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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, and cursed with unusual size and strength, twelve-year-old Yanka the bear has never felt she belonged in the small village where she grew up; the Snow Forest seems to call to her and when she wakes up one day with her legs transformed into bear legs she flees the village, and embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover clues to her mysterious origin and identity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a little slug finds new friends in the backyard, she notices they look a lot like her...except they have shells! Maybe a shell is exactly what she needs to fit in -- but finding one is a lot harder than it sounds!" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"My Words Flew Away Like Birds is both a poignant and heartening story about the experience of a child who moves to a new country. Everything feels new and strange to her, and though she has learned some of the language, when she tries to speak, all her words fly away. In the end, our heroine finds she doesn't need a lot of words to make a new friend. It is a story of finding a sense of belonging in a new place, resilience, and human connection. An...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After his brothers and sisters ruin his favorite alphabet book, Teetu the bunny has had enough of his big bunny family! When he sneaks off into the night, what he discovers is more marvelous than he ever dreamed. He sees animals and trees and beauty and moonlight, and puts his adventures into a new book he creates all by himself. But soon Teetu tires of being alone, and just as it gets to be too much...a big fluffy surprise comes to save the day!--...
Author
Series
[Tokyo ever after volume 1
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life -- complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard -- is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
In the dead of night, a truck arrives in Slaughterville, a small town curiously named after its windowless slaughterhouse. Seven mysterious kids with suitcases step out of the vehicle and into an abandoned home on a dead-end street, looking over their...
8) The Insiders
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Knowing 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." -- Publisher's description.
10) My two blankets
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A homesick little girl who has recently moved to an unfamiliar country comforts herself by clinging to an old blanket, but when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 1
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Sam, who lives with her siblings and mothers in a house on Sunrise Lagoon, tries to come up with a plan to save the family's charter boat business before the summer is over." -- Provided by publisher.
12) Home for a while
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Calvin has lived in many houses that never felt like home, but Maggie, his new foster mother, helps him deal with his emotions when he misbehaves, and still offers hugs." -- Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 07
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
Author
Series
House on Sunrise Lagoon volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On a quest to become someone's favorite Ali-O'Connor, ten-year-old middle child Marina enlists Boom, her new neighbor, to help make a documentary about her, but when things do not go according to plan, Marina begins to wonder if she will ever feel like she belongs.
Author
Series
Frank and the puppy volume 1
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Frank the cat has it good: Tons of toys, unlimited WhiskiesTM and space and quiet to stretch and nap and think and write. Then his people bring home a box. A box with something unexpected inside. A puppy. A puppy who doesn't know the rules of naps. A puppy who slobbers and tackles and barks. This won't do. Frank will just have to find a better home. Should be easy, right?"
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