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2014.
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English
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"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--
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English
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A Book Written By A Person of Color
Books in English for Adults & Teens / Libros en inglés para adultos y adolescentes
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Publisher Annotation: In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
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English
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2020 Youth Media Awards: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz!
2023-2024 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Amina's Voice Read-alikes
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2023-2024 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Amina's Voice Read-alikes
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Publisher Annotation: Jude never thought she?d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven?t quite prepared her for starting school in the US?and her new label of...
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Door of no return volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century."--
8) Rez dogs
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
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Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse.
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