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Diversity in Kid's Literature December 2022
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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I survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
by Georgia Ball
Unable to evacuate before being hit by Hurricane Katrina, Barry is swept off by the floodwaters when the levees break overnight and must fight for survival on his own.
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Isaiah Dunn saves the day
by Kelly J. Baptist
This sequel to the award-winning novel Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero finds Isaiah in middle school dealing with the troublesome behavior of his mentee Kobe, calling upon every hero he knows to learn Kobe's secret.
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Black bird, blue road
by Sofiya Pasternack
To save her sick twin brother from the Angel of Death by taking him to find doctors who can cure him, Ziva accidentally frees a half-demon boy instead, who leads them to a fabled city where no one dies.
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The Prisoner and the Writer
by Heather Camlot
Falsely accused of treason against France and sent to prison, Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus resigns himself to a horrible fate until seven thousand miles away, famous writer Emile Zola, believing in his innocence, pens the famous letter "J'Accuse...!," speaking out against prejudice.
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Air
by Monica Roe
When her wheelchair motocross dreams get shattered, 12-year-old Emmie finds the community rallying around her, but cannot shake the feeling that her goals are no longer her own and must take a stand for what she wants.
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Charlie Hernández & the Golden Dooms
by Ryan Calejo
To stop the land of the living from being overrun by the dead, morphling Charlie Hernǹdez must recover a stolen map that leads to the locations of the Golden Dooms, the 12 ancient calaca watchmen who form the magical barrier between the realms.
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Lia Park and the missing jewel
by Jenna Yoon
When an act of rebellion sets free an evil diviner spirit who kidnaps and ransoms her parents for a powerful jewel her family has guarded for years, 12-year-old Lia Park follows the clues to Korea to become the hero her parents need.
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She Holds Up the Stars
by Sandra Laronde
A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story. The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. She feels strangely compelled to go to the place where her dreams have been tugging at her to come home. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when she was four years old.
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