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#OwnVoices in Kid Lit #OwnVoices is a movement to introduce more diverse and authentic stories to the world of literature. An #ownvoices book is written about a diverse, marginalized, or minority group by an author that also belongs to that group.
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Amina's voice
by Hena Khan
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school in the wake of a community tragedy. By the award-winning author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns.
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
by Roshani Chokshi
Telling fibs in order to fit in better with her wealthier peers, 12-year-old Aru Shah spends her school break at the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, where her decision to light a cursed lamp unwittingly releases an ancient demon.
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As brave as you
by Jason Reynolds
Leaving Brooklyn for the first time to visit their grandparents in the Virginia countryside, Genie and his big brother, Ernie, discover that their grandfather is blind and ask countless questions about how he copes before realizing that he never leaves the house. By the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of When I Was the Greatest.
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Better Nate than ever
by Tim Federle
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical devises a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of E.T.
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Blackbird fly
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar.
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Brown girl dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.
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The crossover
by Kwame Alexander
A middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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The epic fail of Arturo Zamora
by Pablo Cartaya
A relaxing summer under the banyan trees in Miami is turned upside-down by Arturo's cute new neighbor, who helps him in his quest to use the power of poetry, protest and family stories to stop the plans of a land developer who wants to demolish his Abuela's restaurant andSimultaneous eBook.
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Esperanza rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression
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The first rule of punk
by Celia C. Pérez
When her first day at a new school is overshadowed by a clash with a queen bee and her dress code violating punk-rock clothes, 12-year-old Malú listens to her faraway dad's advice and resolves to be herself by pursuing the interests she loves and standing up to an anti-punk administration.
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Front desk
by Kelly Yang
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was anengineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason
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George
by Alex Gino
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self. A first novel.
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Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Aspiring to be the fasted sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, a gifted runner finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violence-prone father, in a debut entry of a series about four teammates from very different backgrounds. By the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of When I Was the Greatest.
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Harbor me
by Jacqueline Woodson
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"
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The Harlem charade
by Natasha Tarpley
After Elvin's grandfather is attacked, Jin, Alexandra, and Elvin band together to find out who is responsible, a search that leads them into conflict with a politician with plans to turn Harlem into an amusement park
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Hello, universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Two boys and two girls explore respective views about courage and being different in the wake of a prank that traps one of them at the bottom of a well and compels the others to embark on a search-and-rescue mission. By the author of Blackbird Fly.
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Jasmine Toguchi, super sleuth
by Debbi Michiko Florence
Preparing to celebrate the Japanese holiday of Girl's Day with her sister, mother and best friend, Jasmine is invited to search through a kind neighbor's old clothes for just the right accessories but becomes apprehensive when confronted with a dark storage garage and her friend's decision to leave early.
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Juana & Lucas
by Juana Medina
A spunky young girl from Columbia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her that a special trip is planned to an English-speaking place.
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Listen, slowly
by Thanhha Lai
Assisting her grandmother's investigation of her grandfather's fate during the Vietnam War, Mia struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while redefining her sense of family. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again.
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Lola Levine and the ballet scheme
by Monica Brown
A conclusion to the popular trilogy that includes Lola Levine: Drama Queen finds second-grader Lola clashing with Bella, a ballet-loving, annoyingly pink-clad newcomer, before learning that ballet is every bit as challenging as soccer. Co-written by the award-winning author of Waiting for the Biblioburro.
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Merci Suárez changes gears
by Meg Medina
Alienated from her more privileged classmates at a Florida private school, sixth-grade scholarship student Merci Suarez is targeted by a competitive rival at the same time her beloved grandfather begins to develop memory problems. By the award-winning author of Mango, Abuela, and Me
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My Life As an Ice Cream Sandwich
by Ibi Zoboi
A National Book Award-finalist makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story about 12-year-old Ebony-Grace, a girl whose a passion for all things outer space and science fiction leads her to a summertime visit with her father in Harlem that reveals it to have more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible.
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New kid
by Jerry Craft
After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds
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The night diary
by Veera Hiranandani
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
After travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, Delphine and her two sisters discover that their mother, a dedicated poet, wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp
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One half from the east
by Nadia Hashimi
Forced to move from Kabul to a small village after her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, dresses as a boy to bring her family luck and encounters an entirely different outside world of play and exploration alongside a fellow bacha posh.
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The stars beneath our feet
by David Barclay Moore
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, 12-year-old Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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The thing about luck
by Cynthia Kadohata
Just when 12-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year filled with bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for the harvest workers.
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Where the mountain meets the moon
by Grace Lin
Hearing her father speak to the Old Man on the Moon in the quiet hours of the evening, Minli turns to him one day to ask for advice in order to improve the desperate situation of her impoverished family in this enchanting fantasy adventure for middle readers.
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The year of the dog : a novel
by Grace Lin
As Pacy celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dog with her family, she finds out that this is the year she is supposed to "find herself," in a debut novel that addresses the universal themes of friendship, family, and finding one's passion in life.
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