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American justice.


Title from container. Originally produced as an episode of the television program American justice in 2000. Examines the case of Melvin Henry Ignatow, who will not serve time for killing his fiancé in 1988, despite evidence that he planned and carried out her murder.
Date Published:2008

A doll's house


Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. "Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container. Nora, a pampered and petted wife, forges a signature to obtain money for her ailing husband, the results of which lead her to growth and to her resentment of being treated like a doll in her own house.
Date Published:1973

Looking for smoke

Cobell, K. A.


School Library Journal, June 2024. Pub Weekly, March 2024. Booklist, May 2024. Horn Book, May 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2024. "Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation . . . Mara Racette has felt like an outsider. . . . So when a local girl includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet giveawayto honor her missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally makesome friends. Instead, a girl from the giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. . . . The four must now take matters into their ownhands and clear their names. "--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal, June 2024. Pub Weekly, March 2024. Booklist, May 2024. Horn Book, May 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2024. "Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation . . . Mara Racette has felt like an outsider. . . . So when a local girl includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet giveawayto honor her missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally makesome friends. Instead, a girl from the giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. . . . The four must now take matters into their ownhands and clear their names. "--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Didn't see that coming

Sutanto, Jesse Q.


School Library Journal starred, January 2024. Booklist starred, October 2023. Publishers Weekly, September 2023. Kirkus Review, September 2023. "A romantic comedy about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she's never met in real life--until she unwittingly transfers to his school"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

The wind singer : an adventure /

Nicholson, William,


"First published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. School Library Journal, December 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2006. Booklist, March 2001. Book Report, January 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2001. Kliatt Starred, July 2004. After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people.
Date Published:2000

"First published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. School Library Journal, December 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2006. Booklist, March 2001. Book Report, January 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2001. Kliatt Starred, July 2004. After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal Amaranth and its people.

Date Published:2000

Golden arm

Deuker, Carl


School Library Journal, February 2020. Booklist starred, March 2020. Kirkus Review, February 2020. Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
Date Published:2020

The number devil : a mathematical adventure /

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus


"First published in the United States in 1998 by Metropolitan Books"--T.p. verso. "Metropolitan Books"--Spine. Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Review, Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Annoyed with his math teacher who won't let him use a calculator, twelve-year-old Robert finds help from the number devil in his dreams.
Date Published:2000

Edward Jenner : conqueror of smallpox /

Rodriguez, Ana Maria, 1958-


"A terrifying experience" -- Rough beginnings -- Going to London -- Sleeping hedgehogs and burning candles -- On bony canals and hydrogen balloons -- Of the blizzard and cuckoo birds -- The milkmaid's fortune is her face -- James Phipps -- The inquiry -- Conquering smallpox -- The last case of smallpox. Describes the life and work of Edward Jenner, the eighteenth-century English physician who discovered the first safe method of preventing smallpox.
Date Published:2006

"A terrifying experience" -- Rough beginnings -- Going to London -- Sleeping hedgehogs and burning candles -- On bony canals and hydrogen balloons -- Of the blizzard and cuckoo birds -- The milkmaid's fortune is her face -- James Phipps -- The inquiry -- Conquering smallpox -- The last case of smallpox. Describes the life and work of Edward Jenner, the eighteenth-century English physician who discovered the first safe method of preventing smallpox.

Date Published:2006

Digestion


Title from container, disc label, and menu screen. Originally produced as an episode of the television program Bill Nye the science guy in 1993. Includes bonus footage, DVD overview, quiz, glossary, video clips correlated to National Science Education Standards, interactive glossary viewing option, and DVD-ROM features with screen saver, printable teacher's guide and weblinks. Explores the body's digestive system and how it turns food into energy, demonstration how a steam engine runs on corn flakes, and contains interactive glossaries, quizzes, and Spanish translation.
Date Published:1993

Title from container, disc label, and menu screen. Originally produced as an episode of the television program Bill Nye the science guy in 1993. Includes bonus footage, DVD overview, quiz, glossary, video clips correlated to National Science Education Standards, interactive glossary viewing option, and DVD-ROM features with screen saver, printable teacher's guide and weblinks. Explores the body's digestive system and how it turns food into energy, demonstration how a steam engine runs on corn flakes, and contains interactive glossaries, quizzes, and Spanish translation.

