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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

Sriram, Meera

Summary: "Asha travels with her parents from America to India to mourn her grandmother's passing. Asha's grief and anger are compounded by the empty yellow suitcase usually reserved for gifts to and from Grandma. What memories will Asha's yellow suitcase hold now that grandmother is gone?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penny Candy Books 2019

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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

Kipling, Rudyard

Summary: The animal friends of the boy raised by wolves escort him out of the jungle to keep him safe from the tiger who seeks to kill him.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 1986

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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

Bajaj, Varsha

Summary: "A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2022

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

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Bajaj

Reinhart, Matthew.

Summary: Retells Rudyard Kipling's story of the adventures of a boy raised by animals in an Indian jungle, and features more than twenty intricate pop-up illustrations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006

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Walt Disney Productions

Summary: The animal friends of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, escort him out of the jungle to keep him safe in Disney's version of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier Enterprises 1993

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

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

Soundar, Chitra

Summary: "In this Indian folktale, a young turtle shares a shallow lake with unlikely friends--two geese. But when the lake starts drying up, the stubborn turtle must follow his winged friends' advice, or he'll be left out to dry."--Back cover

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SOU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SOU (Graphic Novel)

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

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOL

James, Hollis

Summary: "Michelangelo discovers an amazing creature in the sewer. Is it a friend, an enemy, or a monster?"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2013

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Whitehill, Simcha

Summary: In "An Ultra-Urgent Rescue," Ash helps his friend Lillie rescue her mother from a mysterious Ultra Beast; and in "Buzzwole Battle," Ash takes on his first assignment as an Ultra Guardian

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC POK

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

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

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

Bourne, Shakirah

Summary: Twelve-year-old Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother, Peace, to Duppy Island for "treatment" and Serenity is confronted by the creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped between the living and the dead.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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Terrell, Brandon

Summary: After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comăneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Press imprint 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TER

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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOR

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

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

Martinez-Neal, Juana

Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAR

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEK

Anderson, Peggy King

Summary: Relates the experiences of Simu-quah, an eleven-year-old Potawatomi girl, as she travels with her tribe on its forced march from Indiana to Kansas in 1838.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana Historical Society Press 2018

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

Barbo, Maria S.

Summary: Ash says goodbye to Kalos and embarks on a new quest in an unfamiliar region.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BAR

West, Tracey

Summary: Does Ash have what it takes to be an Orange League champion?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017

Copies Available at Kingsley

2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction Pok

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