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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
" Liza Long is the single mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she heard about the Newtown shooting her first thought was, "What if my son does that someday?" She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal posted as "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother." The post went viral, receiving 1.2 million Facebook likes, nearly 17,000 tweets, and 30,000 emails. Now, in The Price of Silence she takes...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ali loves to dance, sing, and act. But she had never thought of putting on her own show until her neighbor asks, 'Why wait?' Immediately energized, Ali gets to work. There's so much to do before showtime--choosing the right musical, auditions, rehearsal, costume and set design--but Ali can do anything with her family and friends. When a storm threatens to undo all their hard work, Ali must use her imagination and adapt so the show can go on"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"These stories are an extra peek at Auggie, a boy born with extreme facial abnormalities, before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie s oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie s new friend at school"--
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
In northern India, a breathtakingly beautiful Himalayan community attracts tourists by commingling South Asian and Swiss Alps aesthetics. One local woman competes with her neighbors for business while battling the strictures of patriarchy, a local infrastructure from hell, and religious superstitions. She saves money, uses feminine wiles to subvert the corrupt powers-that-be, and piggy-backs her son up and down the mountainside to medical appointments...
68) A healing family
Author
Publisher
Kodansha International
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
71) In your shoes
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school, who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncle's funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way ... and it is the beginning of everything." --
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Far from the tree follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity."--Container.
75) Thukpa for all
Author
Publisher
Karadi Tales Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tsering can't wait to taste his grandmother's delicious noodle soup. He invites a string of friends and neighbours home. But as preparations get underway, there is a power cut and the house is plunged into darkness. Will Abi be able to put together the much-anticipated thukpa?" --
76) Look up!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 29cm
Language
English
Description
When a girl in a wheelchair calls to people far below to look up and see her, one finds a way to brighten her day.
78) My sister Dilly
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
x, 333 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When life revolves around stressed-out parents and ER visits for his special needs little brother Jake, eleven-year-old Ethan escapes to a world of top hats, trick decks, and magic wands. When he hears of a junior magic competition where the top prize is to meet and perform with his hero, Magnus the Magnificent, Ethan is determined to do whatever he needs to get there--and to win. His dedication and hard work pay off, and he makes it to the top five...
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