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- Hey black child / by Perkins, Useni Eugene.; Collier, Bryan.;
An empowering story that celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young ones to dream big and achieve their goals.LSC- Subjects: African American children; Power (Social sciences); Success; Motivation (Psychology);
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- The everybody experiment / by Ramée, Lisa Moore.;
"Eleven-year-old Kylie's friends seem so much more mature than she is. And with middle school just a summer away, she's worried her friends might leave her behind, especially because she keeps embarrassing them. So Kylie applies her scientific brain to solve the problem and comes up with the Everybody Experiment: Hypothesis: Kylie Stanton will be mature if she does what everybody else does. Experiment: This summer, when all of Kylie's friends do something, she will do it too. Suddenly it's a whole new grown-up world for Kylie, with parties, unsupervised excursions, and boys. But the more research Kylie puts into the Everybody Experiment, the more she begins to wonder how she can do what everybody else does... without letting go of herself."--Ages 8-12.- Subjects: School fiction.; Friendship; Middle schools; Girls; Self-actualization (Psychology); Science; African Americans;
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- Robot rumble / by Dixon, Franklin W.; Burroughs, Scott.;
006-009.- Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Lost articles; Lost and found possessions; Hardy, Frank (Fictitious character); Hardy, Joe (Fictitious character); Mystery and detective stories, American.; Brothers; Science projects; Science fairs; Robots;
- © c2012., Aladdin,
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- Origin [videorecording] / by Averick, Spencer,editor.; Bernthal, Jon,actor.; Bowers, Chris,composer.; DuVernay, Ava,screenwriter,film director.; Ellis, Aunjanue,actor.; Farmiga, Vera,actor.; Lloyd, Matthew J.,director of photography.; Mayhew, Ina,production designer.; McDonald, Audra,actor.; Nash, Niecy,actor.; based on (expression):Wilkerson, Isabel.Caste (Young adult adaptation); Decal (Firm),film distributor.; Neon (Firm),production company.;
Music by Kris Bowers ; edited by Spencer Averick A.C.E. ; production designer Ina Mayhew ; director of photography Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC.Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, and Niecy Nash-Betts."While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist experiences soaring love and unfathomable loss as she uncovers the beauty of human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best seller "Caste" and starting Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay's Origin explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all."Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13 ; thematic material involving racism, violence, some disturbing images, language and smoking.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Wilkerson, Isabel; African American women authors; Caste; Classism; Ethnicity; Man-woman relationships; Power (Social sciences); Social classes; Social stratification;
- For private home use only.
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- Daughter of the deep / by Riordan, Rick.;
In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.LSC- Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Adventure and adventurers; Underwater exploration; Marine sciences; High schools; Schools; Characters and characteristics in literature; Orphans; East Indian Americans;
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- Astounding : John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the golden age of science fiction / by Nevala-Lee, Alec,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Biographies.; Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971.; Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992.; Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988.; Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986.; Authors, American; Science fiction;
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- Parable of the sower / by Butler, Octavia E.,author.;
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- Subjects: Science fiction.; African Americans; Psychic ability; Faith; Twenty-first century;
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- Sia Martinez and the moonlit beginning of everything / by Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel.;
Ages 12 up.LSC- Subjects: Science fiction.; Mexican Americans; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and daughters; Missing persons; Alien abduction; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Racism; Secrecy;
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- Kindred / by Butler, Octavia E.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Science fiction.; African American women; Slaveholders; Time travel; Slavery; Slaves;
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- Internment / by Ahmed, Samira(Fiction writer);
"A terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopias.; Muslim teenagers; Muslims; Revolutionaries; Prejudices; Concentration camps;
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