Belt, Gabriela Orozco
Summary: "Cuando la familia de Maribel se tiene que mudar con la tía Carmen porque papi perdió su trabajo, Maribel y su hermana se sienten dudosas. No siempre es fácil compartir una habitación o estar en una casa llena de primos ruidosos, pero papi les recuerda a las niñas que es solo por un ratito. Mientras tanto, siempre hay alguien con quien jugar, la hora de comer está llena de música y carcajadas y...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, una rama de HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH BELNovoa, Gabe Cole
Summary: Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for true self-expression and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Thao Lam's family came to Canada as refugees during the Vietnam War. When Thao started thinking about how to tell this story, she couldn't stop thinking about ants: small, seemingly insignificant creatures who are able to travel amazingly long distances overwater, work hard, and thrive on almost every continent on the planet. The Paper Boat starts with a story inspired by Thao's mother's life:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LAMPatterson, James
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"-- Provided by publisher.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT CD Fiction PattersonSwanson, Matthew
Summary: After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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Summary: Feeling guilty over the house fire she might have started, Farah Hajjar channels her energy into starting a creative writing club at the Magnet Academy where she is a new sixth-grader. Includes writing prompts and glossaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DARSriram, Meera
Summary: Because his grandmother is arriving from India, Rishi wants to cook curry alongside his dad using the flavors from his family's special spice box, but when he drops the box that holds the family's heart and history, he draws courage and meaning from their treasured past to set things right.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SRIPatterson, James
Summary: James Patterson introduces his hilarious new heroine, Jacky Ha-Ha, a class clown who makes people laugh with her so they can't laugh at her. With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation, even when she really, really shouldn't, twelve-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PATBoynton, Sandra
Summary: "Pookie's family spends a terrific Thanksgiving Day together, with love and gratitude. (AND PIE!!!)"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boynton Bookworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE BOYSmith, Emma Bland
Summary: "The McNallys are spending the night in a California campground when Gavin sees a red glow in the distance. Fire! The McNallys must make quick decisions to get to safety. Just as they think they're in the clear, they find an abandoned dog. Do they have time to rescue her and still escape the fire?" -- Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMIKhan, Zainab
Summary: "Noura can't wait for the sun to go down. The month of Ramadan is almost over, and she and Mama and Papa are headed for the hills for a moonsighting picnic. It would be truly special if Noura's first fast ended with a glimpse of a silvery crescent in the night sky. If the moon stays hidden, that means one more long day before Noura gets to put on her sparkly new dress and the joyful Eid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: In pictures without words, the reader follows the journey of one brown paper bag from a tree in the forest through the years it is used by three generations of one family until eventually the old bag becomes the container in which a new tree is planted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLCody, Matthew
Summary: "For the Bright family, rocket science is no big deal, but learning how to be a family is a real challenge! When a dimensional portal sends Mom and Dad who-knows-where, it's up to Nia and Jayden (and their robot nanny, Dusty) to bring their parents home. The question is, where in the multiverse could they possibly be?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2021
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC COD (graphic novel)Weeks, Sarah
Summary: All her life Aurora has heard stories about how wonderful and lucky Heidi is, and soon this paragon (now grown up and expecting a baby) will be visiting; but before she arrives part of their house is damaged in a fire, and worse, Aurora's beloved dog disappears--and while her parents have always believed in "soof" (Heidi's mom's word for love), Aurora, who has never really fit in with children...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WEEWitherspoon, Reese
Summary: Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh . . . It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flamingo Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WITMaguire, Gregory
Summary: When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC MAGZhuang, Qing
Summary: Shopping for and preparing a delicious meal helps a young Chinese American girl feel connected to her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZHUKhan, Hena
Summary: When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KHAArnold, Tedd
Summary: Fly Guy misses his family, so Buzz invites them to a surprise party and his mother, father, and thousands of brothers and cousins show up--Fly Guy is delighted but Buzz's parents are not pleased.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ARNWells, Rosemary
Summary: Stella is unnerved by a bullying group of weasels who say mean things about her humble home until her mother offers words of comfort and her father drives the trailer to a new location where kind friends are found.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WELAhmed, Samira
Summary: While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AHMSmith, Emma Bland
Summary: "The McNallys stop at a Colorado lodge for the night and by morning, they are snowed in! While looking for a place to study, Gavin and his sister, Chloe, go through a door into a dark hallway. The door locks behind them, and it's getting colder by the second. Will Gavin and Chloe have to weather the blizzard in the dark, frozen passage?"--Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SMIKinney, Jeff
Summary: "In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks. When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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Summary: A multicultural family celebrates the traditions of two New Years--the Jewish Rosh Hashanah in the autumn, and the Asian Lunar New Year several months later.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023