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2) Wonder
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2015]
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English
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When Teddy, a young sorcerer, offers to send Jack and Annie on a dream vacation, they can't wait to go. The brother-and-sister pair wish for a trip to a beach paradise, and the magic tree house whisks them off to the coast of Mexico. Everything starts out perfectly as they raft around a coral reef. But then a hungry shark attacks! And their dream vacation turns into a nightmare!
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2017
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English
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"Ariel is a fun-loving mermaid who longs to be human and walk on land. A sea witch named Ursula offers to help her, but there's a catch! Now the Little Mermaid will need all her courage and determination to make her dream come true!" -- Provided by publisher.
7) Refugee
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2017.
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English
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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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2019
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English
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"Patricia 'Sweet Pea' DiMarco wasn't sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the idea to live in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind 'Miss Flora Mae I?' Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn't help that at school, Sweet...
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2019
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English
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In DISNEY ANIMALS STORYBOOK COLLECTION, tag along with Pua and Heihei as they search for the perfect gift, join Cinderella as she looks for Lucifer in the forest, find the best cub-house with Simba and Nala, and more! This delightful collection of eighteen stories features new and old animal friends and stories full of heart, friendship, and adventure. In 5-MINUTE PUPPY DOG PALS STORIES, join Bingo and Rolly on gift-getting missions, space-based missions,...
10) I, Cosmo
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English
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Cosmo would do anything to make his boy happy, but when Max decides they should learn a dance routine to stave off his parents' divorce, will the old dog be up to the challenge?
11) Moana's big leap
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Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"Young Moana is always ready for a new challenge! It is eight-year-old Moana's first time participating in the Tiale celebration -- a festival that occurs every ten years and honors a brave female ancestor. Thanks to determination and coaching from her mother, Moana competes in the cliff diving competition!" -- Provided by publisher.
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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
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2020
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English
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"Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death, they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. These horrific tales are guaranteed to raise goosebumps. Let the faint of heart beware. Pull up a chair, find a hand to hold, and prepare to be horrified." -- Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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"Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested her and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, she spent weeks in a...
19) Barakah Beats
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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school." Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has Jenna, her best friend who already goes to the public school, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to...
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2021.
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English
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"'We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home.' In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that...
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