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Invisible child : poverty, survival, and hope in an American city / by Elliott, Andrea,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age in the twenty-first century, New York City's homeless crisis is exploding amid the growing chasm between rich and poor. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental addiction, violence, housing instability, pollution, segregated schools, and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system. When, at age thirteen, Dasani enrolls at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, her loyalties are tested like never before. As she learns to "code-switch" between the culture she left behind and the norms of her new town, Dasani starts to feel like a stranger in both places. Ultimately, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning the family you love?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Coates, Dasani, 2001-; African American homeless children; Homeless children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The girl on the train / by Hawkins, Paula,author.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; City and town life; Commuters; Death; Marriage; Passengers; Trains; Voyeurism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A killer's Christmas in Wales / by Duncan, Elizabeth J.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; City and town life; Murder; Brannigan, Penny (Fictitious character);
© c2011., Thomas Dunne books/Minotaur Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I still dream about you [sound recording] / by Flagg, Fannie.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Humorous fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; City and town life; Murder; Women real estate agents;
© p2010., Random House Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Slated for death : a Penny Brannigan mystery / by Duncan, Elizabeth J.;
"When the body of well-liked and respectable Glenda Roberts is discovered at the bottom of a former slate mine, now a busy tourist attraction, pandemonium erupts in the North Wales town of Llanelen. Penny Brannigan finds herself drawn into the investigation when jars of her house-brand hand cream are found among counterfeit inventory Glenda and her sister were selling. Police are convinced that the mine operator whose asthmatic son suffered an almost-fatal attack due to the merchandise is responsible for Glenda's death. But Penny's not so sure. A visit to Glenda's mother only deepens her conviction that a hidden family secret is the real reason for the murder. Slated for Death is a wonderful traditional mystery with snappy dialogue, lively characters and an enchanting setting"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Brannigan, Penny (Fictitious character); City and town life; Murder;
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One moon, two cats / by Godwin, Laura.; Tanaka, Yoko.;
Two cats, one in the city and one in the country, chase mice before going to sleep."Ages 2-6"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Cats; City and town life; Country life;
© c2011., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hello! hometown heroes / by Armier, Toni.; Jones, Anna,1977-;
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Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Neighborhoods; Community life; Occupations; Heroes; City and town life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tear this down / by Dee, Barbara.;
When twelve-year-old Freya discovers that her town's historical hero had problematic views towards women, she advocates to replace his statue with a lesser-known suffragette.Ages 9-13.
Subjects: Social problem fiction.; Social action; Statues; Suffragists; Schools; City and town life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bear ate your sandwich / by Sarcone-Roach, Julia.;
"When a sandwich goes missing, it seems that a bear is the unlikely culprit"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Bears; Dogs; Sandwiches; City and town life; Humorous stories.;
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Whispering Pines / by Lang, Heidi.; Bartkowski, Kati.;
"When otherworldly forces descend on their town of Whispering Pines, conspiracy theorist Rae, who's searching for her lost father, and Caden, who's haunted by the ghost of his brother, must band together to save their home"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Conspiracy theories; Missing persons; Monsters; City and town life;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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