de la Peña, Matt
Summary: "La Música exists in many places--in the twang of a guitar, in the beat of a drum, even in the whistling wind and the morning bird's son. She brings color and life wherever she goes, connecting people to a grand harmony. And in the town of Santa Cecilia, she is everywhere. When La Música discovers a boy with longing in his heart and no music in his home, she vows to help him find his passion"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction de la Pena 2017Aranda, Ana
Summary: "A family honors their living and dead relatives as they celebrate the Day of the Dead with shared food and stories"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ARADe León, Aya
Summary: "Fourteen-year-old Andrea Hernandez-Baldoquin hails from a family of spies working for the Factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color. Andrea has dreamed about getting her first solo mission, but she never imagined that she would have to straighten her hair and go undercover as a white girl to befriend the estranged son of a dangerous white supremacist. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "Lolly Salt's three sisters are sirens--young women who lure ships to their doom--and as Lolly's 13th birthday approaches she's about to become one too. But when it becomes clear that someone in town knows the Salt girls secret, Lolly sets out to learn how this happened to her family and if she can prevent it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LANLevy, 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
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Summary: Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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Summary: "Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's fall festival and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FARDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Petra Luna is in America, having escaped the Mexican Revolution and the terror of the Federales. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again, in this country that promises so much. She leads her family from a smallpox-stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build a new life. And for the first time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DOBBranford, Anna.
Summary: After moving to a new neighborhood, a girl who is both a worrier and a problem solver meets a possible very good friend next door.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "June Chu is the 'just good enough' girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mother's unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke. While June's mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sister's footsteps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Teen 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRAMcQuinn, Anna
Summary: Lola plants a flower garden with her parent's help, and watches it grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCQFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: With her eighth birthday coming up, Marya claims she is having an epic henna party, so now she must convince her family to make it happen and work to pull it off, but everything Marya does seems to end in disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FARBranford, Anna.
Summary: As the youngest in her family, seven-year-old Violet identifies with small creatures in the natural world, but when she tries to help a special ladybug, she learns an important lesson about animal habitats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JBR RED BRALevy, Dana Alison.
Summary: Summertime brings the Fletcher Family back to Rock Island where the good times never end, but this summer the boys' favorite lighthouse is all boarded up and with the help from their new neighbors, the Garcia girls, the boys are determined to find out what is really happening with their lighthouse and saving it, no matter what the cost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVBranford, Anna.
Summary: Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JBR RED BRAWoltz, Anna
Summary: "It's the first day of the holidays and Sam is roaming the island of Texel, imagining what it'd feel like to be the last person on earth. Then, like a whirlwind, 12-year-old islander Tess swoops into his life. Sam's only option is to go along for the ride. Soon he's dancing the waltz, burying a pet canary and coming up with an especially weird plan to help Tess find her father, who doesn't even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOLTatlock, Ann.
Summary: Ex-convict John Sheldon returns home to his wife Andrea and their three children. While incarcerated, he committed his life to Christ and wants to hold fast to his newfound faith. Andrea is wary of his conversion, son Billy is delighted, and daughter Rebekah is skeptical. Six-year-old Phoebe doesn't remember her father and is withdrawn. Can John and Andrea mend the rifts that have torn their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TATBrashares, Ann
Summary: Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island. Since they were children, they've shared almost everything--reading the same books, running down the same sandy footpaths to the beach, eating peaches from the same market, laughing around the same sun-soaked dining table. Even sleeping in the same bed, on the very same worn cotton sheets. But they've never met. Sasha's dad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRAHood, Ann
Summary: An Italian immigrant watches her six children grow up while she searches for her seventh, the product of a love affair who was given up for adoption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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Summary: Grandpa leads the way as his family works together to tap maple trees, collect sap, and make syrup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC PurZoboi, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOBPark, Barbara
Summary: When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG PARMcLemore, Anna-Marie
Summary: For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, hiding a terrible legacy, until mysterious Fel arrives and Estrella helps him explore his dangerous past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MCLJordan, Anna E.
Summary: "The switcheroo fun of The Parent Trap meets the showbiz spirit of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this timeless coming-of-age story about family, friendship, and following your dreams. When Shira and Esther first meet, they can hardly believe their eyes. It's like looking in a mirror! But even though they may look identical, the two girls couldn't be more different. Shira dreams of singing and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023