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Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Swan maiden Hilde sacrifices her magical wings to seek freedom in the human world, but when her pact with an upstart baron takes her the court of Ludwig II, she struggles to fit in, and only Jewish artist Franz, who has the power to paint souls, can help her escape her newfound prison.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration. Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hidesin baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn't the only feeling that dominates Will's life. He's also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn't...
5) I am Kavi
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War, one Sinhalese girl must adapt to a new school, a new city, and new friends, while always staying true to herself"--
6) Warrior girl
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A novel in verse about the joys and struggles of a Chicana girl who is a warrior for her name, her history, and her right to choose what she celebrates in life"--
Author
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Language
English
Description
Krista is convinced her sister, Sadie, is possessed by a demon. It's the only plausible explanation for how cold and distant she's become since reaching high school. And it's why Krista bought the strange book online: to destroy the demon and get her sister back. But when their summoning ritual goes terribly right, Krista and Sadie realize too late that what they brought into the world hasn't come to help. Trapped in their apartment building with...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don’t know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he’s at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the Creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. As the two become friends, other kids tease Etan for knowing...
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Language
Français
Description
Fables 2.0: La Fontaine à l'ère numérique.
Réinventées en vers pour le monde moderne, 'Fables 2.0: La Fontaine à l'ère numérique' transporte les fables intemporelles de La Fontaine dans le contexte digital de notre époque. Dans un monde où les pixels remplacent l'encre et où technologie côtoie l'humain, redécouvrez ces histoires classiques transposées dans l'univers digital.
Là où les serveurs deviennent des forêts, les virus, des...
16) One big open sky
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska"--
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Teen
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
A must-read for lost souls everywhere. With spellbinding verse prose, R.M. Romero channels the spirit of myth into a brilliantly original tale, inspired by her experiences restoring Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe. Magic will burn you up. Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez a biracial Jewish girl finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents desire...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Booksan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, what do you need to be...
Author
Language
English
Description
From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream.
Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of...
20) Rain remembers
Author
Series
Rain novels (Comrie) volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the companion novel to the critically acclaimed Rain Rising, Rain must once again find the strength to rise above.
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