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| 2020. | First edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 261 pages ; 25 cm | English |
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31 copies, 72 people are on the wait list.
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
17 copies, 41 people are on the wait list.
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
26 copies, 63 people are on the wait list.
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| 2020 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
26 copies, 63 people are on the wait list.
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"A novel about faith, science, religion, and family that tells the deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief, narrated by a fifth year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford school of medicine studying the neural circuits of reward seeking behavior in mice"--
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2018. | First edition. | Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc | 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm | English |
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7 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2018 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
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North - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Yang
Southeast - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Yang
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | Playaway. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
North - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Yang Southeast - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Yang |
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Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Chang
East - Adult Fiction
Fiction Chang
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Chang
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2016. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 354 pages ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Fiction Fiction Chang East - Adult Fiction Fiction Chang Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction Fiction Chang |
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Bellevue - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Chang
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Chang
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| ℗2016 | Unabridged. | Recorded Books | 12 audio discs (14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Chang Main Library - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Chang |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Green Hills - Adult Large Print
Fiction Chang Large Type
Main Library - Adult Large Print
Fiction Chang Large Type
Richland Park - Adult Large Print
Fiction Chang Large Type
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017. | Center Point Large Print edition. | Center Point Large Print | 560 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Large Print Fiction Chang Large Type Main Library - Adult Large Print Fiction Chang Large Type Richland Park - Adult Large Print Fiction Chang Large Type |
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"A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent--and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together. Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go...
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Kim
Green Hills - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Kim
Southeast - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Kim
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC | 306 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Kim Green Hills - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Kim Southeast - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Kim |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Checked Out
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | Penguin Young Readers Group | English | Checked Out
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Hermitage - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Kim
Main Library - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Kim
Southeast - Kids Audiobook
Playaway JUV Fiction Kim
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | Unabridged | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 360 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Hermitage - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Kim Main Library - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Kim Southeast - Kids Audiobook Playaway JUV Fiction Kim |
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When eleven-year-old Yumi Chung stumbles into a kids' comedy camp she is mistaken for another student, so she decides to play the part.
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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020. | First edition. | Doubleday | 368 pages ; 24 cm | English |
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| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2021 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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Available Online
2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2021 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Available Online
2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2021 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | English | Available Online
2 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
Description
"Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 90s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"--
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4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Edmondson Pike - Adult New
Fiction Han
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020. | Riverhead Books | 262 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
4 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Edmondson Pike - Adult New Fiction Han |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | Penguin Publishing Group | English | Available Online
2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
Description
"From the outside, the Chengs seem like poster children for the enduring promise of the American Dream. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Isn't this what they sacrificed so much for, to be a family? But then little Annabel begins to sleepwalk at night, putting in motion a string of misunderstandings that strips away their...
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020. | Carolrhoda Books® | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm | English |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Lerner Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | Lerner Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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"Drawn from Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this heartfelt picture book offers a window into the life of a family with little money and a great deal of love"--
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction George
Main Library - Adult Fiction
Fiction George
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c2012 | Amy Einhorn Books | 387 p. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Fiction Fiction George Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction George |
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Goodlettsville - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction George
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction George
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2012] | Unabridged. | Penguin Group USA | 10 sound discs (12 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Goodlettsville - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction George Green Hills - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction George |
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection
| Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Bellevue - Adult Large Print
Fiction George Large Type
Green Hills - Adult Large Print
Fiction George Large Type
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2012 | Large print ed. | Thorndike Press | 613 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Large Print Fiction George Large Type Green Hills - Adult Large Print Fiction George Large Type |
Description
"A beautifully written novel, laced with history and music." —Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we call home.
An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we call home.
It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they take one destined for New Orleans instead ("What's
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9) Die Fremde
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 W5674LW
Green Hills - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 W5674LW
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c2011 | Widescreen. | Olive Films | 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | Deutsch | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 W5674LW Green Hills - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 W5674LW |
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A German-born woman flees from her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her son with her. She hopes to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflicts. Her family is trapped in their conventions. They are torn between their love for her and the traditional values of their community resulting in tragic consequences.
