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24 Hours in Nowhere
Dusti Bowling - Union Square Kids
Format: Hardcover
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"Reminiscent of Louis Sachars Holes with its quirky characters and unique desert setting, this is a middle-grade read that will easily transport readers somewhere special." - School Library Journal (Starred review) When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere?... |
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Michael Scott - Listening Library
Format: Audio CD
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Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter - but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth in Michael Scott's New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with The Alchemyst,... |
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Amari and the Night Brothers
B. B. Alston
Format: Hardcover
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Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor. Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing... |
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The Blackbird Girls
Anne Blankman - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history.On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant... |
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Black Brother, Black Brother
Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best. Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's... |
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The Best at It
Maulik Pancholy - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning actor Maulik Pancholy comes a hilarious and heartfelt middle grade debut about a gay Indian American boy coming into his own. Perfect for fans of Tim Federle's Nate series.Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school... |
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Bloom
Kenneth Oppel - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in a can't-put-it-down, can't-read-it-fast-enough action-thriller trilogy that's part Hatchet, part Alien!The invasion begins--but not as you'd expect. It begins with rain. Rain that carries seeds. Seeds that sprout--overnight, everywhere. These new plants take... |
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Charlie Hernandez & the League of Shadows
Ryan Calejo - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America.Charlie Hernndez has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture,... |
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City Spies
James Ponti - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called "a must-read," Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies - perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls.Sara... |
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Dough Boys
Paula Chase - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and their growing involvement in the local drug ring.Dough Boys is a memorably vivid story about... |
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Efren Divided
Ernesto Cisneros
Format: Hardcover
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Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman—or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía... |
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The False Prince (Ascendance, Book 1)
Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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Lexile Level: 710
Genre: Fantasy
Page Count: 342
The False Prince is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end. In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing.... |
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Game Changer
Tom Greenwald - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery - and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident.... |
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Genesis Begins Again
Alicia D. Williams - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself.There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps... |
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Glitch
Laura Martin - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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From the critically acclaimed author of Float comes a new whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and John David Anderson. Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become... |
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Ground Zero
Alan Gratz
Format: Hardcover
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Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape? Reshmina has grown up in the shadow... |
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House Arrest
K.A. Holt - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Timothy is on probation. It's a strange word - something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. He must check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, and keep a journal for an entire year. And mostly,... |
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The Humiliations of Pipi McGee
Beth Vrabel - Running Press Kids
Format: Hardcover
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The first eight years of Penelope McGee's education have been a curriculum in humiliation. Now she is on a quest for redemption, and a little bit of revenge. From her kindergarten self-portrait as a bacon with boobs, to fourth grade when she peed her pants in the library thanks to a stuck... |
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Ice Dogs
Terry Lynn Johnson - Clarion Books
Format: Paperback
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Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her. The author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher... |
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
DUSTI BOWLING - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even after the last page has turned." - School Library Journal (Starred review) Chosen for the Autumn 2017 Kids' Indie Next List!Winner of the 2017 Reading the West... |
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Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal-winning series In this riveting debut, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world - before the wrong person finds the answer first.Twelve-year-old... |
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Last Day on Mars
Kevin Emerson - Walden Pond Pr
Format: Print book
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"Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances action, science, humor, and most importantly, two compelling main characters... |
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The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, with one million copies in print!"Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs."--Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ever since the monster... |
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Masterminds
Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in the action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else.... |
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Not If I Save You First
Ally Carter - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Maddie thought she and Logan would be friends forever. But when your dad is a Secret Service agent and your best friend is the president's son, sometimes life has other plans. Before she knows it, Maddie's dad is dragging her to a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. No phone.... |
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The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Four starred reviews!"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Candice finds a letter in an old attic... |
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Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park
Format: Hardcover
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Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Hanna, a half-Asian girl in a small town in America's heartland, lives in 1880. Hanna's... |
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The Running Dream
Wendelin Van Draanen - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2012 Schneider Family Book AwardJessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run?As she struggles to cope with... |
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Scritch Scratch
Lindsay Currie - Sourcebooks Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Small Spaces comes a chilling ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the two together.Claire has absolutely no interest in the paranormal. She's a scientist, which is why she can't think of anything worse than having... |
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Scythe
Neal Shusterman - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor-winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered... |
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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: eBook
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Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom.Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive... |
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Starfish
Lisa Fipps - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules--like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that... |
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
Chris Grabenstein - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling Author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor of Max Einstein! "For centuries, humans have consumed information through their eyes and our ears," said Dr. Backbridge. "Here is my prediction. In the not-too-distant future, we are going to ingest... |
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
Jessica Kim - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian.On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant.... |
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Stella by starlight
Sharon M Draper - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de force from Sharon Draper, the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind.Stella lives in the segregated South - in Bumblebee,... |
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The Stitchers
Lorien Lawrence - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Something strange is happening on Goodie Lane . . . Thirteen-year-old Quinn Parker knows that there's something off about her neighbors. She calls them "the Oldies" because they've lived on Goodie Lane for as long as anyone can remember, but they never seem to age. Are they... |
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Take Back the Block
Chrystal D. Giles
Format: Hardcover
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Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee--Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games--is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests... |
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The Van Gogh Deception
Deron R Hicks - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Dan Brown meets Jason Bourne in this riveting middle-grade mystery thriller. When a young boy is discovered in Washington DC's National Gallery without any recollection of who he is, so begins a high-stakes race to unravel the greatest mystery of all: his identity. As the stakes continue... |
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War Stories
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means.There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona... |
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When Dimple Met Rishi
Sandhya Menon - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2017 A Bustle Best YA Novel of 2017 A PopSugar Best Young Adult Novel... |
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Wilder Boys
Brandon Wallace - Aladdin
Format: Print book
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Two brothers will need all their wilderness skills to survive when they set off into the woods of Wyoming in search of their absent father.Jake and Taylor Wilder have been taking care of themselves for a long time. Their father abandoned the family years ago, and their mother is too busy... |
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A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Don't miss this dazzling tour de force." - Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only IvanThis gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. Illustrated... |
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The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble-not just with their teachers, who have long lost... |
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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Christina Soontornvat - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight.On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's... |
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Born Just Right
Jordan Reeves - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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From twelve-year-old advocate for limb difference and founder of Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about how every kid is perfect just the way they are. When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents... |
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Into the Clouds: The Race to Climb the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Tod Olson - Scholastic Focus
Format: Hardcover
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bA nail-biting tale of survival and brotherhood atop one of the deadliest mountains on Earth./bpIn 1953, as two men summit Mt. Everest for the first time, Charlie Houston and a team of mountaineers carve a path up the second-highest peak on Earth: the deadly K2. Four Houston, reaching the top of K2 is a lifelong... |
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My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
DIANE GUERRERO - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Before landing a spot on the megahit Netflix show Orange is the New Black; before wow-ing audiences as Lina on Jane the Virgin; and before her incredible activism and work on immigration reform, Diane Guerrero was a young girl living in Boston. One day, while Guerrero was at school,... |
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