Alabed, Bana
Summary: Bana's mother tells her of the strong bana tree that grows in their homeland, Syria, and how Bana's strength helped her survive war, being a refugee, and starting fresh in a new country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALASummary: Over twenty-five years ago two Americans, Dr. Diana Frade and her husband, Episcopalian Bishop Leo Frade, founded Our Little Roses Home for Girls in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Until then abandoned girls were often given to prisoners since no such homes existed. Now Our Little Roses has some 60 rescued or orphaned girls in a city once considered the "murder capital of the world." Poverty and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: T́́́ía Chucha Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 COUAvant-garde, Zaila
Summary: "Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde teaches young readers about the joy of learning new words in this Step 1 leveled reader"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN AVABuamah, Nicholas
Summary: Twins, Kayla and Kyle are competing against each other to become their schools next class president. Before their friends can cast their votes, they must first have a class debate to show that they are worthy contestants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mother Hubbard & Co. LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BUA (basket)Summary: Edited by and for 8-14 year old girls, New Moon is the beautiful, international magazine that girls, adults, and families love! Celebrating girls in all their diversity, New Moon is for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously. 48 pages, no ads
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Moon Girl Media 2008
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3 available in Juvenile Mag, Call number: 2019-03/04Call number: 2019-05/06
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1 available in Juvenile Mag, Call number: 2022-SpringSummary: Adults and kids alike will fall in love with Jack in this touching true story of one dog's journey to find a family of his own. Through a series of lucky and some not-so-lucky events, Jack overcomes his past and finds a bright new future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.7 KIDAbeel, Samantha
Summary: Poetry, written by a girl with learning disabilities, reflects her feelings and experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Paperbacks (T) 1994
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word AbeelCurry, Parker
Summary: When Parker visits the museum with her mom and friend she is captivated by the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, a picture that inspires self-assurance and hope within herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CURKoch, Kenneth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.5 KOCNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADPratchett, Terry
Summary: An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PRAPratchett, Terry
Summary: An anthology of fourteen unpublished short stories, written when Pratchett was in his teens, shares insights into his writing process and the early ideas that inspired his later career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION PRABurdett, Lois
Summary: Describes Shakespeare's life through the eyes of children. Includes children's illustrations, children's writings, and a genealogy of Shakespeare's family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 1998