Cheng, Jack
Summary: "Sixth grader Andy Zhou grapples with fitting in, befriends a bully, drifts apart from his childhood best friend, and gets to know grandparents who have just moved from Shanghai to live with his family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DAGCena, John
Summary: Elbow Grease has four big brothers--each one special and unique in his own way. Meet tough Tank, fast Flash, smart Pinball, brave Crash, and of course Elbow Grease, who never gives up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: "Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 0000
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Summary: Follows a young girl from the first wake-up of a new year, through many new experiences and 384 fights with her big brother, to the last bedtime stories in December.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KLELiu, Dane
Summary: "Millie makes a special batch of dumplings filled with love that Laolao will never forget after she falls ill"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Goodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LIUHo, Joanna
Summary: A young Asian boy notices that his eyes look different from his peers' after seeing his friend's drawing of them. After talking to his father, the boy realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before--in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOKrans, Angela Pham
Summary: When Felix's grandmother comes from Vietnam to stay with his family in the United States, Felix realizes that he can help Grandma by teaching her English.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KRAO'Leary, Sara
Summary: "When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways -- but the same in the one way that matters most of all. One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE OLEArnold, Elana K.
Summary: "There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer: She just finished third grade. She has a perfect cat named Matzo Ball. She doesn't always tell the truth. She is very happy to be spending summer vacation away from home and her mom and dad and all the wonderful things she had been planning all year. Okay, maybe that last one isn't entirely the truth. Of course, there's nothing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection and meaning through them, even though they look different from her parents'. Her family bond is deep and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOHampson, Randi
Summary: "Based on the classic folk song made famous by a beloved trio of children's entertainers, this picture book is best sung aloud! "Skinnamarink" is a timeless anthem of love and inclusion. What does "skinnamarink" mean? You may not find its definition in a dictionary, but the meaning is clear to the generations of children who sang along: friendship, happiness, sharing, community and, ultimately,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDBauer, Marion Dane
Summary: For most of Ben's life, he has been a kid without a mom. He has his dad, who knows Ben doesn't like oatmeal and always hugs Ben before bed. And he has Sunshine, his loyal little dog, who is never far from his side. But his mom, who left when he was young, has just been a story, faint in his memory. Now he's about to spend a whole week with her on her remote island in the middle of the northern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAULevy, Dana Alison.
Summary: Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014