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Clara Voyant / by Delaney, Rachelle.;
"Clara's no-nonsense grandmother has just moved to Florida, leaving Clara and her mother on their own for the first time. Clara tries to make the best of the situation by joining the newspaper at her middle school, wher the editor assigns her to boring news stories and the horoscopes. When her horoscopes come true, everyone at school is talking about Clara Voyant, the talented fortune-teller. When a mystery unfolds at school, she has an opportunity to prove herself as an investigative journalist... with the help of her own mystical abilities.LSC
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Middle school students; Student newspapers and periodicals; Clairvoyance; Horoscopes;
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Animal kingdom. [videorecording] / by Alonso, Daniella,1978-actor.; Barkin, Ellen,1954-actor.; Chulack, Christian,television director.; Gordon, Molly,1994-actor.; Speedman, Scott,actor.; Hatosy, Shawn,1975-actor.; Robson, Ben,actor.; Weary, Jake,1990-actor.; Cole, Finn,actor.; Wells, John,1956-director,screenwriter.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Molly Gordon, Daniella Alonso, Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary, Finn Cole.Originally broadcast on television in 2016.When his mother dies of a heroin overdose, seventeen-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his estranged relatives in a Southern California beach town. Heading up their petty crime dynasty are J's manipulative grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, whose iron-fisted, velvet-gloved tough love controls her four sons; adopted right-hand man "Baz"; intense, mentally disturbed Pope; tough, hyperactive Craig; and troubled "baby," Deran.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television crime shows.; Criminals; Families; Mothers and sons; Orphans; Crime;
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The day I fell off my island / by Bailey-Smith, Yvonne,author.;
"The Day I Fell Off My Island tells the story of Erna Mullings, a teenage Jamaican girl uprooted from her island following the sudden death of her beloved grandmother. When Erna is sent to England to be reunited with her siblings, she dreads leaving behind her elderly grandfather, and the only life she has ever known. A new future unfolds, in a strange country and with a mother she barely knows. The next decade will be a complex journey of estrangement and arrival, new beginnings and the uncovering of long-buried secrets"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Family secrets; Immigrants; Jamaicans;
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Been wrong so long it feels like right / by Mosley, Walter,author.;
"Joe King Oliver is at a crossroads: with his grandmother on death's door, he tasked with tracking down his estranged father, a man he discovers has been out of prison for more than a decade. He also seeks to protect another family, a mysterious woman and her young daughter on the run from an abusive billionaire who'll stop at nothing to retrieve them. Heartfelt, pulse-pounding, and undeniably sexy, Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right shows Walter Mosley at his very best"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; African American detectives; Ex-police officers; Fathers and sons; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Private investigators;
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The Woodsmoke women's book of spells : a novel / by Greenlaw, Rachel,author.;
Carrie Morgan ran from Woodsmoke ten years ago, but when Carrie's grandmother dies and leaves behind her cottage, she returns to renovate--certain she will only be there for one winter. But then she meets Matthieu and before long, Carrie falls for him. But come spring, Matthieu goes missing and Carrie is convinced he's in danger. As Carrie sets out to find him, she must confront all the reasons why she left Woodsmoke and decide whether the place she's spent the last decade running from is the home she's been searching for.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Romance fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Homecoming; Inheritance and succession; Magic; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons;
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Marcel the shell with shoes on [videorecording] / by Finkelstein, Shari,actor.; Fleischer-Camp, Dean,film director.; Gabler, Joe,actor.; Hottle, Blake,actor.; Painter, Samuel,actor.; Rossellini, Isabella,voice actor.; Slate, Jenny,1982-voice actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Joe Gabler, Shari Finkelstein, Samuel Painter, Blake Hottle.Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Clay animation films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Shells; Short films;
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The sun at midnight [videorecording] / by Anderako, Mark,actor.; Carthew, Kirsten,film director.; Howard, Duane,1963-actor.; Jacobs, Devery,1993-actor.; Jerome, Sarah,actor.; Monterey Media Inc.,publisher.;
Devery Jacobs, Duane Howard, Mark Anderako, Sarah Jerome.Sixteen-year-old Native American 'city girl' Lia, is sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in a small community in Canada's breathtaking Northwest Territories. Desperate to return home she steals a boat and becomes lost in the vast wilderness where she is discovered by Alfred, a Gwich'in hunter. Reluctantly taking her under his wing, their unexpected friendship develops and both will be tested when Alfred is severely wounded in a bear attack and Lia fights to save their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R.DVD; Widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound, stereo.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bear attacks; Friendship; Teenage girls; Wilderness survival; Human-animal relationships; Indians of North America;
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The train / by Callaghan, Jodie,1984-; Lesley, Georgia.;
Author Jodie Callaghan worked as a journalist at the time of the Canadian government's apology for the residential school system. She took inspiration for this book from her conversations with survivors--including her own grandmother's experience at Indian day school, and memories shared with her by a man she interviewed by the train tracks that transported children to residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Jodie's story for The Train was first recognized as the winner of the Mi'gmaq Writer's Award in 2009, a contest organized by the Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat to encourage and develop Mi'gmaq storytellers.LSC
Subjects: Grandparent and child; Separation (Psychology); Off-reservation boarding schools; Indians of North America; Railroad trains;
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Frybread Face and Me. by Luther, Billy,film director.; Hogan, Charley,actor.; Bitsui, Jeremiah,actor.; Tallman, Keir,actor.; Sensmeier, Martin,actor.; Angeline, Morningstar,actor.; H., Sarah,actor.; Photon Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charley Hogan, Jeremiah Bitsui, Keir Tallman, Martin Sensmeier, Morningstar Angeline, Sarah H. NataniOriginally produced by Photon Films in 2023.Set in the summer of 1990, this heartfelt coming-of-age drama follows 11-year-old Benny (Keir Tallman), a city boy from San Diego, who is sent to spend the summer with his Navajo grandmother (Sarah H. Natani) on a reservation in Arizona. There, he meets his cousin Dawn, nicknamed Frybread Face (Charley Hogan), a tough, free-spirited girl deeply connected to their cultural roots. As the cousins navigate their differences, they bond over shared experiences, learning about their heritage and the importance of family.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Coming-of-age films.;
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Thunder song : essays / by LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu,author.;
"Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue between the miraculous and the mundane, the spiritual and the physical, as they examine the role of art--in particular music--and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; taqwšəblu; Coast Salish;
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