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Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An anthem for Asian America that celebrates the richness and diversity within the Asian American identity and serves as a reminder of our self worth, our legacy and most of all, our destiny. "--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine. Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries,...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible -- Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years....
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Is this what middle school is all about? Being stuck in the middle? Twelve-year-old Mia feels like everything and everyone is changing--and she is caught in the middle. Stuck between old friends and new friends...between feeling like a kid and growing up..." -- Provided by publisher.
6) Homebody
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics with organic journal-like interludes, Theo takes us through their experiences with the hundred arbitrary and unspoken gender binary rules of high school, from harrowing haircuts and finally the right haircut to the intersection of gender identity and...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend the Pride Parade in New York City.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A young readers' adaptation of The Queens' English (Clarkson Potter, 2021), a nonfiction illustrated reference guide to the LGBTQ+ community's contributions to the English language. This playful, richly-illustrated visual dictionary is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like "zaddy", the history of the word "queer", and the wonderfully diverse, wideranging histories that have contributed to LGBTQ+ culture...
9) Mid-Air
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling. It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from...
Author
Language
English
Description
What you're made to believe is wrong about you is what's strong about you.
We spend over 90,000 hours of our lives in the workplace, suppressing parts of ourselves to fit into the "culture." What we don't realize is that it's stifling our creativity-and even killing us. With that in mind, what advice would you give your younger self about embracing who you are in the workplace?
In Unmask Your Brilliance, global executive advisor and prominent business...
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As the product of progressive parents and a liberal upbringing, Garrett Bucks prided himself on the pursuit of being a "good white person." The kind of white person who treats their privilege as a responsibility and not a burden; the kind of white person who people of color see as the peak example of racial allyship; the kind of white person who other white people might model their own aspirations of being "better" after. But it's Bucks obsession...
13) Firebugs
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Everything is changing-but everything is also exactly the same. Ingken can't ignore it: ice caps stained brown from forest fires, pipeline construction, drought... the whole world somehow persists despite the slow erosion of stability. After a trip to Paris, Ingken returns home ready for a break from drugs. Their supportive partner, Lily, is flushed, excited about a new connection she's made. Although Ingken wants to be happy for her, there's a discomfort...
14) Unhappy camper
Author
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Would you rather blend in or stand out? Claire and Michelle used to be best friends, but now the two sisters couldn't be more different. Michelle will do anything to fit in, even if it means denying her Taiwanese culture, whereas Claire is proud of who she is. So much so that she decides to become a junior counselor at a Taiwanese American summer camp. Sensing a rift between the two, their parents decide to send them both off to camp, much to Michelle's...
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Mama takes her two daughters to the library every summer to pick out books about Black people so they can see the struggles, strength, and hope of people who look like them. Mama’s Library Summers is a moving picture book tribute to a strong Black mother, libraries, and the power of reading and of seeing oneself in books. Every summer, Mama takes her two daughters to the library to pick out books. Not just any books--books about Black people....
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Between homework, studying, and Chinese school, Měi Yīng's summer is shaping up to be a boring one. Her only bright spots are practice with her soccer team, the Divas, and the time spent with her năi nai, who is visiting from Taiwan. Although Měi Yīng's Mandarin isn't the best and Năi Nai doesn't speak English, they find other ways to connect, like cooking guōtiē together and doing tai chi in the mornings. By the end of the summer, Měi...
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