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2) Wishtree
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2023-2024 4th/5th Grade Battle of Books
Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
Jan24 3rd grade
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Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
Jan24 3rd grade
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"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" -- people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--
5) Marty
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Marty is an undercover Martian and master of disguises who lives on Earth, but when one of his costumes gives him away an unexpected friend helps him find a place where he can be himself.
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Martin Bridge volume 8
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English
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Martin Bridge faces the music and learns the ropes in this installment in the widely acclaimed chapter-book series.
14) Candy shop
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English
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When a boy and his aunt find that a bigot has written hurtful words on the sidewalk just outside the candy shop owned by "Miz Chu", a new immigrant from Taiwan, they set out to comfort her.
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Set during WWII and told in alternating voices, Nellie, a young Oregonian and survivor of a balloon bomb sent over by the Japanese, strives to understand how the war has torn her community apart and created prejudice against Japanese-Americans, while across the ocean, as part of her nationalist duty, Tamiko helps create the balloon bombs, but in her struggle to survive hunger and starvation, Tamiko muddles her way through her anger against the United...
17) Half bad
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Half bad trilogy volume 1
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English
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In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future.
18) A church for all
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"Celebrates a diverse community on a Sunday morning at an inclusive church that welcomes all people regardless of age, class, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Come to the church for all!"--
20) In Andal's house
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"Kumar, a young boy living in present-day India, faces bigotry when he goes to visit a classmate from a higher caste family"--Provided by the publisher.
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