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Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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"From the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe clearly--and with Tyson's characteristic wit, there's a lot of fun thrown in, too.This adaptation by Gregory Mone includes full-color...
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"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...
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Fifth Grade
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Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the...
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2022 Caudill Award Nominees
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Shark Week
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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"Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier"--
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Chapter Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Favorite Family Listens -- Audiobooks (SCPL-YS)
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In order to heal after his mother's death, Sal learned how to meditate. But no one expected him to be able to take it further and 'relax' things into existence. Turns out he can reach into time and space to retrieve things from other universes.
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"April 8th. According to the hideous driver's license my father, Zeus, saddled me with when he changed me from the awesome god Apollo to the pathetic mortal Lester, that's my new birthday. The same day the emperors Caligula and Commodus plan to attack Camp Jupiter, the training ground for Roman demigods. Oh, and did I mention it's also the blood moon, when an evil king intends to unleash his army of the undead upon us, too? And the guest of honor...
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"War between the devas and the demons is imminent. Fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two 'targets,' one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that could mean the difference between victory and defeat. The Targets, a pair of twins, are the newest Pandava sisters. When the Pandavas fail to prevent the prophecy from reaching the Sleeper's ears, Aru believes that the only way to put the shine back on their brand...
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2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
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2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
Great Reads: 4th thru 6th grade
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""We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness." --Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street Efrén Nava's Amá is his Superwoman--or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén...
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#ActuallyAutistic Creators for Autism Acceptance Month
2022 Summer Reading Prize Books
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"Vivy Cohen wants to play baseball. Ever since her hero, Major League star pitcher VJ Capello, taught her how to throw a knuckleball at a family fun day for kids with autism, she's been perfecting her pitch. And now she knows she's ready to play on a real team. When her social skills teacher makes her write a letter to someone she knows, she writes to VJ and tells him everything about how much she wants to pitch, and how her mom says she can't because...
11) Prairie lotus
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Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost...
13) Three keys
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"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic."--Provided by publisher.
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Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to Earth in the pathetic mortal form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's...
15) Amina's song
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Arab American Heritage Month
Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
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Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
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Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.--
17) Black boy joy
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Celebrating Black Creators
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Celebrating Black Creators
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From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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"In the newest installment of the Wings of Fire series, tensions are higher than ever as we prepare for a fight for the survival of dragonkind!"--
Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong. It's a perfect and simple plan, backed...
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Books with Neurodiverse Characters (SCPL-YS)
Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
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Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she is forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.
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It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax and his mate, Bristle, have welcomed a litter of kits they must protect in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, newly orphaned after the war, wracked with guilt and loneliness, leaves his adopted home with Vola to join the Water Warriors, a group of people determined to heal the land from the scars of the war. When one...
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