Summary: Curated by award-winning and best-selling poets, this wide-ranging poetry anthology represents twenty years of poetry from the students and alumni of Chicago's Oak Park River Forest High School Spoken Word Club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 811 RESKing, Yolanda Renee
Summary: "The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KINChen, Vincent
Summary: In this version of the classic Stone Soup tale, nobody in the apartment building has enough ingredients for dinner, so a Taiwanese child suggests that they have a community hot pot night. Everybody contributes something, bringing their diverse communitytogether for a delicious meal. Includes a recipe for hot pot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEFernandez, Cristina
Summary: Astrid's plan for college is clear: friends, classes, and extracurriculars all carefully selected to get her into medical school. Until Max Martin, a nerdy boy from her high school, crashes back into her life. Things with Max were never simple, and he doesn't keep to her schedule. He disappears in the middle of dates and cancels at the last minute with stupid excuses. When a supervillain breaks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FERMikuta, Zoe Hana
Summary: War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their cruel Godolia overlords. Their rule is aided by giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. Eris Shindanai is a Gearbreaker, a rebel who specializes in taking down Windups from the inside. When Eris finds herself in a Godolia prison she meets Sona Steelcrest, a cybernetically enhanced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MIKWilliamson, Sarah
Summary: Presents a variety of activities which build learning readiness for exploring and understanding the five senses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Williamson Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 372.21 WILPratchett, Terry
Summary: An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PRASummary: Edited by and for 8-14 year old girls, New Moon is the beautiful, international magazine that girls, adults, and families love! Celebrating girls in all their diversity, New Moon is for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously. 48 pages, no ads
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Moon Girl Media 2008
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3 available in Juvenile Mag, Call number: 2019-03/04Call number: 2019-05/06
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1 available in Juvenile Mag, Call number: 2022-SpringColfer, Chris
Summary: Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC COLVizzini, Ned
Summary: A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VIZSummary: "In the U.S., 40% of homeless youth identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer(LGBTQ). Kicked Out brings together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth and tells the forgotten stories of some of our nations most vulnerable citizens"--P. 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Homofactus Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.766 KICAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the endof the monarchy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ADEColfer, Chris
Summary: The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him ... except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger. With only the help of the ragtag group of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Mother Goose and her gander, Lester, the Bailey twins discover the Masked Man's secret scheme: He possesses a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015
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Summary: "The Masked Man possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains! So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can twins Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Colfer 2015Colfer, Chris
Summary: "Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COLGorman, Amanda
Summary: "As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes--big or small--in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORSummary: One small act of kindness can change the world. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance celebrating individuality, acting with empathy, and being kind to yourself and other. She and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Within these pages you will meet young change makers who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.235 CHAAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION ADECopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ADEColfer, Chris
Summary: Against the will of their grandmother, twins Alex and Conner must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it has ever faced--the return of the Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC COLPaolini, Christopher.
Summary: In Alagaësia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PAORosenthal, Paris
Summary: Uni the Unicorn visits her best friend in the real world, but when the little girl introduces Uni to her friends and family they discover no one else can see Uni unless they believe in magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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Summary: A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Books 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC VIZPratchett, Terry
Summary: An anthology of fourteen unpublished short stories, written when Pratchett was in his teens, shares insights into his writing process and the early ideas that inspired his later career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION PRAAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2019