Showing 1–27 of 27 titles
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All the Greys on Greene Street
Olympia must navigate both the disappearance of her father and her mother's growing struggle with depression.- Fiction, Mystery
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780451479532
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Beverly, Right Here
After the loss of her beloved dog, Beverly runs away from home and starts a new life.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780763694647
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The Bridge Home
With heartbreaking feeling and distinct voices, Padma Venkatraman narrates her story of four children finding love and support on the streets of contemporary India.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 9781984845092
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Genesis Begins Again
Painfully self-conscious about her dark skin, 13-year-old Genesis faces new challenges when her family moves to suburban Detroit and she starts a new school.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481465809
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I Can Make This Promise
Twelve-year-old Edie discovers a box in her family's attic that reveals her mother's Suquamish/Duwamish heritage.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062871992
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
What happens after school? These 10 interconnected stories will tell you, block by block.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481438285
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
An all-star cast of narrators bring humor to ten stories depicting the detours taken on the way home from school.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781987186574
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Maybe He Just Likes You
Mila, a seventh-grader, experiences sexual harassment and unwanted attention from a group of classmates.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781534432376
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New Kid
A funny, thought-provoking graphic novel that details Jordan Banks' seventh-grade year as one of the few African American kids in an elite suburban school.- Fiction, Graphic Novels
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Medal Winner), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062691194
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On the Come Up
Bahni Turpin skillfully captures Bri's struggle to balance her family's hardships with her aspiration to be a rapper.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781538496831
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The Other Half of Happy
As Quijana enters seventh grade, she feels in between, grappling with a new school, new friends, and her half-Guatemalan heritage. She struggles to find her place within her friendships and family, stumbling and succeeding on her path to discovering her authentic self. -
Other Words for Home
Themes of conflict, home, identity, the arts, and prejudice are interwoven in this powerful verse novel about a Syrian girl's new life in America.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 2020 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780062747808
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A Place to Belong
After her Japanese American parents are released from an internment camp, twelve-year-old Hanako travels with her family to start a new life in post-war Japan.- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781481446648
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Redwood and Ponytail
Two voices, two girls, and two perspectives, combine to powerful effect in this novel in verse about middle school, first love and self-discovery. Through dynamic and expressive performances, Morris and Netting, supported by a Greek chorus of classmates, capture the yearning, confusion, and intensity found within the hearts of two girls. -
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Sci-fi adventure and Cuban culture blend as thirteen-year-old magician Sal Vidón and his friend Gabi Reál, an aspiring journalist and student council president, travel to parallel universes and try to survive middle school. -
A Story about Cancer (with a Happy Ending)
In this illustrated book for older children, a teenage girl waits for test results and reflects on her five-year battle with leukemia.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781786039774
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Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers
Four wildly different middle-school girls join together in social activism to protest an outdated tradition.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9780425290439
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To Night Owl from Dogfish
Told through emails and other correspondence, Cassandra Morris and Imani Parks lead a full cast in a funny and relatable tale of two girls determined to keep their fathers from dating.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 9781984838353
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
While visiting his grandparents in Alabama, Tristan enters into a parallel universe populated by characters from African and African American traditional stories.- Fiction, Fantasy
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781368039932
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Amir Abdullah excels at performing a large cast of mythical characters, embodying everyone from the powerful John Henry to the hysterical Gum Baby, as young Tristan has to figure out how to save the world.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Middle, Older
- ISBN: 9780593149584
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The Way You Make Me Feel
Emily Woo Zeller's attitude-filled narration draws listeners into Clara's world as she is stuck working on a food truck all summer with her mortal enemy.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781977312600
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We're Not from Here
Dani Martineck captures the Mifunes' precarious situation with well-timed comic relief as the family, seeking asylum on Planet Choom, tries to change the minds of its hostile hosts. -
When the Ground Is Hard
Bahni Turpin beautifully voices the emotional ups and downs of a teen girl at a 1960s Swaziland boarding school as she learns about her past and finds her true self.- Fiction, Audiobook
- Notable Children's Recordings 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781984890689
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Where the Heart Is
Rachel negotiates a summer of changing friendships, family financial disaster, a new job, and a growing awareness of her sexual identity.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781536200034
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Words on Fire
Set during the nineteenth-century Russian occupation of Lithuania, Audra and her family smuggle books to save Lithuanian language and culture.- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action, Adventure
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781338275476
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The Year We Fell from Space
As Liberty's family struggles with divorce and mental illness, her life begins to spin out of control.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Notable Children's Books 2020
- Older
- ISBN: 9781338236361