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1) Freewater
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL LUQMAN-DAWSON
1 available
J NOVEL LUQMAN-DAWSON
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
MID-KID TRENDING
1 available
MID-KID TRENDING
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor New
J LARGE TYPE LUQMAN-DAWSON
1 available
J LARGE TYPE LUQMAN-DAWSON
1 available
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"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL ARANGO
1 available
J NOVEL ARANGO
1 available
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL SOONTORNVAT
1 available
J NOVEL SOONTORNVAT
1 available
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From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary and versatile author of two 2021 Newbery Honor Books, comes a high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor Book A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat explores a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL YEE
3 available
J NOVEL YEE
3 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor New
J LARGE TYPE YEE
1 available
J LARGE TYPE YEE
1 available
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Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota, and as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.
5) Hot dog
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"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated --and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"--
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL REYNOLDS
1 available
TEEN NOVEL REYNOLDS
1 available
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"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need"--
7) Berry song
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
PICTURE STORIES SPIRITUAL GOADE
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PICTURE STORIES SPIRITUAL GOADE
1 available
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As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J BIOGRAPHY ACTIVISTS TILL-MOBLEY
1 available
J BIOGRAPHY ACTIVISTS TILL-MOBLEY
1 available
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"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
9) Knight owl
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
PICTURE STORIES MAGIC DENISE
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PICTURE STORIES MAGIC DENISE
1 available
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After achieving his dream of becoming a knight, a small owl protects the castle from a hungry dragon.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN BIOGRAPHY BUTLER
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TEEN BIOGRAPHY BUTLER
1 available
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"From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction...
11) The talk
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
PICTURE ME GROWING UP WILLIAMS
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PICTURE ME GROWING UP WILLIAMS
1 available
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As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, he first must have the difficult conversation Black families have with their sons, warning them about the challenges they face due to racism.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
2 available
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
2 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Teen Lincoln Nominees
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
4 available
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
4 available
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"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J PICTURE WEATHERFORD
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J PICTURE WEATHERFORD
1 available
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The popular spiritual, Standing in the need of prayer, has been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American people and their history. The text and illustrations of this inspirational book are informative reminders of yesterday, hopeful images for today, and aspirational dreams of tomorrow.
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Six-year-old Lee will not give up until he can show his big sister Zora, a.k.a. the boss, how good he can sew. Includes instructions on how to make Lee's smiling moon.
15) Swim team
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J GN CHRISTMAS
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J GN CHRISTMAS
1 available
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Teen Lincoln Nominees
TEEN NOVEL HAMMONDS
5 available
TEEN NOVEL HAMMONDS
5 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Teen Lincoln Nominees
TEEN CD NOVEL HAMMONDS
1 available
TEEN CD NOVEL HAMMONDS
1 available
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When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.
17) All my rage
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL TAHIR
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TEEN NOVEL TAHIR
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"Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else...
18) Scout's honor
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL ANDERSON
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TEEN NOVEL ANDERSON
1 available
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Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs--interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger....
19) Icebreaker
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL GRAZIADEI
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TEEN NOVEL GRAZIADEI
1 available
eAudiobook
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Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation: for one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to); more troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
TEEN NOVEL LAMB
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TEEN NOVEL LAMB
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eBook
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"Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young people, Essie, goes missing. Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. Along the way...