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1) Alone
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J NOVEL FREEMAN
3 available
J NOVEL FREEMAN
3 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL FREEMAN
1 available
J CD NOVEL FREEMAN
1 available
Description
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...
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J NOVEL WOODSON
2 available
J NOVEL WOODSON
2 available
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J CD NOVEL WOODSON
1 available
J CD NOVEL WOODSON
1 available
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ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
3) Eb & flow
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J NOVEL BAPTIST
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J NOVEL BAPTIST
1 available
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"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."--
Ebony and De'Kari (aka Flow) do not get...
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Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL GRIMES
1 available
J NOVEL GRIMES
1 available
eAudiobook
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"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 friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus,...
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J NOVEL LAI INSIDE OUT 1
1 available
J NOVEL LAI INSIDE OUT 1
1 available
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"Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee--fleeing Vietnam after the fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama--this coming-of-age debut told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration. Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced...
6) Lifeboat 12
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J NOVEL HOOD
1 available
J NOVEL HOOD
1 available
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In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
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J NOVEL GREEN
2 available
J NOVEL GREEN
2 available
eAudiobook
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J PLAYAWAY GREEN
1 available
J PLAYAWAY GREEN
1 available
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Olivia has been Macy McMillan's best friend ever since Macy transferred to Hamiliton Elementary from Braeside School for the Deaf. But then their sixth grade teacher assigned that embarrassing family tree project, and Olivia made a joke about Macy's father, and now neither girl is speaking--signing--to the other. It couldn't have happened at a worse time. With her mother getting married and an ugly For Sale sign jammed into their yard, Macy could...
8) May B
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J NOVEL ROSE
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J NOVEL ROSE
1 available
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When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier.
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J NOVEL SALAZAR
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J NOVEL SALAZAR
1 available
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Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.
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J NOVEL WARGA
1 available
J NOVEL WARGA
1 available
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J NOVEL WARGA
1 available
J NOVEL WARGA
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL WARGA
1 available
J CD NOVEL WARGA
1 available
eAudiobook
eBook
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"A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America...
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J NOVEL BROWN
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J NOVEL BROWN
1 available
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A young survivor of the tragic Donner Party of 1846 describes how her family and others became victims of freezing temperatures and starvation.
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J NOVEL BURG
2 available
J NOVEL BURG
2 available
eAudiobook
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J PLAYAWAY BURG
1 available
J PLAYAWAY BURG
1 available
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The day nine-year-old Grace is called to work in the kitchen in the Big House, everyone warns her to to keep her head down and her thoughts to herself, but the more she sees of the oppressive Master and his hateful wife, the more she questions things until one day her thoughts escape--and to avoid being separated she and her family flee into the Dismal Swamp, to join the other escaped slaves who live there.