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Homes : a refugee story / by al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr,2001-author.; Yeung, Winnie,1982-author.;
"Homes tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video games, sleepovers, and family jarringly juxtaposed with car bombings, massacres, and the constant threat of what could happen next. In 2014 the family finally found safety in immigrating to Edmonton, Canada, and the book also recounts both the gratefulness and the loneliness of the family's immigration experience."--
Subjects: Biographies.; al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr, 2001-; Refugee children; Refugee children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bat and the waiting game / by Arnold, Elana K.; Santoso, Charles.;
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great. He's the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world--even Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play and can't watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes. Someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons, Janie is having sleepovers with her new friends, and Bat wants everything to go back to normal. He just has to make it to the night of Janie's performance...Ages 6-10.
Subjects: Autism in children; Skunks as pets; Wildlife rehabilitation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The greatest thing [graphic novel] / by Searle, Sarah Winifred,author,illustrator.;
It's the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred's two best (and only) friends have transferred to a private school, she must navigate high school on her own. But she isn't alone for long. In art class, she meets two offbeat students, Oscar and April. The three bond through clandestine sleepovers, thrift store shopping, and zine publishing. Winifred is finally breaking out of her shell, but there's one secret she can't bear to admit to April and Oscar, or even to herself--and this lie is threatening to destroy her newfound friendships.
Subjects: Coming-of-age comics.; Graphic novels.; Friendship; High schools; Secrecy;
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Read this book in the dark! : scary campfire stories for kids / by Falligant, Erin.; Borio, Laura.;
"A glow-in-the-dark spooktacular! Grab your flashlight and gather 'round for ghostly tales that frighten and excite. READ THIS BOOK IN THE DARK is an illustrated adventure through 15 never-before-told chillers sure to give you goosebumps. And with its glow-in-the-dark cover, this thrilling book of scary stories is perfect for sleepovers, campouts, or for spooking your little brother.... These spine-tingling campfire stories are great for all ages! A little bit creepy and a lot of fun, they're just eerie enough to give you the shivers and keep you flipping the pages for more!"--Back cover.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Short stories.; Short stories, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Our kind of game : a novel / by Copeland, Johanna,author.;
2019. Stella Parker has the life she's always wanted: a loving husband, two happy children that she gave up her thriving law career to raise, and a beautiful house in the tony suburbs of Washington, DC. But when her neighbor Gwen shows up at her door, claiming to know things about her, Stella's life is thrown into turmoil and she's forced to reckon with the dark secret upon which she's built her life. 1987. Julie Waits yearns to be a cheerleader--a gateway to a world of normalcy with best friends and sleepovers, and an escape hatch from life with her widowed mother, the terrible men she attracts, and the upheaval caused by their abrupt and constant moves. But when her mother decides those relationships are over, the past becomes a forbidden subject that Julie can never revisit. As Stella probes deeper into what brought Gwen to her door, the answer--and who Julie is to her--become increasingly, terrifyingly, clear. Filled with shocking twists and turns, this is a book that both asks what it means for a woman to be in control of her life while also highlighting the impact of small daily violences upon women, and the connection between physical and psychological harm.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors; Secrecy; Violence; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My friend Anne Frank : the inspiring and heartbreaking true story of best friends torn apart and reunited against all odds / by Pick-Goslar, Hannah,author.; Kraft, Dina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever. As the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam progressed, Anne and the Frank family seemingly vanished, leaving behind unmade beds and dishes in the sink--but no trace of Anne's precious diary. Torn from her dear friend without warning, Hannah spent the next two years tormented by questions about Anne's fate, wondering if she had, by some miracle, managed to escape danger. In this long‑awaited memoir, Hannah shares the story of her childhood during the Holocaust, from the introduction of anti-Jewish laws in Amsterdam to the gradual disappearance of classmates and, eventually, the Frank family, to Hannah and her family's imprisonment in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As Hannah chronicles the experiences of her own life during and after the war, she provides a searing look at what countless children endured at the hands of the Nazi regime, as well as an intimate, never‑before‑seen portrait of the most recognizable victim of the Holocaust. Culminating in an astonishing fateful reunion, My Friend Anne Frank is the profoundly moving story of childhood and friendship during one of the darkest periods in the world's history."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Pick-Goslar, Hannah; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beyond this harbor : adventurous tales of the heart / by Styron, Rose,author.;
"An intimate portrait of a celebrated magic life and the famous and infamous who dropped in, summered, traveled with, played with, and the decades of friendship with everyone from Truman Capote and Robert Penn Warren to the Kennedys, the Bernsteins, Alexander Calder, John Hersey, and Lillian Hellman. Here as well are the years of dedication and risk, traveling the world, from Pinochet's Chile to El Salvador, Belfast, and Sarajevo, as Rose Styron, in search of those hiding from dictators and autocrats, bore witness to atrocities and human rights violations ... Styron writes of her childhood, born into a German Jewish, assimilated Baltimore family; a rebel from the start, studying poetry at Wellesley, Harvard, Johns Hopkins; traveling to Rome and her (second) meeting with Bill (the first time, "I can't remember even shaking hands. I wasn't thinking about him at all."); their eventual marriage, and their more than fifty years together--in bucolic Roxbury, Connecticut, and on Martha's Vineyard. She writes of Bill's writing and of retyping his manuscripts, discussing his writing progress, having babies, with visits from neighbors Arthur Miller; Mike Nichols and various wives; Dustin Hoffman buying the house over the hill; James Baldwin moving in to Styron's writing studio and writing The Fire Next Time, with Baldwin encouraging Styron to write Nat Turner in first person; Frank Sinatra, sailing into Vineyard Haven Harbor and soon dropping by for dinners chez Styrons; the Kennedys having rowdy sleepovers ... And she writes in detail about Bill Styron's full-on breakdowns, his recovery from the first depression; writing Darkness Visible. And fifteen years later, the second much worse crash; Bill Styron's death; her year of grief, teaching at Harvard; living full time on the Vineyard and making a new full life there ... "--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Styron, Rose.; Styron, William, 1925-2006; Human rights workers; Poets, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Isadora Moon va a una fiesta de pijamas / by Muncaster, Harriet.; Pérez-Sauquillo, Vanesa,1978-;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Moon, Isadora (Fictitious character); Vampires; Fairies; Sleepovers; Magic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La soirée pyjama des dinosaures / by Bailey, Linda,1948-; Bluhm, Joe,1980-; Allard, Isabelle.;
Subjects: Livres d'images.; Picture books.; Dinosaures; Dinosaurs; Soirées pyjama; Sleepovers; French language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Baby-sitters petite soeur. une bd / by Farina, Katy.; Martin, Ann M.,1955-; Lamb, Braden.; Allard, Isabelle.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Romans graphiques.; Comics (Graphic works); Bandes dessinées.; Karen (Fictitious character from Martin); Clubs; Clubs; Babysitters; Gardiens d'enfants; Gardiennes d'enfants; Sleepovers; Soirées pyjama; Friendship; Relations enfants-enfants; Amitié; Families; Familles; Cartoons and comics.; French language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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