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A place called home : a memoir / by Ambroz, David,author.;
"As a child, David Ambroz was raised homeless in New York City, the home of Wall Street and more than 100,000 homeless children. For David and his two siblings, their mother's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia sets them in motion for a life of poverty, violence and instability as they travel across New York and New England seeking shelter. For eleven years, home for David means living in train stations, subway cars, 24-hour diners, and wherever is safe and warm; bathing in public restrooms; and stealing food to quell his hunger. When he gets into foster care, it feels like salvation, but it soon proves to be just as unsafe for young people--more of his foster siblings are put on a prison pipeline than college-bound. Surmounting violence, continued poverty and physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his caregivers, David harnesses an inner grit to escape the inevitable outcome for kids like him. He takes shelter and finds hope on his own in libraries, schools, and in the occasional adult angel. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get into Vassar College, the first significant step out from the yolk of poverty, and later graduates UCLA School of Law. This heart-wrenching and inspiring story about young people pulls back the curtain on homelessness and poverty in the lives of children and shines a pivotal light on generations of kids that have been systematically ignored and overlooked. A Place Called Home is both David's powerful personal account through the lens of a child surviving it daily. And as the go-to child welfare advocate for the Obama administration and major U.S. companies, A Place Called Home is a beckoning call to our national conscience to move from pity to action"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ambroz, David.; Foster children; Homeless children;
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The trouble up north / by Mulhauser, Travis,1976-author.;
"An atmospheric, haunting novel about a family of bootleggers, their troubled history, and the land that binds them. The Sawbrooks have lived on prime real estate on the lakes of Michigan since before there was prime real estate. A family of smugglers and bootleggers, every man, woman, and child in each generation has been taught to navigate the nooks and crannies of the rivers and highways that flow in and out of Canada. The hidden routes are the family's legacy. But today, the Sawbrooks are deeply fractured, and the money that's sustained the family is running out. Edward, the Sawbrook patriarch, is dying from cancer, and his wife, Rhoda, is bitterly disappointed in her three adult children. The eldest daughter, Lucy, is now a park ranger, working to federally protect the land against her mother's will; the middle son, Buckner, hasn't been the same since he came back from the army suffering from alcoholism; and the youngest daughter, Jewell, is wasting her potential as a card player and bartender. When Jewell is asked to commit a crime for a major insurance payout, she agrees, eager for the cash, but too late, she realizes that that the boat she torched wasn't empty ... Together, the Sawbrooks will have to contend with the old, familial ways and the new, shifting world, and face each other-and their pain-filled past-to smuggle one more thing through and out of their land to safety"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Alcohol trafficking; Arson; Families; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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8 keys to end bullying : strategies for parents & schools / by Whitson, Signe.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Bullying; Bullying in schools; Aggressiveness in children.;
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The lion of Mars / by Holm, Jennifer L.;
Includes bibliographical references.Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family...and possibly unite an entire planet. Mars may be a world far, far away, but in the hands of Jennifer L. Holm, beloved and bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, it can't help but feel like home. LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Space colonies; Viruses; Agoraphobia; Friendship;
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Garfield and friends. [videorecording] / by Berger, Gregg,1950-voice actor.; DiVono, Sharman,screenwriter.; Evanier, Mark,screenwriter.; Goyette, Desiree,voice actor.; Gruwell, Paul,television director.; Huge, Tom,voice actor.; Music, Lorenzo,voice actor.; Singer, George,1923-2002,television producer.; Welker, Frank,voice actor.; television adaptation of (work):Davis, Jim,1945 July 28-Garfield.; Public Media Distribution,publisher.;
Voices: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Desiree Goyette, Frank Welker.Everyone loves Garfield, the fat, orange, opinionated cat who was the star of the classic Saturday morning animated television series. Kids and adults alike will howl with laughter over Garfield's side-splitting antics with his gullible owner, Jon, his not-too-bright pooch pal, Odie, and his barnyard friends from U.S. Acres.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Garfield (Fictitious character); Cats; Human-animal relationships;
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Unselfie : why empathetic kids succeed in our all-about-me world / by Borba, Michele.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."According to Michele Borba, the woman Dr. Drew calls "the most trusted parenting expert in America," there's an empthy crisis among today's youth, who she dubs the "selfie generation." But the good news is that empathy is a skill that can -- and must -- be taught, and in UNSELFIE (her first book for a general trade audience) Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Empathy.; Interpersonal relations.; Child rearing.;
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From my head to my toes / by Raisman, Aly,1994-; Jackson, Bea.;
"Introduces young readers to the topics of consent and bodily autonomy in a positive way. Cheerful and informative, this story focuses on the powerful message of self-love. [The author's] words are paired with expert-vetted resources, giving adults the tools to begin having these essential conversations with kids from a young age"--Publisher.
Subjects: Picture books.; Boundaries (Psychology); Choice (Psychology); Conduct of life; Personal space; Body image in children; Self-esteem in children; Self-confidence in children; Self-acceptance;
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When we were shadows / by Wees, Janet.;
A look at young Walter's experiences being Jewish during World War II, when he and his family were hidden in the Netherlands. His letters to his grandmother, and later to his granddaughter, add to the description of these experiences. Based on a true story.LSC
Subjects: Bar, Ze'ev; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Hidden children (Holocaust); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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More monster knits for little monsters : 20 super-cute animal-themed hat and mitten sets to knit / by Khegay, Nuriya.; Pinder, Andrew.; Dew, Stephen.; Beisekeyev, Kana.;
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Subjects: Knitting; Children's clothing.; Infants' clothing.; Animals in art.;
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The myth of the ADHD child : 101 ways to improve your child's behavior and attention span without drugs, labels, or coercion / by Armstrong, Thomas.; Armstrong, Thomas.Myth of the A.D.D. child.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."A fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on tackling the root causes of children's attention and behavior problems rather than masking the symptoms with medication. More than twenty years after Dr. Thomas Armstrong's Myth of the A.D.D. Child first published, he presents much needed updates and insights in this substantially revised edition. When The Myth of the A.D.D. Child was first published in 1995, Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. In this fully revised and updated edition, Dr. Armstrong shows readers how to address the underlying causes of a child's attention and behavior problems in order to help their children implement positive changes in their lives. The rate of ADHD diagnosis has increased sharply, along with the prescription of medications to treat it. Now needed more than ever, this book includes fifty-one new non-drug strategies to help children overcome attention and behavior problems, as well as updates to the original fifty proven strategies"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavior disorders in children; Child rearing.; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Problem children;
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