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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California, they hope to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can thrive. King settles in at once, embracing the Liberty ethos,including the luxe wellness center at the top of the hill, which proves to be the heart of the community. But Jasmyn struggles to fit in. She expected to find liberals and social justice activists...
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"On the day of Alec Salter's fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children-especially fifteen-year-old Etty-grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn't return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan's father-and the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back...
5) 안녕, 나의 등대
Author
Publisher
Piryongso
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Korean
Description
"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Ridge, a time-traveling teenager from the future, gets trapped in 1999, he befriends Michael, a lonely twelve-year-old boy, changing the course of their lives forever.
8) L.A. weather
Author
Series
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Follows the Los Angeles-based Alvarado family as they take critical looks at their internal and external relationships while struggling with a fierce local drought, impending evacuations, secrets, deception, betrayal and making some tough decisions.
9) 오싹 오싹 당근
Author
Series
Publisher
Chuniŏ RHK
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Korean
Description
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children can't wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflow -- then snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry"--
12) No bus, no fuss
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Oh, no! Some eighth graders are causing trouble on the bus. Now Lincoln and his friends have to find a new way to get to school. But it's too far to walk, and they don't have enough bikes. The kids need a plan! Can they think of a creative solution to their bully problem?"--
13) Together we swim
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.
14) What to bring
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Malia is enjoying a summer day in her backyard when she glances at the sky -- and it looks very strange. A forest fire is sweeping into the area where she lives, and Malia soon learns that she and her family will have to evacuate their home. As they quickly get ready to leave, Malia's mother tells her to pack only what's important. At first, Malia struggles to decide what to take with her. She wants everything -- and the "to bring" pile in her room...
16) Egyptian lullaby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.
17) Tender beasts
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer. With the death of Sunny's mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family, Sunny's once picture-perfect life is thrown into turmoil. Her mother had groomed her to be the family's next leader, so Sunny is confused when the only instructions her mother leaves is a mysterious note: 'Take care of Dom.' The problem is, her youngest brother, Dom, has always been a near-stranger to Sunny...and seemingly...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Daisy has realized you really can hit rock bottom when you lose your job, your boyfriend, and are estranged from your sister all at once. Seeking to claw her way out from the very definition of a bad year, her plan is to start by simply looking like she's clawing her way out of rock bottom. On Instagram. Obviously. But when she takes a stopgap job as a nanny to help a single father with his two young girls, being immersed in a close-knit, loving...
Author
Series
Summer Beach volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach in the captivating third novel of her New York Times bestselling Summer series"--
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