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1) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
Language
English
Description
"While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future."--|cProvided by publisher.
5) Outside in
Author
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
6) Moonflower
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and want to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they reject.
7) Finally seen
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Series
Language
English
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Description
When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
9) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
10) Rain!
Author
Language
English
Description
As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.
11) Big
Author
Language
English
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
12) Just because
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From worrying when excited to forgiving while still hurting, children experience everyday paradoxes as they embrace their full potential."--|cProvided by publisher.
13) In the key of us
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
14) Brave Dave
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dave the Grizzly bear lives in the shadow of his big brother, and even when he finds his own talent he is worried that the other woodland animals will laugh at him--until he finds the courage to show them all what he can do.
16) Loveless
Author
Language
English
Description
Georgia has parents who are still in love, two sets of grandparents that are still together, and a brother who married his girlfriend, but at eighteen she has never even kissed someone (not even her lesbian best friend, Felipa) or particularly even wanted to; at the prom afterparty she is surrounded by couples making out, and she really does not know what is wrong-- but in college she comes to understand herself as asexual/aromantic, and to capture...
17) Cranky right now
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A hilarious ride through the ups and downs of being grumpy, helping kids deal with cranky feelings, frustrating relationships, and things that just make them mad"--
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
20) Darkstalker
Author
Series
Wings of fire. Legends volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Long before the SandWing and the Dragonet Prophecy, Darkstalker, half NightWing and half IceWing, is hatched under the three moons--born into a divided heritage, he is destined to become the most powerful and dangerous dragon Pyrhhia will ever know, and it will take the combined efforts of a SeaWing named Fatham and a NightWing seer named Clearsight to come up with a way to save all the kingdoms from his anger.