy E Alexand |
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2011 | OverDrive | Sleeping Bear Press | English | Available Online
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Online OverDrive Collection
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2011 | Sleeping Bear Press | English | Available Online
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Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
11) Surf's up
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Donelson - Kids Easy
E Alexand
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[2015] | North-South Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy E Alexand Bordeaux - Kids Easy E Alexand Donelson - Kids Easy E Alexand |
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"Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach"--Excerpt from Amazon.com.
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2020. | First edition. | Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company | 310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | English |
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2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Hachette Book Group | English | Checked Out
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2020 | OverDrive | Little, Brown and Company | English | Checked Out
3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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2020 | Little, Brown and Company | English | Checked Out
3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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[2020] | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 3 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Madison - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Patters |
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A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction has 2
j811.6 A3767o
Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction
j811.6 A3767o
Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction
j811.6 A3767o
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2017. | First edition. | Candlewick Press | 40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction has 2 j811.6 A3767o Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction j811.6 A3767o Edgehill - Kids Non-Fiction j811.6 A3767o |
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2021 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | English | Checked Out
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Presents a collection of twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.
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Bellevue - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Edgehill - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy
E Alexand
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[2017] | National Geographic | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Easy E Alexand Edgehill - Kids Easy E Alexand Edmondson Pike - Kids Easy E Alexand |
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"A howling wolf, a stalking tiger, a playful panda, a dancing bird--pairing the stunning photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with the delicate poetry of Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander, this lush picture book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and fragility of the animal world. Featuring more than 40 unique animal portraits, the pages invite kids to explore each creature's markings, textures, and attributes in...
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Bordeaux - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Looby - Kids Easy
E Alexand
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Alexand
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[2020] | Sleeping Bear Press | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Easy E Alexand Looby - Kids Easy E Alexand Southeast - Kids Easy E Alexand |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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2020 | OverDrive | Sleeping Bear Press | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Afraid of singing in front of a large crowd, Indigo dreams about Acoustic Rooster and his band and, after a storm flattens their barn, helps organize a concert fundraiser to rebuild it.
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Edmondson Pike - Adult New
811.6 A3767l
Madison - Adult New
811.6 A3767l
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2020. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 18 cm. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult New 811.6 A3767l Madison - Adult New 811.6 A3767l |
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"From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwin's "A Report from Occupied Territory," Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . ....
17) The Playbook
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The Playbook is Kwame Alexander's dynamic, sports-infused guide to life! You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for ourselves? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration for kids ages...
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Green Hills - Kids Movie
jDVD 791.433 O943o
Southeast - Kids Movie
jDVD 791.433 O943o
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[2018] | Dreamscape Media, LLC | 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Kids Movie jDVD 791.433 O943o Southeast - Kids Movie jDVD 791.433 O943o |
Description
Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration, inviting the viewer to listen, wonder,...
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