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1) Booked
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
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English
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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
2) Nat Enough
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Series
Nat enough volume 1
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English
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A New York Timesbestseller!Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder!Natalie has never felt that she's enough — athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought — now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more...
4) Forest born
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Series
Books of Bayern volume 4
Language
English
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When her beloved forest no longer gives her comfort and her brother Razo invites Rinna to the city to be one of Queen Ani's waiting women, she happily accepts, only to discover her own strength comes from places both expected and unexpected.
Author
Series
Books of Bayern volume 3
Language
English
Description
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
6) Smash it!
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Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
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Challenging herself to overcome long-held insecurities at the beginning of her junior year, Liv lands an unexpected role in her high school's hip-hopera production of Othello that helps launch her journey of self-empowerment.
Olivia "Liv" James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. She's going to smash junior year, and makes a list. A F*ck-It list. She tries out for the school musical, says yes to a date, and starts making new...
7) Sunny
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Language
English
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Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
Author
Series
Nerd girls volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Three misfit middle school students team up to try to beat out the catty and mean "ThreePees"--pretty, popular, and perfect girls--at the school talent show.
9) I am enough
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Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Books to Start a Conversation
Black Lives Matter: Picture Books
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
Black Lives Matter: Picture Books
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices with Marley Dias
How to Raise an Anti-Racist: Parent Resource Guide Booklist
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This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another-from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo -- from Amazon.
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Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
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After being teased yet again about her unruly hair, MacKenzie consults her neighbor, Miss Tillie, who compares hair care with tending her beautiful garden and teaches MacKenzie some techniques. Includes tips for shampooing, conditioning, and protecting black hair, and recipes for hair products.
11) The poet X
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Realistic Fiction [High School Readers]
Award Nominated Women Authors
Printz Award Winners
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Award Nominated Women Authors
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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...
12) Chubby bunny
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Barbara "Bunny" Binks comes from a long line of Barbaras, that started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bunny buns," playing with her rabbit Ralph, and eating marshmallows.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Even from Ramen's small shelf in the supermarket, they see spaghetti propaganda everywhere. They want to be celebrated, too. Maybe, Ramen misguidedly thinks, I have to change to be loved like that. "I want to be spaghetti!" they proclaim to the dismay of the rest of the instant noodle section"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Elena rides
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again.
17) Pumpkin
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English
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Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
18) You matter
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Language
English
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In this full, bright, and beautiful picture book, many different perspectives around the world are deftly and empathetically explored-from a pair of bird-watchers to the pigeons they're feeding. Young readers will be drawn into the luminous illustrations inviting them to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters.
19) Away we go
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Language
English
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Youths infected with the fatal Peter Pan Virus are sent to Westing Academy where Noah Falls pins his affections on a boy who does not reciprocate, and soon tarnishes his other relationships and increases his feelings of self-loathing.
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Giada the healer volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With her thirteenth birthday just around the corner, Giada Bellantuono has to make a big decision: Will she join the family business and become a healer or follow her dreams? But even though she knows her calling is to heal vulnerable animals, using her powers to treat magical creatures is decidedly not allowed. When a group of witches kidnaps her beloved older brother, Rocco, and her parents are away, Giada is the only person left who can rescue...
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