Scattergood, Augusta.
Summary: In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2012
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Scattergood 2012Wiles, Deborah
Summary: Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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Summary: When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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Summary: Robbie Bridgeman and his two friends, Tara and Landon Phillips, are in trouble. When they set out for a day of fishing in Sardis Lake, Mississippi, they're hoping to catch big fish. They'll find one, all right...but this fish is far bigger than they could have ever imagined. The fish that has been lurking in the lake isn't a bass or bluegill or pike. It's a megalodon...a giant, prehistoric...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AudioCraft Pub. 2008
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Summary: Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's black -- to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride -- no matter how others may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Summary: The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 1991
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Summary: The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1994
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Summary: The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 0000
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Summary: It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2014
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Summary: A young boy living in mid-nineteenth century Missouri relates the many adventures that he and his friend, an escaped slave, experience as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Classic 2012
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Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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Summary: Two children lost at sea must overcome a language barrier if they want to find a way home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN WILRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023