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"Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She's at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant-by the boyfriend she hasn't told her parents about, because he's Black, and her parents are racist. Things are hella complicated. Weighed by a depression...
2) Lola
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"Ten-year-old Lola has always been touched by magic. In her Mexico City home, built around a towering tree, she is accustomed to enchanted blooms that change with the seasons, a sandbox that spits out mysterious treasures, and mischievous chaneques that scuttle about unseen by all but her. Magic has always been a part of her life, but now she must embrace the extraordinary as never before. Ever since The Thing That Happened, Lola's brother Alex has...
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Central - Kids Picture Books - NEW
JP VERDA
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JP VERDA
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP VERDA
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JP VERDA
1 available
Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books - NEW
JP VERDA
1 available
JP VERDA
1 available
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"A Mexican child who works selling dream catchers alongside his abuelito learns that treasuring the present moment is as important as chasing one's hopes and dreams for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This...
5) Mexikid
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Shirlington - Kids Graphic Novels
J/GRAPH JB MARTIN FAMILY
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J/GRAPH JB MARTIN FAMILY
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NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER • An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy’s family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico
“One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it.”—Victoria Jamieson, creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered
WINNER...
“One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it.”—Victoria Jamieson, creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered
WINNER...
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When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.
7) Frizzy
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Marlene loves three things: books, Her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have "presentable good hair." But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment,...
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP GONZA
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JP GONZA
3 available
Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP GONZA
1 available
JP GONZA
1 available
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Three girls follow their grandmother into her garden, where they examine her collection of rocks, crystals, shells, and meteorites and learn about the marvels they reveal.
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When her twin sister reaches social media stardom, Moon Fuentez accepts her fate as the ugly, unwanted sister hidden in the background, destined to be nothing more than her sister's camerawoman. But this summer, Moon also takes a job as the "merch girl" on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers and her fate begins to shift in the best way possible. Most notable is her bunkmate and new nemesis, Santiago Phillips, who is grumpy, combative, and also...
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF HIGUE
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JF HIGUE
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Cherrydale - Kids Fiction
JF HIGUE
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JF HIGUE
1 available
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"A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP RAULT
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JP RAULT
1 available
Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books
JP RAULT
1 available
JP RAULT
1 available
Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP RAULT
1 available
JP RAULT
1 available
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Little Lobo and Bernabé are bringing supplies to the big celebration in the country across the bridge -- but everyone else seems to be going, too! During the long delay, they see all kinds of people on the bridge for different reasons and speaking different languages, but when someone has a grumpy moment, they all come together to make the wait as good as can be.
12) Furia
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Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.
Rosario, Argentina. At home Camila Hassan lives within her mother's narrow expectations, her soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her...
13) Efren divided
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Shirlington - Kids Fiction
JF CISNE
1 available
JF CISNE
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Westover - Kids Fiction
JF CISNE
1 available
JF CISNE
1 available
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While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efr�en Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish words.
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP RAULT
2 available
JP RAULT
2 available
Westover - Kids Picture Books
JP RAULT
2 available
JP RAULT
2 available
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"Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabé, his dog, gather tacos, frutas picadas, cuernos, and more and deliver them to los luchadores preparing for Lucha Libre 5000."--Provided by publisher.
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Sal and Gabi novels volume 1
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Central - Kids Fiction
JF HERNA
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JF HERNA
1 available
Westover - Kids Fiction
JF HERNA
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JF HERNA
1 available
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How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany's locker? When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first time, it isn't under the best of circumstances. Sal is in the principal's office for the third time in three days, and it's still the first week of school. Gabi, student council president and editor of the school paper, is there to support her friend Yasmany, who just picked a fight with Sal. She is determined to prove that somehow, Sal planted a raw chicken...
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Shirlington - Kids Biography
JB CARRENO T
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JB CARRENO T
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Westover - Kids Biography
JB CARRENO T
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JB CARRENO T
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Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the most famous pianist who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
17) Dreamers
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Central - Kids Biography
JB MORALES Y
4 available
JB MORALES Y
4 available
Shirlington - Kids Biography
JB MORALES Y
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JB MORALES Y
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"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"-- Provided by publisher.
18) The poet X
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Central - Recently Returned
YF ACEVE
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YF ACEVE
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Columbia Pike - Teen Fiction
YF ACEVE
1 available
YF ACEVE
1 available
Shirlington - Teen Fiction
YF ACEVE
1 available
YF ACEVE
1 available
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Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands...
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In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.
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Central - Kids Picture Books
JP ELYA
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JP ELYA
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Cherrydale - Kids Picture Books
JP ELYA
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JP ELYA
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"A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary"-- Provided by publisher.