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The sea elephants / by Akella, Shastri,author.;
"For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling theater troupe. Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his father demands. After the sudden deaths of his beloved twin sisters, Shagun flees his own guilt, his mother's grief, and his father's violent disapproval by enrolling at an all-boys boarding school. But he doesn't find true belonging until he encounters a traveling theater troupe performing the Hindu myths of his childhood. Welcomed by the other storytellers, Shagun thrives, easily embodying mortals and gods, men and women, and living on the road, where his father can't catch him. When Shagun meets Marc, a charming photographer, he seems to have found the love he always longed for, too. But not even Marc can save him from his lingering shame, nor his father's ever-present threat to send him to a conversion center. As Shagun's past begins to engulf him once again, he must decide if he is strong enough to face what he fears most, and to boldly claim his own happiness. Utterly immersive and spellbinding, The Sea Elephants is both dark and beautiful, harrowing and triumphant. An ode to the redemptive joys of art, Shastri Akella's debut novel is a celebration of hard-won love-of others and for ourselves"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Boarding schools; Fathers and sons; Gay men; Traveling theater;
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The collector : a novel / by Hancock, Anne Mette,1979-author.; translation of:Hancock, Anne Mette,1979-Mercedes-snittet.English.;
"When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia--a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn--but from where? When Luke's blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen's Citadel, DNA evidence points to Thomas Strand, an ex-soldier suffering from severe PTSD. But then Strand turns up dead in his apartment, shot in the head execution style. What did the last person to see Lukas really witness that morning in the school yard? Was it really Lukas, or an optical illusion?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Missing children; Murder; Women journalists;
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Penny draws a first crush / by Shepard, Sara,1977-;
"Penny receives a mysterious note that makes her believe a boy in her class has a crush on her, but she is not quite ready to have a crush on someone just yet"--
Subjects: Diary fiction.; Diaries; Doodles; Infatuation; Schools;
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Yentl. by Streisand, Barbra,film director.; Irving, Amy,actor.; Streisand, Barbra,actor.; Patinkin, Mandy,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Amy Irving, Barbra Streisand, Mandy PatinkinOriginally produced by MGM in 1983.In a time when the world of study belonged only to men, there lived a girl called Yentl... Directed by and starring screen legend Barbra Streisand, a young woman takes her late brother's name and enters a Jewish religious school in early 20th century Poland. There, she masquerades as a boy in order to pursue her thirst for knowledge and befriends fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin) in this "Funny, delicate, and intense" (The New Yorker) musical drama of deep humanity and love.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Education.; Drama.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea. by Shaw, Dash,film director.; Schwartzman, Jason,actor.; Dunham, Lena,actor.; Rudolph, Maya,actor.; Watts, Reggie,actor.; Sarandon, Susan,actor.; GKIDS Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Maya Rudolph, Reggie Watts, Susan SarandonOriginally produced by GKIDS Films in 2016.From cartoonist Dash Shaw comes an audacious, critically-acclaimed comedy debut that blends disaster movies, teens dramas and blockbuster clichés into a dazzling tale about how high school shapes who we become, even in the most unusual of circumstances. Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School, muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens the boys’ friendship, Dash learns of an administration cover-up that puts all the students in danger. As disaster erupts and the friends race to escape through the roof of the school, they are joined by a popular know-it-all (Lena Dunham) and a lunch lady (Susan Sarandon) who is much more than meets the eye.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Animated films.; Teenagers.; High schools.; Disasters.;
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Father Stu [videorecording] / by Gibson, Mel,actor.; Mahendru, Annet,1989-actor.; Ross, Rosalind,film director.; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-actor.; Weaver, Jacki,1947-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Annet Mahendru, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz, Cody Fern, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Alain Uy, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Ned Bellamy, Michael Fairman, Carlos Leal.When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Agnostics; Life change events; Priests;
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Calling the moon : 16 period stories from BIPOC authors / by Salazar, Aida.; Méndez, Yamile Saied.;
For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or totally in the dark, the young people in these sixteen stories find that getting a period not only brings change to their bodies, it also brings joy, sorrow, self-discovery, and yes, sometimes even gifts.
Subjects: Short stories.; Menstruation; Puberty; Teenage girls;
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Invisible Prisons Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice [electronic resource] : by Moore, Lisa.aut; Whalen, Jack.aut; cloudLibrary;
Riveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse and solitary confinement at a reform school in Newfoundland, but survived through grit and redemptive love. Invisible Prisons is an extraordinary, empathetic collaboration between the magnificent writer Lisa Moore, best-known for her award-winning fiction, and a man named Jack Whalen, who as a child was held for four years at a reform school for boys in St John’s, where he suffered jaw-dropping abuses and deprivations. Despite the odds stacked against him, he found love on the other side, and managed to turn his life around as a husband and father. His daughter, Brittany, vowed at a young age to become a lawyer so that she could seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what she is doing—and Jack's case is part of a lawsuit currently before the courts. The story has parallels with Unholy Orders by Michael Harris about the Mount Cashel orphanage, and with the many horrific stories about residential schools—all of which expose a paternalistic state causing harm and a larger society looking away. Yet two powerful qualities set this story apart. As much as it is about an abusive system preying on children, it is also a tender tale of love between Jack and his wife Glennis, who saw the good man inside a damaged person and believed in him. And it is written in a novelistic way by the great Lisa Moore, who makes vividly real every moment and character in these pages.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Cultural Heritage; Social Activists; Human Rights;
© 2024., Knopf Canada,
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Benny on the case / by King, Wesley.;
Eleven-year-old Benny, a boy with Mosaic Down syndrome, navigates a new mainstream classroom, standing up to bullies, making new friends, and uncovering a government conspiracy threatening to close down the retirement home owned by his mother.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Schools; Bullying; Friendship; Conspiracies; Down syndrome;
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The Dickens boy : a novel / by Keneally, Thomas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of his under-achieving sons tarnishing his reputation at home, Charles Dickens sent two of them to Australia. The tenth child of Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, known as Plorn, had consistently proved unable 'to apply himself ' to school or life. So aged sixteen, he is sent, as his brother Alfred was before him, to Australia. Plorn arrives in Melbourne in late 1868 carrying a terrible secret. He has never read a word of his father's work. He is sent out to a 2000-square-mile station in remotest New South Wales to learn to become a man, and a gentleman stockman, from the most diverse and toughest of companions. In the outback he becomes enmeshed with Paakantji, colonists, colonial-born, ex-convicts, ex-soldiers, and very few women. Plorn, unexpectedly, encounters the same veneration of his father and familiarity with Dickens' work in Australia as was rampant in England. Against this backdrop, and featuring cricket tournaments, horse-racing, bushrangers, sheep droving, shifty stock and station agents, frontier wars and first encounters with Australian women, Plorn meets extraordinary people and enjoys wonderful adventures as he works to prove himself. This is Tom Keneally in his most familiar terrain. Taking historical figures and events and reimagining them with verve, compassion and humour. It is a triumph."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Country life; Families; Immigrants; Secrecy;
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