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Twelve-year-old Treasure Daniels and her younger sister must move in with Great-aunt Grace until their mother sorts herself out, but life in Black Lake, Virginia, where segregation lingers, is hard and Grace is a nightmare--at least on the surface.
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2022.
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English
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"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
5) Home
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
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A whimsical tribute to the myriad possibilities of home depicts dwellings in different real-world environments as well as fantastical settings.
6) A house
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Bright illustrations paired with interactive call-and-response questions tell of what makes a house a home.
7) Unsettled
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English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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When her family moves from Pakistan to Peachtree City, all Nurah wants is to blend in, yet she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurah's accent, floral-print kurtas, and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded, until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts. And in the water Nurah doesn't want to blend in. She wants to win medals like her star athlete brother, Owais-who is going through struggles of his own in the U.S. Yet when sibling rivalry gets...
10) Blown away
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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An unexpected adventure with his friends and a kite convinces Penguin Blue that he is not built for flying, and that he belongs on solid ice.
11) El mejor nido
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Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Español
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Mr. and Mrs. Bird search for a place to build a nest only to discover their old home is better.
14) Birdie and me
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English
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"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--
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Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"While Big Bear and Little Bear are sleeping, a wild storm rages. They wake to find that the wind has knocked down the trees and they will have to move. Big Bear helps Little Bear understand that home is who you're with"-Provided by the publisher.
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English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Back-To-School Picture Books
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Back-To-School Picture Books
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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"It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Returning each summer to small town Ridge Creek, Virginia, where her father sells concessions after the minor league baseball games, eleven-year-old Derby Christmas Clark longs for a permanent home as she reconnects with grandmotherly June and uncovers hidden secrets.
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