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Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family have started over in Bombay and are once again trying to rebuild their lives in independent India.
Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from his family's hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life still feels lonely...
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz, a trademark of The Zondervan Corporation LLC, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As World War II enters her backyard, a young girl tries to keep her family together and cope with the war by completing a bucket list with her best friend: her dog Happy. Featuring a dog’s POV and inspired by real-life experiences of a young Pearl Harbor survivor, this historical middle-grade novel will inspire readers 8-12 to find courage in any situation.
It’s 1940, and Jody is moving with her military family yet again—this time to a small...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
284 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1942, and twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village, where the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the sky, its bridge across the River Cher like a promise, a fairy tale.
But Miri's life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone--maybe alive, maybe not. When she's...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
320 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max doesn't want to be sent to London. He's never left Berlin. He barely speaks English. He doesn't want to live with strangers. Most of all, he doesn't want to leave his parents behind.
On the Kindertransport boat to England, Max has never felt more alone--until he meets two unexpected traveling companion: a kobold named Berg and a dybbuk named Stein.
Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is still determined to...
5) The Kid
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Moves, an imprint of Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
234 pages : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Destiny, Colorado: 1881. Fourteen-year-old Henry Upton reckons it's his job to keep his younger brothers together on the farm now that Mama and Papa are gone. Henry writes stories as The Kid, the fastest draw in the West, to keep meddling folks away from town. The stories are a major success, but the plan doesn't work. So Henry stops writing them stories.
Herbert might lose his job as an editor at Gunslinger Magazine if he can't find out why The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Flor's mother dies in early 1969, she is left with her abuelita who refuses to accept her identity as a trans girl. In order to be true to herself, Flor must leave home. She makes friends with Tami, a trans teenager, and the two girls make their way in the queer and trans community of New York City. But things quickly become dangerous when Flor and Tami meet up with friends at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence....
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's March 18, 1925, and twelve-year-old Cora Moffat is having a bad day. But things go from bad to worse as an enormous black cloud rages outside the window of her classroom. When a devastating tornado hits the school, Cora does all she can to help others survive. Will Cora and all those she cares about make it out of the building alive?
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's May 1963, and twelve-year-old Nina Norris is answering a call from civil rights leaders in Birmingham, Alabama. Black Americans are demanding the right to vote, but adults who protest risk losing their jobs. So, the children will protest in their places. As Nina prepares for her day, she knows she will likely be arrested. What will Nina face in jail, and will her efforts be worth it in the end?
9) Heroes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right?
December 7, 1941: Everything implodes.
Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...