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1) Ahimsa
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL KELKAR
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J NOVEL KELKAR
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When her mother is jailed for being one of Gandhi's freedom fighters, ten-year-old Anjali overcomes her own prejudices and continues her mother's social reform work, befriending Untouchable children and working to integrate her school.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL LEALI
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J NOVEL LEALI
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL LEALI
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J CD NOVEL LEALI
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"Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He's been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there's something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in nineteenth-century Illinois. His search turns up Albert D. J. Cashier, a Civil War soldier who might have identified as a trans man...
3) El Deafo
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J GN BELL
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J GN BELL
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Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL PEREZ
2 available
J NOVEL PEREZ
2 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - In Storage
J NOVEL PEREZ
1 available
J NOVEL PEREZ
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor New
J LARGE TYPE PEREZ
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J LARGE TYPE PEREZ
1 available
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"There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...
5) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL YANG FRONT 1
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J NOVEL YANG FRONT 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J LARGE TYPE YANG FRONT 1
1 available
J LARGE TYPE YANG FRONT 1
1 available
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"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...
6) George
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL GINO
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J NOVEL GINO
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL GINO
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J CD NOVEL GINO
1 available
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"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part ... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan....
7) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
J NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
J CD NOVEL REYNOLDS TRACK 1
1 available
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL KUYATT
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J NOVEL KUYATT
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
MID-KID TRENDING
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MID-KID TRENDING
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eAudiobook
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Selah knows her rules for being normal. She always, always sticks to them. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes on, so that she has to run to the bathroom and hide in the stall until she can calm down. So that she has to tear off her normal-person mask the second she gets home from school, and listen to her favorite pop song on repeat, trying to recharge. Selah feels...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL DUMAS
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J NOVEL DUMAS
1 available
eBook
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"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL WARGA
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J NOVEL WARGA
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - In Storage
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
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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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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL MOORE
1 available
J NOVEL MOORE
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL MOORE
1 available
J CD NOVEL MOORE
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J LARGE TYPE MOORE
1 available
J LARGE TYPE MOORE
1 available
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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Pacy Lin books volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
J NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J CD NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
J CD NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
eBook
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It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the year of the dog is a lucky one for her after all.