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Molly Brown

unraveling the myth
1999
Draws from letters, journals, court records, newspaper articles, family memoirs, and other authentic documentation to reconstruct the life of Margaret Tobin Brown, the Titanic survivor who inspired the musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"; discussing her early years in Hannibal, Missouri, her political work, and her family.

Soulfire

1998
A rift develops in the closeness shared by Todd and Ezekiel, two African-American cousins, when Ezekiel tries to single-handedly end the problem of gang violence in his Denver neighborhood.

Paper daughter

a memoir
2000
A memoir in which the author discusses her move at the age of five from Hong Kong to Denver where her family worked in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant, and recalls her struggles trying to live in the increasingly disparate worlds of Chinese tradition and American independence.

Finding my place

2010
After moving to an affluent suburb of Denver in 1975, ninth-grader Tiphanie feels lonely at her nearly all-white high school until she befriends another "outsider" and discovers that prejudice exists in many forms.

The mystery in the Rocky Mountains

2004
Young Christina and Grant and their cousins Zander and Dakota go on a trip to Denver with their mystery-writer grandparents intending to do nothing but ski and have fun, but they soon find themselves at a haunted hotel with a mystery on their hands.

Soulfire

1996
A rift develops in the closeness shared by Todd and Ezekiel, two African-American cousins, when Ezekiel tries to single-handedly end the problem of gang violence in his Denver neighborhood.

Just like us

the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America
2009
Traces the journeys of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver whose prospects for college and careers are shaped by their immigration statuses and heated debates about the rights of legal and illegal immigrants.

Heroine of the Titanic

the real unsinkable Molly Brown
2001
Biography of Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, first woman to run for the United States Congress, who spent her life helping others.

Unsinkable

the Molly Brown story
2006
Shares the life story of Margaret "Molly" Brown, a wealthy woman who worked to help her frightened fellow passengers on the night the "Titanic" sank in 1912.

Denver

1988
Describes the past and present, neighborhoods, historic sites, attractions, and festivals of Denver.

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