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We, the kindling / by Okot Bitek, Juliane,1966-author.;
"A concise, searing novel centred around the unforgettable voices of schoolgirls in Uganda who survive capture by the Lord's Resistance Army. In northern Uganda in the 1990s, girls as young as eleven were abducted from schools and homes by the Lord's Resistance Army and thrust into the horrors of war. Facing long, perilous treks, gun battles, and underage marriages, while forced to be pawns in political machinations they did not understand, many did not survive. Those who did make it through continue to bear the physical and psychological weight of these terrors. As We, the Kindling begins, we meet Miriam and Helen, two survivors who are now in their twenties but haunted by their years in forced servitude to the Army. In spare, graceful, yet unflinching prose the novel weaves past with present, layering folk tales with taut realism to reveal the rhythm of the girls' lives before the war, unspooling the circumstances of their abductions and tracing their harrowing journeys home again. Reminiscent of The Buddha in the Attic, this is a luminous novel, full of life and care, that insistently refuses to spectacularize brutality and tragedy."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lord's Resistance Army; Abduction; Slavery; Survival; Young women;

Beneath the tamarind tree : a story of courage, family, and the lost schoolgirls of Boko Haram / by Sesay, Isha,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Beneath the Tamarind Tree' is the first definitive account of Boko Harams abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters. Isha Sesay is an award-winning journalist who hosted CNN Newsroom 'Live from L.A.' and was the face of the network's Africa reporting for more than a decade. She led the CNN team that won a Peabody Award for reporting the Chibok girls' story.
Subjects: Boko Haram.; Abduction; Schoolgirls; Kidnapping victims; Terrorism; Islamic fundamentalism;

Shadows of Pecan Hollow : a novel / by Frost, Caroline,author.;
"It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome. Twenty years after they meet, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees and muddy creeks of the town of Pecan Hollow, far from Manny. But when he shows up at her doorstep a new man, fresh out of prison, Kit is forced to reckon with the shadows of her past, and her community is sent into a tailspin. This gritty, penetrating, and unexpectedly tender novel ensnares the reader in its story of resilience and bonds that define us. With its rich rural landscape, indelible characters, and striking regional language, Shadows of Pecan Hollow is a hauntingly intimate and distinctly original debut about the complexity of love--both romantic and familial--and the strength and vulnerability of womanhood."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Abduction; Ex-convicts; Families; Mothers and daughters; Thieves; Women;

Island of Graves / by McMann, Lisa.;
The battles continue for young mage Alex and his friends as they search for Alex's abducted evil brother Aaron.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Twin brothers; Magic;

The Phoenix incident [videorecording] / by Adamthwaite, Michael.; Baker, Troy,1976-; Brewster, James L.; Arem, Keith.; Mongrel Media.;
Michael Adamthwaite, Troy Baker, James L. Brewster.Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Unidentified flying objects; Human-alien encounters; Alien abduction; Extraterrestrials;
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The call [videorecording] / by Anderson, Brad,1964-; Berry, Halle.; Breslin, Abigail,1996-; Chestnut, Morris.; D'Ovidio, Richard.; Eklund, Michael.; Gallo, Bradley,1977-; Otunga, David.; Columbia (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Stage 6 Films.; WWE Studios.;
Music by John Debney ; cinematography, Tom Yatsko ; edited by Avi Youabian.Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, David Otunga.Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is a 911 operator in the Hive -- the bustling Los Angeles headquarters for emergency operators. Her job is extraordinarily stressful, though the camaraderie she shares with co-workers Flora (Denise Dowse) and Marco (José Zúñiga) helps Jordan to stay sharp and focused during those long nights on the phone. The veteran operator experiences a debilitating bout of self-doubt, however, after making a thoughtless mistake that results in the brutal murder of a young girl at the hands of a sadistic prowler. Six months later, Jordan is taking a group of young trainees on a tour of the Hive when an inexperienced operator receives a frantic call from Casey (Abigail Breslin), a terrified teen who is locked in the trunk of a speeding car after being abducted in a parking lot. Unfortunately, Casey is calling from a disposable phone with no chip, making it impossible for the operator to trace the call.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, dual layer format, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Abduction; Feature films.; Kidnapping victims; Telephone operators; Telephone; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
© c2013., Columbia : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

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;

Between good and evil : the stolen girls of Boko Haram / by Fung, Mellissa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In April 2014, the world awoke to the shocking news that the terrorist group Boko Haram had kidnapped nearly 300 school-aged girls and taken them deep into the forests of Nigeria. When veteran journalist Mellissa Fung travelled to Nigeria, she discovered that the scope of the kidnappings had been vastly under-reported. Hundreds--possibly thousands--more girls had been taken against their will and forced to become child brides to soldiers and leaders of Boko Haram. Some of the captives escaped and returned to their villages, many with children in tow. Most of these girls, still children themselves, were shunned by their former friends and family. Other girls have never been seen again. A former captive herself, Mellissa Fung has great empathy for the kidnapped girls. Taken by Taliban sympathizers in Afghanistan, Fung shared her experience in her number-one-bestselling book, Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity. During several visits to Nigeria over four years, she sat down with the girls and their families and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews, listening to horrific stories of capture, rape and torture, as well as escapes and excommunications. Fung tells the stories of Gambo, Asma'u, Zara and other girls taken by Boko Haram. She also portrays strong women fighting against the terrorist group in their own powerful ways: Aisha the Hunter, who moves stealthily into the forest, taking out Boko Haram with her faithful followers, and Mama Boko Haram, an Igbo woman who knows the fighters and those haunted by their experiences and fights to empty the forests of fighters and captives alike. This is raw, honest and heartbreaking storytelling at its best."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Boko Haram.; Abduction; Kidnapping victims; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Terrorism; Women;

DC League of Super-pets [videorecording] / by Bayer, Vanessa,1981-voice actor.; Hart, Kevin,1979-voice actor.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-voice actor.; Krasinski, John,1979-voice actor.; Levine, Sam J.,film director.; Luna, Diego,1979-voice actor.; Lyonne, Natasha,voice actor.; Maron, Marc,voice actor.; McKinnon, Kate,1984-voice actor.; Polanco, Dascha,voice actor.; Reeves, Keanu,voice actor.; Stern, Jared(Screenwriter),film director.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, John Krasinski, Marc Maron, Kate McKinnon, Keanu Reeves, Dascha Polanco.Krypto the Super-Dog (Johnson) and Superman (Krasinski) are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack-Ace the hound (Hart), PB the potbellied pig (Bayer), Merton the turtle (Lyonne) and Chip the squirrel (Luna)-to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for action, mild violence, language and rude humor.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.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Children's films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Batman (Fictitious character); Superman (Fictitious character); Krypto, the Superdog (Fictitious character); Abduction; Animals; Dogs; Justice League of America (Fictitious characters); Pets;
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Eureka [videorecording] / by Alonso, Lisandro,screenwriter,film director.; Clifford, Alaina,actor.; LaPointe, Sadie,actor.; Mastroianni, Chiara,1972-actor.; Mortensen, Viggo,1958-actor.; Caamaño, Martín,1980-screenwriter.; Casas, Fabián,1965-screenwriter.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.;
Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford, Sadie Lapointe.Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation before finally landing in the jungles of 1970s Brazil. As the triptych unfolds, each temporal and spatial shift provokes metaphysical questions about colonial influence on native peoples and the ever-present tensions between indigeneity and the Western world.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Indigenous peoples; Man-woman relationships; Indigenous people; Abduction; Kidnapping victims; Fathers and daughters; Indigenous peoples;
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