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Children's Chapter Books

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo CartayaAfter a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.

Farah Rocks series - book #1: Farah Rocks Fifth Grade by Susan Muaddi Darraj"Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School."Other books in this series: Farah Rocks Summer Break and Farah Rocks New Beginnings

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada KellyBullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar.

Pie in the Sky by Remy LaiKnowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.

Upside Down Magic Series- book #1: Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily JenkinsWith their magic being unpredictable, Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are sent to the upside-down magic room at Dunwiddle Magic School.Other books in this series: Sticks & Stones #2, Showing Off #3, Dragon Overnight #4, Weather or Not #5, The Big Shrink #6, Hide & Seek #7, Night Owl #8

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. PérezTwelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks & Gita VaradarajanRavi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

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