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The forgotten girl
by India Hill Brown
Sneaking out with her best friend to play in the freshly fallen snow on a cold winter night, Iris discovers an abandoned grave before experiencing vivid nightmares that compel her investigation into the story of a Black cemetery from the segregation era.
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Marcus Vega doesn't speak Spanish : a novel
by Pablo Cartaya
When a fight at school puts him on probation, Marcus reluctantly accompanies his mother and younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives he has never met, a situation that is complicated by his awareness of his absent father's presence on the island.
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See you in the cosmos
by Jack Cheng
"Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"
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Wink : Surviving Middle School With One Eye Open
by Rob Harrell
"Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to "the cancer kid." But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table. Based on Rob Harrell's real life experience, and packed with comic panels and spot art, this incredibly personal and poignant novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking, hilarious, and uplifting story of survival and finding the music, magic, and laughter in life's weirdness"
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Brother's keeper
by Julie Lee
A historical novel based on a true story follows a refugee family’s desperate efforts to escape their oppressive Communist village and make their way to safety through the hazards of napalm, frostbite, border guards, enemy soldiers and bombings marking the outbreak of the Korean War.
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Ikenga
by Nnedi Okorafor
In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Mnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while triyng to rid the town of criminals, but Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers
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Ghost squad
by Claribel Ortega
Casting a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits that wreak havoc throughout St. Augustine, Lucely and Syd team up with the latter’s grandmother and tabby cat to break the curse and save Lucely’s firefly spirits.
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The best at it
by Maulik Pancholy
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay
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Something to say
by Lisa Moore Ramée
"A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team"
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Cece Rios and the desert of souls
by Kaela Rivera
Privately questioning her remote community’s superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil’s Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujería to rescue her kidnapped sister.
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Ana on the edge
by A. J. Sass
"Twelve-year-old figure skater Ana strives to win competitions while learning about gender identity--Ana's own and that of a new friend--and how to navigate the best path forward"
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Healer of the water monster
by Brian Young
A debut novel inspired by Native-American culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmother’s reservation home is shaped by his uncle’s addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the Navajo Creation Story.
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Goldie Vance : the hotel whodunit : an original novel
by Lilliam Rivera
Complemented by 16 full-color comic pages that contain essential clues, a series debut inspired by the popular comic introduces teen sleuth Goldie Vance, who investigates the theft of a jeweled cap when her mother is wrongly accused.
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A problematic paradox
by Eliot Sappingfield
Thirteen-year-old Nikola's world is turned upside down when her father is abducted by aliens and she is transported to a boarding school for geniuses, but things get stranger when she realizes she has certain abilities that put her school in danger
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Class act
by Jerry Craft
"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if hisgood friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher
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When stars are scattered
by Victoria Jamieson
A Somali refugee who spent his childhood at the Dadaab camp and the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl present the graphic-novel story of a young refugee who struggles with leaving behind his nonverbal brother when he has an opportunity to help his family by going to school.
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Girl haven
by Lilah Sturges
When Ash invites a group of friends from Pride Club over to her house, they try one of the spells and find themselves transported to the magical realm of Koretris
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Stargazing
by Jen Wang
Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness
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A shot in the arm! : A Shot in the Arm!
by Don Brown
"A Shot in the Arm!, book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease."
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Just pretend
by Tori Sharp
Shuffling between the homes of parents who still treat her like a kid, Tori turns to her writing to make sense of the complexities of her fractured family and its impact on her friendships.
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The talk : conversations about race, love & truth
by Wade Hudson
An evocative follow-up to We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices frankly explores the subjects of racism, identity and self-esteem in the stories and artwork of 30 award-winning contributors, including Raúl Colón, Nikki Grimes and Peter H. Reynolds.
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Chance : escape from the Holocaust
by Uri Shulevitz
The Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship presents a heartrending, illustrated account of his childhood escape from Nazi-occupied Warsaw to the Soviet Union, where he experienced his awakening as an artist.
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