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1) Thumbsucker
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Funny, witty and tender, Sunday Times bestselling author and illustrator Eliza Fricker, uses her own memories of growing up in the 80s to explore how neurodiversity presents itself in everyday life and what neurodivergent children really need from the people who love them.
2) Walk-off
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 10
Publisher
Jeter Publishing, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Derek is about to turn 13, and as the school year comes to an end and summer baseball season is about to begin, Derek knows that if he does his best both on and off the field, the future will look bright next year in 8th grade, and it'll be a grand slam!"--
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This irreverent debut delivers a headlong human comedy of trauma and triumph, narrated by the concealed inner selves of a woman on the brink. Katherine, a lost creative soul and the mother of two lovely teenagers with her strapping provider of a husband, has struggled into her forties with compulsive self-harm and intermittent fears of sexual intimacy. This brisk, mesmerizing version of her life is told in alternating short chapters by Truitt, Star,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A timely and deeply moving memoir of the author's Ukrainian family history, interwoven with the country's tumultuous story. In 2014, the landmarks of Victoria Belim's personal geography were plunged into tumult at the hands of Russia. Her hometown Kyiv was gripped by protests and violent suppression. Crimea, where she'd once been sent to school to avoid radiation from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, was invaded. Kharkiv, where her grandmother...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Manuel Betancourt has long lustfully coveted masculinity--in part because he so lacked it. As a child in Bogotá, Colombia, he grew up with the social pressure to appear strong, manly, and, ultimately, straight. And yet in the films and television he avidly watched, Betancourt saw glimmers of different possibilities. From the stars of telenovelas and the princes of Disney films to pop sensation Ricky Martin and teen heartthrobs in shows like Saved...
Author
Publisher
Medicine Wheel Education / Medicine Wheel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Learn the meaning behind the phrase, 'Every Child Matters.' Orange Shirt Day founder, Phyllis Webstad, offers insights into this heartfelt movement. Every Child Matters honours the history and resiliency of Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island and moves us all forward on a path toward Truth and Reconciliation. If you're a Residential School Survivor or an Intergenerational Survivor -- you matter. For the children who didn't make it home -- you matter....
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Wayne Johnston's family -- his mother, father, and three brothers -- were always on the move. The year he turned eight, the most memorable year of an unusual childhood, they found themselves occupying a wreck of a house in the community his mother Jennie was from: Goulds, Newfoundland was not so much a place as a scattering of homes along an unpaved road. Everyone knew him as "Jennie's boy," and his tiny, ferocious mother felt judged for Wayne's...
Author
Publisher
Viking Canada
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An unbeliever writes his way out of a "doomsday cult," one chapter at a time. As an adolescent, Daniel Allen Cox was a dutiful Jehovah's Witness, preaching door to door even before his baptism marked a formal dedication to the movement. Then, at eighteen, whispers of his sexual orientation made their way to his congregation's presiding elder and catalyzed his disassociation from the group. But the difference between "in" and "out" is never that simple....
9) Sunshine
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Jarrett J. Krosoczka was in high school, he was part of a program that sent students to be counselors at a camp for seriously ill kids and their families. Going into it, Jarrett was worried: Wouldn't it be depressing, to be around kids facing such a serious struggle? Wouldn't it be grim? But instead of the shadow of death, Jarrett found something else at Camp Sunshine: the hope and determination that gets people through the most troubled of...
10) Layers: a memoir
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Pénélope Bagieu never thought she'd publish a graphic memoir. But when she dusted off her old diaries (no, really--this book is based on her actual diaries), she found cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories begging to be drawn. In Layers, Bagieu reflects on her childhood and teen years with her characteristic wit and unflinching honesty. The result is fifteen short stories about friendship, love, grief, and those awkward first steps...
Author
Publisher
Roc Lit 101
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Rich Paul grew up in a Cleveland that hadn't won a sports championship in decades. He and his siblings lived with their mother, who struggled with addiction, in a one-bedroom apartment in the poverty-stricken Glenville neighborhood. Young Rich dreamed of becoming a star athlete but realized quickly that his small stature would make it nearly impossible. A serious child with a mind for detail, he went to private school and then college at his shop-owner...
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This book is a lyrical, elegiac affirmation of the awesome, strange, otherworldly ways our loved ones remain alive to us, even when they are out of reach. This family memoir, shimmering with wonder and enchantment, begins with the death of the writer's mother from early-onset Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Soon after, unexplained phenomena (specifically flashing lights and floating orbs) appear in the woods surrounding his family's home in rural North...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after seeing his profile on Humans of New York went viral and sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League. The kid who went from struggling to read to being a breakout star on his high school debate team, thanks to a life-changing friendship with his transgender debate coach, captured the heart of America. Jonathan's story highlights the important role teachers play in opening up worlds of...
Author
Publisher
Robin's Egg Books, an imprint of Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A sly, sentimental, and wickedly funny memoir about growing up at the local fair. The PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) is a Vancouver tradition, an annual fair started in 1910 that is famous for its farm animals, dog trick shows, and amusement park - highlighted by Canada's oldest wooden roller coaster still in existence. In 1980, when Nick Marino was twelve years old, he started working at the PNE and quickly learned that there was more to the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Desmond takes his new bicycle out for a ride, his pride and joy turn to hurt and anger when some boys shout a very mean word at him causing Desmond to seek the advice of Father Trevor, who teaches him about the power of forgiveness.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"Featuring beautiful full-color images of Dutch paintings throughout, this stunning book about one of the most vibrant periods in European art and life is centered around the fascinating, little-known story of the Thunderclap - an enormous explosion in 1654 Holland that claimed the life of one of the greatest artists of the 17th century."
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her loneliness through her summer algebra class, the city itself, and her friendship with a streetcar operator, adults fail her again and again with devastating consequences. Dreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces that harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout...
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