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Real ones : a novel / by Vermette, Katherena,1977-author.;
"From the nationally bestselling author of the Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Métis sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out as a pretendian. Lyn and her sister, June, are NDNs -- real ones. Lyn is still suffering after a break-up, but has her pottery artwork and her bubbly kid, Willow, to keep her mind, heart, and hands busy. Happily married June, a Métis Studies professor, yearns to uproot from Vancouver and move. With her husband, Sigh, and their faithful pup, June decides to buy a house in the last place on earth she'd imagine she'd end up: back home in Winnipeg. Close to Lyn, her dad, little sister Yoyo, Grandma Genie -- close to family. But then into Lyn and June's busy lives a bomb drops: their estranged and very white mother, Renee, is called out as a "pretendian." Under the name (get this) Raven Bearclaw, Renee had recently begun to top the charts in the Canadian painting scene for having a wholly new take on the Woodlands tradition, winning awards and recognition for her fraudulent work. The news is quickly picked up by the media and sparks an enraged online backlash. As the sisters are pulled into the painful tangle of lies their mother has told and the hurt she has caused, searing memories from their unresolved childhood trauma, which still manages to spill into their well curated adult worlds, come rippling to the surface. With the same signature wit and heart on display in The Break, The Strangers, and The Circle, and in prose so powerful it could strike a match, real ones offers us a heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story that runs parallel with the long-fought, hard-won battles of Métis people to regain ownership of their identity and the right to say who is and isn't Métis."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Métis women; Métis; Mothers and daughters; Psychic trauma; Sisters;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The hidden kingdom : the graphic novel / by Deutsch, Barry.; Swirsky, Rachel.; Holmes, Mike(Comic book artist); Laiho, Maarta.; Sutherland, Tui,1978-;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.; Dragons; Prophecies; Identity (Philosophical concept);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Divergent [videorecording] / by Burger, Neil,film director.; Courtney, Jai.; Daugherly, Evan,screenwriter.; Goldwyn, Tony,actor.; James, Theo,1984-; Judd, Ashley,actor.; Kravitz, Zoë,1988-; Roth, Veronica.Divergent.Videorecording.; Stevenson, Ray,1964-; Taylor, Vanessa,screenwriter.; Winslet, Kate,actor.; Woodley, Shailene.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Films,production company.; Red Wagon Entertainment (Firm); Summit Entertainment,production company.;
Kate Winslet, Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Theo James, Shailene Woodley, Jai Courtney.In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Dystopias; Feature films.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Segregation; Social classes; Virtues;
© 2014., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Astrid sees all : a novel / by Standiford, Natalie,author.;
"New York's last bohemia-the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980s-is the setting for this brilliantly winning novel about a smart, vulnerable young woman taking a deep dive into her dark side, essential for fans of Sweetbitter, Fleabag, and books by Patti Smith. New York, 1984: Twenty-two-year-old Phoebe Hayes is a young woman in search of excitement and adventure. But the recent death of her father has so devastated her that her mother wants her to remain home in Baltimore to recover. Phoebe wants to return to New York, not only to chase the glamorous life she so desperately craves but also to confront Ivan, the older man who painfully wronged her. With her best friend Carmen, she escapes to the East Village, disappearing into an underworld haunted by artists, It Girls, and lost souls trying to party their pain away. Carmen juggles her junkie-poet boyfriend and a sexy painter while, as Astrid the Star Girl, Phoebe tells fortunes in a nightclub and plots her revenge on Ivan. When the intoxicating brew of sex, drugs, and self-destruction leads Phoebe to betray her friend, Carmen disappears, and Phoebe begins an unstoppable descent into darkness. She may have a chance to save herself-and Carmen, if she can find her-but to do it she must face what's hiding in the shadows she's been running from-within her heart and in the dangerous midnight streets. A love letter to gritty 1980s New York City, Astrid Sees All is an irresistible, original novel about female friendship, sex and romance, and what it's like to be a young woman searching for an identity"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Female friendship; Young women; Identity (Philosophical concept); Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jennifer Chan is not alone / by Keller, Tae.;
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Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Middle school students; Missing persons; Middle schools; Friendship; Bullying; Identity (Philosophical concept);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The family outing : a memoir / by Hempel, Jessi,author.;
By the time Jessi Hempel reached adulthood, everyone in her family had come out, starting a chain reaction of revelations that made them all question their place in the world in new and liberating ways.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Hempel, Jessi; Hempel, Jessi.; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Identity (Philosophical concept); Sexual minorities' families.; Sexual minorities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Girl power 5-minute stories : 10 books in 1.
I like myself! / Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow -- Supersister / Beth Cadena, illustrated by Frank W. Dormer -- Tallulah's tutu / Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Alexandra Bolger -- Flora's very windy day / Jeanne Birdsall, illustrated by Matt Phelan -- Princess in training / Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Joe Berger -- Chavela and the magic bubble / Monica Brown, illustrated by Magaly Morales -- Small sister / Jessica Meserve -- Ella Sarah gets dressed / by Margaret Chodos-Irvine -- Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa / Erica Silverman, illustrated by Betsy Lewin -- Wow! It sure is good to be you! / Cynthia Jabar -- About the authors and illustrators.Ten stories featuring girls celebrate kindness, confidence, determination, fearlessness, and fun for all girls.LSC
Subjects: Girls; Self-esteem; Identity (Philosophical concept); Helping behavior; Brothers and sisters; Magic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wings of fire : the graphic novel. by Deutsch, Barry.; Sutherland, Tui,1978-; Swirsky, Rachel.; Holmes, Mike(Comic book artist); Graphic novelization of (expression):Sutherland, Tui,1978-Winter turning.;
Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Cartoons and comics.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Dragons; Prophecies; Telepathy; Secrecy; Identity (Psychology);
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Wings of fire : the graphic novel. by Deutsch, Barry.; Sutherland, Tui,1978-; Swirsky, Rachel.; Holmes, Mike(Comic book artist); Graphic novelization of (expression):Sutherland, Tui,1978-Moon rising.;
"Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds, and even see the future. Living in a cave with dozens of other dragons is noisy, exhausting--and dangerous. In just a few days, Moon finds herself overwhelmed by her secret powers and bombarded by strange thoughts, including those of a mysterious dragon who might be a terrible enemy. And when someone starts attacking dragons within the academy, Moon has a choice to make: stay hidden and safe? Or risk everything to save her new friends?"--
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Cartoons and comics.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Dragons; Prophecies; Telepathy; Secrecy; Identity (Psychology);
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Descartes : the life of René Descartes and its place in his times / by Grayling, A. C.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Scientist, mathematician, traveller, soldier--and spy--René Descartes has been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. Born in 1596 into an era still dominated by the medieval mindset, he was one of the chief actors in the riveting drama that ushered in the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinarily significant time in history--the first half of the miraculous seventeenth century, replete with genius in the arts and sciences, and wracked by civil and international conflicts across Europe. Before his death in 1650 Descartes made immense contributions to an exceptionally wide range of fields and disciplines, and his assertion 'Cogito, ergo sum' ('I think, therefore I am') has become one of the most famous maxims in all philosophy. He was the very archetype of a 'Renaissance man', and yet surprisingly little is known about him. Drawing on new research and his own insights as one of our leading philosophers, A. C. Grayling presents a stunningly accessible and fascinating portrait of the man and the remarkable era in which he lived.
Subjects: Biographies.; Descartes, René, 1596-1650.; Philosophers;
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