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1341) Echo
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting...
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Series
Blade of the immortal volume 1
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse, regain his mortality, and end his life of misery, Manji must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers. His quest ends only after he has spilled the blood of a thousand!
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Series
Yokai rental shop volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When the lonely Hiiragi Yasase learns that he has a long-lost half-brother, he decides to meet the man–but is shocked by what he discovers. His brother is the proprietor of a pet shop, one that is actually a front for supernatural rentals. Customers in-the-know can rent out yokai to perform supernatural deeds. There’s just one catch: they have to forge a contract written in blood… An all-new dark fantasy from the creator of Nightmare Inspector!...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
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Nineteen stories spanning Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career cover themes including the cultural conflicts between the first generation, the Issei, and their children, the Nisei; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.
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Series
Yo-kai watch volume 13
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!"--
1347) Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): a novel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.
1348) Night of the living dogs
Author
Series
Chicagoland Detective Agency volume 03
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Megan, Raf, and talking dog Bradley get their first real case, they find themselves tracking a puppy that is not as adorable as it seems, and trying to end an ancient curse.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
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During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes turn on the newcomers. Rennie has just turned thirteen and until this time, life has pretty much been predictable and fair. But the winds of change are coming, and with them, a shift in her perspective and a discovery of secrets that can destroy even the most sacred...
1350) Rock and roll love
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
When Misako comes the the U.S. as an exchange student from Japan, she is overwhelmed by all of the differences, but her world turns upside down the night she meets the lead singer of a rock band.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Rikuo Nura, three-quarters human and one quarter yokai, a supernatural creature that thrives on human fear, finds himself caught between his everyday life and that of his grandfather, supreme commander of the Nura clan, a powerful yokai consortium. When Rikuo is named to be the next supreme commander, the clan is unphappy, especially Gagoze, a high-ranking yokai who hates humans.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - LGBTQ Book Club sets
CSL - Shorter book club reads
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - LGBTQ Book Club sets
CSL - Shorter book club reads
Description
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers...
1355) Love in the library
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp."--
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
1357) Nos llamaron enemigo
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.
1358) Beastars: Vol. 4
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Series
Beastars volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey. At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar-a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust? As gray wolf Legoshi continues to grapple with his feelings for dwarf rabbit Haru, he discovers another member of the Drama...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years—good years—but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese...
Author
Series
Yokai rental shop volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A young man named Hiiragi has recently learned that he has a half-brother. Seeking him out, he not only finds the brother he never knew, but discovers he is a mysterious individual covered in bandages who runs an exclusive rare animal pet shop. But this unique shop is itself a front for something even more mysterious: a secret shop where customers in-the-know can sign a contract forged in blood and rent out yokai for their own singular purposes!
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