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Under the neon lights / by Vinson, Arriel,author.;
"Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman falls in love for the first time at her local, beloved roller-skating rink, just as news hits it is shutting down amidst her neighborhood quickly gentrifying"--Ages 12 years and up.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels in verse.; Sports fiction.; Romance fiction.; Love stories.; Roller skating; Gentrification; African Americans; First loves;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 21
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One girl can make a difference / by Meadows, Michelle,author.(CARDINAL)670684; Florio, Gianfranco,illustrator.(CARDINAL)623544; Mederos, Manny,illustrator.;
"This novelization follows the thirteen-year-old Marvel Super Hero around her Lower East Side of Manhattan neighborhood, where her family owns and runs a roller-skating rink. As Moon Girl explores the cause of so many unexplained neighborhood power blackouts lately, readers will learn how Moon Girl came to be, meet her sidekick, a giant red T-Rex, and follow them on their first adventure fighting against the evil villain who is bringing darkness to her beloved community"--630L
Subjects: Fiction.; Moon Girl (Fictitious character); Devil Dinosaur (Fictitious character); African American girls; Dinosaurs; Villains; Electric power failures;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Sunny figures it out / by Holm, Jennifer L.,illustrator,author.(CARDINAL)343107; Holm, Matthew,author.(CARDINAL)343106; Pien, Lark,colorist.(CARDINAL)477699; Williams, George,1997-colorist.(CARDINAL)885731; Levithan, David,editor.(CARDINAL)529930;
"The Sunny series continues with Sunny trying to figure out when a boy stops being just a friend and starts being a boyfriend... and what that means for both of them. There's no question that Sunny has fun whenever she hangs out with Tony. They go to the movies together, talk a lot at school, and support each other when they need it. But are they dating? Sunny isn't sure... but her friend, Deb, is. She thinks Sunny and Tony should be doing the couples-skate at the local roller rink. And Tony should be giving Sunny his jacket to wear. And carrying her books to class. For Sunny, this doesn't feel great. It just feels... weird. Maybe she needs to stop taking everyone else's advice in order to figure things out for herself!"--Ages 8-12.Grades 3-7.
Subjects: School comics.; Humorous comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Friendship; Middle schools; Dating (Social customs);
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 43
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Everybody says it's everything : a novel / by Aliu, Xhenet,1978-author.(CARDINAL)350990;
"Growing up in Connecticut with their adoptive mother, Jackie, twins Drita and Petrit (aka Pete), had no connection to their Albanian heritage and knew nothing about where they came from. Their American lives were all about the Barbie doll that Drita wanted from the mall, and roller skating at the local rink. The twins were as close as could be. But in their teenage years, their paths diverged; Drita was a good girl with good grades and good manners who was going to go to a good college, Pete was a bad boy who had a baby with an addict and was going nowhere fast. Even their twinhood was not enough to keep them together. Fast forward to their twenties: Jackie has suffered a stroke, and Drita has abandoned her graduate study at Columbia University to move home and take care of her mother, giving up all her dreams for the future in the name of family obligation. She hasn't heard from Pete in three years. Then Pete's girlfriend Shanda and their son show up unexpectedly without him, and Drita discovers that he's fallen in with a guerrilla group of Albanian immigrants in the Bronx supplying the war in Kosovo with weapons and fighters. She becomes determined to bring him back into the family-but what she learns about their Albanian roots and Jackie's past threatens to tear them apart for good"--
Subjects: Novels.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Adoptees; Twins; Guerrilla warfare; Kosovo War, 1998-1999; Siblings; Albanian Americans; Secrecy;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 15
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Till the wheels fall off / by Zellar, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)859725;
