Holm, Jennifer L.

Summary: Sunny is starting to understand the ins and outs of middle school... but she still feels more out than in. It's about classes or homework, really. No, it's the fact that most kids have a thing they do outside of class. Like football or track or cheerleading. Sunny isn't quarterback material, and her cheer attempts are... not the best. So what can she do? When Sunny's friend Arun says he wants...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2024

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Gibbs, Stuart

Summary: Bruce Wayne, the only kid in school without super powers, gets called to the principal because his career choice of vigilantism is deemed too ambitious, and he becomes even more determined to prove he belongs.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2023

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

Steinkellner, Emma

Summary: Seventh-grader Nell lives an ordinary life in the magical town of Gumbling, but yearns to land her dream apprenticeship and become an artist.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Labyrinth Road 2023

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 741.5 STE

Waldo, Steph

Summary: "When a little slug finds new friends in the backyard, she notices they look a lot like her ... except they have shells! Maybe a shell is exactly what she needs to fit in--but finding one is a lot harder than it sounds!"--

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

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Oberländer, Mia

Summary: "In the sleepy German countryside live the Annas, cursed to be too tall for their small town. Laughably long-limbed and gangly, their bodies refuse to conform with societal norms of delicate femininity, and the trauma of being different ripples across generations. And yet, there may be a blessing to their burden; like the mighty mountains surrounding their town, they find that there is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2024

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 OBE

Suggs, Christine

Summary: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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Sterling, Zack.

Summary: "First-generation Filipino siblings, JJ and Althea, struggle to belong at school. JJ wants to fit in with the crowd, while Althea wants to be accepted as she is. But between the leftover Filipino food their mom packs for their lunches to having a last name that nobody can pronounce, any sense of belonging seems like a long shot. To make matters worse, they have to help their parents run the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023

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