Gurtler, Janet
Summary: The Spirit Squads that represent the different castles are an important part of the Kingdom of Neptunia, and Cora and Shyanna are delighted to be chosen--but their friend Rachel was left out, and when Cora finds out why, she is forced to make a big decision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GURMaddox, Jake.
Summary: When the son of the new manager of the ski resort starts a snowboard cross team and will not allow girls to join, Brian and Hannah try to think of a way to change his mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADDempsey, Kristy.
Summary: A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Dempsey 2014Tan, Shaun
Summary: "Cicada is overworked, under appreciated, and generally discriminated against--but after seventeen years, it's time for a change." --Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TANLee, Marie Myung-Ok
Summary: After moving to a new suburb, a Korean American teen must fight to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community in this tragic story of bigotry and gun violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEETate, ReShonda
Summary: "It was supposed to be the highlight of her career, the pinnacle for which she'd worked all her life. And as Hattie McDaniel took the stage in 1940 to claim an honor that would make her the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, she tearfully took her place in history. Between personal triumphs and tragedies, heartbreaking losses, and severe setbacks, this historic night of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TATEFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: "Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021