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J NOVEL WARGA
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J NOVEL WARGA
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J CD NOVEL WARGA
1 available
J CD NOVEL WARGA
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J LARGE TYPE WARGA
1 available
J LARGE TYPE WARGA
1 available
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Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there's a problem with his programming. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars...
2) The tryout
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J GN SOONTORNVAT
1 available
J GN SOONTORNVAT
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY SOONTORNVAT
1 available
J PLAYAWAY SOONTORNVAT
1 available
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As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
4 available
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
4 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Teen Lincoln Nominees
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
3 available
TEEN BIOGRAPHY SMITH
3 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 - Caudill Award
J GN SMITH
3 available
J GN SMITH
3 available
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After witnessing a violent attack at school, Manuel struggles with anxiety but his cell phone camera helps him find anchors when he dissociates, and an unexpected friendship opens up new possibilities.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J GN SANTAT
4 available
J GN SANTAT
4 available
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"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J 940.5317 PARTRIDGE
5 available
J 940.5317 PARTRIDGE
5 available
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"Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches-and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration-and the complexity of documenting it-through the work of these three photographers"--
7) Frizzy
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Bluestem Award
J GN ORTEGA
3 available
J GN ORTEGA
3 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J GN ORTEGA
2 available
J GN ORTEGA
2 available
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Marlene loves three things: books, Her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have "presentable good hair." But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment,...
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL O'SHAUGHNESSY
1 available
J NOVEL O'SHAUGHNESSY
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL O'SHAUGHNESSY
2 available
J NOVEL O'SHAUGHNESSY
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY O'SHAUGHNESSY
1 available
J PLAYAWAY O'SHAUGHNESSY
1 available
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When eleven-year-old foster kid Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled with someone else's family recipes, she collects the stories behind them and builds a website to share them, secretly hoping a long-lost relative will find her and give her a family recipe all her own.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J BIOGRAPHY ACTIVISTS NAJEM
3 available
J BIOGRAPHY ACTIVISTS NAJEM
3 available
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"A graphic memoir by young Syrian Muhammad Najem, who rose to international notoriety during the Syrian Civil War due to his on-the-ground reporting using social media"--
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL MELLEBY
3 available
J NOVEL MELLEBY
3 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J CD NOVEL MELLEBY
1 available
J CD NOVEL MELLEBY
1 available
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"After an entire summer trying to figure out how to go back to being the person she was before her depression and anxiety diagnosis, twelve-year-old Pluto finds out--with the help of the Hayden Planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and a new friend--that there is no old or new Pluto, there's just Pluto, growing up"--
11) A kind of spark
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL MCNICOLL
1 available
J NOVEL MCNICOLL
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL MCNICOLL KIND 1
2 available
J NOVEL MCNICOLL KIND 1
2 available
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Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can't stop thinking about them. Those people weren't magic. They were like me. Different like me. I'm autistic. I see things that others do not. I hear sounds that they can ignore. And sometimes I feel things all at once. I think about the witches, with no one to speak for them. Not everyone in our small town understands. But if I keep trying,...
12) The lost year
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY MARSH
1 available
J PLAYAWAY MARSH
1 available
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From the author of Nowhere Boy - called "a resistance novel for our times" by The New York Times - comes a brilliant middle-grade survival story that traces a harrowing family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine that devastated Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.
13) Hummingbird
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Kids & Teens
J NOVEL LLOYD
1 available
J NOVEL LLOYD
1 available
Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL LLOYD
3 available
J NOVEL LLOYD
3 available
eAudiobook
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY LLOYD
1 available
J PLAYAWAY LLOYD
1 available
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When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
14) The fort
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL KORMAN
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J NOVEL KORMAN
1 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J CD NOVEL KORMAN
1 available
J CD NOVEL KORMAN
1 available
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Five middle schoolers find a fully stocked bomb shelter constructed decades ago in the local woods by an eccentric tycoon and lost until a hurricane exposes the entrance. So, how to keep the hideout secret from interfering grown-ups--and, more particularly, from scary teen psychopath, Jaeger Devlin.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J 940.5318 HOOD
3 available
J 940.5318 HOOD
3 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J CD 940.5128 HOOD
1 available
J CD 940.5128 HOOD
1 available
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"An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
16) A duet for home
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL GLASER
3 available
J NOVEL GLASER
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY GLASER
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J PLAYAWAY GLASER
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It's June's first day at Huey House, and as if losing her home weren't enough, she also can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together to...
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Charlie Thorne volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL GIBBS CHARLIE 1
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J NOVEL GIBBS CHARLIE 1
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J PLAYAWAY GIBBS CHARLIE 1
1 available
J PLAYAWAY GIBBS CHARLIE 1
1 available
Description
"Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a thief. Charlie Thorne isn't old enough to drive. And now it's up to her to save the world ... Decades ago, Albert Einstein devised an equation that could benefit all life on earth--or destroy it. Fearing what would happen if the equation fell into the wrong hands, he hid it. But now, a diabolical group known as the Furies are closing in on its location. In desperation, a team of CIA agents drags Charlie...
18) Starfish
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL FIPPS
2 available
J NOVEL FIPPS
2 available
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J LARGE TYPE FIPPS
1 available
J LARGE TYPE FIPPS
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Told in verse, Ellie lives by Fat Girl Rules to avoid being bullied, but with the support of her dad, her therapist and her neighbor Catalina, can Ellie set aside these rules and just be herself?
19) Falling short
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
J NOVEL CISNEROS
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J NOVEL CISNEROS
1 available
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"Star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac's parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father's approval by earning a spot on the school's basketball team. But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short"--
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Series
Inheritance games volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Caudill Award
TEEN NOVEL BARNES INHERITANCE 1
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TEEN NOVEL BARNES INHERITANCE 1
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Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: Survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why - or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch - and his love of puzzles,...