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Lucy tries sports volume 4
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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In this picture book, Lucy and her friends learn introductory hockey skills as they try out a new sport.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with pesky Irish pixies. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy-some Marvellers mistrust her magic, which they deem "bad and unnatural." But eventually, she finds...
4) Dark cloud
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Kids Can Press
Language
English
Description
Written with compassion and care, a thoughtful story about a little girl who visualizes her depression as a way of learning to cope. Abigail has a dark cloud. It follows her everywhere. It can be a ball of worries, a swirl of fog or a long shadow. But it's always with her, getting in the way of things. Her dark cloud makes the other children distant and messes with her grand jeté during ballet class. It even takes away her appetite for birthday cake....
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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Molly and her mom do not always have enough food, so when they visit their local food pantry Molly she sees her classmate Caitlin who is embarrassed to be there, so Molly helps Caitlin realize everyone needs help sometimes.
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In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother's experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan-and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story. When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her...
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English
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Karen's having her first sleepover ever! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, try on makeup, and raid the refrigerator. But Karen and Nancy get into a big fight. Karen doesn't want nancy to come to her party. A new girl comes instead, and she is no fun! What will Karen do now?
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English
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10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet List
African American Authors
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees
2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet List
African American Authors
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"Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But Ryan is a girl who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks. As her brother says when he raps about her,she's got the talent that matters most: it's a talent that can't be seen, she's nice, not mean! Ryan is all about trying to...
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English
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"Sona hears music everywhere, even though it has been outlawed in the land of Devia. Sona is a descendant of Malechs, foreigners who took over governing of Devia centuries ago. Malechs put Devans to work mining gems and forbade music so Devans couldn't cast their magic. But Sona's world shifts after discovering an orphaned wolf pup. She believes the pup, with its golden ears, might be related to one of five sacred beasts of Devia, which a Malechian...
10) Finally seen
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Series
Finally seen volume 1
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
11) The tiger rising
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English
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Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
12) Infinity son
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Infinity cycle volume 1
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English
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"In a world where some people are born with powers and some people take them, brothers Emil and Brighton Rey get swept up in a supernatural turf war generations in the making"-- Provided by publisher.
13) H.E.A.R
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Publisher
Soho Teen
Language
English
Description
When one of her fellow students in her great-uncle's ESP lab project is murdered, Kass, who discovers she can communicate telepathically and even glimpse the future, must learn to trust those who share her remarkable gift.
14) I'm a big sister
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Language
English
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A baby arrives and the older sister is as special as ever.
18) Spy school
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Series
Spy school volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
"Ben Ripley is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science--but he's entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Ben becomes an undercover agent and goes on his first assignment in this graphic novel adaptation of SPY SCHOOL"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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Told from multiple points of view, six strangers brought together by a horror message board, decide to play The Midnight Game only to discover the stakes are far higher than they ever imagined as they confront the reality that their lives are in grave danger.
20) Mel fell
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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First edition.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Readers will delight in turning their book sideways and upside down to follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith.
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