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Bergstein, Rachelle Bernardin, Marc Perrin, Noel. Rehak, Melanie. Weatherford, Carole BostonRehak, Melanie.
Summary: "Nancy [Drew] was brought to life by two remarkable women: ... Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and author Mildred Wirt Benson, a convention-flouting journalist."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 REHBergstein, Rachelle
Summary: Offers an intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic--and controversial--young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret to Blubber.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLUME, JUDY BERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BLUME BERPerrin, Noel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dartmouth College, published by University Press of New England 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.009 PERRehak, Melanie.
Summary: In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 REHWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEABernardin, Marc
Summary: "Muhammad Ali was one of the most photographed--and photogenic--figures in the history of sports. He demanded to be looked at, to be seen, and this epic captures his meteoric rise from Cassius Clay to Olympian and heavyweight champion of the world with stunning illustrations befitting his storied legacy. Bringing readers through major moments of his life--his first meeting with civil rights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2023