Arash, Jawad
Summary: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ARAFarid, Diana
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit in--her olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital, to follow in her single mother's footsteps to become a doctor. And when Phoenix's past lymphoma surges...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC FARStirling, Danie
Summary: "Ray, a young seer struggling with her powers, discovers first love and friendship in her town's magic bakery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Etch, Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 STICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA FIC STILambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends, too! On Tuesdays, April and Mae play soccer. Mae likes to run, and April likes to cheer. But this Tuesday, Mae slips on the muddy field and misses a goal. April tries to cheer up her friend, but Mae is sad and mad. Can April help Mae feel better?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LAMShapiro, Dani
Summary: "Signal Fires opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on Division Street changes. Each of their lives, and that of Ben Wilf, a young doctor who arrives on the scene, is shattered. For the Wilf family, the circumstances of that fatal accident will become the deepest kind of secret, one so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SHACopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction ShapiroLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends too! On Wednesdays, April and Mae take classes. Mae takes art class, and April takes music class. But this Wednesday, there is a talent show to raise money for the library. April will perform on stage. Mae will make posters and bake treats. When it is time to go onstage, April feels shy. Can Mae and the pets help April be brave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LAMLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: "April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). When they are late to book club, they use their individual talents to get back on track"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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Summary: Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family members she loves most--Mama, Kokum, and even her cat, Mimi--all have their own ways of being healthy. So when Teacher says that their class will be learning about healthy habits, Jo Jo is ready to be neighborly by helping everyone around her be healthy too. After a snowstorm shuts down her Ojibwe reservation, Jo Jo uses her big imagination and big...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUIQuigley, Dawn
Summary: "Jo Jo Makoons Azure is a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation. It always seems like her mom, her kokum (grandma), and her teacher have a lot to learn--about how good Jo Jo is at cleaning up, what makes a good rhyme, and what it means to be friendly. Even though Jo Jo loves her #1 best friend Mimi (who is a cat),...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUILambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: "April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). One day angry words are exchanged and they must find a way to apologize and save their friendship."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE LAMBowman, Akemi Dawn
Summary: An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along theway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWDavis, Jacky
Summary: Playful puppy Pekoe and his good friend, Olive, an old dog with short legs, have different approaches as they enjoy a visit to the park, get caught in a thunderstorm, meet a chipmunk, and face a bully.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAVCovell, David
Summary: A celebration of the joy of being outdoors features a child who abandons his digital device in favor of joining a friend outside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text follows two animal friends as they play pretend games, fly down a slide, flop in a puddle, and run around a tree.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2013
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Summary: Otto does his utmost to befriend a bird.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN MILSoman, David.
Summary: "A child's solitary day at the playground turns into a park-wide adventure as he learns how to play with nine new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: High school senior Frank Li is caught between his parents' traditional expectations and his own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance: 'Date Korean. But Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful-- and white. Joy Song is in a similar predicament, and they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YOOAbrams, David
Summary: "From Fobbit author David Abrams, Brave Deeds is a powerful novel of war, brotherhood, and America. Spanning eight hours, the novel follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader, Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan. In an inhospitable landscape, these men recall the most ancient of warriors while portraying a cross section of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABRGoodner, David
Summary: As best friends Kezumi and Kondo continue their exploration, they keep disagreeing about what their next adventure should be but finally remember what matters most--friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GOOLitchfield, David
Summary: "A bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it, and travels to the big city to become rich and famous, but ultimately discovers that his old friends in the forest back home are still the best audience of all"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITLitchfield, David
Summary: Hugo the dog becomes the star of an all-animal band after learning to play his best friend Hector's fiddle, and despite Hector's jealousy, remains grateful to the man who gave him his start.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITLubar, David.
Summary: When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LUBMilgrim, David
Summary: Feeling like he does not belong when he prefers mooing to tweeting, a little bird embarks on an adventure to find his place in the world and considers a friendship with a cow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MILCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MILStowell, Louie
Summary: Reluctant reader Kit discovers her wizarding powers and the magic she can wield through books to help save the local library, and its resident dragon, from a power-hungry tycoon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2021