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Diversity in Kid's Literature November 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter
by Leslie Gentile
Winter 1979. Twelve-year-old Truly has settled in with Andy El at Eagle Shores Trailer Park, but the peace of her new life is shattered when her mother unexpectedly returns after abandoning Truly the previous summer, asking for a second chance. Has her mother really changed? Can Truly ever forgive her?
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The architect games
by H. D. Hunter
A group called the Architects challenge Cam Walker and his family to a series of challenges with the winner taking Futureland, a flying theme park, and if Cam can lead his team to victory, his family and friends will be free. Illustrations.
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My so-called family
by Gia Gordon
Sixth-grader artist Ash, who has been in foster care most of her life, struggles with an ancestral tree assignment, but soon discovers the true meaning of family.
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International Menace
by Zoe Tokushige
Airi and her family fly to Japan during summer to visit family, but she worries her new friends will forget her, so she pulls pranks to keep them and her family entertained, but some plans cause problems.
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Mallory in Full Color
by Elisa Stone Leahy
Mallory Marsh's true feelings come out in her sci-fi web comic, but when it goes viral, classmates recognize the unflattering characters, leading Mallory to reckon with her lies, in a story about identity and friendship.
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Everything Interesting Keeps Happening to Ethan Fairmont
by Nick Brooks
After a small, six-eyed alien crash landed into his life, Ethan made a new otherworldly best friend. Now Cheese has returned to Earth, bringing his family and a warning of the Light Thieves' plans to invade. Ethan is already reeling from the kidnapping of his beloved guinea pig, Nugget, and a dangerous reality sets in after one bold Light Thief sheds its disguise to attack Ethan on his front lawn. Ethan needs his friends now more than ever, but as he and RJ continue to clash, tensions continue to rise within the group. On top of all that, he still hasn't figured out how to deal with his feelings for Di. With an alien invasion on the horizon, and The Bureau for Weird Happenings indisposed, can Ethan and his friends work together to save Earth once and for all?
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Like a boss
by Sarah Mlynowski
When Maya receives a mysterious, magic bracelet in the mail, she wishes to be in charge of things and, although she starts to enjoy her authority, she is soon overwhelmed by newfound responsibilities, needing the help of her long-distance friends to untangle the bracelet's magic.
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Golemcrafters
by Watanabe Cohen Emi
On the same day Faye's brother comes home with a black eye, a package arrives from a relative they have never met. It's a slab of clay: some weird kind of bar mitzvah present? The strange gift turns out to be an invitation to learn a craft that has been in their family for centuries. Faye and Shiloh are driven to New York City by their grandfather for a spring break filled with magical instruction. At night, they find themselves transported to a strange parallel world, where groups of innocent people are facing appalling hatred and violence. Are Faye and Shiloh destined to defend them? How is that possible for a brainy, unpopular eleven-year-old and her vulnerable older brother? It will take all the strength they can draw from their Jewish and Japanese heritage to not only crack the mystery of this alternate world but to find the power in them to confront the troubles of their present.
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