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The last mapmaker
by Christina Soontornvat
Eager to start a new life, twelve-year-old Sai secretly assists esteemed mapmaker, Paiyoon, on an expedition to chart the southern seas, but when she learns they are heading to the Sunderlands, a land of dragons, danger, and riches beyond imagining, Sai must way the cost of her dreams
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Red, white, and whole by Rajani LaRoccaFeeling disconnected from her heritage as the only Indian-American student in her community, young Reha commits herself to a future different from her dreams when her mother becomes dangerously ill.
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Borders by Thomas KingAdapted into a powerful graphic novel, this story follows a boy and his mother as they are caught in limbo between countries after refusing to identify as either American or Canadian.
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Root magic
by Eden Royce
Eleven-year-old twins Jez and Jay begin training with their uncle, Doc, in the African American folk magic known as rootwork, but soon Jez found out that her family's true power goes beyond magical potions and elixirs
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When stars are scattered
by Victoria Jamieson
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal offamily and daily life in a refugee camp"
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King and the dragonflies by Kacen CallenderA 12-year-old boy spends days in the mystical Louisiana bayou to come to terms with a sibling’s sudden death, his grief-stricken family and the disappearance of his former best friend amid whispers about the latter’s sexual orientation. By the award-winning author of Hurricane Child.
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The bridge home by Padma Venkatraman Facing daunting prospects on the streets of Chennai, two runaway sisters finds shelter and friendship on an abandoned bridge with two homeless boys before an illness forces them to choose between survival and freedom.
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A good kind of trouble
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Lisa Moore Ramée
Strictly following the rules to pursue her junior-high ambitions, 12-year-old Shayla is forced to choose between her education and her identity when her sister joins the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of a powerful protest. A first novel. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Other words for home
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Jasmine Warga
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and changing perspectives. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ghost boys
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"
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They call me Güero : a border kid's poems
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David Bowles
Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher
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The night diary
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Veera Hiranandani
The 12-year-old daughter of a refugee family forced to flee their home in the aftermath of the 1947 separation of Pakistan and India embarks on a treacherous journey that she records in a series of letters written to her late mother. By the award-winning author of The Whole Story of Half a Girl. Simultaneous eBook.
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Schomburg : the man who built a library
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Carole Boston Weatherford
Luminous paintings and evocative poems by two of the literary world's top African-American scholars trace the efforts of Afro-Puerto Rican legal clerk Arturo Schomburg's efforts to curate a collection of African books, letters, music and art.
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Forest world
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Margarita Engle
Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous
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