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81) If you live here
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live . . . in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship? If You Live Here is a whimsical tribute to the unique and special places we call home.
82) Backlash
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Christian, a boy she knows only through Facebook, posts a lot of nasty comments on her page, fifteen-year-old Lara tries to kill herself--but that is only the beginning of the backlash for her sister, Sydney; her former friend Bree; and her classmates.
83) Bathe the cat
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. Already a bestseller in France and certain to be read worldwide for generations to come, Small Things...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: It's a special day in Macy's classroom as all the children come in dressed up in their most stylish African clothing! Zahra's Ethiopian dress is covered in beads, while Malika's Namibian outfit is bursting with colours. And who is hiding behind that elephant mask from Cameroon? No two outfits are the same, in this beautiful and varied parade of clothing from across Africa!
86) Across the pond
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Moving to a Scottish castle allows seventh-grader Callie to escape friendship problems in San Diego, but finding new friends, even in the birding club an old journal inspires her to join, proves challenging.
87) Most days
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This is a book about mindfulness. About relishing the magic of the here and now. About enjoying the extraordinary unfoldings of an ordinary day. Moving from morning to night, the narrator becomes, by turns, boy or girl, of ever-changing ethnicity and ability, inhabiting city, country, or suburb. They are all children everywhere, opening themselves to the gift of time.
88) How I live now
Author
Language
English
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Description
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
90) I can do it too!
Author
Language
English
Description
Supported by her family, an African American girl is self confident about what she can do and in turn supports a younger family member.
92) Bedtime bonnet
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
As family members braid, brush, twirl, roll, and tighten their hair before bedtime, putting on kerchiefs, wave caps, and other protective items, the little sister cannot find her bonnet.
93) Bounce back
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When an injury sidelines new captain Zayd, he must find another way to be a leader for his basketball team.
94) A show for two
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Celebrate AAPI Month - TEENS
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Learn to Love: Film & Literature Suggestions
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Learn to Love: Film & Literature Suggestions
Description
Publisher Annotation: All Mina Rahman wants is to finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, get into her dream school, and leave New York City behind for good. When indie film star Emmitt Ramos enrolls in her high school under a secret identity to research his next role, he agrees to star in her short film for the competition...if she acts as his NYC tour guide. As Mina ventures across the five boroughs with Emmitt, the city she grew up...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Aspiring artist Fanny Price is an unwelcome guest at her uncle Sir Thomas Bertram’s estate. It’s his affection for Fanny that’s keeping her from being forced out by her cousins Tom and Maria and nasty Aunt Norris, back to a home to which she never wants to return. But then Sir Thomas dies in a tragic accident inside his art emporium, and Fanny finds evidence of foul play that, if revealed, could further jeopardize her already...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As the youngest graduating senior at her hypercompetitive high school, Perla Perez is certain all the late nights and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents') dreams: Delmont University. When she's rejected, Perla panics-- and forges her own acceptance letter. Now she's heading to Delmont, acceptance or not. Her plan is to gather on-the-ground intel to beef up her application and reapply spring semester...
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
99) Misfit in love
Author
Series
Saints and misfits novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Janna Yusuf and her friends are planning for her brother's nikah. But what started as a simple marriage ceremony is turning into the biggest event of the summer-and a chance for Janna to finally reveal her crush...or so she thinks"--
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 2
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes decides to "borrow" his father's crystals to impress his classmates, but his plan to return the crystals before his father notices goes awry.
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