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"For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan, a Newbery Award winner and a #1 New York Times bestseller, and by its bestselling sequels, The One and Only Bob and The One and Only Ruby. Powerhouse author Katherine Applegate invites readers back into Ivan’s world for one last adventure—his most exciting yet. Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in...
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I survived volume 9
Pub. Date
2024
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IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A battle that changes the course of the war... Paul Colbert’s French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared. Food is scarce. And there doesn’t seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better. Then Paul finds an American paratrooper stuck in a tree. When Paul helps the soldier, he discovers a secret resistance movement—and he learns the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis. But first, the...
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Quil Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Lily Xiao can't wait to go to Camp Rock Out this summer, where she'll finally be able to shed her "class robot" good girl reputation and start her journey to becoming the next Eddie Vedder! And she can't wait to do it with her best friend and cousin, Vivian, who's just moved from Taiwan to Lily's California hometown. But as the two cousins work their way through seventh grade, Vivian struggles more and more with her schoolwork, which is all taught...
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2024.
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Twelve-year-old Ainy is looking forward to working at her mother's clothing store for the summer -- and someday soon wearing a hijab -- but when certain boys harass her, and the boy she has a crush on does not step in, she turns to her older sister for help.
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Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Maya is excited to be in India visiting Grandma, but their time together isn't quite what she expected ... A companion book to When I Found Grandma. It's Maya's first morning in India, but Grandma is already rushing her -- it's market day and they must make the most of Maya's visit. When Maya comes out of her room wearing her favorite ripped jeans, Grandma wants to sew them! Maya finds the market too hot, too loud, and it's full of Grandma's nosy...
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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The last thing Tasha Washington wants is to move from her home in Savannah to a trailer park in Middle-of-Nowhere, Georgia. But when her mother dies and Tasha is taken in by her father -- a man she's never met, who abandoned her mom when Tasha was just a baby -- she doesn't have much of a choice. At least, she thinks, she won't have to spend much time with him -- something that becomes clear when he dumps Tasha with her grandmother and disappears...
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Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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In this mesmerizing fantasy rooted in Urhobo and West African folklore, sixteen-year-old Naborhi longs for a life away from her small, traditional clan in Kokori. But as her rite of passage approaches and she is betrothed to an arrogant young man, Naborhi feels her dreams slipping away from her. Then Naborhi becomes bonded to a mysterious animal and begins having harrowing visions of a kidnapped boy. She soon meets Atai, the son of an Oracle from...
9) Look! Look!
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Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A girl in India discovers an ancient step well in this companion book to the creators' much-loved Out of the Way! Out of the Way! When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she calls to her friends, "Look! Look!" The children clear away the weeds and garbage and find more stones. They call their families to come and see and begin to dig around the stones. Word travels to villages nearby, and more and more people join in, until...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A young girl pays tribute to the memory of her grandfather during a West African masquerade festival in this moving, lushly illustrated picture book. "DUM! DUM! DUM! DUM! / The talking drums thump a sweet beat ... / The masquerade has begun." As villagers gather to hear masked musicians beating drums, savor fried plantains, and watch the joyful dancers, a young girl joins the celebration with her family. But this year, everything feels different;...
12) Friend or UFO
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Area 51 files volume 3
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her.
13) Lion of the sky
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Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Raj is happiest flying kites with his best friend, Iqbal. As their kites soar, Raj feels free, like his beloved India soon will be, and he can't wait to celebrate their independence. But when a British lawyer draws a line across a map, splitting India in two, Raj is thrust into a fractured world. With Partition declared, Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim families are torn apart -- and Raj's Hindu and Iqbal's Muslim families are among them. Forced...
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Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Kûn likes to imagine life on Earth millions of years ago, when the sky boomed with the wild beat of pterosaur wings. Thousands of miles away, Solveig gazes at the sky as she admires the beauty of the northern lights. Learn how these children are connected in this spellbinding journey through the evolution of our planet's surface from watery world through ice ages to the familiar landscapes we know today."
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Noura can't wait for the sun to go down. The month of Ramadan is almost over, and she and Mama and Papa are headed for the hills for a moonsighting picnic. It would be truly special if Noura's first fast ended with a glimpse of a silvery crescent in the night sky. If the moon stays hidden, that means one more long day before Noura gets to put on her sparkly new dress and the joyful Eid celebrations begin!" -- Jacket flap
16) Aloha everything
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Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Since the day that Ano was born, her heart has been connected to her home. But, this adventurous child has a lot to learn! When Ano begins to dance hula -- a storytelling dance form that carries the knowledge, history, and folklore of the Hawaiian people -- Ano comes to understand the true meaning of aloha.
18) I am both
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A picture book inspired by the author's family's journey on the last flight out of Saigon, I Am Both is a compelling exploration of identity, immigration, and family. We zip through the city listening to the music of the street. I hear the swish swoosh of the baskets and the clink clanks of the passing bikes. For Huong, life in Saigon, Vietnam, is mostly normal—at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides...
19) Hello, Sun
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Neal Porter Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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In rhyming text, the animals of the forest wake up with the Sun, and go about their lives until night comes, and the Moon returns.
20) The equinox test
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Rose, Amethyst, and Lavender, fifth-year students at the Brooklyn School of Magic, need to pass the Equinox Test in order to move up to Middle Magic -- but they soon face self-doubts, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community.
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