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Seventh-grader Zoey looks after her much younger siblings after school in her mother's boyfriend's trailer house while her mother is working at the pizza parlor. Zoey and her friend Fuchia are the poor kids at school, and keep their heads and their problems down as much as they can--but Zoey cannot help wishing she were like an octopus, eight arms to do eight things all at once, with camouflage and great vision. Unfortunately, Zoey is not, and to...
5) Blended
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Isabella is only eleven, but she is already so used to hearing about how "exotic" and unusual she is due to her black father and white mother that she is sick of her biracial identity. Now that her parents are divorced and fighting over her worse than ever, Isabella needs a way to define herself so she can feel not like two halves, but a whole.
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Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.
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Dactyl Hill Squad volume 1
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Bordeaux - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Older
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JUV Fiction Older
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2018. | First edition. | Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc | 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Older Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Older Main Library - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Older |
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2018 | OverDrive | Scholastic Inc | English | Available Online
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It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are trying to survive; but when she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him--and just possibly her ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs...
8) El deafo
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This graphic novel memoir chronicles the author's humorous and sometimes difficult childhood experiences after she loses most of her hearing ability from an illness and must wear a large hearing aid on her chest.
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Arturo Zamora must save his family's restaurant before a land developer destroys it. He teams up with the funny, cute new girl, Carmen, to thwart the developer's plans and help bring the community together.
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Eleven-year-old Makeda June Kirkland struggles to find her place in her new school after her family moves from Maryland to New Mexico. Makeda, who is of African American decent and has been adopted into an all white family, wonders how life might be different if she were part of a family that looks like her. In the midst of it all, she must deal with her mother's recent mental health diagnosis and mood swings that come with her being bipolar.
11) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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Mia Tang and her immigrant parents are not exactly living the American dream since moving here from China--they live in the Calivista Motel, and Mia must tend to its guests. Her parents, meanwhile, have been hiding illegal immigrants in the motel's empty rooms, risking the wrath of the owner, Mr. Yao. Mia wants to be a writer, but her mother discourages her because she is better at math and also because English is not her first language.
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Ramee
Green Hills - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Ramee
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[2019] | First edition. | Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 358 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Ramee Green Hills - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Ramee |
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Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Ramee
Edgehill - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Ramee
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[2019] | Unabridged. | HarperCollins | 6 audio discs (7 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO Fiction Ramee Edgehill - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO Fiction Ramee |
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2019 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Balzer + Bray | English | Available Online
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2019 | OverDrive | HarperCollins | English | Available Online
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All twelve-year-old Shayla wants to do is follow the rules, but when she starts seventh grade, the rules have changed. Her two best friends seem to be going their own ways and some people at school are saying that she's not black enough. After a ruling in a controversial court case involving the shooting of a black man by a white police officer, Shayla decides to join the Black Lives Matter movement and begins passing out black armbands at school....
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Legendary Alston Boys adventure volume 1
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Cousins Otto and Sheed Alston aren't quite ready to return to school after summer break. Although they might wish for a little more time to be free of the daily grind of the classroom, they didn't mean to actually freeze time. Now they'll have to figure out how to put things back to normal.
14) Lu
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
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Lu, an albino track star, is confident he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the track championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Lu suddenly has challenges to overcome and overcoming them means figuring out what winning the gold really means to him and to the team.
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Merci Suarez volume 1
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Bellevue - Kids Fiction 1 available
JUV Fiction Medina
Donelson - Kids Fiction 2 available
JUV Fiction Medina
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JUV Fiction Medina
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2018. | First U.S. edition. | Candlewick Press | 355 pages ; 21 cm | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Medina Donelson - Kids Fiction 2 available JUV Fiction Medina Green Hills - Kids Fiction 1 available JUV Fiction Medina |
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Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Medina
Thompson Lane - Kids Audiobook 1 available
jCD AUDIO Fiction Medina
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[2018] | Unabridged. | Brilliance Audio | 6 audio discs (7 hr., 11 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO Fiction Medina Thompson Lane - Kids Audiobook 1 available jCD AUDIO Fiction Medina |
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2018 | OverDrive | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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2018 | Candlewick Press | English | Available Online
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Madison - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Playaway JUV Fiction Medina
Richland Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Playaway JUV Fiction Medina
Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available
Playaway JUV Fiction Medina
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[2018] | Unabridged. | Findaway World, LLC | 1 audio media player (approximately 7 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. | English | On Shelf
Madison - Kids Audiobook 1 available Playaway JUV Fiction Medina Richland Park - Kids Audiobook 1 available Playaway JUV Fiction Medina Southeast - Kids Audiobook 1 available Playaway JUV Fiction Medina |
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"Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. They don't have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be...
16) New kid
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Seventh grade African American boy Jordan Banks dutifully travels from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale private Riverdale Academy Day School. As one of the few kids of color in his new school, Jordan feels out of place. He doesn't really fit in with his new classmates, and it begins to feel like his neighborhood friends live in a different world. Jordan finds comfort in his art as he tries to navigate both worlds.
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Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
18) The skin I'm in
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The skin I'm in novels volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
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[2018] | First edition. | Cinco Puntos Press | 111 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.6 B7872t Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.6 B7872t Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction 1 available j811.6 B7872t |
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2018 | OverDrive | Cinco Puntos Press | English | Available Online
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Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher. Told in verse format.