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She holds up the stars / by Laronde, Sandra,1964-;
The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. She feels strangely compelled to go to the place where her dreams have been tugging at her to come home. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when she was four years old. Misko discovers her unique ability to connect to a spirited horse named Mishtadim who is being violently broken in by the rancher next door and his son, Thomas. Although Misko and Thomas challenge one another, their friendship is forged through the taming of the wild horse. In the process, she realizes the true meaning of belonging and that you can never truly leave home.LSC
Subjects: Girls; Friendship; Wild horses; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwe;
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Lady of the Eternal City / by Quinn, Kate.;
"Elegant, secretive Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife's edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Rome's brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix's beautiful son Antinous has become the Emperor's latest obsession. Empress and Emperor, father and son will spin in a deadly dance of passion, betrayal, conspiracy, and war. As tragedy sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a last desperate pact to save the Empire. But ultimately, the fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Antinoüs, approximately 110-130; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138;
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The king's messenger / by Kearsley, Susanna,1966-author.;
"It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are second nature to Andrew, who must hide his Second Sight to stay alive. Joined by a court scrivener and the scrivener's spirited daughter Phoebe, Andrew slowly untangles the true purpose of his mission--to frame Sir David for Prince Henry's murder. But Andrew is unwilling to betray an innocent man. Phoebe Westaway dislikes Andrew, and their history makes it hard for her to trust him. But as their journey draws them deeper into the dark web of court intrigue, Phoebe begins to suspect that she might have more need of the King's Messenger and his unusual gifts than she could ever have foreseen"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Courts and courtiers; Secrecy; Voyages and travels;
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The Porcupine Year [electronic resource] : by Erdrich, Louise.aut; Erdrich, Louise.ill; cloudLibrary;
The third novel in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich. Omakayas was a dreamer who did not yet know her limits. When Omakayas is twelve winters old, she and her family set off on a harrowing journey in search of a new home. Pushed to the brink of survival, Omakayas continues to learn from the land and the spirits around her, and she discovers that no matter where she is, or how she is living, she has the one thing she needs to carry her through. The Birchbark House Series is the story of one Ojibwe family’s journey through one hundred years in America. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote that The Porcupine Year is “charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life.”
Subjects: Electronic books.; Multigenerational; 19th Century; Native American;
© 2009., HarperCollins,
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The Home for Wayward Girls : a novel / by Bradley, Marcia,author.;
Growing up in the 1990s, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls, the secluded ranch where her parents run a program designed to "correct" teen girls' "bad behavior." Loretta witnesses firsthand how the adults use abusive discipline to crush these young women's spirits and break their wills. Since childhood she's been afraid of her father, and avoids him by spending time with the residents, secretly teaching them the survival skills they'll need in case they manage to escape. One day, a horrifying act of violence forces Loretta to flee the ranch herself. Eventually finding safety and a sympathetic community, Loretta dedicates herself to working with lost, vulnerable, and defenseless teens, determined to prevent the same thing from happening to other girls like her.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Reformatories; Runaway teenagers; Teenage girls;
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Nioh. [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Unleash your darkness master the lethal art of the Samurai in this brutal masocore action role-playing game ... For death is coming. Journey to 1555 feudal Japan, a country gripped in the misery and madness of endless warfare.A place where monsters and evil spirits Infest a land of natural beauty and menacing peril, where everyone from the smallest child to the bravest warrior lives in constant fear of the spiritual beings known as yokai. Play as a mute rogue living as a hired mercenary and renowned yokai Hunter. Born to and abandoned by human and yokai parents, you are burdened with the ability to take on supernatural yokai form. Can you survive the treacherous Sengoku era and terrifying dark realm?ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (Blood and gore, suggestive themes, violence).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 2-3 player online multiplayer (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 35 GB storage required ; online play optional ; PS4 Pro enhanced.
Subjects: Role playing video games.; Adventure video games.; Fantasy video games.; Video games.; Sony video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Nioh 2 (Game); Yōkai (Japanese folklore); Samurai; Imaginary wars and battles; Computer adventure games;
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Ghost Girl [electronic resource] : by Carter, Brooke.aut; Waterbury, Alyssa.ill; cloudLibrary;
Ten-year-old Sly is spending the weekend with their fortune-telling grandmother at the mysterious Madsen Mansion. It’s Samhain, a time when the spirits can cross over into the living world, and the old mansion has secrets whispering in the rafters and unused rooms. When Sly and their grandmother hear a voice calling, Sly unlocks a cabinet that reveals a ghost girl who is trapped in a mirror. Then they accidentally speak the words of the spell that enchanted the girl in the first place, and Sly and their grandmother risk being imprisoned in the mirror as well. With the clock ticking till the end of Samhain, it’s up to Sly to solve the ghost’s riddles and puzzles and locate a long-lost book of spells in hopes of freeing them all.Children/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Mysteries & Detective Stories; Ghost Stories; Halloween; LGBT;
© 2023., Orca Book Publishers,
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Old country / by Query, Matt,1989-author.; Query, Harrison,1991-author.;
"Looking to lead a more peaceful life, former Marine Harry and his wife, Sasha, move to rural Idaho and buy an idyllic, remote ranch. Their nearest neighbors, Dan and Lucy Steiner, live over a mile away. But Dan and Lucy warn Harry and Sasha of a malevolent spirit that lives in the valley. Every season, the spirit haunts residents of that part of the Teton Valley in different and diabolical ways. Harry and Sasha are convinced isolation has driven their neighbors mad. That is, until the first of the manifestations appears, challenging everything Harry and Sasha thought they knew about the world we live in. As each season passes, the spirit grows stronger, and each encounter with it becomes more dangerous. Harry and Sasha must figure out how to make peace with the spirit ... or be killed by it. Haunting and bone chilling, Old Country is a spellbinding debut in the horror genre"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Demonology; Married people; Ranches;
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Goombay Kids. by Ramah Productions (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Ramah Productions in 2020.GOOMBAY KIDS is an award-winning live action island adventure children's show that encourages children to embrace the boundless spirit of exploration and the magic of discovery throughout the islands.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Educational films.; Television.;
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Goombay Kids: S3. by Munroe, Lanthro,film director.; Nihon, Adriana,actor.; Rankine, Javien,actor.; Jones, Keara,actor.; White, Ravyn,actor.; Ramah Productions (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adriana Nihon, Javien Rankine, Keara Jones, Ravyn WhiteOriginally produced by Ramah Productions in 2021.GOOMBAY KIDS is an award-winning live action island adventure children's show that encourages children to embrace the boundless spirit of exploration and the magic of discovery throughout the islands.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Educational films.; Television.;
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