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Breadwinner series volume 4
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English
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The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City.
In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan.
On a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out
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Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Girl of fire and thorns trilogy volume 4
Language
English
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"After unearthing a conspiracy at court, Red Sparkle Stone, the foundling orphan Empress Elisa has taken under her wing, dares to become a recruit for the Royal Guard-something no woman has done before"--
Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name and a veiled past, but she's about to be adopted into the royal family--by Empress Elisa herself. When the empress's greatest rival blocks the adoption, Red is left with no family and no future....
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Calpurnia Tate volume 2
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English
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"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
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"Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when...
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Candlewick Press
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English
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"Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a domestic in the royal household and fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales are challenge enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder in an opium den -- and scandal threatens the royal family -- Mary learns that the accused killer may be someone very close...
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 3
Language
English
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In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer.
13) Scarlet
Author
Series
Scarlet novels (A.C. Gaughen) volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.
14) Mary's penny
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A farmer learns that the best man for the job of farm manager is a girl, as his clever daughter bests his brawny sons in a competition.
17) Queen of ruin
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Series
Grace and fury volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nomi Tessaro joins her sister, Serena, on the volcanic prison island of Mount Ruin for a fight to usher in a new age of freedom for all.
19) Rainbow hands
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Publisher
Lantana Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
©2022.
Language
English
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"When a little boy paints his nails with his mom's nail polish, he finds colors to express his every mood and feeling."--Page 4 of cover
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Jasmine Toguchi volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
First Chapter Books
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
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Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
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