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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

Otis, Cindy L.

Summary: Quinn Calvet was supposed to be having an epic year. She had all kinds of plans with her best friend, Ximena, and sister, Ava, and to grow her following as an influencer on The Whine. Instead, Quinn finds herself third wheel to Ximena and her new boyfriend or getting ditched by Ava who has turned into an overachiever, obsessed with studying and joining every school club. It brings up Quinn's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023

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

Johnston, Aviaq

Summary: Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOH

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

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISH

Sorell, Traci

Summary: "At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war."--Amazon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

Taddonio, Lea

Summary: Steve wants to do a hip-hop routine in the big Shiverwood Academy talent show. But whenever he tries to pop and lock in public, he trips over his own feet. Is it because he is an undead boy made of sewn together body parts? Or is the truth even scarier, does Steve have stage fright?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2020

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Kipling, Rudyard

Summary: The Jungle Book is a collection of stories. The most famous of these stories include a young boy named Mowgli and his friends Baloo, a sloth bear, and Bagheera, a black panther.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD JFIC KIP

Nainy, Mamta

Summary: "Ammi weaves the most beautiful saris but never gets to wear any of them. Her two little daughters decide to do something about it--break their piggy bank! But when there isn't enough money to buy Ammi a sari, the two girls must work together to find a solution. Will they be able to buy Ammi the gift she so deserves? With a text full of heart, and bright, cheerful artwork, this story brings...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing Kids 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NAI

Florence, Melanie

Summary: "This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLO

Hilderbrand, Elin

Summary: "On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three 'nudges' to change the outcome of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World 2021

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HIL

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HIL

Harper, Maika

Summary: "When the earth was new, words had the power to breathe life into the world. But when creating animals from breath, sometimes one does not get everything right on the first try! Based on a traditional Inuit story passed forward orally for generations in the South Baffin region of Nunavut, this book shares with young readers the origin of the caribou and the walrus--and tells of how very...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HAR

Magoon, Kekla

Summary: Caleb Franklin and his big brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2018

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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAG

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MAG

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MAG

Magoon, Kekla

Summary: Caleb Franklin and his big brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 0000

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1 available in Juvenile Book Club Kit, Call number: YOUTH BOOK CLUB KIT FIC MAG

Hilderbrand, Elin.

Summary: "On a perfect June day, Vivian Howe, author of thirteen beach novels and mother of three nearly grown children, is killed in a hit-and-run car accident while jogging near her home on Nantucket. She ascends to the Beyond where she's assigned to a Person named Martha, who allows Vivi to watch what happens below for one last summer. Vivi also is granted three 'nudges' to change the outcome of...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2021

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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HIL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC HIL

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

Yovanoff, Brenna

Summary: "Don't miss this gripping, emotional prequel to the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things! The never-before-told backstory of the beloved Dig Dug maven, Max Mayfield, written by New York Times bestselling author Brenna Yovanoff. This must-read novel, based on the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, explores Max's past--the good and the bad--as well as how she came to find her newfound sense of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC YOV
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOV

Hunt, Dallas

Summary: "As young Awâsis searches for the ingredients to make Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe, they run into a variety of other-than-human relatives that help them along in their journey. Includes a pronunciation guide and Kohkum's world-famous bannock recipe at the back of the book."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Highwater Press 2018

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Francis, Patry

Summary: "When Dahlia decided to become a foster mother, she had a few caveats: no howling newborns, no delinquents, and above all, no girls. A harrowing incident years before left her a virtual prisoner in her own home, forever wary of the heartbreak and limitation of a girl's life. Eleven years after they began fostering, the Moscatellis are raising three children as their own and Dahlia and Louie...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FRA

Kipling, Rudyard

Summary: Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KIP

Sockabasin, Allen J.

Summary: "Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses through the snow. When Zoo Sap falls off of the sled unnoticed, the forest animals hear his cries. First to come are the beaver, who put their tails together to cradle him. Then all the other animals circle round--everyone from the tiny...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House, Publishers 2014

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Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel

Summary: "When Tanna's father brings home an abandoned owl, she is not eager to take care of the needy, ugly little bird. Tanna must wake at 4:00 AM to catch food for the owl. She must feed it, clean up after it, all while avoiding its sharp, chomping beak and big, stomping talons. After weeks of following her father's instructions on how to care for the owl, Tanna must leave home for school. Her owl...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE QIT

Campbell, Nicola I

Summary: Shi-shi-etko, a Native American girl, spends the last four days before she goes to residential school learning valuable lessons from her mother, father, and grandmother, and creating precious memories of home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, [2005] 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAM

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

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