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Rudd, Maggie

Summary: Happy birthday, America! This picture book celebrates patriotism, community, and summertime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2023

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Flett, Julie

Summary: "An extraordinary book that celebrates skateboarding, family, and community. Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards, and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard, just for him! haw êkwa! Let's go! Together, they practice on the sidewalk, at the park, in Auntie's yard--everywhere. But when it comes time to try the skatepark, the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids, Greystone Books 2024

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Thomas, Rebecca

Summary: "What does it mean to be Mi'kmaq? And if Swift Fox can't find the answer, will she ever feel like part of her family? When Swift Fox's father picks her up to go visit her aunties, uncles, and cousins, her belly is already full of butterflies. And when he tells her that today is the day that she'll learn how to be Mi'kmaq, the butterflies grow even bigger. Though her father reassures her that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THO

Watson, Renée

Summary: "Middle school is just around the corner for Ryan Hart, which means it's time to start thinking about the future--and not just how to prank her brother, Ray! During Black History Month, Ryan learns more about her ancestors and local Black pioneers, and their hopes for the future, for her generation. She wonders who she wants to be and what kind of person her family hopes she becomes. Drawing on...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WAT

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACE

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Connor for a school project and learns about his life with a military mom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

Wing, Natasha

Summary: In rhyming text based on "The Night Before Christmas," a family, decked in red, white, and blue, heads to the Fourth of July parade, hosts a backyard BBQ with neighbors, dodges an afternoon thundershower, and watches the fireworks show.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIN

Harrington, Claudia

Summary: Lenny follows Skye for a school project and learns about her life with two homes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Looking Glass Library, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC HAR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Quain, Amanda

Summary: After her paranormal-loving father dies, Hattie Tilney stops believing in ghosts until she works with new student Kit Morland on an investigation project and finds herself wanting to believe in something.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC QUA

Ahmadi, Arvin

Summary: Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AHM

Zoboi, Ibi Aanu

Summary: Warrior Princess. That's what Nigeria's father calls her. He's raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother--the perfect matriarch to their Movement--disappears, Nigeria's world is upended. She...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZOB

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC ZOB

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOB

Erdrich, Louise.

Summary: In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ERD

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ERD

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Erdrich 2012

Day, Christine

1 hold on 2 copies

Summary: "Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong-until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DAY

Roberts, Nora.

Summary: For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the Plains Indians. Upon arriving at Jordan's impressive Palm Springs estate, Kasey finds all the trappings of a family, but none of the warmth. Jordan's forbidding mother is immediately suspicious of her, while Jordan's shy and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Trade 2014

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROB

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC WIL

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WIL

Drouillard, Staci Lola

Summary: Chronicles the changes brought upon a beloved family tree that must be uprooted and planted on new land.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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Tahir, Sabaa

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAH

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAH

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAH

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAH

Agostini, Alliah L.

Summary: Shane, a boy with big dancing dreams, learns the meaning of courage and community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AGO

Spinelli, Jerry

Summary: A young boy and his family celebrate his favorite day, Independence Day, by seeing a parade, having a picnic, watching a talent show, and enjoying fireworks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPI

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC WEA

Sorell, Traci

Summary: On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

Osborne, Mary Pope.

Summary: The whole family joins in a lively small-town celebration of Independence Day, including a parade, a picnic, music, and fireworks. An author's note explains the origin of the celebration of July 4th.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2003

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Marie, Racquel

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Valentina jeopardizes her future when she gets into an altercation with her rival, Leticia, during a soccer game, so the two girls must co-captain a soccer team to redeem themselves and what starts as a shaky alliance of necessity blossoms into something more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MAR

Moreci, Michael

Summary: "Before Batman trained him to be Robin, Dick Grayson was star of his family of trapeze artists, but when an enchanting new attraction opens nearby and threatens to lure away their remaining customers, Dick is among those drawn to its magical glow and may be too mesmerized to recognize the dangers ahead."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 MOR

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