Gonzalez, Christina Diaz
Summary: Can five overlooked kids make one big difference? There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel: the athlete And they're stuck together when they're forced to complete their school's community service hours. Although they're sure they have nothing in common with one another, some people see them as all the same... just five Spanish-speaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GON (Graphic Novel)Gonzales, S.
Summary: Best friends and members of a popular British boy band find their once-easy rapport straining under the pressures of fame and their management's decision for gay singer Reuben to stay in the closet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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Summary: Carlos Gomez is a member of the only Mexican American family in town, so he's used to being the odd one out. A lisp, a penchant for girl glamor, and being picked on by the class bully don't help either. But now there's a talent show coming up, and Carlos is performing with the BMX stunt team. What could possibly go wrong?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2021
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Summary: "Ivy Winslow has the house to herself for a week and her only plans are to binge-watch her favorite fantasy TV show, H-MAD, hang out with her best friend, Henry, and avoid her former best friend-turned enemy (and neighbor), Mack. But things go awry when Ivy wakes up one morning to find Weston, the gorgeous and very fictional main character of H-MAD, in her bedroom, claiming to be her soul mate....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2024
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Summary: "When Ren moves to Ava's city, he feels lost without the green and magic of his home, but not everything in the city is what meets the eye and Ren discovers that nothing makes you feel at home quite like a friend"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: "Maren the whale shark loves her life as the biggest, brightest fish in the sea. She spends her days exploring the water around her and finding fresh new snacks as she travels. But one day, the ocean goes dark and Maren's adventures come to a halt. With only the glow from the scales on her back and her best friend, Remy the remora, by her side, Maren sets out on her greatest quest yet--to cross...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Despite her friends' protests, Fluttereshy agrees to teach Iron Will the importance of patience and kindness. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's annotation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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Summary: While on a field trip to Bokati Island with the mysterious Guardian Master Em, Plum must decide whether or not to reveal her own Guardian powers when an unseen force puts the entire ecosystem at risk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Left at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. as a toddler and home-schooled by a retired nun, twelve-year-old Bicycle rides cross-country to meet a famous cyclist who she hopes will be her first friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House 2018
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Summary: "Granny Smith settles an ugly dispute between the Flim Flam brothers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's annotation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2019
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Summary: As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2022
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Summary: Can a magical wish make Raven and Luca best friends again after they quarrel over their double act in the school talent show?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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Summary: "Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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Summary: Second-grader Raven faces her fear of public speaking and makes a new friend when her wish backfires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE EVATrimmer, Christian
Summary: In this twist on the story of Snow White, pretty and sweet Snow Pony--beloved by children for her talent in braiding hair and dancing--follows a trail of delicious apples into the woods, where she meets seven miniature ponies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: "Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union-but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Coming of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya's dacha just outside of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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Summary: "Omar and his friends investigate sabotage at the model rocket-building contest they are competing in"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MIAHeppermann, Christine
Summary: When her two best friends take a vacation without her, nine-year-old Sadie meets a witch who takes her on a bird-watching adventure. Includes birding tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Molly the mouse and her siblings get caught in a storm, but are able to offer a safe refuge to the their new animal friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2003
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Summary: Tired of being called on last in class because her name falls at the end of the alphabet, second-grader Lola Zuckerman aspires to beat her ex-best friend--whose last name begins with A--in the school's Going Green contest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights 2013
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Summary: "Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It's her senior year, and she's just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn't help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there's fellow student...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEBButler, M. Christina.
Summary: After awakening early from his winter sleep and wishing for someone to play with, Little Bear is joined by new friends who help him make a snowman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2016