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• Global

  Colfer, Eoin,

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  Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old Sami, from a village along the Bay of Bengal, and fourteen-year-old Yuki, from Northern Canada, strive to protect their homes from the encroaching damage brought on by climate change.

• Front Desk

  Yang, Kelly,

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  Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sky Full of Song

  Meyer, Susan Lynn, 1960-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thirst

  Bajaj, Varsha,

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  A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.

• Putuguq & Kublu

  Christopher, Danny, 1975-

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  "Putuguq and Kublu are a sister and brother who cannot get along. They love to pull pranks and one-up each other every chance they get! When one of Putuguq's pranks does not go as planned, the feuding siblings find themselves on the land…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Seed in the Sun

  Salazar, Aida,

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  Lula, a farm-working girl with big dreams, meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights.

• Anna Hibiscus

  Atinuke,

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  Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Four Quarters of the Moon

  Marr, Shirley,

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  Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Too Small Tola

  Atinuke,

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  Presents three tales of an endearing and enduring character, Tola, who lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, brother and grandmommy.

• Alias Anna

  Zhanna Arshanskaya: a Biography in Verse : a True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost Collector

  Mills, Allison,

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  Ghosts aren't meant to stick around forever . . . Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard and lends her Smiths tapes are all part of spirit world she and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Morning Sun in Wuhan

  Compestine, Ying Chang,

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  What was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together.

• ¡¡Manu!!

  Fernández, Kelly,

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  Set at a magical school for girls, a funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations, and finding your place. Manu is always getting into trouble. The headmistress at school believes Manu…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pilar Ramirez and the Escape From Zafa

  Randall, Julian,

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  While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amō's Sapotawan

  Amō Ōsapotawan

  Dumas, William, 1949-

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  A Rocky Cree girl must choose the skill that will define her miskanaw, the path of her life, in the second book of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw *thiniwak series. Rocky Cree people understand that all children are born with four gifts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan

  Hussain, Salma (Young adult fiction writer),

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  "The year is 1991. Mona Hasan is a young Muslim girl growing up in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The first Gulf War has broken out close by, but it isn't what she expects -- "We didn't even get any days off school! Just my luck."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragonfly Eyes

  Cao, Wenxuan, 1954-

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  Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enola Holmes

  the Graphic Novels

  Blasco, Serena,

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  "Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes wakes on her birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared from the family's country manor, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of the Quicksands

  Traoré, Efua,

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  Disobeying her witch-like grandmother when she becomes desperate to uncover a family secret, thirteen-year-old Simi goes exploring outside her remote Nigerian village where she discovers a strange parallel world after sinking into the red…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

  Dobbs, Alda P.

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  "Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"-