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21) Wish girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Peter has never felt at home with his noisy family, but begins to find the strength to live and to be himself when he discovers a special valley in the Texas Hill Country and meets Annie, a girl dying of cancer who knows and accepts him from the start.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Juneteenth - All Ages
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Storytime @ Home: Celebrate Black Authors, Illustrators, Stories, and Experiences
Description
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Bee City USA, Pollinators & Wildflowers - Tweens
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Fiction for ages 8 - 12
Women's History - Tweens
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Fiction for ages 8 - 12
Women's History - Tweens
Description
In rural Texas in 1901, thirteen-year-old Callie nurses a butterfly with a broken wing and delivers a baby lamb, despite her mother's disapproval of Callie's "unladylike behavior."
28) Blue skies
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
France sends the Merci Train to the United States to thank America for helping France during and after WWII, and one of the train stops will be the small town of Gladiola, Texas, where ten-year-old Glory Bea hopes for the greatest miracle--that her missing-in-action father will be on the train.
Author
Language
English
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Autism Acceptance Month - Tweens
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
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Series
Brewster triplets volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The eleven-year-old Brewster triplets, Dawn, Darby, and Delaney, are afraid this is going to be the worst Christmas ever--they have been cast as angels in their local Christmas pageant just because they are girls, their mother, older sister, and aunt are stuck in Boston because of the snow, someone is stealing outdoor Christmas decorations and baked goods, and their father is just too busy for Christmas.
31) Echoes of Grace
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
On the Texas-Mexico border, eighteen-year-old Grace's relationship with her older sister Mercy is fractured when Mercy's two-year-old son dies in an accident, bringing to the surface old family traumas and literal ghosts as the family struggles to heal.
32) Starfish
Author
Language
English
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Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Author
Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Tweens
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2023
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2023
Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading List 2023
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Description
Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these friendships, especially from her Palestinian father, a native...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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Description
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--
Author
Series
Max's lucha libre adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
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Description
Max seems like any other kid until he is asked to join the Lucha Libre Club, but because of strict secrecy he cannot tell anyone of his royal wrestling blood, his uncle the king of lucha libre, The Guardian Angel.
37) QB 1
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jake Cullen, fourteen, lives in the shadows of his father and older brother until he becomes the starting quarterback for the high school football team and finally has his chance to shine.
Author
Series
Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--
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