Date Published:1993

Sleepwalker

Powell, Jillian


Josh and his new stepbrother, Tom, seem to have nothing in common when they first move in together, but when Tom begins sleepwalking, Josh makes a frightening discovery.
Date Published:2002

Edison : the wizard of light /


Originally produced for television in 1998. Container indicates a running time of 90 min.; actual running time is 54 min. Includes production featurette, Thomas Edison biographical notes, music soundtrack, character notes, photo gallery, production notes, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. Booklist, May 1999. A scruffy twelve-year-old fleeing authorities crashes into Thomas Edison's lab. Recognizing himself in the boy, Edison takes him in. Soon, the lad becomes a sorcerer's apprentice to the Wizard of Menlo Park as they pursue Edison's dream of motion pictures.
Date Published:1998

Originally produced for television in 1998. Container indicates a running time of 90 min.; actual running time is 54 min. Includes production featurette, Thomas Edison biographical notes, music soundtrack, character notes, photo gallery, production notes, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. Booklist, May 1999. A scruffy twelve-year-old fleeing authorities crashes into Thomas Edison's lab. Recognizing himself in the boy, Edison takes him in. Soon, the lad becomes a sorcerer's apprentice to the Wizard of Menlo Park as they pursue Edison's dream of motion pictures.

Date Published:1998

Galileo : on the shoulders of giants /


Originally produced for television in 1997. Container indicates running time of 95 min.; actual running time is 57 min. Includes production featurette, Galileo biographical notes, cast and crew notes, production notes, music soundtrack, photo gallery, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. Booklist, May 1999. As he unravels mysteries of the universe with his new telescope and challenges the scientific authorities in Italy in 1605, Galileo finds support from an unexpected source, the son of the powerful Medicis.
Date Published:1997

Originally produced for television in 1997. Container indicates running time of 95 min.; actual running time is 57 min. Includes production featurette, Galileo biographical notes, cast and crew notes, production notes, music soundtrack, photo gallery, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. Booklist, May 1999. As he unravels mysteries of the universe with his new telescope and challenges the scientific authorities in Italy in 1605, Galileo finds support from an unexpected source, the son of the powerful Medicis.

Date Published:1997

Leonardo : a dream of flight /


Originally produced for television in 1997. Includes production featurette, Leonardo da Vinci biographical notes, music soundtrack, character notes, photo gallery, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. An eleven-year-old boy encounters Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci in the streets of Milan in 1504, and the two begin to study winged creatures, turning their imaginations to the skies.
Date Published:1997

Originally produced for television in 1997. Includes production featurette, Leonardo da Vinci biographical notes, music soundtrack, character notes, photo gallery, previews, and DVD-ROM feature with weblink. An eleven-year-old boy encounters Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci in the streets of Milan in 1504, and the two begin to study winged creatures, turning their imaginations to the skies.

Date Published:1997

Circulatory system

Bjorklund, Ruth.


Presents information on the circulatory system, diseases and illnesses that can affect this system, and how to keep it healthy.
Date Published:2009

Enter three witches : a story of Macbeth /

Cooney, Caroline B


The story of the rise and fall of Lord and Lady Macbeth told from the point-of-view from some of the play's minor characters.
Date Published:2007

Earth science fair projects : using rocks, minerals, magnets, mud, and more /

Calhoun, Yael.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Booklist, November 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Catholic Library World, September 2006. Contains a collection of science fair project ideas, exploring the various topics of geology and earth science, with information on rocks, minerals, crystals, and related topics. Includes glossary and a list of sources for materials.
Date Published:2005

The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century /

Friedman, Thomas L.


Includes index. While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- How companies cope -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2007. Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.
Date Published:2006

Includes index. While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- How companies cope -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2007. Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.

Date Published:2006

Marching band competition

Garty, Judy.


School Library Journal, November 2003. Explores the history of marching bands in high school and college, examines what goes on behind the scenes at marching band competitions, looks at the actual performance, and discusses the joys of winning.
Date Published:2003

The whales' song

Sheldon, Dyan


Wilson's Children, November 1996. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 1995. Booklist starred. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Review. Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.
Date Published:1991

Meet me on Love Street

Heron, Farah.


"Ages 14 up"--Dust jacket. School Library Journal starred, June 2025. School Library Journal, June 2025. Kirkus Review, May 2025. Seventeen-year-old Sana, a hopeless romantic, teams up with the cynical Miles to plan a festival to save her gentrifying neighborhood on Love Street, all while trying to prove that love can conquer even the toughest of hearts.
Date Published:2025