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1) Wish
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
4) Wonderland
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When her mother uproots them again to another home and takes a job as housekeeper, ten-year-old Mavis is determined to find a best friend in Landry, Alabama, where the summer also holds the promise of friendship and change for a sad man, a stray dog, and a timid girl.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, names it Tooley Graham, then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the Carter, Georgia, pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An all-in-one guide for helping the caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease understand speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging"--
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"A 4-color, 256-page book that covers many ailments that disrupt our health and wellness and the many herbal panaceas from the ages that are available to us for treatment. From eyes, ears, and feet to digestion, indigestion, and burns, the whole body is covered in this holistic and informative guide to your health. Learn about folk understanding of certain diseases, modern research, and the chemical constituents of herbs that help us heal a whole...
14) In harm's way
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton."--Amazon.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Easter parade, Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him.
In Meet me in St. Louis, The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transferred to a nice position in New York.
In Singin' in the rain, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding...