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Something to Say
Lisa Moore Ramée - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgettable story about finding your voice - and finding your people. Perfect for fans of Sharon Draper, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds. Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn't have any friends - and she's... |
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Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park
Format: Book
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In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali, jointly published by Jimmy Patterson Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books or Young Readers. Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other.... |
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When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya.... |
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia - Rick Riordan Presents
Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save... |
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Farah Rocks Summer Break
Susan Muaddi Darraj - Capstone Press
Format: Hardcover
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It's summer break, and Farah is eager to attend an enrichment camp at her new school. But with car trouble and other family expenses, Farah's parents won't be able to pay for the camp this year. Taking matters into her own hands, Farah takes various odd jobs, including selling... |
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Award Finalist! From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions a walk home can take.This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school... |
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Lalani of the Distant Sea
Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Fast-paced and full of wonder, this is a powerful, gripping must-read." - Kirkus (starred review) "A lush and mysterious fable, full of beauty, full of wonder." - Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author... |
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Merci Surez Changes Gears
MEG MEDINA - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2019 Newbery MedalThoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how... |
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Simon B. Rhymin'
Dwayne Reed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Eleven-year-old Simon Barnes dreams of becoming a world-famous rapper that everyone calls Notorious D.O.G. But for now, he's just a Chicago fifth grader who's small for his age and afraid to use his voice.Simon prefers to lay low at school and at home, even though he's constantly... |
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The Crossover
Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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2015 Newbery Medal Winner2015 Coretta Scott King Honor Award WinnerNew York Times Bestseller "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year... |
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Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean... |
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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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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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Rick
Alex Gino - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of George, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's... |
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Lily and Dunkin
Donna Gephart - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book
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"Gephart has written a story that will speak not just to one specific community, but to humanity as a whole."--VOYAAward-winning author Donna Gephart crafts a compelling dual narrative about two remarkable young people: Lily, a transgender girl, and Dunkin, a boy dealing with... |
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Blended
SHARON M DRAPER - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this thoughtful story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper.Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced,... |
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King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed... |
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Inside Out and Back Again
Thanhha Lai - Harper
Format: Book
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Inside Out and Back Again is a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author's childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama, this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been... |
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!
ALEX GINO - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. The world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently from Emma,just as it will treat them both differently from their Black cousins.A... |
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A Good Kind of Trouble
Lisa Moore Ramée - Balzer + Bray
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and shed also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) |
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Amina's Voice
Hena Khan - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Amina's anxieties are entirely relatable, but it's her sweet-hearted nature that makes her such a winning protagonist." - Entertainment Weekly A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school... |
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Hazel's Theory of Evolution
Lisa Jenn Bigelow - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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The Thing About Jellyfish meets Raymie Nightingale in this tender middle grade novel from Lisa Jenn Bigelow, acclaimed author of Drum Roll, Please.Hazel knows a lot about the world. That's because when she's not hanging with her best friend, taking care of her dog, or helping care for the goats... |
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New Kid
Jerry Craft - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more... |
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Indian No More
Charlene Willing McManis - Tu Books
Format: Hardcover
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Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government signs a bill into law that says Regina's tribe no longer... |
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