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Emma on fire / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Raymond, Emily,1972-author.;
"Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. And that's exactly what Emma wants. In a world where the path forward is uncertain, expectation is the enemy. Emma on Fire is the unforgettable story of one brave young woman -- and her decision to live life as if everyone's future depends on it. Because it does."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Grief; Life change events; Mental health; Self-immolation; Young women;

Promising young woman [videorecording] / by Adams, Casey(Actor),actor.; Brie, Alison,actor.; Britton, Connie,actor.; Brown, Clancy,actor.; Burnham, Bo,1990-actor.; Coolidge, Jennifer,actor.; Cox, Laverne,actor.; Goodwin, Timothy E.,actor.; Mintz-Plasse, Christopher,1989-actor.; Monroe, Steve,actor.; Mulligan, Carey,1985-actor.; Richardson, Sam(Actor),actor.; Shannon, Molly,1964-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Sam Richardson, Connie Britton, Steve Monroe, Casey Adams, Timothy E. Goodwin.Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman, until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be. She's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living with a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.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, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Young women;
For private home use only.

Promising young woman [videorecording] / by Adams, Casey(Actor),actor.; Brie, Alison,actor.; Britton, Connie,actor.; Brown, Clancy,actor.; Burnham, Bo,1990-actor.; Coolidge, Jennifer,actor.; Cox, Laverne,actor.; Goodwin, Timothy E.,actor.; Mintz-Plasse, Christopher,1989-actor.; Monroe, Steve,actor.; Mulligan, Carey,1985-actor.; Richardson, Sam(Actor),actor.; Shannon, Molly,1964-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Molly Shannon, Sam Richardson, Connie Britton, Steve Monroe, Casey Adams, Timothy E. Goodwin.Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman, until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be. She's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living with a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, DTS-HD High resolution 7.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Revenge; Young women;
For private home use only.

The mimicking of known successes / by Older, Malka,1977-author.;
"The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle. On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony's erudite university-and Mossa's former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth's pre-collapse ecosystems. Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti's assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake-and, perhaps, their futures, together."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Missing persons; Space colonies;

Starlings / by Linsmeier, Amanda,author.;
When seventeen-year-old Kit visits her father's hometown for the first time following his death, she not only discovers that her family is strangely revered among the locals, but that she also has an important role in the town's future.014+.Decoding demand: 96 (very high)HL630L.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Cities and towns; Families; Secrecy; Teenage girls; City and town life; Cities and towns; Family life; Families; Secrets; Teenage girls;

Shatter me / by Mafi, Tahereh,author.;
Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Science fiction.; Ability; Dictatorship; Soldiers; Love;

Emma on fire [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Raymond, Emily,1972-author.;
"Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. And that's exactly what Emma wants. In a world where the path forward is uncertain, expectation is the enemy. Emma on Fire is the unforgettable story of one brave young woman -- and her decision to live life as if everyone's future depends on it. Because it does."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Grief; Life change events; Mental health; Self-immolation; Young women;

This bright future : a memoir / by Hall, Bobby,author.;
"A raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist ... A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and--with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education--he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Hall, Bobby.; Adult child abuse victims; Adult children of alcoholics; Adult children of drug addicts; Adult children of dysfunctional families; Internet personalities; Rap musicians;

Realive [videorecording] / by Chaplin, Oona,1986-actor.; Gil, Mateo,1972-screenwriter,film director.; Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Lebon, Charlotte,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Lucas Vidal ; editor, Guillermo la Cal ; director of photography, Pau Esteve Birba.Tom Hughes, Charlotte Le Bon, Oona Chaplin, Barry Ward, Julio Perillán.Diagnosed with a terminal cancer, a man decides to freeze his body so that he could get revived in the future, but resuscitated some sixty years later, he finds himself unable to cope with the realities of his new life.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Cryonics; Man-woman relationships; Terminally ill; Love;
For private home use only.

The world's end / by Robertson, David,1977-;
"Eli must embrace his unique heritage and make an impossible decision about his future, and the future of Misewa, in this thrilling last adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series. Eli, Morgan and Emily manage to free themselves from captivity as the battle between the humans, animal beings, and Bird Warriors rages on. But there's another, more personal battle, as Eli and an unlikely ally fight to save Mahihkan's life through a previously forbidden portal. When the Sleeping Giant rumbles to life, the stakes hit an all-time high, and Eli has to reach deep within himself to summon the power so that he can protect Misewa against the dangers of colonization . . . forever"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Time-travel fiction.; Space and time; Siblings; Imaginary wars and battles; Animals; Indigenous peoples; Doorways; Colonization;