"It's the late 1980s, and Matthew Carnap is awake most nights, afflicted by a potent combination of insomnia and undiagnosed ADHD. Sometimes he gazes out his bedroom window into the dark; sometimes he wanders the streets of his small southern Minnesota town. But more often than not, he crosses the hall into his stepfather Russ's roller rink to spend the sleepless hours lost in music. Russ's record collection is as eclectic as it is extensive, and he and Matthew bond over discovering new tunes and spinning perfect skate mixes. Then Matthew's mother divorces Russ; they move; the roller rink closes; the twenty-first century arrives. Years later, an isolated, restless Matthew moves back to his hometown. From an unusual apartment in the pressbox of the high school football stadium, he searches his memories, looking for something that might reconnect him with Russ. With humor and empathy, Brad Zellar (House of Coates) returns with a discursive, lo-fi novel about rural Midwestern life, nostalgia, neurodiversity, masculinity, and family-with a built-in soundtrack"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Neurodiversity; Masculinity; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Contact high : a visual history of hip-hop / by Tobak, Vikki,author.(CARDINAL)803515;
Introduction -- Tony Tone and Kool Herc / Joe Conzo Jr. -- The Popper / Joe Conzo Jr. -- Frosty Freeze, Rock Steady Crew / Martha Cooper -- Grandmaster Caz and JDL at Club Negril / Joe Conzo Jr. -- JDL at the Skate Key Roller Rink / Joe Conzo Jr. -- Flying High as seen on the Roots' undun / Jamel Shabazz -- Grand Mixer D.ST. / Janette Beckman -- Fab 5 Freddy / Sophie Bramly -- Mohammed at Bronx River Houses Community Center / Sophie Bramly -- Futura and Keith Haring / Sophie Bramly -- B-Girls in the Bronx / Ricky Flores -- Run-DMC / Janette Beckman -- Run-DMC and LL Cool J at the First All-Rap Spectacular / Lawrence Watson -- Roxanne Shanté / Lawrence Watson -- Salt-N-Pepa, shake your thang / Janette Beckman -- Public Enemy, it takes a nation of millions to hold us back / Glen E. Friedman -- New York street culture / Ricky Powell -- Contact sheets : freedom of choice / Bill Adler -- "Ladies of Hip-Hop" shoot for Paper Magazine / Janette Beckman -- Eric B and Rakim, follow the leader / Drew Carolan -- Easy-E and N.W.A. / Ithaka Darin Pappas -- Will Smith / Mike Miller - EPMD, unfinished business / Janette Beckman -- Big Daddy Kane / Al Pereira -- Slick Rick / Janette Beckman -- Preserving a national treasure : hip-hop photography / Rhea L. Combs -- Public Enemy, apocolypse 91... the enemy strikes back / Ernie Paniccioli -- Masta Ace and Biz Markie doll / George Dubose -- A Tribe Called Quest / Janette Beckman -- Phife Dawg and A Tribe Called Quest in the studio / Al Pereira -- LL Coll J, 14 shots to the dome / Danny Clinch -- Beastie Boys, check your head / Glen E, Friedman -- Queen Latifah / Al Pereira -- Dr.Dre / Al Pereira -- Mary J. Blige / Michael Benabib -- Gang Starr, daily operation / Matt Gunther -- Message to the hip-hop world : the imagery of Gang Starr / DJ Premier -- Wu-Tamg Clan, enter the Wu-Tang (36 chambers) --"[This] is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers told through their most intimate diaries--their contact sheets. Featuring rare outtakes from over 100 photo shoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, this gorgeous book takes readers on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop, and from analog to digital photography. The ultimate companion for music and photography enthusiasts, Contact High is a definitive history of hip-hop's early days, celebrating the artists who shaped the iconic album covers, T-shirts, and posters beloved by rap and hip-hop fans today"--Page facing half-title page.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Biographies.; Portraits.; Photography, Artistic; Hip-hop; Rap (Music); Rap musicians; African Americans; African American musicians;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 6
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Chrome valley : poems / by Browne, Mahogany L.,author.(CARDINAL)596277;
