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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Cambria Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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". . . Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet . . . Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past . . ....
2) last cuentista the
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3) Watercress
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Nonfiction
976.686
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976.686
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Nonfiction
976.686
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976.686
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Atascadero Library - Children's Nonfiction
976.686
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976.686
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Morro Bay Library - Children's Book on CD - Children's Audiovisual
Fiction
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Fiction
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"Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted-they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma, although their names are linked-Reha means "star" and Punam means "moon"-but they are a universe apart. Then Reha finds out that her...
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be...
7) Mel fell
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Creston Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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"...follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith."--
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A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining tiny world within in.
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Los Osos Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Nipomo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them"--
10) revolution in our time the black panther party s p
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Los Osos Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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"The People Remember tells the journey of African descendants in America by connecting their history to the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It begins in Africa, where people were taken from their homes and families. They spoke different languages and had different customs. Yet they were bound and chained together and forced onto ships sailing into an unknown future. Ultimately, all these people had to learn one common language and create a culture that...
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography
782.42164 SIMONE
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782.42164 SIMONE
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Cambria Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography
782.42164 SIMONE
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782.42164 SIMONE
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Cayucos Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography
782.42164 SIMONE
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782.42164 SIMONE
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A biography of Nina Simone, an acclaimed singer whose music gave voice to the struggle for racial equality during the Civil Rights Movement.
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography
340.092 ROUNDTREE
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340.092 ROUNDTREE
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Atascadero Library - Children's Nonfiction - Biography
340.092 ROUNDTREE
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340.092 ROUNDTREE
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The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
14) Soul food Sunday
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Granny teaches her young grandson how to cook the family meal, in this celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table. Includes recipe for baked macaroni and cheese.
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On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny's for Soul Food. But today, I don't go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. "You're a big boy now," Granny says. "Time for you to learn." At Granny's, Sunday isn't Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: he joins Granny in grating the cheese, cleaning the greens, and...
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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"An uplifting story about self-confidence and a child's limitless potential"--
17) Starfish
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
1 available
J FIC
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Middle Grade Fiction
J FIC
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J FIC
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Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
18) My city speaks
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Arroyo Grande Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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eBook
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A young girl, who is visually impaired, finds much to celebrate as she explores the city she loves. A young girl and her father spend a day in the city, her city, traveling to the places they go together: the playground, the community garden, the market, an outdoor concert. As they do, the girl describes what she senses in delightfully precise, poetic detail. Her city, she says, 'rushes and stops, and waits and goes.' It 'pitters and patters, and...
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San Luis Obispo Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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"Through a story from his own childhood, Hudson Talbott shares the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of being a non-mainstream kind of learner"--
20) A sky-blue bench
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Atascadero Library - Children's Fiction - Picture Book
PICTURE BOOK
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PICTURE BOOK
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Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines.