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2019 - The Fox on the Swing

EVELINA KIUDULAITE AUSRA DACIUTE - Thames & Hudson

A beautifully illustrated story for children about the nature of happiness Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected...
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2020 - Brown

Hakon Ovreas - Enchanted Lion Books

New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the "practicalities" with the hospital. But one dark night,...
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2021 - Catherine's War

Julia Billet - HarperAlley

"A shining story of a young girl who struggles to come of age and find her place in a world fraught with danger." - Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Newbery Honor-winning author of Hitler Youth* Winner of the Youth Prize at the Angoulme International Comics Festival (voted by readers)...
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2022 - Temple Alley Summer

Sachiko Kashiwaba - Yonder; Illustrated edition

Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono sneak out of his house in the middle of the night -- was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else...
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2023 - Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

Lia Levi - HarperCollins

In this award-winning memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discovers light in unexpected places. This classic, powerful story from Lia Levi is adapted for young readers, with beautiful black-and-white...
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