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Early Readers
Early Readers
Because
Because
Author: Mo Willems/ Amber Ren (illustrator)
ISBN: 9781368019019
Publication Date: 2019
A series of events, some seemingly very insignificant, lead to a young girl attending a life-changing concert.
Call number: NFK 510.92 BEC
Author: Helaine Becker; Dow Phumiruk (illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250137524
Publication Date: 2018
An introduction to the boundary-breaking mathematician, Katherine Johnson, reveals how her love of mathematics started at a young age led her to a job at NASA where she calculated the course of moon landings and helped save the Apollo 13 mission.
Call Number: JF PHU
Author: Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien (illustrator)
ISBN: 9789810992736
Publication Date: 2015
During the Mekong Delta's "floating season", when the great river overflows, An and others like him must brave the floods to attend school. When An sets out on his own for the fist time, he faces heavy rain and the mysteries of the dark Melaleuca swamp. But although strange dangers lurk in the water, An takes comfort in knowing that his friends are waiting for him at the end of his first journey alone.
Please Please the Bees
Please Please the Bees
Author: Gerald Kelley
ISBN: 9781791107345
Publication Date: 2019
Life is sweet for Benedict. Every morning he wakes up to find jars of fresh honey on his back porch. He makes honey toast for breakfast, bakes honey cake in the afternoon, and drinks honey tea before bed. But one day, the jars on Benedict's porch are empty. The bees in his backyard have gone on strike! They are tired of doing all the work around the hive. What can Benedict do to make the bees happy and bring sweetness back to his days? -- Publisher.
Thank You, Omu!
Thank You, Omu!
Author: Oge Mora
ISBN: 9780316431248
Publication Date: 2018
Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself?
Middle Readers
Middle Readers
Call number: F MAS
Author: Wendy Mass; Rebbecca Stead; Nicholas Gannon (illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250308696
Publication Date: 2018
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Call number: F YOO
Author: Yoon Ha Lee
ISBN: 9781368014748
Publication Date: 2019
Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battlecruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces. This is a unique space opera infused with elements of traditional Korean mythology.
The Wizards of Once
The Wizards of Once
Author: Cressida Cowell
ISBN: 9780316508339
Publication Date: 2017
Young wizard prince Xar, who has no magic, and warrior princess Wish, an outcast, team up on an adventure that brings them to witches long believed to be extinct.
Restart
Restart
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9781338053777
Publication Date: 2017
Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
Call number: Ele-ELA-ReturningNovel
Author: Kelly Yang
ISBN: 9781338157796
Publication Date: 2018
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Older Readers
Older Readers
Call number: F SAE
Author: Aisha Saeed
ISBN: 9780399544682
Publication Date: 2018
In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
Author: M. T. Anderson; Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763698225
Publication Date: 2018
Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom - from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double crosses, blunders, and cultural misunderstandings throws these two bumbling scholars into the middle of an international crisis that may spell death for them - and war for their nations.
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Author: Melissa Fleming
ISBN: 9781250105998
Publication Date: 2017
The story of a young Syrian refugee's attempt to reach Sweden, focusing on her ordeal in icy waters after the dilapidated fishing vessel in which she was traveling--along with 500 others--sinks --OCLC.
How to Bee
How to Bee
Author: Bren MacDibble
ISBN: 9781773064185
Publication Date: 2020
Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Life on the farm is a scrabble, but there is enough to eat and a place to sleep, and there is love. Then Peony's mother arrives to take her away from everything she has ever known, and all Peony's grit and quick thinking might not be enough to keep her safe --OCLC.
A Song Only I Can Hear
A Song Only I Can Hear
Author: Barry Jonsberg
ISBN: 9781534442528
Publication Date: 2020
Thirteen-year-old Rob, a painfully shy wallflower, receives a series of mysterious text messages challenging him to leave his comfort zone as he tries to impress new student Destry Camberwick.
Mature Readers
Mature Readers
Author: Tomi Adeyemi
ISBN: 9781250170972
Publication Date: 2018
Seventeen-year-old Zelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
The Lines We Cross
The Lines We Cross
Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah
ISBN: 9781338118667
Publication Date: 2017
Michael's parents are leaders of a new anti-immigrant political party called Aussie Values which is trying to halt the flood of refugees from the Middle East; Mina fled Afghanistan with her family ten years ago, and just wants to concentrate on fitting in and getting into college--but the mutual attraction they feel demands that they come to terms with their family's concerns and decide where they stand in the ugly anti-Muslim politics of the time.
One of Us Is Lying
One of Us Is Lying
Author: Karen M. McManus
ISBN: 9781524714680
Publication Date: 2017
When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case. -- Publisher.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Author: Heather Morris
ISBN: 9780062870674
Publication Date: 2018
"Based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews, who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival, literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Lale used the infinitesimal freedom of movement that this position awarded him to exchange jewels and money taken from murdered Jews for food to keep others alive. If he had been caught he would have been killed; many owed him their survival"--OCLC.
They Both Die at the End
They Both Die at the End
Author: Adam Silvera
ISBN: 9780062457790
Publication Date: 2017
In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day. -- Publisher.
Warcross
Warcross
Author: Marie Lu
ISBN: 9780399547966
Publication Date: 2017
When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire .
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