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Garvey novels (Nikki Grimes) volume 2
Language
English
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"Capturing the shock and reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic through poetry, as Garvey's life goes into lockdown and his father becomes sick, Garvey must find a way to use his newfound musical skills to bring hope to both his father and himself"--
2) Ebb and flow
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Language
English
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"After "rotten bad year" on the mainland, eleven-year-old Jett returns to Newfoundland to spend the summer with his sprightly Grandma Jo (whose hair is dyed cotton candy blue to match her house), bringing along a shameful secret involving the betrayal of a friend. As summer unfolds, Grandma Jo nurtures in Jett his sense of caring for others while giving him space to breathe. Jett finds himself examining memories of his past like bits of sea glass-arranging...
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Series
Door of no return volume 1
Language
English
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"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century."--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a young boy named Archie learns about community, genuine connection, and how not to lose hope"-- Provided by publisher.
Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by Covid-19. Suddenly there are no more Friday night dinners out, no more going to school, no more hanging out with friends . . . no leaving the house at all. Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie can't...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
9) Birdie
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Language
English
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Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.
10) We come apart
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
While serving a community service sentence for young offenders, a Romanian immigrant boy and a troubled British girl fall in love.
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Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2020
Language
English
Description
"La vida de Celi Rivera es un torbellino de preguntas... por los cambios en su cuerpo, por sentirse atraída por un chico por primera vez y por la exploración que hace su mejor amiga de lo que significa ser género fluido. Pero, sobre todo, por la insistencia de su madre en hacerle una ceremonia lunar cuando le llegue su primer periodo. Se trata de un ancestral ritual mexica que Mima y su comunidad han rescatado, pero Celi se promete a sí misma...
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
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