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When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that something is very wrong and begins working with brilliant and wealthy Conrad to escape.
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1st Grade Reading
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.
3) Mixed me!
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Mike is the perfect mix of both his parents - his father with deep brown skin and his mother with creamy skin and honey colored hair. But when people look at his biracial family funny and say they don't match, he doesn't care because he knows he's exactly who he was meant to be.
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7th-8th Grade Reading List
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month YA Books 2022
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month YA Books 2022
PG Reads for Teens and Tweens
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"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"--
7) Moo dog
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Moo Dog and Moo Bird are different form the other animals. The other animals laugh at Dog when he moos instead of barks, but Dog and Bird show the others that being different can be fun.
8) What I am
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A young narrator describes herself as many things at the same time - a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, American, both selfish and generous, mean and kind - and these seeming contradictions are precisely what makes her a unique individual.
9) Green pants
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"Jameson loves his green pants. When he wears green pants, he can do anything. But if he wants to be in his counsin's wedding, he's going to have to wear a tuxedo--and that means black pants. Will Jameson turn down this big honor; or will he find a way to make everyone happy--including himself?"--Publisher.
11) Purplicious
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When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
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"Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It's not long before Julián and Marisol set off for some magic and mischief of their own, and when things take an unexpected turn, the pair learns that everything is easier with a good friend by your side"--
15) A normal pig
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"Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip. A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference."--Amazon.com.
18) Patchwork
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"An ode to the richly varied tapestry of experiences and identities that make every child unique"--
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