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1) Stargirl
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Author
Series
Children of Eden volume 1
Publisher
Atria/Keywords Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
In a future defined by environmental devastation and the all-seeing EcoPanopticon, Rowan, an illegal second child, rebels against an impossible choice by escaping her home for a night of both friendship and tragedy.
Outside of Eden the Earth is poisoned and dead; all animals and most plants destroyed. Population controls are strict, and a massive computer program, EcoPanopticon, preserves the last vestiges of mankind. Rowan is a second child, an...
3) Fancy Nancy
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
5) Gaston
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
7) Lemons
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
After her mother dies in 1975, ten-year-old Lemonade must live with her grandfather in a small town famous for Bigfoot sightings and soon becomes friends with Tobin, a quirky Bigfoot investigator.
8) Stargazing
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.
Author
Series
Wingfeather saga volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their disabled sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that they love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice. The Igibys hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera."...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Habrá veces en que entres a un lugary no veas a nadie como tú. Hay muchas razones por las que uno se puede sentir diferente. Quizá sea por tu apariencia o por la forma en que hablas o de dónde vienes. A lo mejor es por lo que comes o por algún motivo similar. Sea...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Sonia y sus amigos siembran un jardín, y cada uno contribuye a su manera.
Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans--
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...
13) Perfectly Parvin
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"--
Parvin Mohammadi has just been dumped--only days after receiving official girlfriend status. Not only is she heartbroken, she's humiliated. Enter high school heartthrob Matty Fumero, who just might be the smoking-hot cure to all her boy problems. If Parvin can get Matty to ask her to Homecoming, she's positive...
14) Destellos
Author
Publisher
SAPRISTI
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"Moon es todo lo que Christine no es: impulsiva, segura y creativa. A pesar de haber crecido en la misma comunidad chino-americana, no pueden ser má distintas. Pero pronto se convierten en las mejores amigas, compartiendo su pasión por el K-Pop y pintándose las uñas cuando sus padres no las ven. Un día. Moon le cuenta a Christine que veces tiene visiones, unos destellos en forma de ángeles que le susurran un mensaje desde las estrellas: la Tierra...