Méndez, Alexandra V.

Summary: Jade is starting eighth grade in a new city--Atlanta. She just wants to go back to Chicago, where her friends are. Where her Abuela lives. There, Jade meets Itztli, an elderly storyteller who exists between dreams and reality. In the golden afternoons when Itztli appears, he steps out of the forest as a lithe, agile jaguar. But when he speaks to Jade, he is a wise old man who makes intricate...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2022

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Harrison, Sue.

Summary: Water Gourd and his granddaughter, Daughter, flee prehistoric Japan after their village is destroyed and fid shelter with the River People on the Alaskan coast.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2001

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Ahmed, Jamila

Summary: "In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023

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