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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sunny Parker takes pride in her community at the Del Mar Garden Apartments, an affordable housing complex, but when an abandoned school in her neighborhood is proposed for new affordable housing, she discovers not everyone appreciates the community she calls home and becomes an advocate for her neighborhood.
403) Pride and prejudice
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Bennet household has five daughters and no male heirs so the arrival of an eligible bachelor at a nearby estate incites interest.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Hana's childhood friend Okamon confesses that he's in love with her, Hana goes into a total panic! Can she possibly return his feelings? And once Takane finds out, all bets are off on how he'll react to the news!"--Page [4] of cover.
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly!... While Hana contemplates whether or not to take Rino's advice on matters of the heart, Takane and Okamon duke it out to determine who's better suited for Hana!...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country -- and by long-held secrets -- and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship -- until a deathbed revelation ripples through...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly!... On vacation in Okinawa, Takane and Hana find their feelings growing stronger as they navigate the awkwardness of being an official couple! When a boating mishap...
408) Pride and prejudice
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Darcy sets all fair maidens' hearts aflutter, except for that of Elizabeth Bennett.
Author
Series
Belles of London volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Fortune favors the bold--but is a confirmed spinster daring enough to loosen the reins and accept a favor from the wicked gentleman who haunts her dreams? Lady Anne Deveril doesn't spook easily. A woman of lofty social standing known for her glacial beauty and starchy opinions, she's the unofficial leader of her small group of equestriennes. Since her mother's devastating plunge into mourning six years ago, Anne voluntarily renounced any fanciful...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
We live in a time where it has never been more important to be knowledgeable about a host of social issues, and to be confident and appropriate in how to talk about them. What's the best way to ask someone what their pronouns are? How do you talk about racism with someone who doesn't seem to get it? What is intersectionality, and why do you need to understand it? While it can seem intimidating or overwhelming to learn and talk about such issues, it's...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Takane gives Hana a surprise kiss on the nose, and now a flustered Hana is dying to know what it means! Meanwhile, Takane's cousin Yakumo wants to be reacquainted with Takane, but there's an ominous vibe about him... What exactly is he after?"--Page [4] of cover.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly! Takane s mother shows up from London and causes a stir. The big question is, can she possibly accept Hana s role in Takane s life? Things don t look promising, but...
413) No Ivy League
Author
Publisher
Roar, [an imprint of] The Lion Forge LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity...
Author
Series
Alamaxa volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The Daughters of Izdihar -- a group of women fighting for the vote and against the patriarchal rule of Parliament -- have finally made strides in having their voices heard...only to find them drowned out by the cannons of the fundamentalist Ziranis. As long as Alamaxa continues to allow for the elemental magic of the weavers -- and insist on allowing an academy to teach such things -- the Zirani will stop at nothing to end what they perceive is a...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In 1927 Philadelphia, to save her family's financial future and social standing, Helen Montgomery marries the black-sheep scion of a railroad magnate, but as her husband's attempts to be published lead to frustration and her personal dreams recede, the cracks in the perfect life she desires start to show.
417) Crossed
Author
Series
Never after novels (McIntire) volume 5
Publisher
Bloom Books, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Father Cade Frédéric is a holy man. Brought up in the streets of Paris, he has dedicated his life to the church. But there's a monster that lingers just beneath the surface. A sickness. One that bleeds darkness and feeds on the damned. When he's tasked to become the priest in Festivalé, Vermont--a town both beautiful in architecture and riddled with despair--his sickness sings, demanding he rid the place of evil. Amaya Paquette is Festivalé's...
418) Run
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tip and Teddy Doyle's mother died and their father is raising them. He wants the boys to be involved with politics, even though they don't want to.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The last, acceptable form of prejudice in America is based on class and executed through state-sponsored economic discrimination, which is hard to see because it is much more subtle than raw racism. While the American meritocracy officially denounces prejudice based on race and gender, it has spawned a new form of bias against those with less education and income. Millions of working-class Americans have their opportunity blocked by exclusionary...
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