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Finding Edward / by Murray, Sheila(Documentary filmmaker),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Cyril Rowntree, a mixed-race Jamaican, migrates to Canada after his mother and surrogate grandfather die. Cyril arrives in Toronto and sets about earning a degree, works two jobs, and begins to navigate his way through the implications of being racialized in his new land. A chance encounter with a panhandler named Patricia leads Cyril to a suitcase full of photographs and letters dating back to the early 1920s. Cyril is drawn into the letters and their story of a white mother's struggle to come to terms with the need to give up her mixed-race baby, Edward. Abandoned by his white father as a small child, Cyril feels a compelling connection to the boy and begins to look for the rest of Edward's story. As he searches, Cyril unearths hidden pieces of Canadian history and gradually gains the confidence to trust his own judgment"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Racially mixed people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This is my America / by Johnson, Kim,1979-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.While writing letters to Innocence X, a justice-seeking project, asking them to help her father, an innocent black man on death row, teenaged Tracy takes on another case when her brother is accused of killing his white girlfriend.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; African Americans; Teenage girls; Brothers and sisters; Prisoners; Dysfunctional families; Racism; Judicial error; Race relations; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Don't check out this book! / by Klise, Kate.; Klise, M. Sarah.;
When Appleton Elementary's new school board president, Ivana Beprawpa, uses her position to line her own pockets, student sleuths Sara and May, supported by passionate librarian Rita B. Danjerous, seek the truth. Told through letters, memos, and text messages.LSC
Subjects: Epistolary fiction.; Humorous fiction.; School librarians; Schools; Conduct of life; Books and reading; Censorship; Investigative reporting; Dress codes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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M is for Melanin : a celebration of the black child. / by Rose, Tiffany.;
Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in.LSC
Subjects: African American children; Success; Conduct of life; Motivation (Psychology); Alphabet books.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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X-Men Gold. [graphic novel]. by Guggenheim, Marc,author.; Bunn, Cullen,author.; Mayhew, Mike,artist.; Laming, Marc,1968-artist.; Bernard, Diego,artist.; Molina, Jorge,1984-artist.; Beredo, Rain,colourist.; Milla, Matt,colourist.; Mayer, J. P.,artist.; Petit, Cory,letterer.; Caramagna, Joe,letterer.; Guru eFX (Firm),colourist.;
T+.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Superhero comics.; X-Men (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Good and evil;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beneath the trees where nobody sees [graphic novel] / by Horvath, Patrick(Filmmaker),author,illustrator.; Otsmane-Elhaou, Hassan,letterer.;
Subjects: Funny animal comics.; Graphic novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Bears; Serial murderers; Serial murders; Small cities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The chance / by Kingsbury, Karen.;
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Love stories.; Friendship;
© c2013., Howard Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Batman. [graphic novel] / by Tynion, James,IV,author.; March, Guillem,1979-artist.; Stokoe, James,1985-artist,colourist.; Pagulayan, Carlo,artist.; Baron, David(David Andrew),artist.; Morey, Tomeu,colourist.; Plascencia, Ivan,colourist.; Cowles, Clayton,letterer.; AndWorld Design (Firm),letterer.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Batman (Fictitious character); Catwoman (Fictitious character); Joker (Fictitious character); Harley Quinn (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The alphabet tree / by Lionni, Leo,1910-;
After a storm blows some of them away, the letters on the alphabet tree learn from a strange bug to be stronger by forming words, then a caterpillar comes along and tells them that words are not enough; they must say something important.
Subjects: Alphabet; Writing; Insects; Caterpillars;
© 2004., Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lives reclaimed : a story of rescue and resistance in Nazi Germany / by Roseman, Mark,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of a remarkable but largely unsung group known as the Bund, League of Socialist Life, which went on to resist the Nazis during WWII, sheltering Jews and covertly sending letters and parcels into concentration camps, among other activities"--
Subjects: Bund--Gemeinschaft für Sozialistisches Leben; Anti-Nazi movement; World War, 1939-1945; Government, Resistance to; Socialists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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