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The long way back : a novel / by Baart, Nicole,author.;
"When internet-famous teen Eva goes missing less than a week before her graduation, it's her mother, Charlie, who is immediately suspected of foul play. As the investigation progresses, Charlie learns that the rose-colored image that she and her daughter projected to the world is even more false than she realized. Now, to clear her name and find out what has happened to her daughter, she'll have to confront her own role in Eva's disappearance-and whether she knows her daughter at all"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Family secrets; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters; Social media;

Hazard / by Dowell, Frances O'Roark.;
Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons.Ages 9-13.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Families of military personnel; Fathers and sons; Anger; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychoanalytic counseling; Amputees; Afghan War, 2001-;

This Is [Not] Who We Are. by E, Beret,film director.; Miller, Katrina,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2022.Boulder, Colorado is emblematic of predominantly white communities that profess an inclusive ethic but live in a segregated reality. THIS IS [NOT] WHO WE ARE explores the gap between Boulder's progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community. Launching from a viral police body cam video, the film explores myriad intersecting issues to reveal deeply entrenched, if not entirely intended, structural inequalities that have reverberated through generations.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.;

The unwomanly face of war : an oral history of women in World War II / by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-author.; Pevear, Richard,1943-translator.; Volokhonsky, Larissa,translator.;
"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, War's Unwomanly Face is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories of women's experiences in World War II, both on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories. This is a new, distinct version of the war we're so familiar with. Alexievich gives voice to women whose stories are lost in the official narratives, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals. Collectively, these women's voices provide a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of the war. When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize in Literature, they praised her "polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time," and cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre." Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added that her work comprises "a history of emotions -- a history of the soul"--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Women and war;

Get out [videorecording] / by Gabriel, Betty,actor.; Henderson, Marcus,actor.; Jones, Caleb Landry,actor.; Kaluuya, Daniel,1989-actor.; Keener, Catherine,actor.; Whitford, Bradley,actor.; Williams, Allison,1988-actor.; Peele, Jordan,1979-screenwriter,film director.; Universal Pictures Corporation,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel.Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams, Girls), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway in her parent's home upstate. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Interracial dating; Missing persons; African Americans;
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Felt flower workshop : a modern guide to crafting gorgeous plants and flowers from fabric / by Rajamannar, Bryanne,author.; C & T Publishing.;
Learn to make felt plants and flowers so rich with detail that they look freshly picked! Aimed at absolute beginners, the book starts with an overview of basic techniques and then progresses on to simple lessons for making flowers, plants, leaves and branches. Each lesson comes with a detailed reference photograph, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, and pattern. Felt flowers include magnolia, poppy ranunculus, rose and sunflower and learn to make projects such as a garland, decorative pillow, potted plant, Bohemian crown, terrarium, and more!
Subjects: Felt work.; Felting.; Flowers in art.; Handicraft.;

Cam / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Children;

The chipmunk / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Chipmunks;

The ducks / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Reading Longer Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Ducks;

Fat cat / by Lear, Lee-Ann.;
The Green Series starts with all short vowel sounds, all single consonants, several common consonant digraphs, and high frequency words "the", "a", and "to". As the series progresses, the following concepts are introduced: additional digraphs <ch>, <sh> and trigraphs <-tch> and <-dge> -- initial and final consonant clusters, first with continuous sounds, then with stop stounds -- orthographic conventions such as the doubling rule and when to use <-tch> and <-dge> -- <wa>(<a> as /ŏ/ after <w>) and <al>(<a> as /ŏ/ when followed by <l>) -- suffixes <-ed> and <-ing> -- concept of "schwa" in unstressed syllable -- High Frequency Words: "of", "was", "said" and "they".
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dyslexia-friendly books.; Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) Words.; Phonics.; Decodable books.; Reading; English language; Cats;

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