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North Valleys Library - Children's Picture Books
J E EWE
1 available
J E EWE
1 available
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Bailey longs to wear the beautiful dresses of her dreams but is ridiculed by her unsympathetic family which rejects her true perception of herself.
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Northwest Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
Duncan/Traner Community Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
North Valleys Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
YA FICTION ALEXIE 2007
1 available
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Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
YA CD FICTION ALEXIE 2019
1 available
YA CD FICTION ALEXIE 2019
1 available
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Sherman Alexie, in his first book for young adults, tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the reservation to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, beautifully written, semi-autobiographical, and coupled with poignant drawings that reflect...
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David Pelzer trilogy volume 1
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1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 3 people are on the wait list.
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Dave Pelzer was beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting look at the horrors of child abuse and the determination of one child to survive against the odds.
This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable,...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION TWAIN 2013
1 available
FICTION TWAIN 2013
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Fiction
J FICTION TWA 1985
1 available
J FICTION TWA 1985
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Fiction
J FICTION TWAIN 2006
1 available
J FICTION TWAIN 2006
1 available
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Spanish Springs Library - Children's Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD FICTION TWA 199 UNABRIDGED
1 available
J CD FICTION TWA 199 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
Description
"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...
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Sierra View Library - Children's Board Books
J E NAGARA 2013
1 available
J E NAGARA 2013
1 available
Sparks Library - Children's Board Books
J E NAGARA 2013
1 available
J E NAGARA 2013
1 available
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Introduces the letters of the alphabet with terms related to social justice, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and other causes activists support.
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Northwest Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
2 available
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
1 available
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
1 available
Incline Village Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
1 available
YA FICTION REYNOL 2015
1 available
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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South Valleys Library - Children's Picture Books
J E RIC
1 available
J E RIC
1 available
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At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO FRANK 1995
1 available
BIO FRANK 1995
1 available
Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO FRANK 1995
1 available
J BIO FRANK 1995
1 available
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2 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Reprints the Definitive Edition authorized by the Frank estate, in a volume that features a new introduction by National Book Award finalist Francine Prose and a chronology of Anne Frank's life and times.
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Downtown Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
Sierra View Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
YA FICTION PAN 2018
1 available
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After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
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A young girl describes how her two daddies help her through her day, including her poppa cooking eggs and toast, her daddy fixing her knee when she is hurt, and both fathers being there for her when she needs love.
11) Baby teeth
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION STAGE 2018
1 available
FICTION STAGE 2018
1 available
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An ailing woman fights to protect her family from her mute daughter's psychologically manipulative schemes, which are complicated by her doting husband's denial about their daughter's true nature.
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Tales of the talented tenth volume 1
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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
J BIO REEVES 2014
1 available
J BIO REEVES 2014
1 available
Description
"Bass Reeves : Tales of the Talented Tenth tells the story of Bass Reeves, an escaped slave who became one of the most successful lawman of the Old West and the rumored inspiration for The Lone Ranger. Volume I chronicles his life from winning shooting matches in early childhood to traveling with his master, living with Native Americans in Indian Territory, and finally becoming a Deputy US Marshal. The Tales of the Talented Tenth series will feature...
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Gerlach Community Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
CD 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
In Processing - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
CD 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Large Print Shelf
LP 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
LP 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - Large Print Shelf
LP 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
LP 305.8 COATES 2015
1 available
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis.
14) The bluest eye
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORRIS 1970
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 1970
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORRIS 1970
1 available
FICTION MORRIS 1970
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Description
The Bluest Eye is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove, a black girl in an America whose love for its blonde, blue-eyed children can devastate all others, who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
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Downtown Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction
YA FICTION ANONYM 2014
1 available
YA FICTION ANONYM 2014
1 available
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"The author of this fictional diary began writing for a class assignment, but soon it became much more to him. As the star player of his high school football team, he faces a lot of pressure and expectation. Not to mention the secret that he's harboring inside. The secret that could change everything. And as David quickly learns, nothing stays secret forever. His innermost thoughts and feelings are chronicled in the diary he left behind."--Amazon.com....
16) The book thief
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Northwest Reno Library - Young Adult Fiction - Holocaust Shelf
YA CD FICTION ZUSAK 2006 UNABRIDGED
1 available
YA CD FICTION ZUSAK 2006 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Checked Out
5 copies, 12 people are on the wait list.
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
"This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook....
17) bronx masquerade
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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 WOODSO 2014
2 available
J 811.54 WOODSO 2014
2 available
Incline Village Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 WOODSO 2014
1 available
J 811.54 WOODSO 2014
1 available
North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 WOODSON 2014
1 available
J 811.54 WOODSON 2014
1 available
On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD 811.54 WOODSO 2015 UNABRIDGED
1 available
J CD 811.54 WOODSO 2015 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Description
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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Captain Underpants volume 8
Description
George and Harold's time-traveling Purple Potty lands them in a crazy place in the eighth book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man!The teachers are nice, the cafeteria serves delicious food, and the school principal, Mr. Krupp, thinks George and Harold are hilarious. Something is very, very wrong — and it gets even wronger when the boys' pet pterodactyl, Crackers,...
20) Catch-22
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HELLER 2011
1 available
FICTION HELLER 2011
1 available
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION HEL 2007 UNABRIDGED
1 available
CD FICTION HEL 2007 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Description
A bombardier, based in Italy during World War II, repeatedly tries to avoid flying bombing missions while his colonel tries to get him killed by demanding that he fly more and more missions
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy--it is his own army, which...