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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Armstrong, Alun.; Block, Simon.; Bolam, James,1938-; Cronk, Gina.; East, Jon.; Fisher, Nic.; Friend, Martyn.; Hume, Alison.; May, Juliet.; McCrery, Nigel.; McHale, Tony.; Mitchell, Roy.; Phipps, Martin.; Redman, Amanda,1959-; Theakston, Graham.; Waterman, Dennis,1948-; BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Wall to Wall (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Music, Martin Phipps.Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman.With old-school detective work and a little state-of-the-art forensics, the veterans unearth a range of baffling crimes, including the murder of a lawyer, a racially motivated attack on an Asian bride, and a mysterious unidentified human torso. Includes the complete 8-episode second season.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Police corruption; Police; Policewomen; Television cop shows.; Television crime shows.;
© c2010., BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Punching the air / by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu.; Salaam, Yusef; Pasha, Omar T.;
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it' With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; False imprisonment; African American teenage boys; Teenage artists; Judicial error; Prisoners; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Criminal justice, Administration of; Justice;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I love my purse / by DeMont, Belle.; Wimmer, Sonja.;
Charlie loves his bright red purse, and decides to take it to school. Although everyone questions him about his "strange" choice, he's sticking with his purse. Before long, his determination starts to affect those around him.LSC
Subjects: Handbags; Sex role; Self-esteem; Schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Down among the dead men / by Lovesey, Peter,author.;
A nightmare discovery in the boot of a stolen BMW plunges car thief Danny Stapleton into the worst trouble of his life. What links his misfortune to the mysterious disappearance of an art teacher at a private school for girls in Chichester? Orders from above push Peter Diamond of Bath CID into investigating a police corruption case in the Chichester force, and he soon finds himself reluctantly dealing with spirited schoolgirls, eccentric artists and his formidable old colleague, Hen Mallin.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Diamond, Peter (Fictitious character); Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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New kid / by Craft, Jerry,author,illustrator.; Callahan, Jim,colorist.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Comics (Graphic works).; Graphic books.; Banned book sanctuary.; Schools; Private schools; Parent and child; Race; Cartoonists; African American artists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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The resistance painter : a novel / by Jonathan, Kath,author.;
"1939. Irena Marianowka's dreams of attending art school in Paris are crushed when the Nazis invade Poland. Instead, she joins the Home Army and, together with her young husband, risks her life every day in the sewers of Warsaw. In 1944, after a harrowing mission, she returns home to learn that her sister, Lotta, has been abducted by the Gestapo. Determined to find her, Irena is willing to risk everything--all but the safety of her unit. 2011. Jo Blum lives in Toronto with her beloved grandmother, a lauded painter of WWII and a decorated war hero. Jo has a flourishing career creating sculptures for grave sites based on the life stories of her dying clients. Her recorded interviews with Stefan, her new Polish client, unveil a heroic wartime past eerily similar to her grandmother's. But Jo's quest to uncover the truth about Stefan and her grandmother opens an explosive Pandora's box with shockwaves that threaten all she has known. The Resistance Painter will resonate with fans of Woman with the Blue Star, The Book of Lost Names, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The German Girl, and The Dutch Wife, confronting the questions of the accuracy of the stories we tell about our lives and whether buried secrets stay buried."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa; Grandmothers; Married people; Sisters; Survival; Women painters; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The end of Orson Eerie? / by Chabert, Jack.; Loveridge, Matt.; Ricks, Sam.;
Eerie Elementary is planning a big Halloween-type celebration for Eerie Day, including hosting a "haunted house" at the school itself; but the spirit of the evil scientist Orson Eerie sees this as the chance to finally triumph over the intrepid hall moniters, Sam, Lucy, and Antonio--and it is up to them to prevent a catastrophe and perhaps even defeat Orson and banish him from the school forever.Appeals to 1st-3rd graders.Reading level grade 2.LSC
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Graves, Sam (Fictitious character); Haunted schools; Scientists; Elementary schools; Anniversaries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Not my girl / by Jordan-Fenton, Christy.; Grimard, Gabrielle.; Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun,1936-;
When Olemaun returns to her Arctic home, she must relearn her people's ways and find her place once more.LSC
Subjects: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret-Olemaun, 1936-; Inuit; Inuit; Inuit women; Residential schools;
© c2014., Annick Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Monster Detector / by Potter, Ellen,1963-; Sala, Felicita.;
Hugo, a young sasquatch, and his friend Gigi use a Monster Detector to find a Green Whistler, but when Hugo's human friend, Boone, joins in, surprises are in store.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Sasquatch; Monsters; Schools; Friendship;
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The masterpiece : a novel / by Davis, Fiona,1966-author.;
"In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist." Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded--even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter--Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression, an insatiable monster with the power to destroy the entire art scene. And even poverty and hunger will do little to prepare Clara for the greater tragedy yet to come. Nearly fifty years later, in 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Full of grime and danger, from the smoke-blackened ceiling to the pickpockets and drug dealers who roam the floor, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort. Recently divorced, she has just accepted a job in the information booth in order to support herself and her college-age daughter, Ruby. But when Virginia stumbles upon an abandoned art school within the terminal and discovers a striking watercolor hidden under the dust, her eyes are opened to the elegance beneath the decay. She embarks on a quest to find the artist of the unsigned masterpiece--an impassioned chase that draws Virginia not only into the battle to save Grand Central but deep into the mystery of Clara Darden, the famed 1920s illustrator who disappeared from history in 1931"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.);
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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