Chim, Wai
Summary: "Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHIJones, Diana Wynne.
Summary: After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2010
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Summary: Challenged to select his field of study at Minecraftia school, Runt, twelve-year-old villager with ambitions to become a warrior, discovers that only the year's top five students will be able to receive warrior training.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2017
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Summary: In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joanna Cotler Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CREHaddix, Margaret Peterson
Summary: Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADStevens, Mitchell
Summary: On a snowy hilltop in the north of England lives a lonely old farmer. Every night, he watches the lights flickering cheerily in his village--until World War II brings darkness to his country. As Christmas approaches and the village is threatened by enemy bombers, the old farmer devises a plan to bring hope and light back to his friends and remind all of the peace the Christmas season brings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CFI 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2663 STEMora, Pat.
Summary: Dona Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MORZappia, Francesca
Summary: Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble. When Heike, the village's young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZAPWhite, J. A
Summary: "When twelve-year-old Kara discovers her mother's grimoire in the dangerous forest, she must decide if she'll use it, even though such magic is forbidden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WHIMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: Abigail the Breeze Fairy has been blown off-course without her wispy wind feather. Will Rachel and Kirsty be able to find the feather and bring calm to the blustery village?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEAKelly, Erin Entrada
Summary: When Lalani Saritas mother falls ill with an incurable disease, Lalani embarks on a dangerous journey across the sea to find the fabled girl with golden feet, in the hope of safeguarding her own future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC KELEhrbar, Gregory
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of and introduction to the Disney live action movie about Mulan, who's different from the other girls in her village, and feels like a disappointment to her family--until a wise remark from her younger sister changes her perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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Summary: "The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity. Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: "The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity. Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when it comes to chickens, nobody is faster or braver than Lami. That is, until the day when Lami chases a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ATICleary, Beverly.
Summary: Emily decides that the town of Pitchfork needs a library, and comes up with a plan to make it happen. Can she make her dream come true?
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2000
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CLEEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 EDSSummary: Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLIWillems, Mo
Summary: Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR GREEN SPANISH WILAlessandri, Alexandra
Summary: "English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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Summary: Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 2021
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Summary: It's 1914, and twelve-year old Darleen Darling has the most exciting job in the world - she gets to dangle from cliffs and stop moving trains and soar through the sky in runaway balloons! Yes, that's right: Darleen is a hero and a star - in the make-believe world of the movies. But Darleen's fictional adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping intended as a publicity stunt becomes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC NESAureliani, Franco
Summary: When a villain unleashes chaos at the library, the Teen Titans get scattered into the library books and must first figure out what happened, then find each other, then find the real Jump City--all while punching, posing and reading.
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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 AURBowman, R. V.
Summary: Stuck at an exclusive boarding school year round, Andromeda "Rommy" Cavendish counts down the days to her seafaring father's twice-yearly visits. Every year, she hopes this will be the summer her father takes her with him on his travels. But he always says she is too young, and it's too dangerous. But this summer is going to be different. As the newest and youngest member of her school's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosanne Bowman 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BOWRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023