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Frankie & Bug / by Forman, Gayle.;
In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Friendship; Families; Transgender people; Salvadoran Americans; Hate crimes;
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Troublemaker / by Cho, John,1972-; Suk, Sarah.;
On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Families; Korean Americans; Rodney King Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992; Race relations;
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Land of Gold. by Else, Jon,film director.; Juno Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Juno Films in 2021.Explores the making of John Adams and Peter Sellars’s outlandish new opera about the California Gold Rush. The film transports us into very funny and very dark worlds, as two versions of the same story march forward 170 years apart: men and women on a collision course in California on the Fourth of July, 1851, and behind the scenes with quick-witted young opera singers excavating that same history in the age of Trump. Whatever you were expecting in a documentary about the Gold Rush, this is not it. Amid the backstage hubbub, composer John Adams, singers Julia Bullock, Paul Appleby, J’Nai Bridges, and director Peter Sellars wrestle their bittersweet show “Girls of the Golden West” onto the stage. In Jon Else’s third documentary with Adams, Deadwood meets A Night at the Opera, as this rollicking documentary lays bare the flamboyant and brutal roots of modern American excess.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Performing arts.; Arts.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; History.; California.; United States--History.; Opera.;
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The forgotten road / by Evans, Richard Paul,author.;
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Airplane crash survival; Celebrities; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Reconciliation; Self-realization;
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The forgotten road [sound recording] / by Evans, Richard Paul,author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Airplane crash survival; Celebrities; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Reconciliation; Self-realization;
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Emmy in the key of code / by Lucido, Aimee.;
Sixth-grader Emmy tries to find her place in a new school and to figure out how she can create her own kind of music using a computer.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Computer programming; Sexism; Middle schools; Schools; Composition (Music); Moving, Household; Families;
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Hello (from here) / by Baker, Chandler.; King, Wesley.;
Maxine and Jonah meet in the canned goods aisle of the grocery store just as the state of California is going into lockdown. Max's part-time job as a personal grocery shopper is about to transform into a hellish gauntlet. Jonah's preexisting anxiety is about to become an epic daily struggle. Max, Jonah, and their friends live together but apart, through hijinks, humanity, and heartbreak. Differences of class, privilege, mental health, and sacrifice are thrown into stark relief by the profound and personal stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.LSC
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Dating (Social customs); COVID-19 (Disease); Quarantine; Public health; Interpersonal relations;
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The boy who touched the stars / by Hernández, José M.,1962-; Petruccio, Steven.; Ventura, Gabriela Baeza.;
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Subjects: Hernandez, Jose M., 1962-; Astronauts; Hispanic American astronauts; Migrant agricultural laborers; Spanish language materials;
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Desolation Canyon / by Tracy, P. J.,author.;
"LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is struggling to move forward after the death of her brother in Afghanistan and taking a life in the line of duty. Her stoic parents offer little support - they refuse to address anything difficult, and she's afraid their relationship is eroding beyond the point of recovery. The days off are the hardest, because they give Margaret time to think. A moment of weakness leads to cocktails with a colleague-an attraction she knows could be dangerous -at the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air bar. A stroll through the grounds leads to a grim discovery beneath the surface of Swan Lake: the body of a successful attorney who made his fortune in international trade. It initially appears to be death by misadventure, but the case is anything but straightforward. As a series of shocking revelations emerge, Nolan finds herself confronting a sinister cabal that just might destroy her and everyone she loves"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Murder; Police; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Women detectives;
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The manicurist's daughter : a memoir / by Lieu, Susan,author.;
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success-until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what happened. For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone-why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mother's death? Sifting through depositions, tracking down the surgeon's family, and enlisting the help of spirit channelers, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of beauty. The Manicurist's Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Lieu, Susan.; Lieu, Susan; Bereavement.; Children of immigrants; Mother and child.; Surgery, Plastic; Vietnamese Americans;
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