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Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 2
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Set in modern Nigeria, this illustrated chapter book follows Anna Hibiscus, who lives with her large, loving family in a compound in a big city, as she escapes hair-braiding day, plays hide-and-seek during a power outage and learns about spontaneous generosity.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Ages 8-12.
When eleven-year-old Perpeuta promises to save her family from financial ruin, she sets off on a quest with her younger brother, a stolen horse, and a chicken in search of a valuable coin.
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Silver Batal volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
323 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Silver Batal, a young desert-dweller, dreams of becoming a water dragon racer, and when she befriends a rare dragon that can swim and fly, she may just get her chance.
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After her family decides to settle down in Colorado after months of traveling in an RV, Amelia has trouble adjusting to school and she finds comfort in caring for alpacas on a nearby ranch, but when a classmate's prank puts the alpacas in danger, Amelia will have to use all her resources to save them.
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"Kevin Kwan, ... author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a ... new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather"--
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Birchbark house volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010, c2008.
Physical Desc
193, 15 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
10) Isabel in bloom
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
363 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
12) Enemies
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Description
Warlord cat Klawde continues to suffer in exile as Raj faces starting a new school, but a further complication arises when both are unexpectedly confronted by figures from their pasts.
14) Amazona
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Description
Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. She comes to mourn her child-and to capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family.
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44 Scotland Street volume 16
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
As everyone prepares for Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding, the peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is disrupted by the arrival of domineering Irene, while Bruce, after being struck by lightning, prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey, much to his house sitter's delight.
18) Parachute kids
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Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
281 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
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Series
After-school superstars volume 4
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Boogie Bass feels his best friend, Nolan, is better than he at everything, even caring for Boogie's little brothers, but an after-school camp reveals Boogie's talent at communicating using American Sign Language. Includes facts about ASL.
20) I am helpful
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When a little girl gets a new baby sister, she has a lot to adjust to, but by helping her parents she learns that being a big sister comes with big rewards.
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