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61) Saving the sun
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When the sun sinks and loses its fire, Luna and Poppa's yearly vacation on Summer Island suddenly goes dark. Luna knows the sun needs their help--the sky looks all wrong, and it's neither day nor night! But it's a big job to do all on their own.
Author
Series
Publisher
DisneyHyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Molly and her poltergeist twin brother Marty must solve a mystery to protect their family.
Molly Dade has big problems. She's got an important violin audition coming up, she's been paired with her nemesis for a group project, and she's struggling to hide a life-or-death secret from...well, from everyone. It wasn't long ago that the Dades were just a regular Maine family living in their reportedly haunted house in the local cemetery....
63) Look! Look!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 38
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When the magic tree house returns it whisks Jack and Annie away to the Galapagos Islands where they become World Turtle Experts and must save a tortoise in danger of an erupting volcano"--
Author
Series
Secret Explorers volume 14
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sent to explore a network of caves in India, Leah the biology expert and Cheng the geology expert soon discover there's more to this daring mission than meets the eye.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 8
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On her last stop in Japan, eight-year-old Jasmine cherishes the time spent with her family, and plants a garden to ensure a lasting connection with her Obaachan even after returning home.
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ajay is a Mumbai railway kid, a newspaper seller, but his great dream is to be a journalist. His dream comes true when he and a gang of friends create their own newspaper, but what is the cost of uncovering the truth?
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On a trip to visit her grandparents in Japan, Tessa Miyata inadvertently releases the spirit of an evil samurai god who wants to destroy Tokyo, and stumbles upon a hidden part of the city where gods and mythological creatures walk among humans.
71) Water day
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village. Includes author's note.
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Toot toot! Come aboard the Alaska Train for a rollicking rhyming adventure with Alaska’s favorite animals! Five shiny train cars roll down the railroad track, picking up passengers along the way—a porcupine, grizzly bear, caribou, and more. Soon the cars are packed, but now the train must go up a tall mountain. Will the Alaska Train reach its destination? All Aboard the AlaskaTrain takes you on a rumbling journey as you zoom across the tracks...
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 7
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Jasmine and family visit Kabo, the Japanese village where her grandmother grew up, she is homesick and angry with her older sister for not playing with her, but when they start to compromise, they discover ways to bridge their differences. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make a folding fan.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Rani lives in a luxurious palace full of busy adults, but she's lonely. Being the only princess in the kingdom is boring, tedious, dull. She has no one to play with--except her baby brother, who doesn't count! So one morning, Rani decides to leave for the beach in search of adventure. She's sure it will be the opposite of her life in the palace: wonderful, marvelous, fun! But in the world outside the palace walls, Rani isn't a princess anymore, she's...
Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A young boy struggles to survive during the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Cada invierno, Lucía espera con entusiasmo las coloridas festividades del día de Reyes, incluyendo las fiestas tradicionales, las golosinas deliciosas y los regalos que traen los tres Reyes Magos para que los niños disfruten. Ese año todo es diferente. En vez de bailar y cantar en las parandas de su vecindario puertorriqueño, Lucia va envuelta en un brigo mientras hace ángeles de nieve en un jardín gris de Ohio. ¿Quién guiará a los Reyes...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"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;...
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