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1) Amal unbound
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[2018] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 226 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction has 3 JF SAEED |
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2018 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...
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©[2020] | Simon Pulse | 311 pages ; 22 cm. | English | Available
Central - Kids New Fiction has 2 JF KELKA |
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As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian. When a girl Lekha’s age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she’s...
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Central - Teen Graphic Novels has 2
Y/GRAPH YANG
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2006 | First Second | 233 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. | English | Available
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Central - Teen Graphic Novels has 2 Y/GRAPH YANG |
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Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
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JF KHAN
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[2017] | First edition. | Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
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Central - Kids Fiction JF KHAN |
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"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American"...
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2010. | First edition. | Balzer & Bray | 316 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction has 2 JF SHETH |
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2010 | OverDrive | Balzer + Bray | English | Available Online
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Eleven-year-old Gopal and his family leave their rural Indian village for life with his uncle in Mumbai, but when they arrive his father goes missing and Gopal ends up locked in a sweatshop from which there is no escape.
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JF VENKA
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JF VENKA
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2019. | Nancy Paulsen Books | 194 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
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2019 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the...
7) City of fire
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City trilogy (Laurence Yep) volume 1
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2009. | First edition. | Tom Doherty Associates | 320 pages ; 20 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction JF YEP |
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Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
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2021. | First edition. | Disney-Hyperion | 383 pages ; 22 cm | English |
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2021 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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2021 | OverDrive | Disney Book Group | English | Checked Out
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2021 | Disney Book Group | English | Checked Out
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Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik holds the secret to eternal life. Turns out Sik is immortal but doesn't know it, and that's about to get him and the entire city into deep, deep trouble. Sik's not in this alone. He's got Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war,...
9) Count me in
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[2019] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 175 pages ; 22 cm | English |
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Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
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JF LIM
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JF LIM
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©2017. | First edition. | Scholastic Press | 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction has 2 JF LIM Westover - Kids Fiction JF LIM |
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After being sold as a bride to a wealthy family that treats her poorly, eleven-year-old Jing, with the help of her animal friends, runs away.
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©2017. | First Aladdin hardcover edition. | Aladdin | 240 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction has 2 JF ZHANG |
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During a family trip to China, eleven-year-old Mia Chen and her older brother, Jake, follow clues and solve riddles in hopes of finding their missing Aunt Lin and, perhaps, a legendary treasure.
12) Everlasting Nora
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JF CRUZ
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JF CRUZ
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2018. | First edition. | Starscape | 287 pages ; 29 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction JF CRUZ Shirlington - Kids Fiction has 2 JF CRUZ |
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After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, 12-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila's North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines today. When her mother disappears mysteriously one day, Nora is left alone. With help from her best friend Jojo and the support of his kindhearted grandmother, Nora embarks on a journey riddled with danger in order to find her mom. Along the way she also...
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2017. | Amulet Books | 316 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction JF CHARI Westover - Kids Fiction JF CHARI |
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"Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all?"--
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First daughter volume 1
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[2007] | First edition. | Dutton Children's Books | 277 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Teen Fiction YF PERKI |
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During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.
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[2020] | First edition. | Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 301 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids New Fiction has 2 JF DILLO |
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2020 | OverDrive | Balzer + Bray | English | Available Online
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Eleven-year-old Ava Andrews has a Technicolor interior with a gray shell. On the inside, she bubbles with ideas and plans. On the outside, everyone except her best friend, Zelia, thinks she doesn't talk or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety and a heart condition.Ava hopes middle school will be a fresh start, but when Zelia moves across the country and Ava's Nana Linda pushes her to speak up about...
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Frazzled volume 1
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[2016] | First edition. | Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids Fiction JF VIVAT |
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[2016] | Unabridged. | Harper Audio | 2 audio discs (1 1/2 hr.) : CD ; 4 3/4 in. | English | Available
Central - Kids Audiobooks J/CD JF VIVAT |
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Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisisand not just because shes starting middle school or because shes stuck in a family that doesnt quite get her or because everyone seems to have a Thing except her. Abbie Wu is always in crisis.
17) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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2018. | First edition. | Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc | 286, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm | English |
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2018 | OverDrive | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
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Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she...
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2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Available Online
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From debut author Van Hoang comes Girl Giant and the Monkey King, a tale packed with magic, adventure, and middle-school woes-perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Roshani Chokshi.
Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school.
In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with...
Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school.
In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with...
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[2020] | DC Zoom | 143 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm | English | Available
Central - Kids New Graphic Novels has 8 J/GRAPH GREEN |
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When thirteen-year-old Tai Pham inherits his grandmother's jade ring, he soon finds out he has been inducted into a group of space cops knows as the Green Lanterns.
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[2018] | First edition. | Wendy Lamb Books | 231 pages ; 22 cm | English | Available
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2021 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Tantor Media, Inc | English | Checked Out
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Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.