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Villa Park Public Library - Picture Books
EF VEL
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EF VEL
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"When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed"--
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Villa Park Public Library - Picture Books
EF QUI
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EF QUI
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks
WONDERBOOK EF QUI
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WONDERBOOK EF QUI
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"When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. With vivid illustrations and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl's love letter to her hardworking...
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"With the English and Spanish text side by side on the page, this bilingual edition of the vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the versatility of plátanos is ideal for bilingual readers as well as Spanish speakers learning English and vice versa. Paletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to plátanos, the star of Dominican cuisine, written by award-winning poet Lissette Norman, illustrated by Sara Palacios,...
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF CUE
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JF CUE
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In 1961 Cuba, with the threat of military service for children looming, twelve-year-old Cumba's parents send him to Miami, where he lives with a new family and misses his homeland.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF CUE
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JF CUE
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks
AUDIO CD J CUE
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AUDIO CD J CUE
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A Cuban-American boy must use his ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a witch that transforms into animals.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks
PLAYAWAY J HIG
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PLAYAWAY J HIG
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"Había una vez . . . There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery...
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF CIS
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JF CIS
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Audiobooks
AUDIO CD J CIS
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AUDIO CD J CIS
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
LARGE PRINT JF CIS
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LARGE PRINT JF CIS
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""We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness." --Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street Efrén Nava's Amá is his Superwoman--or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén...
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Emblem Island volume 1
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF AST
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JF AST
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After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF ARA
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JF ARA
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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"In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school--until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It's the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, this means splitting time between her Puerto Rican dad's apartment in Manhattan and her white mom's new place in Queens, navigating the trials and tribulations...
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels
ILLUS. NOVEL DOO
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ILLUS. NOVEL DOO
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"A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, shifting friendships, and her dream of being an artist"--
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Factory (Aya De Leon) volume 1
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF DE
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JF DE
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Fourteen-year-old Andrea Hernandez-Baldoquin hails from a family of spies working for the factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color. Andrea has dreamed about getting her first solo mission, but she never imagined that she would have to straighten her hair and go undercover as a white girl to befriend the estranged son of a dangerous white supremacist. In order to gain the boy's trust, Andrea finds herself doing...
13) Sincerely Sicily
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF BUR
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JF BUR
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Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF MEN
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JF MEN
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A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
15) Frizzy
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Villa Park Public Library - Caudill Award
ILLUS. NOVEL FRI
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ILLUS. NOVEL FRI
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Marlene loves three things: books, Her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only thing she needs to focus on is school and "growing up." That means straightening her hair every weekend so she could have "presentable good hair." But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment,...
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF ALE
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JF ALE
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"To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte"--
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Petra Luna volume 1
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
JF DOB
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JF DOB
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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."--Booklist, starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful."--Alan Gratz, New York Timesbestselling author of Refugee It is 1913,...
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels
ILLUS. NOVEL MIL
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ILLUS. NOVEL MIL
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While at a launch for a brand-new video game, Spider-Man must swing into action when a villain named the Stranger, who has deemed humanity lacking, manipulates the game.
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels
ILLUS. NOVEL MIL
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ILLUS. NOVEL MIL
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"Miles Morales is a normal kid who happens to juggle school at Brooklyn Visions Academy while swinging through the streets of Brooklyn as Spider-Man. After a disastrous earthquake strikes his mother's birthplace of Puerto Rico, Miles springs into action to help set up a fundraiser for the devastated island. But when a new student's father goes missing, Miles begins to make connections between the disappearance and a giant corporation sponsoring Miles'...
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Sci-fu volume 1
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Villa Park Public Library - Juvenile Graphic Novels
ILLUS. NOVEL SCI
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ILLUS. NOVEL SCI
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"Wax, aspiring DJ and sci-fu master-in-training, made it back safely from the alien robot planet of Discopia, where he defeated the Five Deadly Dangers and became the rightful king of Discopia. He doesn't want the crown, though. He just wants things to go back to normal. Wax and his crew thought the robot trouble was behind them, but strange creatures have been showing up in Brooklyn, and Wax is determined to take care of them once and for all. Little...