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Levine Querido
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2023
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English
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MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR WINNER
KIRKUS BEST OF THE YEAR
From 23-year-old Sámi debut novelist and reindeer owner Moa Backe Åstot, Fire From the Sky is a queer coming-of-age story about heritage, family ties and age-old commitments to the past.
Ánte's life has been steeped in Sámi tradition. It is indisputable to him that he, an only child, will keep working...
KIRKUS BEST OF THE YEAR
From 23-year-old Sámi debut novelist and reindeer owner Moa Backe Åstot, Fire From the Sky is a queer coming-of-age story about heritage, family ties and age-old commitments to the past.
Ánte's life has been steeped in Sámi tradition. It is indisputable to him that he, an only child, will keep working...
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Experience the joy and laughter of your child as they listen to you read this fun story full of rhymes!
Bart the Bully, Learns a Lesson is a book that can help to broach the subject of bullying. Follow along as Bart tries to clean up his act.
After a mishap, a bully named Bart begins searching for ways to become a better person. The adventure he goes on is a journey that you can take your children on as they, too, learn how one boy was able to change...
3) Just Flowers
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Izzy's new neighbor is a bit of a grump--though they are both botanically inclined. When the neighbor discovers unwanted flowers--again and again--in his precious rose garden, he bids Izzy to take them away. Izzy does--and uses the blooms to brighten someone else's day. Before long, the town is bursting with Izzy's flowers. The grumpy neighbor doesn't see the fuss. "They're JUST FLOWERS!" he yells. "Just flowers" that brought joy and color to everyone...
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Young Peter High, a studious 15-year-old schoolboy, only wanted to learn. But in late junior school, he found himself mercilessly bullied by a small group of students led by Nathan Whitehawk. Despite many complaints to the Headmaster, Peter quickly realized those in authority were powerless. Whitehawk followed Peter to high school, escalating the torment. After one brutal assault that left Peter stripped naked and without his clothes, he reached his...
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The Trestin family, with their enviable upper-middle-class life, large house, and prestigious school, is the epitome of aspiration –until their perfect world begins to crumble.
Maddie and Duncan, basking in the glow of admiration at school, find their star status dimming as a series of misfortunes strikes the family. Illness, injury, and the turbulent tides of high school romance test them all. United, the Trestins draw strength from one another,...
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Join Norah and Joni as they educate children on body safety by demonstrating what it means to Use Your W.I.T.S!
Norah learns how to take ownership of her body, identifying moments where she feels safe. Using an easy-to-learn strategy, she shows how she can set boundaries and respond to instances where she feels unsafe and in instances where she simply does not want to be touched.
Use Your W.I.T.S! also includes additional resources and discussion...
7) THE HYBRID
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The Hybrid - Breaking The Mold in The Land Of Kaputo is a transformative journey of a Chihuahua named Fargo who, despite facing bullying and hard times, learns the power of unconditional love. As he navigates a world that often misunderstands him, deems him to be the odd one out Fargo's resilience and unconditional love shines when he saves his former bully, Daniella. The book ends with a heartwarming union that fosters friendship, acceptance, and...
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Silver sisters volume 3
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In the third book in the middle grade series that Newbery Honor-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia raved is "brimming with hilarity and sisterly hijinks," Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily Silver return to Cape Cod for a final, unforgettable summer.
The Silver Sisters are heading to Pruet again to visit Aunt Sunny and all the friends they've made in Cape Cod the past two years. Before they head East, the girls make a promise they hope will keep the sister...
9) The Sneakers
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Trakaim and Luis are best friends who love sneakers. When they spot the new Air Jordans in the window of the Dr. Jays on Fordham Road their friendship turns into a rivalry when they make a bet on who will be the first to have the new kicks.Not wanting to look soft, the boys look for ways to hustle the cash to pay for their shoes. As their quest for the green takes them on two very different roads, the boys learn valuable life lessons worth more than...
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"A charming and delectably sweet debut. Mischief, friendship, and a whole lot of heart-Love Sugar Magic has it all." -Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series.
Leonora Logroño's family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion. And no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival.
Leo hopes that this might...
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The Heavy Bag by Sarah Surgey is a children' s book that looks at the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance. Children can experience grief for a loved one; a pet; or even moving on from a school or area. When all of the emotions build up inside a child' s mind, they can feel like they are carrying around a huge weight with them.‘ The Heavy Bag' follows a little girl called Enid who has...
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Two of Australia's most accomplished tanka artists collaborate in this bi-lingual (English / Japanese) collection.
Saeko Ogi, whose primary language is Japanese but who is at home in English, and Amelia Fielden, whose primary language is English with wide experience in Japanese, write their tanka, in both languages, in response to those of the other.
By linking ideas, suggestions and atmosphere, they give their tanka an interpersonal dimension...
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Winner, 2014 Wilderness Society Award for Children's Environmental Literature
In this delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the girl with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet Lox finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising. Times have changed in Fairytale Land!
From the...
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Rosie is a little girl with big worries. Today is her sixth birthday, and she is having a party at the space museum with all her friends. She loves everything about space... but she cannot stop worrying about all of the things that might go wrong. What if nobody comes to her party? What if it's too loud? What if it's scary? Her 'worry whisperer' often twists her tummy into knots with questions like this.
This is the story of how Rosie begins her...
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Double vision volume 2
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In the second book of the action-packed Double Vision series, ordinary twelve-year-old Linc Baker must go undercover in Washington, DC, to stop a CIA mole from assassinating the president. With an unforgettably funny voice, high-stakes espionage, and real American spy history dating back to the Revolutionary War, this is the latest adventure in the Double Vision series that ALA Booklist says "fans of Alex Rider and 39 Clues will love."
After the...
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E. A. Gleeson has that rare talent of lifting a moment of intimacy into the realm of universal truth, of capturing instances of recollection and infusing them with emotion and thoughtful language where every word gleams.
Maisie and the Black Cat Band is her second award winning book with IP. The first, In Between the Dancing, won the IP Best Poetry Award, while this one was Highly Commended in the 2011 Awards.
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Junia is a mule. But she's not just any mule. She's a mule with an important job. Every morning she carries her Book Woman up and down the rugged hills and surrounding woodlands near the Kentucky town of Troublesome Creek. Book Woman is a Pack Horse librarian. She and Junia deliver free books and reading material to the people living in the hills and woods. It's not easy work. Every month they ride hundreds of miles to make their deliveries. They've...
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The secrets of Ravensbarrow have been buried far too long. Now they're waking up . . .
For fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, a laugh-out-loud new series that kicks off in a school infested with brain-eating hamsters.
Book 1: Teddy vs. the Fuzzy Doom
Starting at a new school is hard enough for an anxious kid like Teddy. But Ravensbarrow Elementary seems extra unsettling. First, there are the zombielike...
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