Abdoh, Salar
Summary: Iranian ex-pat Reza Malek's quiet professorial life is upended when he returns to Tehran to help his best friend Sina Vava who is involved with Shia militants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABDGreene, Kerisa
Summary: For Hương, life in Saigon, Vietnam is mostly normal--at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides to take the last flight out of the country to build a new life in America, Hương worries about missing her home. Through new friends and old traditions, Hương learns that no matter where we go, the smell of home and the taste of love can be found anywhere,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREFraillon, Zana
Summary: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRAHitchcock, Shannon
Summary: Twelve-year-old Noura and her family, fleeing war in Syria, have been granted asylum in the United States, but they arrive in Florida to the chaos of the president's Muslim ban; twelve-year-old Jordyn is a member of the Christian church that is sponsoringthe Alwan family, and Noura's student ambassador in middle school; their inevitable culture clash is made far worse by the wave of hate crimes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HITGeda, Fabio
Summary: An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEDGay, Marie-Louise
Summary: After leaving his war-torn country with his family, Mustafa visits a park near his new home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, fall leaves, and finally, a friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GAYDarraj, Susan Muaddi
Summary: Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School; but when a new girl Dana Denver starts tormenting Farah and her younger brother, Samir, she decides she can not leave Samir to face the bully alone, especially since the adults and even Allie do not seem to be taking the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, A Capstone Imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DARBarrows, Annie.
Summary: Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Ivy BarrowsBarrows, Annie.
Summary: Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BARJohnston, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inhabit Media Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOHApplegate, Katherine
Summary: Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savanna to Ivan and Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2018
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Summary: Recently resettled in America, Adnan Zakaria is a Syrian refugee whose skateboarding ability is the only thing that allows him to make a connection with the other kids in his neighborhood--but when his skateboard disappears and turns up in the possession of a local troublemaker Adnan will have to out-skate his foe in order to win it back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2018
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Summary: "Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school. From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something the sisters plan to face side by side, just like they've always faced things. But growing up also means growing apart, as Tegan and Sara make different friends and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC 2023
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Summary: "Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and 'friends.' When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Summary: Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, makes friends with Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and is persuaded to change places with her at separate Mardi Gras balls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCLowry, Lois
Summary: Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LOWAustin, Lynn N.
Summary: "In this gripping portrait of war and its aftermath from bestselling author Lynn Austin, a young woman searches for the truth her childhood friend won't discuss after returning from World War II, revealing a story of courage, friendship, and faith. Peggy Serrano couldn't wait for her best friend to come home from the war. But the Jimmy Barnett who returns is much different from the Jimmy who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AustinSpringstubb, Tricia
Summary: Khalil lives in the upstairs apartment with his family, which is big and busy and noisy. Downstairs lives Mr. Hagerty, who is quiet. Khalil and Mr. Hagerty don't appear to have a lot in common, but hot summer days have a way of bringing people together. As Khalil looks for buried treasure in the yard, Mr. Hagerty tends to his garden. Both help each other navigate language -- whether it be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPRCampbell, Curtis
Summary: "A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag--perfect for fans of RuPaul's Drag Race and Pumpkin. Peter Thompkins needs a public image overhaul. After a tense confrontation with one of the few other queer kids in his small-town high school, rumors about him are becoming more elaborate by the day. Meanwhile, his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAMWilson, Karma.
Summary: Bear's animal friends come to his rescue when he becomes lost and frightened in the woods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WilSummary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRIWatson, Tom
Summary: The weather outside is frightful! The temperature is dropping fast, and Rosie, Molly, and Simon are determined to come up with a way to keep their feet from freezing off on their walk to school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED WATSelf, Jeffery
Summary: JT is a gay high school senior determined to get out of Clearwater, Florida, and be the first person in his family to go to college, even though he can not figure out how to pay for it--until his friends convince him to compete in a drag teen competitionwhere the first prize is a college scholarship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2016