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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president."--
4) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism."--
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Language
English
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Growing up working-class Catholic in 1970s Brooklyn, Claire Joyce--the youngest sibling of three street-smart older brothers, an overwhelmed, taxi-driving father, and an alcoholic mother--relies on the stability of basketball to usher her toward maturity and success, only to find her future jeopardized by the prejudices of her time.
7) Gooseberry
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Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old nonbinary B forms a connection with an anxious stray dog, Gooseberry, prompting them to pursue their dream of becoming a dog trainer while navigating the complexities of trust and building a family in their newest foster home."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Finding a mysterious letter from her late Grandpa, Dally is led straight to a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, and she must find the courage to write her own life story as she "checks out" adventure after adventure."--
11) Listen to this
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English
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"Told from two perspectives, Lily and Will deal with the tumult of seventh grade including secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and a first dance."--
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Language
English
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"When her cousin, newly arrived from Taiwan, struggles with schoolwork, Lily Xiao pushes her school to provide more ESL support, but her first-generation immigrant family, nervous about her challenging the status quo, forces her to decide just how far she'll go to stand up and speak out."--
13) And then, boom!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Called Firefox by her grandfather, thirteen-year-old Maggie Lou, an irrepressible heroine who always finds ways to make life more interesting, learns how to box, joins her father's construction crew and goes on her first deer hunt, where she joins a long family tradition.
16) Tricky chickies
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Language
English
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"When six playful chicks get loose on Grandma and Grandpa's farm, Little Critter comes up with a plan to get them back, in this humorous story that will have beginner readers laughing out loud."--
Author
Series
Sona Sharma ; 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"When she learns about the climate crisis at school, Sona decides to take it upon herself to convince her whole suburban Indian neighborhood to take action, making plans for big changes that not everyone is on board with--at first"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and their connection is filled with love. She wonders about her...
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