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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store [sound recording] / by McBride, James,1957-author.; Hoffman, Dominic,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Dominic Hoffman."In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us."--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); African Americans; Deaf; Jews; Murder;
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store [text (large print)] / by McBride, James,1957-author.;
"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); African Americans; Deaf; Jews; Murder;
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The silence between us / by Gervais, Alison.;
Moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before senior year means Maya will be leaving Pratt School for the Deaf. She's been a student there for years; the prospect of attending Engelmann High, a hearing school, is a shock. When Beau Watson, Engelmann's student body president starts learning ASL to converse with her, Maya thinks he has a hidden agenda. But she can't deny it's nice to sign with someone. When Maya passes up a chance to receive a cochlear implant she sees it as being true to herself, but Beau doesn't understand why Maya wouldn't want to hear again.LSCA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Deaf; Interpersonal relations; High schools; Dating (Social customs); Cochlear implants;
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The sign for home : a novel / by Fell, Blair,author.;
"Arlo Dilly is young, handsome and eager to meet the right girl. He also happens to be DeafBlind, a Jehovah's Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle. His chances of finding someone to love seem slim to none. And yet, it happened once before: many years ago, at a boarding school for the Deaf, Arlo met the love of his life-a mysterious girl with onyx eyes and beautifully expressive hands which told him the most amazing stories. But tragedy struck, and their love was lost forever. Or so Arlo thought. After years trying to heal his broken heart, Arlo is assigned a college writing assignment which unlocks buried memories of his past. Soon he wonders if the hearing people he was supposed to trust have been lying to him all along, and if his lost love might be found again. No longer willing to accept what others tell him, Arlo convinces a small band of misfit friends to set off on a journey to learn the truth. After all, who better to bring on this quest than his gay interpreter and wildly inappropriate Belgian best friend? Despite the many forces working against him, Arlo will stop at nothing to find the girl who got away and experience all of life's joyful possibilities"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Blind; Deaf; Deafblind people; First loves; Jehovah's Witnesses; Man-woman relationships;
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Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess / by Green, Shari,1963-;
Dealing with her mother remarrying to a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is sent next door to help eighty-six-year-old Iris Gillan, who is getting ready to move into an assisted living facility.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Deaf children; Stepfamilies; Neighbors; Older people; Friendship; Moving, Household;
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It's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown [videorecording (DVD)].
This Halloween is very special for good ol' Charlie Brown. He's finally been invited to a party! Includes bonus episode It's Magic, Charlie Brown and a new featurette, We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; Holidays.;
© c1966., Warner Home Video,
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Maxi's secrets : (or, What you can learn from a dog) / by Plourde, Lynn.;
"Fifth-grader Timminy, who's small for his age and new in town, isn't eager to start middle school--but he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi, a big, deaf, lovable dog"--Provided by publisher.Ages 10 up.LSC
Subjects: Dogs; Deaf dogs; Human-animal relationships; Stature; Friendship; Middle schools; Schools;
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Welcome to Happy Valley [videorecording]. by Glenn, Dan; Coleman, Brooke; Bamonte, Dan; Mersell, Jason;
Director, Tony Goss.Dan Glenn, Brooke Coleman, Dan Bamonte, Jason Mersell.After they inherit their father's farm, two sisters are forced to live together.MWT rating: NR.DVD.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.;
© 2015., 4 Digital Media,
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The Pool Boys [videorecording]. by Lillard, Matthew; Ramirez, Efren;
Matthew Lillard, Efren Ramirez.Director, J.B. Rogers.DVD.MPAA rating: R.Tired of working dead end jobs, a pool boy and a gardener scheme to get rich quick by turning an empty mansion into a home for the hottest escorts in Beverly Hills.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2011., E One,
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Downton Abbey Season 5 [videorecording]. by Smith, Maggie; Mcgovern, Elizabeth; Bonneville, Hugh; Froggatt, Joanne; Carter, Jim; Dockery, Michelle;
Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth Mcgovern.Season Five of the international hit finds the Crawley family and the staff struggling with responsibilities and choices as they adjust to life in the Roaring Twenties.DVD.
Subjects: Drama.; Television Series.;
© 2015., Pbs,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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