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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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Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics
Margarita Engle - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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Musician, botanist, baseball player, pilot -- the Latinos featured in this collection come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds. Celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to a collective history and a community that continues to evolve and thrive... |
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The Bicycle Spy
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Format: Hardcover
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Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's occupation of France... |
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Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
JACQUELINE BRIGGS MARTIN - Readers to Eaters
Format: Hardcover
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Chef Roy Choi calls himself a "street cook."He wants outsiders, low-riders,kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,to have food cooked with care, with love,with sohn maash."Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers... |
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Garvey's Choice
Nikki Grimes - Wordsong
Format: Print book
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading - anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself... |
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Grand Canyon
Jason Chin - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within... |
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Grandpa's Ha-la-loo-ya Hambone
Joe Hayes - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Print book
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Kids today grow up knowing all about recycling. But when Joe Hayes was a kid, recycling hadn't been invented. Money was so tight for Joe's family that they had to be inventive about using and reusing everything. They didn't call it recycling, they called it making do. Joe says... |
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The Harlem Charade
Natasha Tarpley - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE.Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own after... |
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Hello, Universe
Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. Told from four intertwining points of view - two boys and two girls - the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani... |
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How to Avoid Extinction
Paul Acampora - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Since the death of his grandfather, Leo's number one chore has been to chase after his grandmother who seems to wander away from home every few days. Now, Gram's decided to roam farther than ever. And despite his misgivings, Leo's going along for the ride. With his seventeen-year-old... |
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Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
Kay Haring - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's... |
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Me and Marvin Gardens
A S King
Format: Hardcover
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Obe Devlin has problems. His family's farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy abandoned him for the development kids. And he keeps getting nosebleeds, because of that thing he doesn't like to talk about. So Obe hangs out at the creek by his house, in the |
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Refugee
ALAN GRATZ - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft,... |
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Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero
PATRICIA MCCORMICK - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest... |
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Slider
PETE HAUTMAN - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact,... |
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Spirit Hunters
ELLEN OH - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade mystery series about Harper Raine, the new seventh grader in town who must face down the dangerous ghosts haunting her younger brother. A riveting ghost story and captivating adventure, this tale... |
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Stef Soto, Taco Queen
Jennifer Torres - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A heartwarming and charming debut novel about family, friends, and finding your voice all wrapped up in a warm tortilla.Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for Papi to get a normal... |
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Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
Donna Janell Bowman - Lee & Low Books
Format: Hardcover
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William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse. But those... |
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The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13
Honest Lee - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Captain Underpants or Sideways Stories from Wayside School, this new chapter book series is perfect for reluctant readers. When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class--giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS!You... |
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Wedgie & Gizmo
SUZANNE SELFORS - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new illustrated series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets."A delightfully fun read that will leave you in stitches!" - Caldecott Medalist Dan SantatWhen... |
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