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462) Abuelita and me
Author
Pub. Date
[ 2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"In this poignant, empowering picture book debut, a girl and her beloved abuelita lean on each other as they contend with racism while running errands in the city. Spending time at home with Abuelita means pancakes, puddle-jumping, and nail-painting. But venturing out into the city is not always as fun. On the bus and at the grocery store, people are impatient and suspicious--sometimes they even yell. Sad, angry, and scared, the story's young narrator...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ten-year-old Dottie learns to navigate the odd spaces between grieving and everyday living when her newly widowed grandfather comes to stay with her family.
The solution to every problem starts with a question-- and Dottie Bing is a champion question-asker. When grandma Ima dies and Dottie's grandpa Walter comes to stay, he brings the biggest problem Dottie has ever encountered: a broken heart. Are there any problems the right question can't solve?...
466) The blue bowl
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"A young boy and his family discover a way to merge their Chinese and North American backgrounds by combining traditional foods from both cultures. Max loves his family's Cantonese meals, like steamed rice and gai lan greens with oyster sauce, homemade dumplings, and scallion bread. But sometimes he can't help thinking about French fries, tacos, and ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. For his birthday dinner, Max is really hoping for spaghetti and meatballs,...
467) Everything I was
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Thirteen-year-old Irene helps in her grandfather's plant nursery, makes new friends, and begins to learn what she really wants and needs after her father, having lost his job as an investment banker, moves her and her mother to his father's farmhouse upstate.
468) Maybe a whale
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"After Grandpa dies, a girl and her mother take the trip he had planned for her, kayaking along the Pacific west coast to look for the whales that he loved. The trip will do them good, Mom says, but the girl isn't sure. How can that be true when grandpa isn't there? And how will they find a whale in all that water, anyway? There is so much to see as they paddle through white-tipped waves and calm coves: glowing moon jellies, fluttering anemones and...
469) Beyond the doors
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
With their mother missing and their father in a coma, Zack, Janice, Sydney, and Alexa, ages eleven to four, must live with an aunt whose home has memories hidden behind doors.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A young boy has his heart set on a brand-new toy fire truck, so he is disappointed when he gets his grandfather's rusty old fire truck, Red, instead. But working together, the boy and his grandfather patch Red right up while Grandpa tells his grandson all about the adventures he had with Red when he was a boy"--
471) Wonka
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"'Wonka' tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker becomes the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
472) Nothing Special
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Selected as a Top Ten Children's Book of 2022 the New York Public Library; a selection of Social Justice Books (a Teach for Change project); and selected by the Association for Library Service to Children to their 2023 Summer Reading List!
A buddy story that spans generations, and a love letter to the Black family connections that survive the Great Migration.
Six-year-old Jax can't wait to leave Detroit and spend a week with his grandparents in...
Author
Pub. Date
20230411.
Description
My grandpa planted a tree for me on the day I was born. It was a pecan tree. Of all the trees in Grandpa's orchard, the one planted for his granddaughter is his favorite. She watches as Grandpa cares tenderly for each tree, from winter pruning to spring feeding; summer tending to fall harvest. She loves when the tractor shakes and shakes until pecans fall like rain. But not from her tree-her tree is special and set apart from the rest of the orchard....
Author
Series
Gone fishing volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Camping is fun. Until it's time to sleep. Then, Lucy wonders, what kinds of creatures lurk in the dark? With only her brother and grandpa as tent mates, will Lucy be able to face her camping fears? Includes a variety of poetic forms--from aubade to haiku--as well as writing tips about rhyme and rhythm"--
Author
Series
Christmas Carol adventure volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Twelve-year-old Carol, Christmas fanatic, is reunited with her long-missing father and learns that she, like he, is a Defender of Claus, with a mission to protect Santa.
478) Etta extraordinaire
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Meet Etta! Etta was born to be a shining star. When Etta discovers her school is hosting a talent show, she wants to share her many talents with the world. Even though she has never performed onstage before, all Etta needs to do is make a plan. (Etta always has a plan!) And in 1, 2, 3, 4 steps, she's ready for her big performance on the big stage in front of a BIG audience. Or is she? Find out how Etta beats her worries, with the help of her loving...
Author
Series
Cherry blossom volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but can't be. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her family's possessions are confiscated and they are forced into deprivation in a small, insular community. The men are sent to work on the railway, so the women and children are left to make the trip on their own. After a former Asahi baseball star becomes her new teacher, life gets better. Baseball fever hits town, and when Michiko challenges...
480) Wherever you go
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Seventeen-year-old Holly has never gotten over the loss of her boyfriend, Rob, who died in a tragic accident, but she is unaware that his ghost has been watching over her, and he is unhappy when he sees his friend Jason trying to get closer to Holly.