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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mercer Mayer's Little Critter has been delighting young readers for over forty years! Ten of his most cherished stories--including Just for you, which was first published in 1975--are featured in this hardcover collection of Original Classics. A must-have for any Little Critter fan!"-- page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Karmen is about to start her last year of high school, but it's only been six weeks since her brother, Julian, died by suicide. How is she supposed to focus on school when huge questions Why is Julian gone? How could she have missed seeing his pain? Could she have helped him? When a blowup at school gets Karmen sent home for a few weeks, life gets more things between her parents are tenser than ever, her best friend's acting like a stranger, and...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset--she...
Author
Series
One and only Ivan volume 04
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in the elephant enclosure, frequent visits from his canine friend Bob, and his mate Kinyani by his side. And in the happiest turn of all, Ivan and Kinyani have welcomed a set of twins to their family!
45) Queerceañera
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Joaquin Zoido is out and proud of it. And while he knew his dad and sister, Carmen, would be super supportive, he wasn't quite ready for them to surprise him with a queerceañera, a coming out party to celebrate him. Between all the talks of tastings and venues, and the chirping of his family's RSVP texts, the question of who will be his chambelán is on everyone's minds. What Joaquin is decidedly trying to not think about is whether his mom is going...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
Author
Publisher
Shout Mouse Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Multiple
Description
Written by first-generation Latinx teens, this bilingual book - told in Spanish and English - follows Belinda, a young girl of Mexican and Salvadoran heritage who once loved to sing. But ever since her aunt's death, Belinda has been afraid to use her voice. When a new owner decides to paint over the mural that was created to honor her aunt, Belinda rallies the entire community together to stop it. Can Belinda lead her community and lift her voice...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered. So when offered a chance to explore the world, Tris is ready. Perhaps she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature while facing impossible choices...
49) Wepa
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
Español
Description
"Her mom thinks she is too messy; her teachers think she is too loud. But Grandma says that's nonsense. Mia Emilia Lucia Renata simply has too much wepa! Mia tries to bottle up her wepa, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't contain it. With a bit of inspiration from Grandma and her friends, Mia discovers the perfect place to release her wepa. A place where her wepa is celebrated and isn't too much" --
50) Blood justice
Author
Series
Blood Debts volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked--she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her,...
52) Love one another
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacup Press, an imprint of Fox Pointe Publishing, LLP
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
All you need is love. Page by page, these same-but-different fuzzy-wuzzy bears from Europe and Asia highlight the many forms that showing and receiving love can take. Love is everywhere and it's what makes the world go round. (Publisher description.)
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries the new batch volume 1
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Cupcake Club founder Katie Brown's stepsister Emily enters a baking contest at her new school and discovers her own way to bake"--
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 3
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Habor spends more time at her dad's house as she attends an elite basketball league, and as she improves her jump shot and makes new connections, she becomes torn between staying with her dad and her beloved Sunrise Lagoon.
Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
58) Juneteenth is
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This book is an ode to the history of the Black community in the United States, a tribute to Black joy, and a portrait of familial love"--
A girl contemplates what Juneteenth means to her, her family, and her community.
59) The spice box
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right.
60) Being home
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.