Khan, Hiba Noor
Summary: Malala Yousafzai is known across the world for having the courage to stand up for what she believes in, even in the face of terrifying adversity. From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, Malala's story has become an inspiration for people all over the world who are fighting for justice. Discover what it took for one incredible girl to become the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People YousafzaiRobertson, David
Summary: "When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2016
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Alex knows that starting middle school will be a big change, and for an autistic person, change can be terrifying. Alex devises a plan to impress the kids at school by winning a trophy at the PAWS Dog Show with his trusty sidekick, Kevin the cockapoo. It turns out that finding a friend is harder than Alex thought, unless friendship is about something more than popularity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC FOSFelix, Rebecca
Summary: Readers will examine the history of artificial intelligence, leading scientists in the field, the Three Laws of robots, the singularity, Sophia the robot, and more before deciding for themselves!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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Summary: "When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 371.829 SLADonovan, Sam
Summary: "Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori helps Daddy gloss, glitter, glamour, and glimmer to get ready. It takes time--because sparkle is serious business! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? Luckily, a last-minute idea helps Daddy and Tori find a way to make story time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION KORKorman, Gordon
Summary: When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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Summary: Ramona embarks on her first day of kindergarten. It is supposed to be the greatest day of her life, but Ramona quickly learns school isn't all fun and games when she doesn't make any friends.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Audio 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC CLEFeldman, Amy E.
Summary: It started as a joke--but its not funny anymore. Even though Ezras got good friends and can make everyone laugh, he feels like hes invisible, both at home and at school. To make things worse, hes the only kid in his group without a phone--left out of plans and shared jokes and games. Finally, at the end of fifth grade, his parents come through. The phone changes everything. Ezra texts his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC FELRex, Adam
Summary: When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REXLittman, Sarah
Summary: Dara Simons and Will Halpern are head of the senior class at Greenpoint High, competitors for valedictorian, but also dating each other, a fact that they kept secret until Rumor Has It, an anonymous gossip site, spilled the beans--but worse is to come because the site posts a video that seems to show Dara accusing Will of paying someone to take the SAT for him and suddenly Will is under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LITIttusardjuat, Monica
Summary: "'Before schools were introduced to the Inuit, we were taught by our relatives.' In this picture book, Monica Ittusardjuat shares how she learned knowledge and skills in a time before being taken to residential school. She describes how children learned through playing games, imitating grown-ups, and observing adults around them."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Education Books Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 ITTMoss, Marissa
Summary: Starting her own all-girls mathlete team, Talia, who loves math puzzles and code-breaking, is determined to lead her team to victory while trying to break the social code of preteen life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOSBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Is school the best way to get an education? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have spent several yearrs in school beging graded on the quality of their work. But after hearing an award-winning teacher discuss some problems with schooling and share a vision for how children are bet educated, the Tuttle family decides to embarck on a new learning adventure. Long-time educator John Taylor Gatto shares...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYDraper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
Summary: Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory. She can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom, the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. Melody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DRAArnold, Elana K
Summary: When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: When Theo's photography project is vandalized, the five students nearby all claim it was not them, so Theo's favorite teacher suggests they all spend vacation week together and get to the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVCrow, Katrine
Summary: "What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in? Find something that makes you stand out"--Page 4 cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flowerpot Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE CROSyed, Anoosha
Summary: Mirha questions her name after her classmates continually pronounce it wrong on the first day of school so her mother helps her to learn the significance of her name and to be proud of it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SYESauer, Tammi.
Summary: "Everyone knows that minnows and sharks can't be friends! Can Nugget and Fang be different?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAUAhiyya, Vera
Summary: Leo, a quiet kid who is not ready for his first day of kindergarten, ends up having a great day when he makes a kindness pledge and discovers he knows a lot about being kind to others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHIForte, Lauren
Summary: The irrepressible Olivia participates in environmentally responsible initiatives with her family, but she must devise a clever solution to the problem of her brother needing a nightlight in order to keep everyone in the family happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017