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Rain novels (Comrie) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above. The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even...
3) Paradise
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." So begins Toni Morrison's Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away,...
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Mihi ever after volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Mihi and her friends head back to the Rainbow Realm to save Prinncess Pat from a destructive quest.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Seventh-grader Freya June Sun is obsessed with Chinese superstition and signs she believes are from her late father, but an unexpected partnership with a classmate leads her on a path of self-discovery as she learns to rely on herself for luck"--
12) I can help!
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Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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In three rhyming stories, Princess Truly helps her friend pack for her moving day, cleans up the park with her pug, Sir Noodles, and helps a farmer get his tractor keys back from a crow.
13) Showtime!
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Ty loves playing the instruments, but something's missing--his friends! With the help of his vivid imagination, Ty and his friends are onstage in a band making great music together!"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A lyrical and proud picture book that recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--
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Momo Arashima volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When kids begin to disappear, Momo teams up with the magical fox spirit Niko and her friends to confront a dangerous enemy from Shinto legend Tamamo-no-mae and embark on a quest to the Sky Kingdom to steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun to save their world.
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Chupacarter volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When Ernie's dad is accused of stealing artifacts related to the legendary El Dorado gold, Jorge and his friends set out to clear his name and run into a fiendish ring of thieves along the way.
17) Salt the water
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Description
A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid. Told in verse format.
18) Ultraviolet
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man," a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity. Told in verse format.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed--no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever?"--
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Chupacarter volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Jorge teams up with his friends Liza, Ernie, and Carter, the fearsome but friendly chupacabra, to solve the mystery behind an old legend about an evil piñata possessed by a ghost.
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