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- A thousand steps [sound recording] / by Parker, T. Jefferson,author.; Godfrey, Matt(Narrator),narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Matt Godfrey."Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteen, broke, and never sure where his next meal is coming from. Mom's a stoner, his deadbeat dad is a no-show, his brother's fighting in Nam ... and his big sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure she's just another runaway hippie chick, enjoying a summer of love, but Matt doesn't believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead on the beach. All Matt really wants to do is get his driver's license and ask out the girl he's been crushing on since fourth grade, yet it's up to him to find his sister. But in a town where the cops don't trust the hippies and the hippies don't trust the cops, uncovering what's really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast. If it's not already too late"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Brothers and sisters; Dysfunctional families; Missing persons; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The amusement park mystery / by Denton, Shannon Eric.; Dubisch, Michael.; Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.Amusement park mystery.;
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- Subjects: Mystery comic books, strips, etc.; Graphic novels.; Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Orphans; Brothers and sisters; Amusement parks;
- © 2010., Albert Whitman,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Worlds collide / by Colfer, Chris,1990-; Dorman, Brandon.;
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- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Bailey, Conner (Fictitious character); Bailey, Alex (Fictitious character); Brothers and sisters; Twins; Characters and characteristics in literature; Fairy tales; Good and evil; Magic;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Spill the beans / by Mlynowski, Sarah.;
- Abby and Jonah take a trip through the magic mirror and finally end up in Jack and the beanstalk (which happens to be Jonah's favorite story ever)--but things soon start to go wrong, and the children have to try and set the tale right, even if it means trading their dog, Prince, for the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk (three times!), and reaching an amicable settlement with the giants (Magnus and Philippa, who are really quite nice), and the sneaky trader, Devin, to get their dog back.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Abby (Fictitious character); Jonah (Fictitious character from Mlynowski); Jack and the beanstalk; Characters and characteristics in literature; Giants; Brothers and sisters; Magic mirrors; Magic;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Olga dies dreaming / by Gonzalez, Xochitl,1977-author.;
- "A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own ... until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets ... Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives. Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Xochitl Gonzalez's Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife and the very notion of the American dream-all while asking what it really means to weather a storm"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Family secrets; Hispanic Americans; Hurricane Maria, 2017; Hurricanes; Identity (Psychology); Mother and child; Political activists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Olga dies dreaming [sound recording] / by Gonzalez, Xochitl,1977-author.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
- Read by Almarie Guerra, Inés del Castillo, Armando Riesco."A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own ... until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets ... Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives. Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Xochitl Gonzalez's Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife and the very notion of the American dream-all while asking what it really means to weather a storm"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Family secrets; Hispanic Americans; Hurricane Maria, 2017; Hurricanes; Identity (Psychology); Mother and child; Political activists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Night of the ninth dragon / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Murdocca, Sal.;
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- Subjects: Arthur, King; Jack (Fictitious character : Osborne); Annie (Fictitious character : Osborne); Brothers and sisters; Dragons; Tree houses; Time travel; Magic;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A Grimm warning / by Colfer, Chris,1990-; Dorman, Brandon.;
- After thirteen-year-old Conner returns to the Land of Stories and reunites with his twin sister, Alex, who is training to become the next Fairy Godmother, war breaks out in the fairy-tale world.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Bailey, Conner (Fictitious character); Bailey, Alex (Fictitious character); Brothers and sisters; Twins; Characters and characteristics in literature; Fairy tales; Good and evil; Magic;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A good night for ghosts [sound recording] / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Murdocca, Sal.;
- Read by the author.Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz."
- Subjects: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971; Children's audiobooks.; African Americans; Brothers and sisters; Jazz; Magic; Time travel;
- © p2009., Listening Library,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Fighting with my family [videorecording] / by Frost, Nick,1970-actor.; Headey, Lena,actor.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-film producer,actor.; Lowden, Jack,1990-actor.; Merchant, Stephen,film director,actor,film producer,screenwriter.; Pugh, Florence,1996-actor.; Vaughn, Vince,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
- Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, Nick Frost, Stephen Merchant.A reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, their daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their children, and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true, and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Bevis, Saraya-Jade; World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.; Families; Brothers and sisters; Women wrestlers;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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