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Changes for Julie

Julie sets out to change the school system after she gets in trouble for helping her friend, Joy, who is deaf, and runs for student body president, but when she learns the other students do not like her choice for vice president, Julie considers dropping out of the race to avoid defeat.
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The great San Francisco Earthquake and fire

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake written in graphic novel format.

The 18th abduction

2019
"Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue -- until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system as stake, Lindsay Boxer has never been under more pressure. To solve the School Night case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas, as the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take new approaches, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned"--OCLC.

Julie's journey

Julie and her cousins set out on an old-fashioned wagon train to celebrate the Bicentennial, and Julie is unprepared for the challenges of prairie life, but when she and her cousins have a chance to make history, Julie rises to the challenge.

Golden Gate Bridge

Text and illustrations explore the Golden Gate Bridge and discuss its historical significance.
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The diary of a teenage girl

an account in words and pictures
2015
The story of Minnie Goetze, a fifteen-year-old girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1970s.
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The Golden Gate Bridge

2018
Explores the history and the people involved with the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Golden Gate Bridge

2018
"In Golden Gate Bridge, early fluent readers explore the mechanics behind this steel engineering marvel. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn about this iconic American bridge"--Provided by the publisher.
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The anatomical shape of a heart

2017
Sparks fly when Beatrix Adams, seventeen, who strives to be a medical illustrator, meets Jack, one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists, but even as Beatrix begins to uncover the secrets that have left Jack so wounded, her own family secrets threaten to tear them apart.
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The monk of Mokha

2018
"The true story of a young Yemeni-American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war."--OCLC.
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