"Boldly lyrical and fiercely honest, Mahogany L. Browne's Chrome Valley offers an intricate portrait of Black womanhood in America. "We praise their names / & the hands that write / Praise the mouth that speaks," she writes in tribute to those who came before her. Browne captures a quintessential girlhood through the pleasures and pangs of young love: the thrill of skating hip to hip at the roller rink, the heat of holding hands in the dark, and, sometimes, the sting of a palm across the cheek. Friendship, too, comes with its own complex yearnings: "you ain't had freedom / 'til you climb on bus 62 / & head to the closest mall / for a good seat at the girl fight." Reflections of Browne's mother, Redbone, bolster the collection with moments of unwavering strength: "give me my mother's bone structure / & her gap tooth slaughter / give me her spine-Redbone got a spine for the world." Other moments explore the inherent anxieties shared among Black mothers, rhythmically intoning names like the tolling of a church bell: "Because Kadiatou Diallo / Because Sybrina Fulton / Because Valeria Bell / Because Mamie Till." The characters in Chrome Valley grapple with the legacies of inherited trauma but also revel in the beauty of the undaunted self-determination passed down from Black woman to Black woman. Transcendent and grounded, funny and furious, Chrome Valley brings depth to a movement, solidifying Mahogany L. Browne as one of the most significant poetic voices of our time"--
Subjects: Poetry.; Women, Black; African Americans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Every reason we shouldn't / by Fujimura, Sara,author.(CARDINAL)826531;
"Sixteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Kennedy's Olympic dreams have ended. She's bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of trying to live up to expectations of being the daughter of Olympians Michael Kennedy and Midori Nakashima...until Jonah Choi starts training at her family's struggling rink. Jonah's driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying... and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping her best friend try out for roller derby, figuring out life as a normal teen and keeping the family business running, Olivia's got her hands full. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?" --HL640LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Figure skaters; Olympic athletes; Dating (Social customs); Skating rinks; Family-owned business enterprises; Competition (Psychology); Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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My little pony : Kenbucky roller derby / by Gilly, Casey/ Chase, Amy/ Haines, Natalie (ILT)/ Sherron, Kate (ILT); Gilly, Casey,author.; Chase, Amy,author.; Haines, Natalie,artist.(CARDINAL)874495; Sherron, Kate,artist.(CARDINAL)680468;
"Lace up your skates, everypony, we're heading to the Kenbucky Roller Derby! After getting rejected from the local roller derby team, Sunny sets out to form her own team. Thanks to self-appointed team manager Pipp and her ClipTrot sleuthing skills, they find the perfect pony to join them: Tracy Tailspin, retired derby legend! But they'll need more skaters if they want to win the Kenbucky Derby, the toughest championship in Equestria. Sunny holds tryouts for all the other creatures who are either too mean,too scary, too uncoordinated, or... the Pegasnails, who are all heart but no limbs. Can the newly formed Maretime Bay Brawlers battle their way through the competition to take home the trophy? Or has Sunny just signed her friends up for rink rash and disappointment?"--
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); My Little Pony (Trademark); Ponies; Friendship; Roller derby; Teamwork (Sports);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Minnesota mean [videorecording]/ by Mikkelson, Dawn,film director.; Kimbers, Shiver Me,on-screen participant.; Hissami, Shawn,on-screen participant.; Freestyle Digital Media,publisher.;
Shiver Me Kimbers, Shawn Hissami."Minnesota Mean" takes you into the thrilling world of roller derby, following the lives of six badass women as they chase after the ultimate prize, the Hydra. When the team's top player gets sidelined with an injury, the question looms large: can they still clinch the victory? This isn't your typical sports tale it's a raw and real look at the tough, independent women at the core of roller derby. It's a story of triumph and heartbreak, of strong women facing challenges with grit and determination. How do these fiercely independent women navigate a sport that demands teamwork? And how do they juggle the demands of roller derby without giving up on their personal dreams? "Minnesota Mean" is a powerful exploration of strength physical, emotional, and mental. It's a journey into the world of friendship, independence, and finding balance both on and off the rink.Rating: Not rated.Closed captioning in English.DVD, region 1; wide screen (1.78:1, aspect ratio 16x9); Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction films.; Documentary films.; Roller derby.; Women roller skaters; Friendship.; Roller skating;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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