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Ashfall legacy / by Lore, Pittacus.;
Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity.Ages 13 up.Grades 10-12.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Extraterrestrial beings; Missing persons;
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They may not mean to, but they do / by Schine, Cathleen,author.;
"Joy Bergman is not slipping into old age with the quiet grace her children, Molly and Daniel, would prefer. She won't take their advice, and she won't take an antidepressant. Her marriage to their father, Aaron, has lasted through health and dementia, as well as some phenomenally lousy business decisions. The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old. Cathleen Schin e's They May Not Mean To, but They Do is a tender, sometimes hilarious intergenerational story about searching for where you belong as your family changes with age.When Aaron dies, Molly and Daniel have no shortage of solutions for their mother's loneliness and despair, but there is one challenge they did not count on: the reappearance of an ardent suitor from Joy's college days. They didn't count on Joy suddenly becoming as willful and rebellious as their own kids. With sympathy, humor, and truth, Schine explores the intrusion of old age into a large and loving family. They May Not Mean To, but They Do is a radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families;
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The other side / by Camlot, Heather.;
A coming of age novel in which a twelve-year-old boy is swept up in the mystery of a young girl's death as he comes to terms with his German grandfather's past during World War Two ."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Mystery fiction.; Families;
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Out of Darkness. by Cumming, Andrew,film director.; Modu, Chuku,actor.; Evans, Iola,actor.; Young, Kit,actor.; Oakley-Green, Safia,actor.; levelFILM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chuku Modu, Iola Evans, Kit Young, Safia Oakley-GreenOriginally produced by levelFILM in 2022.Set in the Old Stone Age, this survival horror film follows a group of early humans who begin to fear that an unseen force is hunting them. As they grapple with growing paranoia, distrust emerges and threatens to tear them apart. Faced with the harsh landscape and the reality of their situation, they must confront their fears and unite against the ancient evil pursuing them. Will they find the strength to survive, or will their divisions lead to their downfall?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Motion pictures, British.; Action and adventure films.; Monsters in motion pictures.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Love and laughter in the time of chemotherapy / by Pawagi, Manjusha,1967-author.;
"'April 28, 2014: I won't be coming in today, I have leukemia.' That's the message Manjusha Pawagi, a family court judge in Brampton, Ontario relayed to her office one morning after a routine blood test showed a deadly result. She did not return to work for two and a half years. Wryly funny and stubbornly hopeful, this is her quirky take on what it's like to face your own mortality when, to be honest, you thought you'd live forever. It describes how even the darkest moments of life can be made worse by roommates; details how much determination it takes to ignore the statistics; and answers the age-old question, what does it take to get a banana Popsicle when you need one?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Pawagi, Manjusha, 1967-; Pawagi, Manjusha, 1967-; Authors, Canadian; Cancer; Judges;
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And finally : matters of life and death / by Marsh, Henry,1950-author.;
"As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. And Finally explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age. But he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and the brain, the beauty of the natural world and his love for his family. Elegiac, candid, luminous and poignant, And Finally is ultimately not so much a book about death, but a book about life and what matters in the end."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Marsh, Henry, 1950-; Neurosurgeons;
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The end of drum-time : a novel / by Pylväinen, Hanna,author.;
"In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister known as Mad Lasse tries in vain to convert the native Saami reindeer herders to his faith. But when one of the most respected herders has a dramatic awakening and dedicates his life to the church, his impetuous son, Ivvaar, is left to guard their diminishing herd alone. By chance, he meets Mad Lasse's daughter Willa, and their blossoming infatuation grows into something that ultimately crosses borders-of cultures, of beliefs, and of political divides-as Willa follows the herders on their arduous annual migration north to the sea. Gorgeously written and sweeping in scope, The End of Drum-Time immerses readers in a world lit by the northern lights, steeped in age-old rituals, and guided by passions that transcend place and time"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Clergy; Man-woman relationships; Reindeer herders;
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The way of the hermit : my incredible 40 years living in the wilderness / by Smith, Ken(Hermit of Treig),author.; Millard, Will,author.;
Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone, with no electricity or running water. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the lonely loch', where he lives off the land: he fishes for his supper, chops his own wood, and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a hermit. For the first time, Ken shares the story of his life. From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, to the formative years he spent travelling in the Yukon and finally how he came to be the Hermit of Loch Treig. Looking back through decades of diary entries, Ken reflects upon the reasons he turned his back on society, the vulnerability of old age and the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig),; Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig); Recluses;
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The agony house / by Priest, Cherie.; O'Connor, Tara.;
Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 100 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; Haunted houses; Murder; Comic books, strips, etc.;
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The legend of Old Befana : an Italian Christmas story / by DePaola, Tomie,1934-;
Because Befana's household chores kept her from finding the baby King, she searches to this day, leaving gifts for children on the Feast of the Three Kings.Ages 4-8LSC
Subjects: Befana (Legendary character); Christmas; Tales;
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