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2014 | Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014 | 307 pages ; 22 cm. | English |
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Green Hills - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Akhtior
Main Library - Adult Audiobook
CD AUDIO Fiction Akhtior
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2014] | Unabridged. | Blackstone Audio, Inc | 8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Akhtior Main Library - Adult Audiobook CD AUDIO Fiction Akhtior |
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Online OverDrive Collection has 2
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2014 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Blackstone Publishing | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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"A dazzling debut novel about a Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American Dream. In this account of two decades in the life of an immigrant household, the fall of communism and the rise of globalization are artfully reflected in the experience of a single family. Ironies, subtle and glaring, are revealed: the Nasmertovs left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a huge sense of finality,...
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Inglewood - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 T7862
Old Hickory - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 T7862
Richland Park - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 T7862
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2008] | PD Entertainment | 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Inglewood - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 T7862 Old Hickory - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 T7862 Richland Park - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 T7862 |
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Story of life in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Brooklyn slums, as seen from the eyes of a bright young girl who is charmed by her alcoholic father.
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Sindu
Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction
Fiction Sindu
Main Library - Adult Fiction
Fiction Sindu
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2017] | Soho Press, Inc | 275 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Fiction Fiction Sindu Edmondson Pike - Adult Fiction Fiction Sindu Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction Sindu |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2017 | OverDrive | Soho Press | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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| 2017 | Soho Press | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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"Lakshmi, called Lucky, is an unemployed millennial programmer. She likes to dance, to have a drink or two, and she makes art on commission. Fifty bucks gets you high-resolution digital images of anything you want (orcs, mermaids, cos-playing couples in sexy boudoir scenes) and a nice frameable print. Lucky's husband, Krishna, is an editor for a greeting card company. Both are secretly gay. They present their conservative Sri Lankan-American families...
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Verna
Main Library - Adult Fiction
Fiction Verna
| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2017] | Kensington Books | 344 pages ; 21 cm | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Fiction Fiction Verna Main Library - Adult Fiction Fiction Verna |
Description
In 1914, Andrew Houghton's family is one of hundreds eking out an existence in the coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. Though he longs to be a veterinarian, he's fated for a life underground, picking rock alongside his father. That destiny changes when his aunt, Eveline Kiser, arranges for her husband to secure Andrew an apprenticeship on the railroad. Wilhelm Kiser, a German immigrant, has found his American dream in Pittsburgh, with a well-paying...
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Online OverDrive Collection
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| 2012 | OverDrive | The Crown Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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| 2012 | The Crown Publishing Group | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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| 2012 | Large print ed. | Center Point Pub | 383 p. (large print) ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Inglewood - Adult Large Print Fiction Kirkpat Large Type |
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One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through.
German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2020] | Viking | xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | English |
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2 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"The story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America's identity for centuries--yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the twenty-first century American dream, having won...
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Yun
Hermitage - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Yun
Main Library - Kids Fiction
JUV Fiction Yun
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020. | First edition. | Fabled Films Press | 262 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Yun Hermitage - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Yun Main Library - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Yun |
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Online OverDrive Collection
| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2020 | OverDrive | Fabled Films Press | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Online OverDrive Collection
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| 2020 | Fabled Films Press | English | Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection |
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Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...
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Madison - Kids Easy
E Basil
Main Library - Kids Easy
E Basil
Southeast - Kids Easy
E Basil
| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2019. | English edition | Minedition | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm | English | On Shelf
Madison - Kids Easy E Basil Main Library - Kids Easy E Basil Southeast - Kids Easy E Basil |
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"A moving and timely story of a young boy separated from his beloved brother and father by a border. Arturo loves to look at maps and the lines where different countries meet--as if greeting each other with a big hug. But his mother tells him these lines have a different purpose--to keep people from moving freely across the land. Arturo and his mother are separated from his father and his brother Antonio by one of these lines. Will he ever see his...
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [2015] | Beacon Press | xxiv, 247 pages : map ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Madison - Adult Non-Fiction 325.73 R3333d |
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"The United States is detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants at a rate never before seen in American history. Hundreds of thousands languish in immigration detention centers, separated from their families, sometimes for years. Deportees are dropped off unceremoniously in sometimes dangerous Mexican border towns, or flown back to crime-ridden Central American nations. Many of the deported have lived in the United States for years, and have...
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| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2019. | FDLP | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General | 1 online resource (24 pages). | English | Available Online
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| Pub. Date | Source | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| 2019. | FDLP | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | 1 online resource (v, 197 pages) : color illustration. | English | Available Online
FDLP |
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