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Messy roots [graphic novel] : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American / by Gao, Laura,author,illustrator.; Xu, Weiwei,illustrator,colourist.;
"After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Marsat least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter."--Provided by publisher.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; Gao, Laura; Chinese Americans; Immigrants; Lesbians; Sexual minority students;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Endgame. by Marrón, Carmen,film director.; Brennan, Cassie,actor.; Agado, Dimitri,actor.; Filizola, Hector,actor.; Cisneros, Ivan,actor.; Coll, Ivonne,actor.; Flores, John,actor.; Flores, Victor,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Cassie Brennan, Dimitri Agado, Hector Filizola, Ivan Cisneros, Ivonne Coll, John Flores, Victor FloresOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 2015.With help from his coach, a boy tries to help his school's chess team reach the Texas state finals.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.;
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LBJ [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Leigh, Jennifer Jason; Harrelson, Woody; Pullman, Bill;
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Woody Harrelson, Bill Pullman.Director, Rob Reiner.Blu-ray.CHVRS rating: 14A.The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Subjects: Drama.; Drama.;
© 2018., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The four winds / by Hannah, Kristin,author.;
"An epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli--like so many of her neighbors--must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Migration, Internal; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Droughts; Depressions; Farmers; Mothers and daughters; Families; Farm life;
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The four winds [sound recording] / by Hannah, Kristin,author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Julia Whelan."An epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli--like so many of her neighbors--must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Migration, Internal; Depressions; Droughts; Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939; Families; Farm life; Farmers; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / by Samuels, Robert,1984-author.; Olorunnipa, Toluse,1986-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country's broken systems of policing. But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man's stolen life: a life beset by suffocating systemic pressures that ultimately proved inescapable. This biography of George Floyd shows the athletic young boy raised in the projects of Houston's Third Ward who would become a father, a partner, a friend, and a man constantly in search of a better life. In retracing Floyd's story, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa bring to light the determination Floyd carried as he faced the relentless struggle to survive as a Black man in America. Placing his narrative within the larger context of America's deeply troubled history of institutional racism, His Name Is George Floyd examines the Floyd family's roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his Houston schools, the overpolicing of his communities, the devastating snares of the prison system, and his attempts to break free from drug dependence-putting today's inequality into uniquely human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews and extensive original reporting, Samuels and Olorunnipa offer a poignant and moving exploration of George Floyd's America, revealing how a man who simply wanted to breathe ended up touching the world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Floyd, George, 1973-2020.; African American men; African Americans; African Americans; Black lives matter movement.; Murder victims; Police brutality; Racism; Trials (Police misconduct);
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Lies you never told me : a novel / by Donaldson, Jennifer(Young adult author);
Told in alternating voices, two teenagers, one in Austin, Texas, and the other in Portland, Oregon, enter dangerous romantic relationships.LSC
Subjects: Dating (Social customs); Teacher-student relationships; Secrecy;
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Armageddon [videorecording]. by Willis, Bruce; Affleck, Ben; Buscemi, Steve; Thornton, Billy Bob; Tyler, Liv; Wilson, Owen; Steen, Jessica; Duncan, Michael Clarke; Isaacs, Jason;
Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Jessica Steen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jason Isaacs.Director, Michael Bay.DVD.CHVRS rating: PG.An asteroid the size of Texas is headed toward Earth and NASA sends an oil rig crew to blow it up.
Subjects: Action.; Action / Adventure.;
© 0000., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Will's race for home : a western / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fathers and sons; Frontier and pioneer life; African Americans; Oklahoma;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One wild night / by Cutler, Melissa.;
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Subjects: Love stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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