Catalog Search Results
1) Birnam Wood
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Birnam Wood is on the move . . . A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass on New Zealand's South Island, cutting off the town of Thorndike and leaving a sizable farm abandoned. The disaster presents an opportunity for Birnam Wood, an undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic guerrilla gardening collective that plants crops wherever no one will notice. For years, the group has struggled to break even. To occupy the farm...
Author
Series
Erica Donato mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Erica Donato, PhD, a curator at the Brooklyn Museum, is thrilled to meet Louisa Gibbs, a preservation icon, now an octogenarian. Louisa's home abuts against the property of the Jehovah's Witnesses' homebase, nicknamed "The Watchtower." As one of the biggest property holders in Brooklyn Heights, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been developing the neighborhood, slowly taking it over, one house at a time. Louisa is concerned that she's been receiving threats...
3) Bricks
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Just west of Jeffrey Heights, an one-thriving library languishes, transformed into a den of vices by the corrupt men in power. But Dan, a tenacious middle schooler, unearths the library's untold story and the power to unite the community." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Black Lawrence Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A low-income Baltimore neighborhood is targeted for a controversial urban renewal project--an amusement park in the theme of Baltimore itself--that forces its residents to reckon with racism, displacement, and their futures. Peter Cryer is a queer teenager who fantasizes about leaving Baltimore and the instability of his home life while also seeking a place to belong. Ruth Anne, his prickly mother, is terrorized by her estranged husband and the indecision...
Similar Searches
These searches are similar to the search you tried. Would you like to try one of these instead?
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase