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NEW ADDITIONS TO OVERDRIVE July 2020
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Click on the title and go directly to the Overdrive link.
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Accidental trouble magnet
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Zanib Mian
"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"
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Elsie Mae has something to say
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Nancy J Cavanaugh
With a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt and unexpected help from her Hallelujah-spouting cousin, Henry James, Elsie Mae tries to prevent a company from building a canal through the Okefenokee Swamp
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Flunked
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Jen Calonita
Tossed into Cinderella's stepmother's reform school for fairy-tale villains after stealing a hair clip, twelve-year-old petty thief Gilly meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, who reveal the school's true evil purpose
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Miss Paul and the president : the creative campaign for women's right to vote
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Dean Robbins
A picture book introduction to the achievements and legacy of indefatigable suffragette Alice Paul describes how she launched campaigns, organized protests and met with President Woodrow Wilson to secure voting rights for women after realizing that key civil rights imbalances existed between men and women. Simultaneous eBook.
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Nana Akua goes to school
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Tricia Elam Walker
An evocative celebration of cultural diversity finds young Zura participating in Grandparents Day at her elementary school by introducing her classmates to her West African grandmother, who explains to the students why her traditional facial tattoos are special. Illustrations.
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Raising Lumie
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Joan Bauer
Desperately wanting a dog in spite of her newly orphaned status, Olive moves in with a busy half sister she barely knows before receiving a chance to raise a guide dog puppy who she struggles to prepare to be loved by someone else. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hope Was Here. Simultaneous eBook.
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A sporting chance : how Ludwig Guttmann created the Paralympic Games
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Lori Alexander
The author of All in a Drop and the illustrator of The Journey That Saved Curious George combine archival photos and engaging narrative in a tribute to the life of Ludwig Guttmann that traces the creation of the Paralympics. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Turtle boy
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M. Evan Wolkenstein
A seventh grader struggles through a new school year marked by bullying, his teacher’s insistence that he return captured turtles to the wild and a bar mitzvah community service project that requires him to spend time visiting a terminally ill boy in the hospital. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Who was Ida B. Wells?
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Sarah Fabiny
A WhoHQ introductory biography of the history-shaping 19th-century black female journalist describes Ida B. Wells’ early experiences as a slave, her lifelong advocacy for equality for African Americans and her co-founding of the NAACP. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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