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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when...
2) Swing
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As four very different letters arrive at the playground, each makes the next feel unwelcome, but once they begin to swing together, they have a wonderful time.
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Series
Wolves of no world volume 2
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
403 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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After revealing her hybrid nature to Septimus beyond her pack, Manu hopes that superstition and suspicion do not prevent her and her friends from finding allies in their fight for a better future.
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Upside-down magic volume 7
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When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
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Series
Song below water volume 2
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
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Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.
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Series
Norendy tales volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
8) I am loved
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Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Pakak is in a new foster home, with new people, new food, and new smells. Feeling alone and uncertain, Pakak finds comfort in a secret shared with him by his anaanattiaq, his grandmother, and in the knowledge that he is loved no matter how far away his family may be. Written by foster parents Mary and Kevin Qamaniq-Mason as a gift for Inuit children in care, this book is lovingly imbued with cultural familiarities that will resonate with children...
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Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite graduating high school in Cleveland as valedictorian, Echo immediately struggles to keep up in demanding classes. Dartmouth made many promises it couldn't keep. The campus is not a rainbow-colored utopia where education lifts every voice. Nor is it a paradise of ideas, an incubator of inclusivity, or even an exciting...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
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Inheriting First Uncle's home after he dies tragically and unexpectedly, eleven-year-old Meixing and her family immigrate to the New Land, where it will take all of Meixing's resilience and bravery to finally find her place of belonging in this new world.
13) Pie in the Sky
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
380 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.
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Witches of Peculiar volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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When the students of Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. are invited to attend the Peculiar Public School fall dance, Bella and Dee Maleficent are excited to attend a human function with their friends. The only problem is that the Y.I.K.E.S.S.S. students will need to be on their best behavior—and refrain from performing any magic or other acts of the supernatural around the humans. Which could be a problem for our twin witches who don’t quite have a handle on their...
15) Parker's place
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Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
"A friendly T. rex tries to fit in on a farm where no jobs seem suitable for a dinosaur"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Otto is an ornament. He’s glittery, he’s colorful, he’s full of Christmas pizzazz! Otto wants to be at the top of the tree, not in the middle with all of the regular ornaments! Doesn’t he deserve to shine at the top? Will Otto be able to find the tree he dreams of and learn about kindness and chosen family along the way?" --publisher's website.
17) Tokyo ever after
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
19) Wave
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Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in—her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother’s footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix’s past lymphoma surges back, not even surfing, singing, or poetry can keep...
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Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
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