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"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
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Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket, " one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.
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2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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When a lost dog helps Laura find a way home to her family, they discover family in each other along the way.
8) Who am I?
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A young indigenous girl explores the ways she is connected to the Earth and to those who came before her.
9) Trevor
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Trevor is lonely and looking for a friend. He stretches his wings the length of his boring cage and notices the tree outside stretching its branch. And on the end of that branch? Perhaps a new friend. But one that is quiet and shy. Trevor knows just how to make him feel comfortable.Trevor knows just how to make him feel comfortable. This is an elegantly told, truly unique tale of a canary who befriends a lemon and finds that you don't have to be two...
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Out of this world volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Jack is almost killed by intergalactic beings when he is mistaken for precocious superspy Gradius Clench, and his only chance for survival is to team up with a ragtag group of alien bounty hunters.
11) The moose fairy
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Moose wants to be a fairy, so he joins the Secret Fairy Club. But he soon discovers that all the other fairies are... well, little! As fabulous a fairy as Moose is, the other club members feel he is too big and too different to fit in. Will they change their mind after Moose comes to the rescue?
13) Parker's place
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"A friendly T. rex tries to fit in on a farm where no jobs seem suitable for a dinosaur"--
14) Place hand here
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A young boy passes a painting of a hand on a wall in his neighborhood and watches others placing their own hands against it. The act means something different for each of them: Ms. Iris tells him it is a link to her home country; for Devin, it connects him to his older sister, who just left for college; for Savannah, it reminds her of her grandmother who passed away. The boy thinks of those who are on the other side of the mural, of loved ones lost...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author who brought us The Littlest Valentine comes a sweet new St. Patrick's Day story filled with luck, friendship, unicorns, and one adorable little leprechaun friend! Liam is the littlest leprechaun in his lovable family. He may be little, but Liam knows this is the year he'll be able to finally help out on St. Patrick's Day! But a leprechaun's duties are a little difficult to manage when you're so little! Will...
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"Nikosis grew up going to powwows with his family, happily immersed in music, dance and the sounds of the drum. But when he starts going to daycare, he doesn't feel like he belongs. Nikosis cries every time his mother leaves him in the unfamiliar environment until, one day, she and the teachers use drums to help Nikosis find connection and comfort. Inspired by her son's experience--and her family's love of powwow music and dance--Indigenous educator...
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"Sweeping in scope and timeless in tone, No Place like Home is a middle-grade portal fantasy unlike any other Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the pages of her latest fantasy read. More shocking still is the fact that she herself summoned this wind!...
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