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1) Whatever
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sex, drugs, high school--whatever. Just get out of their way. This powerful, hip, and hilarious coming-of-age drama about two teen-age girls breaking free of their troubled suburban lives marks the feature film debut of writer-director Susan Skoog.
2) Miss Quinces
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceąera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine...
4) Pistouvi
Author
Publisher
Magnetic
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jeanne is a little girl who lives with a mischievous young fox named Pistouvi. They share a charming little treehouse surrounded by a magical prairie tended by a giant 'tractor-man' and the wind-spirit he loves. Together, Jeanne and Pistouvie spend frolicking days without a care, but soon, the birds arrive and everything changes. A lyrical fable about the inevitable transition from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, replete with laughs, nostalgia...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A literary coming-of-age poetry collection, an ode to the places we call home, and a piercingly intimate deconstruction of daughterhood, Black Girl, Call Home is a love letter to the wandering black girl and a vital companion to any woman on a journey to find truth, belonging, and healing. As a competitive spoken-word poet who draws large crowds of people, Jasmine Mans's collection is divided into six sections, each with a corresponding active telephone...
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (1,248 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard Thomas plays the key role of John-Boy Walton, a youth on the verge of manhood during the Great Depression and a fledgling writer whose observations are filled with the growing-up lessons and love he receives from his family.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Icelandic
Description
In a remote fishing village in Iceland, teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer, as one tries to win the heart of a girl, while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland takes back its rights, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Limited edition of 3,000 units.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm).
Language
English
Description
When a handsome neighbor moves next door, Dani and older sister Maureen become rivals until tragedy strikes and their bond is the only thing that keeps their hearts from breaking.
10) Summer of '42
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
12) Srta. Quinces
Author
Language
Español
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Formats
Description
"Sue solo quiere pasar el verano leyendo y haciendo cómics en el campamento con sus amigos, pero en lugar de eso se embarca con sus padres y sus dos hermanas en un viaje a Honduras a visitar a la familia, que vive en medio del campo, ¡así que no podrá mandar mensajes y no tendrá cable ni internet! Las cosas empeoran cuando la mamá de Sue anuncia que le harán una quinceañera sorpresa a la chica, aunque esto es lo último que ella desearía....
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
Swedish
Description
Tells the story of Ingemar, a twelve-year-old from a working-class family sent to live with his uncle in a country village when his mother falls ill. There, the boy finds both refuge from his misfortunes and unexpected adventure with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics.
14) Chrissy Judy
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Judy's been described as many things: a free spirit, a daydreamer, a boy-crazy hot mess. But this is going to be the summer it all comes together for this ambitious, 30-something drag queen/cater-waiter and his best friend, Chrissy. That is, until Chrissy's priorities suddenly shift, forcing a disillusioned Judy to examine his life and priorities as a queer artist, and rediscover himself in the process. The dark comedy, "Chrissy Judy" explores the...
15) Tully
Publisher
Manufactured and marketed by Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This coming-of-age film explores a legacy of love between a family of men, and the events of one summer that change their world forever.
16) Twins
Author
Series
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
Author
Series
DC icons volume 1
Language
English
Description
Diana, Princess of the Amazons, longs to prove herself to her warrior sisters. When the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal. Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer-- a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Latvian
Description
Loneliness, disillusionment and the experience of first love reveal the character of Raya, a seventeen-year-old living in rural Latvia with her grandmother and her little brother Robis. A huge turn of events shakes up their lives, and the young girl must come to decisions that even a grown woman would find challenging to make.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before, when Caldecott Honor-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) teams with Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) for a coming-of-age tale in SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER. Kara Danvers isn't any different than any other teenager in her hometown. Problems with school. Problems with boys. Problems with friends. But while growing pains shake up Kara's world, a series of earth-shaking...
20) A-Okay
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
While dealing with side effects from his powerful new acne medication, eighth grader Jay Greene finds things not going exactly as planned with school and his friends, and hopes things will turn out to be a-okay.
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