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- The future / by Leroux, Catherine,1979-author.; Ouriou, Susan,translator.; translation of:Leroux, Catherine,1979-Avenir.English.;
- "In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City, was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism--and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance. When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city's orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can't imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love--together."--
- Subjects: Alternative histories (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Children; Daughters; Dystopias; Grandmothers; Grief; Missing children; Older women; Orphans; Resilience (Personality trait); Urban violence;
- Vanishing world : a novel / by Murata, Sayaka,1979-author.; Takemori, Ginny Tapley,translator.; translation of:Murata, Sayaka,1979-Shōmetsu sekai.English.;
- "As a girl, Amane realizes with horror that her parents "copulated" in order to bring her into the world, rather than using artificial insemination, which became the norm in the mid-twentieth century. Amane strives to get away from what she considers an indoctrination in this strange "system" by her mother, but her infatuations with both anime characters and real people have a sexual force that is undeniable. As an adult in an appropriately sexless marriage-sex between married couples is now considered as taboo as incest-Amane and her husband Saku ultimately decide to go and live in a mysterious new town called Experiment City or Paradise-Eden, where all children are raised communally, and every person is considered a Mother to all children. Men are beginning to become pregnant using artificial wombs that sit outside of their bodies like balloons, and children are nameless, called only "Kodomo-chan." Is this the new world that will purify Amane of her strangeness once and for all?"--
- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Artificial insemination, Human; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Married women; Reproduction; Sex;
- City of the dead [sound recording] / by Kellerman, Jonathan,author.; Rubinstein, John,1946-narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
- Read by John Rubinstein."Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis must uncover the connection between a brutally murdered psychologist and a victim they're unable to identify in this electrifying thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Two burly movers are heading back into Los Angeles from the dusty wasteland of Ojai when they hit a man--a naked man who appears out of nowhere. Master detective Milo Sturgis is called to the scene and senses immediately that something is amiss. As the Tesla-driving denizens of this well-off neighborhood begin to congregate, shielding their children's eyes or craning to get a better view, Milo realizes there's no way to identify this body. There's no ID. The victim could be anybody. And that's when Milo calls upon psychologist Alex Delaware. Milo and Alex get their first lead from a crotchety old man who lives down the block. If the victim was naked, he could have come from her house--a woman who has men coming in and out at all hours of the day and night. But what the duo sees from outside her barred windows will make things take another complicated turn: It's a scene of incredible horror. She is lying on the kitchen floor; there is blood everywhere. And when they get a closer look, Alex realizes he knows this woman. She's a fellow psychologist. When traces of DNA found underneath her fingernails point to a man who is not the first victim, the detection really begins ..."--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Delaware, Alex (Fictitious character); Sturgis, Milo (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Psychologists;
- Invisible child : poverty, survival, and hope in an American city / by Elliott, Andrea,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolize Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a divided city. As Dasani grows up, moving with her tightknit family from shelter to shelter, her story reaches back to trace the passage of Dasani's ancestors from slavery to the Great Migration north. By the time Dasani comes of age in the twenty-first century, New York City's homeless crisis is exploding amid the growing chasm between rich and poor. In the shadows of this new Gilded Age, Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental addiction, violence, housing instability, pollution, segregated schools, and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system. When, at age thirteen, Dasani enrolls at a boarding school in Pennsylvania, her loyalties are tested like never before. As she learns to "code-switch" between the culture she left behind and the norms of her new town, Dasani starts to feel like a stranger in both places. Ultimately, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning the family you love?"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Coates, Dasani, 2001-; African American homeless children; Homeless children;
- Good morning Main Street / by Bailey, Catherine(Children's story writer); Lee, Fiona(Illustrator);
- "As the sun rises, a shopkeeper arrives to open his store, and Main Street begins to open its eyes"--
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Picture books.; City and town life; Morning; Cats;
- The Flash. [graphic novel] / by Adams, Jeremy(Screenwriter),author.; Conrad, Will,illustrator.; Duce, Christian,illustrator.; Leigh, Rob,letterer.; Pasarin, Fernando,illustrator.; Peeples, Brent,illustrator.; Ryan, Matt,illustrator.; Sinclair, Alex,colourist.; Wands, Steve,letterer.;
- "Leaving past mistakes behind and racing into the future, Wally West returns as Central City's Scarlet Speedster! Now reunited with his wife, Linda, and their two children, the former Kid Flash begins a new chapter in his life. But Wally quickly remembers that saving lives and fighting super-villains may make him a hero, but they don't pay the bills. Luckily, an old friend may have just the right job for this blue-collar champion."--
- Subjects: Superhero comics.; Graphic novels.; Flash (Fictitious character); Superheroes;
- The SpongeBob movie. [videorecording] / by Kenny, Tom(Thomas J.),voice actor.; Fagerbakke, Bill,1957-voice actor.; Hill, Tim(Director),film director.; Snoop Dogg,1972-voice actor.; Reeves, Keanu,voice actor.; Awkwafina,1989-voice actor.; Bumpass, Rodger,voice actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
- Voices: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Laxwrence, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Matt Berry, Snoop Dogg, Keanu Reeves, Awkwafina, Clancy Brown.SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick, and the Bikini Bottom gang star in their most epic adventure movie yet! When SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary goes missing, a path of clues leads SpongeBob and Patrick to the powerful King Poseidon, who has Gary held captive in the Lost City of Atlantic City. On their mission to save Gary, SpongeBob and his pals team up for a heroic and hilarious journey where they discover nothing is stronger than the power of friendship.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; SpongeBob SquarePants (Fictitious character); Friendship; Marine animals; Pets; Rescues;
- For private home use only.
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople [videorecording] / by Dennison, Julian,actor.; House, Rachel,actor.; Neill, Sam,actor.; Te Wiata, Rima,actor.; Waititi, Taika,film director,film producer.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
- Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Oscar Kightley, Rhys Darby.Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for thematic elements including violent content, and for some language.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Children's films.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Families; Foster children; Runaway children;
- For private home use only.
- The capital of dreams : a novel / by O'Neill, Heather,author.;
- "A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O'Neill. Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and fairies who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one, from the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, is as revered as Sofia's brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mother's love? When the country's greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, and Sofia runs for her life, losing her mother's most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival. In this stunning dark fairy tale of a novel, Heather O'Neill reveals once again her mastery of language that is as delicious as cake and as serious as a gunshot."--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; War fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Mothers and daughters; Myths; Survival;
- The Capital of Dreams [electronic resource] : by O'Neill, Heather.aut; cloudLibrary;
- A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O’Neill Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and fairies who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one, from the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, is as revered as Sofia’s brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mother’s love? When the country’s greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, and Sofia runs for her life, losing her mother’s most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival. In this stunning dark fairy tale of a novel, Heather O’Neill reveals once again her mastery of language that is as delicious as cake and as serious as a gunshot.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women;
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