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The last boy and girl in the world / by Vivian, Siobhan.;
With their town sliding underwater and everyone being ordered to leave, Keeley and her friends gather to make the most of every minute they have left together, prompting Keeley to take a final chance at winning over a longtime crush.Ages 14 up.LSC
Subjects: Love stories.; Natural disasters; Moving, Household; Infatuation; Dating (Social customs);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Willie, Waylon, and the boys : how Nashville outsiders changed country music forever / by Fairbanks, Brian,1981-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings' survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen. On February 2, 1959, Waylon Jennings, bassist for his best friend, the rock star Buddy Holly, gave up his seat on a charter flight. Jennings joked that he hoped the plane, leaving without him, would crash. When it did, killing all aboard, on "the Day the Music Died," he was devastated and never fully recovered. Jennings switched to playing country, creating the Outlaw movement and later forming the Highwaymen supergroup, the first in country music, with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. The foursome battled addiction, record companies, ex-wives, violent fans, and the I.R.S. and D.E.A., en route to unprecedented mainstream success. Today, their acolytes Kacey Musgraves, Ryan Bingham, Sturgill Simpson, and Taylor Swift outsell all challengers, and country is the most popular of all genres. In this fascinating new book, Brian Fairbanks draws a line from Buddy Holly through the Outlaw stars of the 60s and 70s, all the way to the country headliners and more diverse, up-and-coming Nashville rebels of today, bringing the reader deep into the worlds of not only Cash, Nelson, Kristofferson, and Jennings but artists like Chris Stapleton, Simpson, Bingham, and Isbell, stadium-filling masters whose stories have not been told in book form, as well as new, diverse artists like the Highwomen, Brittney Spencer, and Allison Russell. Thought-provoking and meticulously researched, Willie, Waylon, and the Boys ultimately shows how a twenty-one-year-old bass-playing plane crash survivor helped changed the course of American music"--
Subjects: Cash, Johnny.; Jennings, Waylon.; Kristofferson, Kris.; Nelson, Willie, 1933-; Country musicians; Country music;
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Baby boy, you are a star! / by Pinkney, Andrea Davis.; Pinkney, J. Brian.;
"Rhythmic text and adorable illustrations combine to celebrate all bright brown baby boys!"--
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Board books.; African Americans; Infants; Boys; Love;
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Uncomfortable conversations with a black boy / by Acho, Emmanuel.; Acho, Emmanuel.Uncomfortable conversations with a black man.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-312).Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism--from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams--to insightful lessons in black history and black culture. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy is just one way young readers can begin to short circuit racism within their own lives and communities.LSC
Subjects: Racism; Anti-racism; African Americans;
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The best of Iggy / by Barrows, Annie.; Ricks, Sam.;
Meet Iggy Frangi. He s not a bad kid, he s really not. Okay, so he s done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he s not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What s a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn t think so. No one got hurt, so there s no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Boys;
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Fancy Nancy and the boy from Paris / by O'Connor, Jane.; Preiss-Glasser, Robin; Enik, Ted.;
Subjects: Students; Schools;
© c2008., HarperCollins,
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Jaq : a Top boy story / by Bennett, Ronan,author.;
'Top Boy' is a novelization of the global hit TV show that follows two friends (and drug dealers) living in a rundown estate in the UK called Summerhill. This book touches on family, power, and community set against the backdrop of the complicated, violent world of illegal drugs. Canadian superstar Drake was instrumental in bringing the show to Netflix's attention and he was the executive producer for the third and fourth seasons. The first season also scored an unprecedented 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Drug dealers; Gangs; Lesbians; Murder; Violence; Women drug dealers;
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The boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer / by Wessels, Marcie.; Castro, Beatriz(Illustrator);
Includes bibliographical references."A picture book biography of Ralph Baer, nicknamed "The Father of Videogames," which shows how a great inventor found a way to transform the early television set into a vehicle for gaming"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Baer, Ralph H.; Video games; Inventors; Video games industry;
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Understanding Lord of the flies / by Koopmans, Andy.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses Lord of the Flies by William Golding, including the author's life, the book's historical background, its plot, characters, and theme.
Subjects: Golding, William, 1911- ; Boys in literature;
© 2003., Lucent,
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The boy in the striped pajamas : a fable / by Boyne, John,1971-;
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Subjects: Concentration camps; Friendship; Nazis; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945; Auschwitz (Concentration camp);
© 2008, c2006., David Fickling Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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