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2) Hike
Author
Publisher
Candlewick press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
A father and child head out on a hike, keeping a cherished family tradition alive.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Language
English
Description
When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself.
Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only...
Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only...
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Zane Obispo faces an impossible choice--to save other godborns like himself from the angry gods, or rescue his father, Hurakan, from his eternal prison.--
Author
Series
Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
Language
English
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"Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This relatable story from award-winning author-illustrator Hyewon Yum explores the universal fear of first haircuts with honesty, tenderness, and humor. Little lion needs a haircut. But he doesn't want one! Is he worried? No. Is he scared? NO! He just likes his hair the way it is. R-O-A-R! But there's someone else who needs a haircut, too...it's Dad, and he doesn't want one, either! Maybe if they go to the barbershop together, there will be nothing...
12) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Rick Riordan Presents
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Rick Riordan Presents
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Series
(James R.).Bird and Squirrel volume 6
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bird hasn't spoken to his father in years because of a disagreement. So when he reluctantly agrees to fill in for his injured dad to compete in an annual race across dangerous terrain, Bird hopes to mend fences. Soon, tensions and hilarity run high as rivalries heat up, obstacles are overcome, and the finish line is just over the horizon. But with the help of Squirrel -- and his own conscience -- Bird learns that friends and family are the way to...
14) Tadpoles
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
On a rainy morning, a father and son bond over a walk through a field full of freshly formed ponds teeming with tadpoles.
15) Replay
Author
Language
English
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Description
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch" by Bill Beeber.
16) Dad's first day
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Oliver and Dad have spent a fun summer together but when it comes time for the first day of school, Dad discovers that he is not ready and does everything he can to postpone the big day.
17) Eruption
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imminent eruption of a volcano.
18) Applesauce
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
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After being caught stealing one too many times, Benjamin Waterfalls is sent to a "boot camp" at the Ojibwe reservation where he searches for answers as he tries to turn his life around and embrace this second chance.
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