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Doll people 3Selznick, Brian.
Summary: It's not easy living your life in a train station, but that's what Hugo does. An orphan, he performs maintenance on the clocks at the station and tries to fade into the scenery as much as possible while he tries to solve a mystery left by his father before he died. When he comes to the attention of a strange girl and an old man, Hugo's way of life is threatened.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SELSelznick, Brian
Summary: A ship. A garden. A library. A key. The incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will be different to each listener.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC SELSelznick, Brian
Summary: The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SELSelznick, Brian.
Summary: Obsessed with horror films, ten-year-old Alonzo dreams of transforming himself into "The Boy of a Thousand Faces" and gets his wish in an unexpected way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Laura Geringer Book 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SELSelznick, Brian
Summary: Baby Monkey, private eye, will investigate stolen jewels, missing pizzas, and other mysteries--if he can manage to figure out how to put his pants on.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Selznick 2018Selznick, Brian
Summary: "Hello, stars. I thought I heard you calling me." A mysterious voice has been speaking to Louise in her dreams. She and her brother Merwin are Sycamore seeds, who hope to one day set down roots and become big trees. But when a fire forces them to leave their mama tree prematurely, they find themselves catapulted into the unknown, far from home. Alone and unprepared, they must use their wits and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC SELSelznick, Brian
Summary: An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JFIC SELSelznick, Brian
Summary: "Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SELSelznick, Brian.
Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION SELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SelSelznick, Brian.
Summary: Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Audio 2007
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Selznick, Brian.
Summary: Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2011
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SELSummary: Tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HUGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Hugo 2012Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HUG RATED PGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HuSummary: Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WONRyan, Pam Muñoz.
Summary: A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RYAClements, Andrew
Summary: After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CLEMartin, Ann M.
Summary: A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARMartin, Ann M.
Summary: Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop Princess Mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MARMartin, Ann M.
Summary: Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of dollkind in danger when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MartiRyan, Pam Munoz
Summary: A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RYARyan, Pam Muñoz.
Summary: An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ANDClements, Andrew
Summary: When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1996
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CLECall number: JFIC CLE
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction CleClements, Andrew
Summary: "Josh Willet is a techie, a serious gamer. Which is why Josh and his friends can't stand Mr. N's ELA class; it's a strict no-tech zone. Mr. N makes them write everything out by hand, he won't use a Smartboard, and he's obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book. Then Josh discovers a secret; turns out Mr. N's been keeping a lot more than technology from his students! Together with his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLEClements, Andrew
Summary: Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC CLEKerley, Barbara.
Summary: The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001