Fipps, Lisa
Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FIPGreen, Tim
Summary: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION GREPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Inspired by the beautiful dresses at the Academy Awards show, Kylie Jean decides to try her hand at fashion--and Lilly recruits her to model the dress she is making for a school fund raising auction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESStork, Francisco X
Summary: When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasonswhy she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION STOPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean Carter is making her special pecan pie for Thanksgiving when Aunt Susie suggests she enter the cooking contest for kids on the Good Morning Texas television show--Kylie makes it to the final which she really wants to win so she can donate the winnings to a local food pantry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JBR RED PESPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: After watching a soccer game, Kylie Jean is eager to try out for a local team, but she is disappointed that her cousin Lucy does not want to join her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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3 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: December comes to Texas and there is a catfish fishing contest at Arrowhead Lake with a special prize awaiting the winning adult/child team; Kylie's brother and father are entered as one team, and Kylie Jean convinces her grandfather to enter with her as another team--and Kylie dreams of catching Granddaddy Whiskers, a legendary blue catfish that has eluded fishermen for years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESKelly, Jacqueline
Summary: "When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KELKelly, Jacqueline.
Summary: In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD JFIC KELMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARMickelson, Marcia Argueta
Summary: "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Mickelson 2021Green, Holly
Summary: Sadie Scofield is entered in the Texas River Odyssey, 260 miles of brutal canoeing, but a chance to finally make up for ruining her father's chance of winning the previous year; but her brother Tanner suddenly opts to paddle for a different team, and she is left with Cully, a young man who was her best friend years ago, but no longer--260 miles in the same boat to sort out her relationship with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GREJohnson, Angela
Summary: In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE JOHPeschke, M. (Marci)
Summary: Kylie Jean's grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary is on Valentine's Day, and the whole family is planning a surprise party--but Kylie also wants her class to spread valentine cheer to Oak Manor, the local assisted living facility.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PESCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESKelly, Jacqueline
Summary: "In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC KELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Kelly 2015Kelly, Jacqueline
Summary: Calpurnia and her grandfather rescue a barn owl from the river and, with the help of Dr. Pritzker, dead mice, and some detective work, nurse it back to health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Kelly 2017Goffney, Joya
Summary: "Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GOFRissman, Rebecca
Summary: When Houston fifth-grader Audrey's ingenuity helps the Apollo 11 astronauts during their 1969 Moon landing, her dream of becoming a NASA scientist one day, despite sexism, seems possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RISFeldman, Jacquetta Nammar
Summary: Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FELSummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIMartin, Pedro
Summary: "Pedro/Peter Martín es un Mexikid, o un niño que nació en Estados Unidos de padres mexicanos: un niño que no pertenece a ninguno de los dos lugares. Así que no sabe qué pensar cuando su padre anuncia que toda la familia (¡11 personas!) se apretará dentro del Winnebago para manejar 2,000 millas hasta México con una misión: traer a su misterioso abuelito de la era de la Revolución Mexicana a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 SPANISH MAR (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Parr, Todd
Summary: "Algunas familias son grandes. Algunas familias adoptan hijos. ¡Abre este libro para leer sobre todo tipo de familia!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: LB Kids, uan divsión de Little Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDSánchez, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018