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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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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
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Now Ewan lives with his little sister, Flora, his Grumple and his mischievous cat, Kipper. But something about his father's disappearance has never felt right to Ewan. He is certain his father wouldn't leave willingly. When he meets Mr. So-and-So, the owner of the mysterious Notion Shop, he is inspired to take destiny into his own hands. With his grandfather’s most reliable horse, the normally timid Ewan sets off from his home in Bucket Cove on...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Early Friday morning, Zain leaps out of bed ready to save the world from alien invaders! But his dad has other plans for Zain on this special day of the week. Dad takes Zain to the mosque and guides him through his first jumu'ah prayers. But Zain's quest for a superhero adventure leads to supersize distractions. Can Zain rein in his powerful impulses and appreciate this special experience with his dad and community?" --
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Calvin was born, he's been Dad's "Little Man." At first Calvin liked the special nickname the two of them shared. But now that he's getting older, Calvin doesn't feel big and strong like Dad. One afternoon playing in the yard, Calvin discovers that maybe that's okay. He's Calvin, and that's exactly who he should be."--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy opens an envelope he left behind and is surprised to find a map of the woods beyond their house, with one spot marked in bright red. But why? The woods had been something they shared together, why would his father want him to go alone? Slowly, his mind settles as he sets off through the spaces he once explored with his dad, passing familiar beech and black oak trees, flitting Carolina wrens,...
Author
Series
Shang-chi (Ying) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sneaking out of the palace into the outside world to find the legendary Peaches of Immortality to gift to his father, 12-year-old Shang-Chi refuses to fail in his quest until he hears things that make him wonder if his father deserves to be saved.
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