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62) Night on fire
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a civil rights group protesting segregation on buses in the summer of 1961, will be traveling through Anniston, Alabama, she thinks change could be coming to her stubborn town. But what starts as angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views"--
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espa�nol
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Una ni�na que crece en una finca de pi�nas en M�exico nos descubre el verdadero significado de la palabra magia en este libro ilustrado, un volumen verdaderamente m�agico sobre el cambio y la transformaci�on -tanto sobre aquellas cosas que no podemos controlar, como los desastres naturales y las p�erdidas, como las que s�i est�an en nuestro poder. La magia puede transformar la tierra en pi�nas, las semillas en �arboles, la lana...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When a florist puts two plants in the same rosy-colored pot, he tells the bigger, stronger plant to look after the smaller, weaker one. An artist buys the plants and takes them home, where they become part of the family, celebrating happy occasions and feeling sorrowful during hard times. But as time passes and the plants grow, the pot becomes too small, and the two must be separated. While this makes the larger plant sad, it still rejoices in the...
65) Happily for now
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Fiona may have problems, but she's no damsel in distress. She'd rather be the one wielding the wand in the story: she wants to be the fairy godperson. So when her mom sends her off to stay with relatives in a place called Cold Hope for the summer, Fiona decides it's time to start training for the role. And wow, do these people need help! Aunt Becky's bakery is failing, Great-Uncle Timothy draws but never speaks, and Great-Aunt Alta is the gloomiest,...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Natty's mom kind of takes a break from her dad and sort of the whole family, Natty and her dad move to his childhood hometown of Miller Creek. Now she's starting middle school for the second time, this time in Miller Creek-without her mom-or her BFF. But Natty's doing great! Really. Anything is possible. And what's the point of dwelling on the stuff that stinks when there's so much good stuff to think about? Natty is absolutely, positively sure...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this picture book reminds readers of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. Marc Colagiovanni's lyrical text and Peter H. Reynolds's stunning art create an enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that readers will be drawn to over and over again. This first of two new picture books created in collaboration...
68) Say yes summer
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Before heading off to college in the fall, Rachel Walls decides to give in to the universe for the summer and say yes to everything, bringing her friendship, new experiences, and, if she lets her guard down, love.
Rachel Brooks' goals have been straight As, academic scholarship, college of her dreams. Now she's graduating at the top of her class and ready to celebrate. But Rachel spent most of high school saying no: to dances, to parties, and most...
69) Junonia
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ladd knows that this summer is going to be special. She and her two best friends, Ronan and Brianna, are turning twelve. She is leaving camp behind and gets to do what she wants all day. She feels everything starting to change. But things don't always change for the better.With Brianna's cousin Eden visiting for the summer, Claire feels like a third wheel. Even though she is only a year older, Eden seems so much more sophisticated and glamorous......
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In her last few weeks at Northern Virginia's elite Chawton School, eighteen-year-old Jemima Kincaid works to up-end its patriarchal traditions and, in the process, finds the freedom she has always sought.
Jemima Kincaid is a feminist. Her private school is laden with problematic traditions, but the worst of all is prom. The girls have to wait for promposals, and only the hetero kids even go. When Jemima is named to Senior Triumvirate, alongside superstar...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old aspiring forest ranger Maggie Chowder wants to be just like her favorite comic superhero, the Exceptional Eagirl. Maggie is determined to make the most of her new circumstances when her dad loses his job and her family moves from a house to a small apartment. But then her best friend's dad becomes a coach for the Seattle Seahawks. LaTanya gets to move into a big house and get a puppy - and Maggie can't help feeling jealous. To make...
73) Barnaby
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Barnaby is a blue budgie who thinks he's really something special. He's the pride and joy of the lady who owns him--until he's not. One day, the lady comes home with another bird, a smaller, yellow budgie. And Barnaby won't have it. He protests, makes a nuisance of himself, and then one day, after being scolded by the lady, Barnaby flies out the window and away. Outside of his gilded cage, Barnaby discovers a wider, wilder world. At first he considers...
74) Little monarchs
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Riley Dunne loves being a member of the Red Club. It's more than a group of girls supporting each other through Aunt Flo's ups and downs; it's a Hawking Middle School tradition. The club's secret locker has an emergency stash of supplies, and the girls are always willing to lend an ear, a shoulder, or an old pair of sweatpants. But when the school administration shuts the Red Club down because of complaints, the girls are stunned. Who would do that...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Dos corazones solitarios, unidos por la magia de las noches en la playa. Ahora, con todo el verano por delante, todo puede pasar... Desde que comenzaron las peleas y sus padres se divorciaron, Auden no ha podido dormir. Ahora, tiene la oportunidad de pasar un verano idilico en la casa de playa de su padre, quien vive con su nueva familia. Un trabajo en una tienda de ropa introduce a Auden al mundo de las chicas de su edad: las amigas, las charlas...
77) Just try it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Phil tries to introduce his daughter Lil to all different kinds of cuisine at the food truck festival, but Lil is hesitant to try anything new until he reminds her to keep herself open to new possibilities and to try things at least once.
Author
Series
Itty Bitty Princess Kitty volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Itty is excited to learn that she will soon be a princess, until she begins to worry about all the changes her new role brings.
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