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Afterlife / by Alvarez, Julia,author.(CARDINAL)169420;
The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents "A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own." -Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves-lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack-but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including-maybe especially-members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?
Subjects: Fiction.; Immigrants; Teenage girls; Multiculturalism; Older people; Pregnant women; Missing persons; Immigrant families; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; Noncitizens; Self-acceptance; Mexican American families; Families; Hispanic American women;
Available copies: 67 / Total copies: 78
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American gulag : inside U.S. immigration prisons / by Dow, Mark.(CARDINAL)665348;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-381) and index.Invisibility, intimidation, and the INS -- September 11: secrecy, disruption, and continuity -- Another world, another nation: Miami's Krome Detention Center -- "Enforcement means you're brutal" -- The world's first private prison -- "Keeping quiet means deny" : a hunger strike in Queens -- The art of jailing -- "Criminal aliens" and criminal agents -- Siege, shackles, climate, design -- "Speak to every media" : resistance, repression, and the making of a prisoner -- Good and evil in New England -- Out West: philosophy and despair -- Dead time.1210L
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law; Human rights; Immigrants; Noncitizen detention centers; Human rights.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Encounter. by Baltazar, Art,author.(CARDINAL)425861; Giarrusso, Chris,author,illusdtrator,letterer.(CARDINAL)559557; Giarusso, Franco,author.;
"Art Baltazar, Franco, and Chris Giarrusso-teamed up for the first time! Encounter is a new kind of hero; an alien escaped to Earth with pods that will eventually hatch to become his siblings, who can take any form he chooses, and decides to become a hero! With help from his talking dog Barko, he fights crime on our planet. But there is a mysterious figure who will try anything to defeat him. In Volume 1, Encounter and Barko must defend the pods from villains such as Gadget Man, Cold Blaze the Thermodynamic Shark, and Ribbon Rhonda. No matter the odds, Encounter will always find a way to save the day!"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Science fiction comics.; Superhero comics.; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Encounter. Welcome to the team / by Baltazar, Art,author.(CARDINAL)425861; Aureliani, Franco,author.(CARDINAL)425862; Giarrusso, Chris,author,artist.(CARDINAL)559557;
A mysterious addition to Encounter and Barko's superhero team is leaving more questions than answers! Who is the Champion? Why did he become a hero, and how does he know so much about Encounter? Is he just another villain sent by their archnemesis? Barko's sure his and Encounter's team of two doesn't need a third, but when they fight villains Staremaster and Deconstructinator, Champion might just save the day. With the villain behind it all getting closer to the pods, Encounter must protect his friends and learn his archnemesis's true identity. It'll be a blast from the past!
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Superhero comics.; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Snowball Earth. by Tsujitsugu, Yuhiro,1994-author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)896897; Yamazaki, Joe,translator.(CARDINAL)559006; Wang, Chi,letterer.;
"In the year 2025, huge beasts from beyond the galaxy attacked Earth. In the war that followed, humanity fought back with a giant robot named Yukio, piloted by Tetsuo Yabusame. As the massive alien swarm closed in on humanity's homeworld, Tetsuo and the Earth Defense Force deployed for the final battle with the invading horde. They lost...Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow--snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio?"--Rated T+ for Older Teen.
Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Action and adventure comics.; Graphic novels.; Young adult fiction.; Good and evil; Noncitizens; Graphic novels;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American flyer [videorecording] / by Christensen, Mark.(CARDINAL)738213; Spain, Douglas,1974-; Trejo, Danny,1944-(CARDINAL)786640; ARC Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)849389; Find Art Films (Firm);
Danny Trejo, Douglas Spain.Bondo loses his father in his attempt to cross the Mexican border to send money home. As Bondo sets out on his own, he encounters an array of people holding him back, including the Chief of the Tijuana Policia that killed his father and now wants Bondo dead too. After a deadly attempt at crossing the border himself, he resourcefully constructs a flying machine out of a wheel barrow and navigates himself to the Santa Monica pier where he will complete his father's dream.Rating: Not rated.DVD; region 1, Dolby digital.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Border crossing; Flying-machines; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Aliens omnibus. by Warner, Chris.(CARDINAL)646706;
Billie only wanted what all children want, the warmth and security of family, the human connectedness that comes from belonging. What she got was a nightmare without end. Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. Thrown together in the last hellish night of an Alien invasion of a far-flung colony outpost, Billie and Wilks fought together to survive. Thirteen years later, Wilks is in prison and Billie lives in a mental institution, the nightmare memories of the massacre at Rim seared into her mind. Now the pair get a chance to be reunited, to return to that outpost where it all happened, to finally end the business between themselves and the Alien monsters that altered their destinies and destroyed their dreams.
Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Horror comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Noncitizens; Monsters; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Life on other planets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Home. by Auchterlounie, Nigel,artist.(CARDINAL)420742; Dalton, Alex,artist.(CARDINAL)613733; Hebb, Matt,artist.(CARDINAL)593819; DreamWorks Animation.(CARDINAL)342884;
A hilarious all-new comic mini-series based on DreamWorks Animation's latest big screen adventure! In Home , when Earth is taken over by the alien race the Boov, who try to relocate the humans, it's up to one resourceful girl, Tip, and a banished member of the Boov named Oh, to work together to put things right... This brand new series of original comic series features all new stories involving Tip, Oh, Captain Smek, Kyle and more of the gang!
Subjects: Children's stories.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Novels.; Alien abduction; Human-alien encounters; Noncitizens;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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All you need is kill [manga] / by Sakurazaka, Hiroshi,1970-author.(CARDINAL)494444; Sakurazaka, Hiroshi,1970-Ōru yū nīdo izu kiru.English.(CARDINAL)612796; Takeuchi, Ryosuke,illustrator.(CARDINAL)814793; ABe, Yoshitoshi,1971-artist.(CARDINAL)560388; Obata, Takeshi,1969-artist.(CARDINAL)486786; Miyaki, Tetsuichiro,translator.(CARDINAL)350881;
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his fifth iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally -- the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?T+, For older teen.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Reincarnation; Noncitizens; Death;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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This land is our land : a Blue Beetle story / by Anta, Julio,author.(CARDINAL)887149; Salcedo, Jacoby,artist.(CARDINAL)860508; Segala, Francesco,colorist.(CARDINAL)837801; Otsmane-Elhaou, Hassan,letterer.(CARDINAL)826598;
As high school student Jaime Reyes has begun to realize he and his border community in El Paso, Texas, are being used as pawns in the immigration debate, he finds an odd bug-like artifact and begins feeling different, even having surreal dreams showing the real danger are actual aliens known as the Reach.Ages 13-17.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Coming-of-age comics.; Science fiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Young adult fiction.; Blue Beetle (Fictitious character); Ability; Noncitizens; Coming of age; Extraterrestrial beings;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 18
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