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What strange paradise / by El Akkad, Omar,1982-author.;
"More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another over-filled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives in their homelands. And only one has made the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who has the good fortune to fall into the hands not of the officials but of Vänna: a teenage girl, native to the island, who lives inside her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though she and the boy are complete strangers, though they don't speak a common language, she determines to do whatever it takes to save him. In alternating chapters, we learn the story of the boy's life and of how he came to be on the boat; and we follow the girl and boy as they make their way toward a vision of safety. But as the novel unfurls we begin to understand that this is not merely the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world, it is the story of our collective moment in this time: of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair--and of the way each of those things can blind us to reality, or guide us to a better one"--
Subjects: Political fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Boat people; Friendship in youth; Islands; Refugee children; Refugees; Syrians;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Beep : a novel / by Roorbach, Bill,author.;
"An ebullient, funny novel about the friendship between a brilliant young girl and a perceptive squirrel monkey, the power of youth, and the way forward for a planet in crisis"--
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Ecofiction.; Novels.; Girls; Human-animal relationships; Squirrel monkeys;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Friends from the beginning : the Berkeley village that raised Kamala and me / by Johnson-Batiste, Stacey,author.;
A vivid, intimate portrait of the friendship forged between Stacey Johnson-Batiste and her childhood best friend, Vice President Kamala Harris--and of the community in which they were raised, and the lessons offered by those they loved and admired from childhood, through their teenage years, and up to the present day.
Subjects: Biographies.; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Johnson-Batiste, Stacey; Johnson-Batiste, Stacey; Female friendship.; Friendship.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wish upon a satellite / by Labelle, Sophie,1988-;
"When non-binary teen Ciel and their best friend Stephie share an unexpected kiss, the world truly shakes on its axis. In this new book for teens, Sophie Labelle<U+2019>s beloved characters first introduced in Ciel and Ciel in All Directions are leaving childhood behind and grappling with new questions of identity, loyalty, and how to negotiate dating and relationships in the age of social media"--Publisher.LSC
Subjects: Transgender youth; Gender-nonconforming youth; High schools; Friendship; Sexual minorities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lanny / by Porter, Max,author.;
"Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all. Chimerical, audacious, strange and wonderful - a song to difference and imagination, to friendship, youth and love, Lanny is the globally anticipated new novel from Max Porter."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Villages; Time travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I fell in love with hope : a novel / by Lancali,author.;
"Against the unforgiving landscape of a hospital, a group of terminally ill patients embraces the joys within their reach: friendship, freedom, rebellion. Each in their own way is broken; each in their own way is stronger for it. In the midst of pain and loss, they find community, even miracles, and together they are determined to reclaim from life what illness has taken from them. But a singular heartbreak has led one to swear off love forever. The risk of experiencing another tragedy feels too great. Yet, in this desolate place where it seems impossible for love to make an appearance, a door opens--and so do hearts."--Back cover.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Bisexual fiction.; Novels.; Bisexual youth; Death; Grief; Love; Suicide; Terminally ill; Thieves;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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You don't see me / by Ricketts, Chris,author.;
Ros has finally found Eddy, the girlfriend they've always wanted. But Ros can't tell her the truth: that Ros is trans, and want to live in a male body. At a party Ros's classmates 'discover' they're a lesbian -- but that's not the true story. As Ros's life gets ever harder to navigate, a new friendship with a boy changes everything and Ros confides in him. Once the truth is out, things take on a momentum that Ros can't control. Ros is surprised that their school turns out to be supportive of their identity. But what's the next move? Hormones? Surgery? And what will happen when Eddy finds out?
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Transgender fiction.; Queer fiction.; Novels.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence; Transgender youth; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence; Transgender youth;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mayflies / by O'Hagan, Andrew,1968-author.;
"Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news. Mayflies is a memorial to youth's euphorias and to everyday tragedy. A tender goodbye to an old union, it discovers the joy and the costs of love"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Cancer; Male friendship; Middle-aged men; Nineteen eighties; Young men;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The agony of Bun O'Keefe / by Smith, Heather,1968-;
Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life with her mother, a compulsive hoarder, and had little contact with the outside world. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. John's, Newfoundland, where she meets Busker Boy, a street musician who takes her in. Together they live in a house with an eclectic cast of characters, and Bun gets to learn the world beyond the walls of her mother's house.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenage girls; Street youth; Street musicians; Friendship; Dysfunctional families; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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You may now kill the bride : a novel / by Weston, Kate,author.;
"Lauren, Saskia, Dominica, Farah and Tansy have been best friends since grade school. They wonder if that was the last time they all actually liked each other. As adults, their lives have splintered. Farah is engaged and is fast becoming a complete bridezilla. Dominica's a successful divorce attorney with no time for anything but work. Tansy runs a vegan cafe and is preparing for a shotgun marriage to awful Ivan. Lauren has had a total "failure to launch" in her career and love life, consumed by a man who has spent years stringing her along. Saskia has married into wealth and a different circle of friends in a fancy part of London. Some days it seems that the only thing holding the group together is an event that happened in their youth twenty years ago-an incident they've all sworn secrecy about to protect each other. When the group is reunited at Tansy's bachelorette-cum-wellness-retreat weekend, it doesn't take long for old grudges to surface. Then the bride-to-be chokes to death on a poisoned drink, and all of the bridesmaids are suspects. Kate Weston explores the complexities of female friendship in this searingly funny, page-turning thriller. One of these bridesmaids may be a killer, and the group had better watch their sash-covered backs, because your oldest friends aren't always your closest ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Bridesmaids; Female friendship; Murder; Suspects (Criminal investigation);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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