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Author
Publisher
BSF Books and Stranger Comics, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"SAROJA'S QUEST is the story of Peppa, an inquisitive and sassy tongued ten-year-old girl with a love for books and adventure. In a shop full of old mysteries, she finds a book which hides magical secrets and one very real flower fairy! Her name is Saroja. This is a story of compassion, bravery, and healing as Peppa and Saroja create a special friendship that will last many lifetimes"--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Yonder, Restless Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled...
Author
Series
Seaside stranger volume 6
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
For five years Mio and Shun have been living with Shun's family in Hokkaido, far from the sunny Okinawan island where they first met. But when an unexpected accident forces the couple to re-think their living situation, they decide to return to Shun's old stomping grounds: Tokyo! Shun even decides to go back to work while Mio takes a much-needed break. Now that they have a place of their own for the very first time, will they finally be able to rekindle...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Kristine S. Ervin was just eight years old when her mother, Kathy Sue Engle, was abducted from an Oklahoma mall parking lot and violently murdered in an oil field. First, there was grief. Then the desire to know: what happened to her, what she felt in her last terrible moments, and all she was before these acts of violence defined her life. In her mother's absence, Ervin tries to reconstruct a woman she can never fully grasp-from her own memory,...
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life. Every member of Jack's wealthy and privileged family has made their mark at the Boston School. Everyone, that is, except for Jack, who is entirely mediocre. He's...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Lu̕ca loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Pàp. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Pàp is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends the summer months harvesting produce on faraway farms, Lu̕ca watches the skies for signs of the monarchs'--and her pàp's--return.
A...
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Co-qui, co-qui! The coqui frogs sing to Elena from her family's beloved mango tree--their calls so familiar that they might as well be singing, "You are home, you are safe." But home is suddenly not safe when a hurricane threatens to destroy everything that Elena knows. As time passes, Elena, alongside her community, begins to rebuild their home, planting seeds of hope along the way. When the sounds of the coquies gradually return, they reflect the...
10) Tender beasts
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school--with her own brother as the main suspect--she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.
Author
Series
I think our son is gay volume 5
Publisher
Square Enix Co, Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their daily lives in this hilarious and heartwarming LGBTQIA+-friendly family comedy! Tomoko is no stranger to change. With two boys in high school and a husband who's away on the job a lot, being able to adapt to new situations comes with the territory. Now, Hiroki is throwing himself into his afterschool activities with bestie Daigo despite nursing a potential...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Han pasado tres años desde la última visita de la Abuela, y Dulce se deleita con cada pequeño detalle, desde las maletas de la Abuela llenas de dulces en envoltorios arrugados y regalos de primos hasta el olor dulce y terroso del Perú que flota fuera de la habitación de la Abuela y por el pasillo. Pero la visita de la abuela no puede durar para siempre y muy pronto vuelve a hacer las maletas. Entonces Dulce tiene una idea: tal vez haya cosas...
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the prairie.
14) The night war
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--