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Alyssa is an ice skater who prefers to skate alone. She lives in rural Alaska, where a quiet frozen lake is her happy place. But now she’s moving to sunny, loud Los Angeles. As the new girl in town, Alyssa isn't sure if she’ll ever fit in. When the local roller derby team takes Alyssa under its wing, she’s not sure she wants to trade her ice skates and solitude for roller skates and teammates. Alyssa decides to leave her comfort zone. Will she...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
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Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Winnie Nash, who has been keeping her sexual orientation a secret, spends the summer with her grandma in New Jersey as she struggles with her family's expectations while yearning to embrace her true self and attend the Pride Parade in New York City.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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"Gata cree que podría ser un unicornio. ¡Se siente tan unicórnica!"--page [4] of cover.
Kitty, who feels like she is really a unicorn, begins to doubt herself when others make fun of her. But then she meets a unicorn who helps her embrace who she is!
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years. When...
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The Little Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The stakes are high for fashionista Willa, a piglet who turns into a wolf at the stroke of midnight. What would her parents and friends do if they found out her secret? Follow Willa as she competes to win a big fashion competition while hiding her true identity from the world. A unique, modern twist of the timeless fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs.
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Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Between homework, studying, and Chinese school, Měi Yīng's summer is shaping up to be a boring one. Her only bright spots are practice with her soccer team, the Divas, and the time spent with her năi nai, who is visiting from Taiwan. Although Měi Yīng's Mandarin isn't the best and Năi Nai doesn't speak English, they find other ways to connect, like cooking guōtiē together and doing tai chi in the mornings. By the end of the summer, Měi...
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Wonderbooks
Pub. Date
[2021].
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Español
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"Ha llegado la hora de cambiar el cuento de hadas. Liz Lighty siempre ha sido demasiado negra, demasiado pobre y demasiado diferente para Campbell, el pueblo en el que vive, donde todas las chicas están obsesionadas con ser la reina del baile. Sin embargo, Liz tiene un plan para salir de allí: entrar en la banda de música de la prestigiosa Universidad de Pennington y conseguir una beca para estudiar Medicina. Pero su plan no sale bien y a Liz solo...