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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine. Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries,...
3) Invisible
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking kids. Then they meet someone who truly needs their help,...
6) Kith
Author
Series
Good neighbors volume 2
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
While sixteen-year-old Rue Silver travels into the faerie realm to find her mother, faerie creatures are entering the human world and wreaking havoc, forcing Rue to ponder where her loyalty should lie.
Author
Publisher
Go! Comi
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Yuzu and Iyo are invited on a ski trip by Sudachi, but events take an unexpected turn when a blinding snowstorm takes them by surprise. Then Yuzu's whole world threatens to collapse when she finds out the secret behind her mother's childhood romance!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Go! Comi
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
It's holiday season, and Yuzu is up to her ears in parties! As the heiress of her grandmother's great estate, she soon discovers that she has to choose a husband...and three different candidates have already been offered her hand! The ever-present Kagami helps her keep her head, but she can no longer deny her feelings for him...feelings he claims that he cannot return.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"When Nicole Georges was two years old, her family told her that her father was dead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her sister, saddled with guilt, admits that the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret. Sent into a tailspin about her identity, Nicole turns to radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger for advice-- Calling Dr. Laura tells the story of what happens to you when you...
Author
Publisher
Go!Comi
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Yuzu may have finally realized her feelings, but newfound love won't help her much in the face of a political marriage! Despite the fact that she hasn't even met the groom, Yuzu is suddenly caught up in elaborate preparations for a ceremony...but how can she plan the perfect wedding when she can't have her perfect love?
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Meet Rickety Stitch ... a walking, talking, singing skeleton minstrel. He's the one skeleton in the dungeon who seems to have retained his soul, and he has no idea why. His only clue to his former identity is a song he hears snippets of in his dreams, an epic bard's tale about the Road to Epoli and the land of Eem.
Author
Publisher
Go! Media Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Poor Yuzu is an orphan who's too clumsy to hold a job. She's reduced to living in a playground -- until a handsome stranger named Hassaku informs her that she's heir to a fortune, and whisks her into a world of wealth, power, and more hot suitors than she can shake a scepter at! But there's a catch: Hassaku must turn this klutz into a lady of refinement, or Yuzu will lose everything!" -- from publisher's web site.
14) Huda F cares?
Author
Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This summer's exercise in Fahmy family sisterly bonding involves a trip to Disney World--which seems like it is headed for disaster when Huda gets into a fight with a boy making fun of her hijab.
15) Shugo Chara!: 4
Author
Language
English
Description
"Amu has three Guardian Characters, reflections of her true self. But now a fourth egg has shown up at the start of a new school year. Everything has gone wrong, and Amu has no idea who she truly wants to be. Meanwhile, her rival Utau has rejected one of her own Guardian characters. Is it time for the two to trade Guardians? Is that even possible?" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Middle schooler Yuna, born in America to Korean parents, struggles with feeling too Korean to fit in with her American peers at school. Frustrated with her fractured life and desperate to fit in, Yuna makes a wish on paper stars to return to Korea so she might feel normal somewhere. When the unexpected death of her halmoni (grandmother) makes Yuna's wish come true, Yuna is wracked with guilt and feels more fragile than ever as she realizes she also...
17) Sorceline
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she is eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices. But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies, she quickly clashes with her classmates, revealing her...
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Between homework, studying, and Chinese school, Měi Yīng's summer is shaping up to be a boring one. Her only bright spots are practice with her soccer team, the Divas, and the time spent with her năi nai, who is visiting from Taiwan. Although Měi Yīng's Mandarin isn't the best and Năi Nai doesn't speak English, they find other ways to connect, like cooking guōtiē together and doing tai chi in the mornings. By the end of the summer, Měi...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size author chronicles her own journey with body positivity, what...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author's young...