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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
Why are some immigrants considered illegal? What happens to illegal immigrants after they are discovered in the United States? These questions and more are answered by this comprehensive look at a hot topic that is often debated on news programs and online. The accessible, objective text and full-color photographs give readers a balanced look at this complicated issue, and detailed sidebars provide additional information. Readers will benefit from...
5) Deportation
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
Deportation can be a frightening concept, especially for immigrants or people whose friends or relatives are from another country. Why do people get deported, and what happens to them after the deportation decision is made? The answers to these questions and more are found in this thorough examination of a topic that is often in the news. Comprehensive text and fact-filled sidebars, and vivid photographs enhance the reading experience.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After their car breaks down during a storm, straitlaced couple Brad and Janet find themselves at the eerie castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The innocent duo₂s mind-bending adventure escalates when their host, a sexually ambiguous mad scientist, unveils a stunning creation, a buff bodybuilder designed for her pleasure.
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"A journalist chronicles the next chapter in civil rights--the story of a movement and a nation, witnessed through the ... experiences of five young undocumented activists who are transforming society's attitudes toward one of the most contentious political matters roiling America today: immigration"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Michael Gannon novels volume 1
Description
When a Gulfstream jet goes down in the Bahamas carrying a fortune in cash and ill-gotten diamonds, expat diving instructor Michael Gannon is the only person on the scene. Assuming himself the beneficiary of a drug deal gone bad, Gannon thinks he's home free with the sudden windfall until he realizes he forgot to ask one simple question. Who were the six dead men on the plane? Gannon soon learns the answer to that fateful question as he is thrust into...
10) Super 8
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witnesses a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon they suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth, something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
11) Facing fear
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Description
"Enrique is a U.S. citizen-but the rest of his family isn't. When he hears a rumor of a police raid, Enrique must face the possibility of being separated from his parents and sister"--
13) The gentlemen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
American ex-pat Mickey Pearson built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she does make it to Bogotá, will she trade the facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her...
Author
Pub. Date
℗♭2020
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm.
Description
In this adorable picture book told from Goose's point of view, our favorite Flerken embarks on an adventure alongside Captain Marvel that leads them to Louisiana, where Goose SLORPS some alligators and finds a new friend in Monica Rambeau! And while Goose may look like a cat, she's most certainly a Flerken-a cute little alien with . . . Well, you'll see.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
"Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan ... when he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt in New York City, but as soon as he arrives in Penn Station, the bustling city makes him wonder if he's overestimated what he can do"--Amazon.com.
19) Flood tide
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 14
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
511 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
20) Dark water
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
287 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Living in a cottage on her uncle's southern California avocado ranch since her parent's messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with an illegal migrant worker, and is trapped with him when wildfires approach his makeshift forest home.
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