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Songs of summer / by Rosen, Jane L.,author.;
"A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother-and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for-in this warm, heart-stopping getaway from Jane L. Rosen. Maggie Mae Wheeler is content with her life. At 30, she has grand plans for her vintage record shop in the charming Midwestern town where she grew up, and is soon to be engaged to her childhood best friend. But when she discovers a letter she wrote to herself at thirteen, being content doesn't feel like enough anymore-Maggie needs answers to figure out who she is and where she belongs. Since losing her parents, the only family she has ever known, Maggie decides that finding her birth mother is the best place to start. Her search leads her to Fire Island, an idyllic summer getaway where her birth mother is attending a wedding. As Maggie observes her biological family from a distance, she sees that they come with a lot of ... drama. Torn between diving deeper into their world or returning to her peaceful life and cozy relationship, her decision gets more complicated when a handsome local offers to take her to the wedding-if she will pose as his date. Is it the magic of the island, the rush of the music, the fun of jumping into the weekend's events with her fake beau? Suddenly, playing the part of his girlfriend starts to feel way too real, and the words to every love song seem to be about them"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Birthmothers; Businesswomen; Identity (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Weddings; Young women;
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Jonty Gentoo : the adventures of a penguin / by Donaldson, Julia.; Scheffler, Axel.;
Join a plucky little penguin on the journey of a lifetime. Jonty is a young gentoo penguin who longs to find his true home at the South Pole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazing adventure, all the way to Antarctica (with an accidental detour via the North Pole.) It's an incredible journey, full of drama, excitement, new friends and spectacular landscape. Children will love cheering Jonty on his way in this captivating story of bravery, friendship, and finding your place in the world.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Stories in rhyme.; Picture books.; Gentoo penguin; Penguins; Home; Voyages and travels; Belonging (Social psychology);
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The last king of California / by Harper, Jordan,author.; Cosby, S. A.,writer of foreword.;
"Jordan Harper's "darkly irresistible" novel, a tragic, Hamlet-esque noir for readers of S.A. Cosby and Don Winslow, now available for the first time in the United States. Written years before Jordan Harper's breakout success, Everybody Knows, this stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke's father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family's various criminal enterprises. A sensitive boy grown hard man, Luke navigates the vicious pressures of "home," and the loyalties to his old friend, Cassie, who has hatched a scheme with her boyfriend Pretty Baby to escape the control of the gang, the Combine. Hanging over these desperate, lonesome parties is the gang's motto, tattooed indelibly across the heart: Blood is Love. The Last King of California is a story of the West unlike any you will read"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bildungsromans.; Noir fiction.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Gangs; Homecoming; Organized crime; Self-realization;
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Weirdo / by Weaver, Tony,Jr.; Wibowo, Jess.; Wibowo, Jacinta.;
From rising star Tony Weaver, Jr. comes a middle-grade graphic novel memoir about an awkward preteen who loves all things geeky but struggles with mental health issues and self-doubt. Eleven-year-old Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. Bullied by his peers, Tony struggles with the hurt of not being accepted and tries to conform to other people's expectations. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self love that will require him to become the hero of his own story.
Subjects: Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Weaver, Tony, Jr; Bullies; Identity (Psychology); Belonging (Social psychology); Self-acceptance; Superheroes; Cartoons and comics.;
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A royal conundrum / by Yee, Lisa.; Santat, Dan.;
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; School fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Boarding schools; Schools; Friendship; Child detectives; Theft; Criminal investigation; Belonging (Social psychology) in children;
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Amil and the after / by Hiranandani, Veera.; Miranda, Prashant.;
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Siblings; Muslims; Belonging (Social psychology); Drawing; Mothers; Grief;
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Wednesday. [videorecording] / by Alpert, Kayla,screenwriter.; Blair, April,screenwriter.; Burton, Tim,1958-television director.; Christie, Gwendoline,1978-actor.; Doohan, Hunter,1994-actor.; Farmer, Georgie,2002-actor.; Gough, Alfred,1967-creator,screenwriter.; Lambert, Matt,screenwriter.; Lindhome, Riki,1979-actor.; Marshall, James,1962-television director.; McShane, Jamie,actor.; Millar, Miles,creator,screenwriter.; Monteiro, Gandja,television director.; Mostafa, Moosa,actor.; Myers, Emma,actor.; Ogawa, Naomi J.,1996-actor.; Ortega, Jenna,actor.; Ricci, Christina,actor.; Sunday, Joy,actor.; White, Percy Hynes,2001-actor.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.; Tim Burton Productions,production company.;
Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Moosa Mostafa, Christina Ricci.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2022.Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams's years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago, all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Dark comedy television programs.; Television programs.; Coming-of-age television programs.; Addams, Wednesday (Fictitious character); Belonging (Social psychology); Families; Addams family (Fictitious characters); High school students; New schools; Psychic ability;
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The midnight children / by Gemeinhart, Dan,author.;
"In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their shoulders to make sure they aren't noticed. But Ravani Foster covertly witnesses their arrival from his bedroom window. Timid and lonely, Ravani is eager to learn everything he can about his new neighbors: What secrets are they hiding? And most mysterious of all...where are the adults? Yet amid this shadowy group of children, Ravani finds an unexpected friend in the warm and gutsy Virginia. But with this friendship comes secrets revealed—and danger. When Ravani learns of a threat to his new friends, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him."
Subjects: Novels.; Fantasy fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction; Orphans; Runaway children; Friendship; Neighbors; Belonging (Social psychology); JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes.; JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories.;
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Bhai for now / by Siddiqui, Maleeha.;
This is the story of two long-lost brothers who, while they might not like each other, just might need each other.LSC
Subjects: Muslims; Friendship; Middle schools; Brothers; Moving, Household; First day of school; Belonging (Social psychology); Pakistani Americans;
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¡Ay, Mija! [graphic novel] : my bilingual summer in Mexico / by Suggs, Christine,author,illustrator.;
"In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging."--Publisher.Ages 12 & up.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Suggs, Christine; Suggs, Christine; Belonging (Social psychology); Mexican American teenagers; Teenagers;
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