Narh, Samuel
Summary: As the seasons turn, Maisie rides her bull in and out of Dada's tall tales. Her Mama wears linen and plays the viola. Her Dada wears kente cloth and plays the marimba.They come from different places, but they hug her in the same way. And most of all, they love her just the same. A joyful celebration of a mixed-race family and the love that binds us all together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantana Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NARBenway, Robin
Summary: Grace, adopted at birth, is raised as an only child. At sixteen she's just put her own baby up for adoption, and now is looking for her biological family. She discovers Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister who was also adopted ; and Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother after seventeen years in the foster care system....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BENCao, Wenxuan
Summary: Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CAOSingh, Sita
Summary: "Every summer, the branches of a little girl's favorite tree droops heavy with mangoes. And this year, she is finally old enough to help her family harvest them. Her brother shares a memory about his first time mango picking: his father holding him steady as he reached high above for the fruit. But when the girl climbs the tree, she becomes too dizzy. Then her grandma shares a mango memory:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SINSambury, Liselle
Summary: When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer--and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAMFox, Helena
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOXBarrow, Rebecca
Summary: After her mother's death, teen Harlow pieces together the truth of her family's past and what her mom was hiding from.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BARGoo, Maurene
Summary: "Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all- American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for clichéd high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back. To her shock, Sam lands in the '90s . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zando Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOOSchiffer, Miriam B.
Summary: Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHFrederick, Heather Vogel.
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FREWibberley, Emily
Summary: Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training, and a carefully curated social media full of followers watching to see if she'll go pro out of high school like her famous mom. Her one refuge, and the thing she looks forward to every summer? The vacation her family spends in Malibu with the Freeman-Yus. This year, there's only one problem:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WIBGomera-Tavarez, Camille
Summary: Buenos Espíritus es una colección de once cuentos, interconectados con la diáspora dominicana, de la autora debut Camille Gomera-Tavarez. Es un libro centrado en una familia extensa, los Belén, a través de múltiples generaciones. Está ambientado en la pequeña ciudad ficticia de Hidalpa, y también en Santo Domingo, Paterson, San Juan y Washington Heights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH GOMMarks, Janae
Summary: "Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DICCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DICGonzález, Saraí
Summary: Fourth grader Saraí Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Saraí's grandparents are forced to move, even Saraí's not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin to buy back the house. Will Saraí find a way to save the day?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GONDarke, J. A.
Summary: Eighth-grader Emily Lemon wakes up and discovers that none of the gadgets around her house are working properly, and the computers at her middle school seem to have a mind of their own--but when the scoreboard in the gym displays the words "the revolution has begun, down with humanity" she realizes that humanity has lost control and civilization as we know it is in serious trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, A Capstone Imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DARGibney, Shannon
Summary: Two girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GIBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC GIBMessner, Kate
Summary: Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESGlaser, Karina Yan
Summary: The Vanderbeekers are looking forward to the wedding of two of their favorite people. But when one of the siblings receives a dire diagnosis, instead of preparing for a celebration, the family is suddenly spending their time at the hospital. And soon they are helping a critically ill friend, even as they struggle with how their own lives have turned upside down.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC GLASterling, Michelle
Summary: "For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of picking golden limes off the trees. But summer doesn't start until her lola--her grandmother from the Philippines--comes for her annual visit. When Lola visits, the whole family gathers to cook and eat and share in their happiness of another season spent together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECollins, A. L. (Ai Lynn)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Belle Song and her family moved to Mars because they were offered good jobs, only to find that the jobs have disappeared--her father, Yun, is unwilling to return to the worn-out Earth, so, to the horror of his city-raised daughter, he buys a farm in the "Wild West" area of Mars, and Belle does her best to adapt to a life which is filled with difficulties and danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED COLJennings, Patrick.
Summary: "Rufus has been dreaming of getting a dog. His best friend has one. His worst friend has one. But his dad has a few objections: They whine. They gnaw. They bark. They scratch. They beg. They drool. Rufus pays no attention when his mom offers her think-outside-the-box suggestion, because she can't be serious. She can't be. She can be. And she actually comes home with a guinea pig. And if Rufus's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Egmont USA 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JENDe Regil, Tania
Summary: At Grandma's house, where Julia is staying without her parents for the first time, the breeze is sweet like jasmine. Mornings begin with sugared bread, and the most magnificent hot chocolate cures all homesickness. There's something about this place and about Grandma. Like how she can tell when Julia has been quietly picking limes from the garden. Or that she can see the future--and knows when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: Four starred reviews! In an evocative picture book brimming with the scents, tastes, and traditions that define a young girl's summer with her grandmother, debut author Michelle Sterling and illustrator Aaron Asis come together to celebrate the gentle bonds of familial love that span oceans and generations. For one young girl, summer is the season of no school, of days spent at the pool, and of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021