Lewers, Nedda
Summary: Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how a newborn baby is welcomed to the world by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Omega Morales's family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride. So Omega's family keeps to themselves, and in private, they're Empaths--diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But Omega's powers don't quite work, and it leaves...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022