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Rajurkar, Anuradha D.

Summary: Rani Kelkar never lied to her parents-- until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in-- his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art-- make him her mother's worst nightmare. When Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAJ

Khiani, Darshana

Summary: Tired of being treated like a child, a young girl sets out to prove herself capable to her multi-generational Indian-American family, but an ill-fated attempt at putting on a sari has an unexpected outcome.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHI

Sriram, Meera

Summary: A mother shares family memories and stories with her daughter as she applies henna to the young girl's hands.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SRI

Bentley, Sue

Summary: "Preeti Namesh is snowed in, so she thinks it's going to be the most boring vacation ever, until magical pony Comet shows up"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BEN

Sheth, Kashmira

Summary: Nina is prepared to show her new friends, who moved to Wisconsin, how to have fun in the snow. And then Nina notices a strange car at her neighbors' house while they're out of town. Clearly, it's time to be a Snow Spy and identify the MP (mystery person) -- edited from jacket flap by cataloger.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SHE

Kochar, Amandeep S.

Summary: "Jeet and his puppy Fudge love to read books and wish they could make more friends who also like to read. Inspired by another Sikh boy practicing his seva (his selfless act of kindness) by donating books to people in need, Jeet and Fudge set out with their Mom and Dad to give back to their community. Could it bring some reading buddies their way as well?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR PURPLE KOC

Sheth, Kashmira

Summary: It's Take Your Child to Work Day, and Nina, Kavita, and Jay are all going to work with Mom, a landscape architect, to learn how to start a garden. Naturally that's not enough for Nina, who quickly develops big plans for a business selling the vegetables she plans to grow. But her plans don't include managing the problems that inevitably arise, including rabbits, slugs, mosquitos, and more.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SHE

Sekaran, Shanthi

Summary: Twelve-year-old Boomi accidentally travels back in time to 1986 Thumpton-on-Soar, England, where she meets her late father as a child, changing her life forever.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEK

Menon, Sandhya

Summary: Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MEN

Ahmed, Samira

Summary: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC AHM

Chari, Sheela

Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC CHA

Mirchandani, Raakhee

Summary: "Super Satya is ready to have a super day, including finally conquering the tallest slide in Hoboken. But her day takes a not-so-super turn when she realizes her superhero cape is stuck at the dry cleaner. Will she be able to face her fears, help her friends and be the true hero everyone knows she is? Super Satya Saves The Day introduces Satya, a precocious Indian-American superhero."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bharat Babies 2018

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MIR

Chari, Sheela

Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Ruths, Mitali Banerjee

Summary: Priya Chakraborty plans a birthday party for her first client, Layla Aunty, personalizing everything from the invitations to the menu in Aunty's favorite color, but as party-time finally arrives, Priya is nervous something will go wrong.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RUT

Rai, Alisha

Summary: If Sonia Patil had her way, she'd be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift for her boss's daughter. Since Sonia's mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support them, Sonia's had her hands full with work, school, and pretending everything is okay at home. Then Sonia, in homemade superhero cosplay, stumbles into...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAI

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAI

Sánchez, Erika L.

Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018

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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH SAN

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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH SAN

Bruchac, Joseph

Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRU

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Martinez-Neal, Juana

Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISH

Yolen, Jane

Summary: A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOL

Summary: In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some examples of the craft, with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2012

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Sorell, Traci

Summary: Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

Faruqi, Reem

Summary: Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Carman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAR

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