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Author
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. "The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of." On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found... For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these...
Author
Publisher
Hillman Grad Books, a Zando imprint
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that she doesn't play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this unique collaboration, four authors lyrically explore where they each come from--literally and metaphorically. Richly layered illustrations connect past and present in this accessible and visually striking look at history, family, and identity"--
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide their cash earnings inside of frozen chickens. Tensions...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Teeny-Weeny Unicorn feels like the world is not made for his small stature and one day it bothers him so much he runs off, but soon after meeting a salty gnome he starts to wonder if he might just be the right size after all.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can't help but be totally herself... except when she's online. Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend--a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg--doesn't know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn't know his real name either, and it's not like they're...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After an incident leads to her suspension, eighteen-year-old Brynn's high school persona that hides her secret disability is shattered, and she begins embracing her true self on her journey to self-acceptance.
Brynn Kwan is desperate for her high school persona to be real. That Brynn is head of the yearbook committee, the favorite for prom queen, and definitely not crumbling from a secret disability that's rapidly wearing her down. If no one knows...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I've spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men; my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins. My freedom lives in these pages, and I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what's been buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness" --
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
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Esther's family has always believed they were descended from a great, though scandalously underappreciated Impressionist-era artist. But when questions arise about her ancestor's greatest work--The Lady with the Dark Hair--her once-solid family history rests on shaky ground as a search for the truth begins"--
13) Four letter word
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Izzy and her family welcome foreign exchange student Alberto into their home, but after a series of mishaps and coincidences, and with a serial killer on the loose, Izzy begins to suspect Alberto is not who he seems.
15) Little Bird
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history.
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
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Divergent: An "action-adventure set in a future world where society has been divided into five distinct factions. Not fitting into any group, Tris, a Divergent, is targeted by a faction leader determined to eliminate all Divergents"--Container.
Insurgent: "Tris searches for answers and allies in this action-packed second adventure. On the run and targeted by ruthless faction leader Jeanine, Tris fights to protect the people she loves, and races to...
20) My powerful hair
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Mom never had long hair?she was told it was too wild. Grandma couldn?t have long hair?hers was taken from her. But one young girl can?t wait to grow her hair long: for herself, for her family, for her connection to her culture and the Earth, and to honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her." --publisher's website.