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5) Rhythm
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In a town once vibrant but now affected by unemployment and food insecurity, a young girl watches the seasons go by.
7) Once, a bird
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this wordless picture book, a bird emerges after winter to find the world has gone quiet. As she settles on a tree outside an apartment building, its residents notice her through their windows and find hope in her resilience and the continued rhythms of nature."--
11) Adrift
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The resilience of two cousins is tested when one of them is lost at sea and washes up on a deserted island while the other remains at home, holding on to the belief that her beloved cousin is still alive.
12) Sticks
Author
Publisher
Diane Alber Art LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Sticks is about a Popsicle that accidentally melts and becomes just a plain stick. He has a hard time adjusting to his new normal but with the help of some new friends (who happen to be sticks too) he realizes that everything happened for a reason and that melting was part of his journey.
13) And then, boom!
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she fits in.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The journey of the Callery pear tree rescued from Ground Zero and replanted ten years later is presented alongside a wordless story following a girl and her firefighter uncle who is a 9/11 hero. Includes author's notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hailey has high expectations for her family's annual duck hunt, but between her excitable young dog Cocoa ruining several shots and a strained family dynamic she learns that wanting a certain outcome does not guarantee it.
18) I am darn tough
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. Girls (and boys!) can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization.
19) Coming up Cuban
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Four children from very different backgrounds...learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed after Fidel Castro's rise to power"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.