Kim, Hanna
Summary: The first day of school in Michigan is a nightmare for Korean-American fourth-grader Ben Lee, who grew up in Los Angeles surrounded by Korean stores and restaurants, but his new schoolmates laugh at the Korean delicacies he eats -- until his unexpectedly magic lunch box teaches them all a lesson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KIMBliss, Bryan
Summary: "Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLIDewdney, Anna
Summary: Llama llama and his friends are making Valentine's Day gifts for one another. Gilroy Goat doesn't know what to make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JBR GREEN DEWAlter, Anna
Summary: Francine the fox does not want to go to school, but she has a good day anyway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC AlterAnna, Holly
Summary: "Every kid in the world has had a Bad Luck Day, but Daisy Dreamer's might be the unluckiest Bad Luck Day ever"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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Summary: When Daisy Dreamer's imaginary friend, Posey, joins her at school, he nearly ruins the group project she and her friends are working on although he is trying to be helpful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2018
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Summary: Following their teacher's lead, Llama Llama speaks to Gilroy Goat and tells him he should not act like a bully on the playground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEWMcQuinn, Anna
Summary: Lola meets new friends and tries many new things on her fun but exhausting first day of school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MCQ (basket)Andō, Natsumi.
Summary: She's Awake! Having wandered the realm between life and death, Arisa finally awakens. But, she doesn't remember anything...?! Then when Midori suddenly appears at the hospital and hands her something, she disappears! What is the relationship between Midori "The King" and Arisa?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ARIDewdney, Anna
Summary: Throughout the school day, the teacher helps Llama Llama and the other children practice their letters, shows word cards, reads stories, and brings them to the library where they can all choose a favorite book. By the end of the day, Llama Llama is recognizing words and can't wait to show Mama Llama that he's becoming a reader!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEWZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: "A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews! A New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year American Street is an evocative and powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOBZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZOBWeiss, Bobbi J. G
Summary: When Kit Bridges moves to England to attend an elite equestrian boarding school, she struggles with grief from her mother's death and her fear of riding after a bad fall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEIMcLemore, Anna-Marie
Summary: The Soler sisters are infamous in polite society--brazen, rebellious, and raised by their fashionable grandmother who couldn't care less about which fork goes where. But their grandmother also knows the standards that two Latina young ladies will be held to, so she secures them two coveted places at the Alarie House, a prominent finishing school that turns out first ladies, princesses, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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Summary: When a class pet proves to be more than a handful, the students agree they cannot keep him, but how will they convince their teacher, Mr. Stricter, who loves the strange creature?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E RISDeedy, Carmen Agra.
Summary: Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1996
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket DEEUrsu, Anne.
Summary: "Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life " -- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC URSBooth, Anne
Summary: Dreaming of becoming a Christmas fairy, Clara learns it's not as easy as it looks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE BOOLamb, Anne
Summary: Complemented by a coloring poster, a Pete the Cat story based on the Amazon original series finds Pete and his friends planning a special surprise for a classmate whose mother cannot attend Parents' Day at school because of her military tour of duty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Marya Lupu's parents have always believed that her older brother Luka is destined to be a sorcerer and make the family's fortune, so when the day he is tested turns into a disaster, and the Guild declares that he has no magical talent, they find it easierto blame Marya for upsetting the test than admit the truth, and she is sent to the Dragomir Academy, a school for wayward girls--but a school...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC URSLamb, Anne
Summary: When Grumpy Toad claims he doesn't eat bananas, Pete the Cat encourages Grumpy to try the banana casserole Pete brought for the class potluck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE PETBarrows, Annie.
Summary: Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls' bathroom at their school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Ivy BarrowsUrsu, Anne
Summary: "The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart-whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street-very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC URSNonamus, Andy
Summary: An elementary student, who wishes to remain anonymous, recounts the good and the bad of their first day of school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2024