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Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Zen! He loves to draw and play video games. He also has autism. Zen is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Scott! He likes coding and playing basketball. He also has dyslexia. Scott is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"-- provided by publisher.
4) Free lunch
Author
Series
Memoir (Rex Ogle) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"North American Spanish translation of My Life with Dyslexia. Meet Scott! He likes coding and playing basketball. He also has dyslexia. Scott is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Kadence! She loves to bake cookies and hang out with friends. She's also partly blind. Kadence is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
¡Conoce a Zen! Le encanta dibujar y jugar videojuegos. Tambǐn tiene autismo. El zen es real y tambǐn lo son sus experiencias. Aprenda sobre su vida en este libro ilustrado narrativo de no ficci̤n para estudiantes de primaria. --
North American Spanish translation of My Life With Autism. Meet Zen! He loves to draw and play video games. He also has autism. Zen is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative...
Author
Publisher
KWiL Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the beauty and power of crochet-specifically, the life-changing benefits this fiber art has brought to one extraordinary boy, 11-year-old crochet prodigy, Jonah Larson. Part 1 tells Jonah's story, including his adoption from Ethiopia, and his challenges in school. Part 2 is a celebration of crochet, defining the fiber art, introducing readers to Jonah's crochet friends, and offering instructions on how to make an identity-inspired...
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"First- and second-generation immigrants to the US from all around the world collaborate with renowned photographer Wendy Ewald to create a stunning, surprising catalog of their experiences from A to Z. In a unique collaboration with photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, eighteen immigrant teenagers create an alphabet defining their experiences in pictures and words. Wendy helped the teenagers pose for and design the photographs, interviewing them...
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--
12) The lucky poor
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Mazie's family has been offered a fantastic gift: their very own, brand-new house, built for them by Habitat for Humanity. But it's a present that comes with a number of strings attached, and soon, they'll learn just how many problems even a new home can't fix. An inside look at inequality and second chances, struggle and hope, hard work and charity, The Lucky Poor is the incredible true story of one life-changing event, and every unexpected thing...
13) Chunky
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, HarperAlley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A true story ... with an imaginary friend. Hudi needs to lose weight, according to his doctors. Concerned about the serious medical issue Hudi had when he was younger, his parents push him to try out for sports. Hudi would rather do anything else, but then he meets Chunky, his imaginary friend and mascot. Together, they decide to give baseball a shot. As the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood, Hudi has found the cheerleader he never...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town's football team in this empowering graphic memoir about teamwork, friendship, crushes, and touchdowns. Misty never shies away from a challenge, on or off the field. So when the boys tell her she can’t play football, there’s only one thing to do: join their team and show them what she’s got. But the training is rougher than she thought—and so are...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In Yehudi Mercado's full-color middle grade graphic memoir sequel to Chunky, Hudi and his imaginary friend, Chunky, head to Jewish summer camp, where the dynamic duo meet a new friend who can see Chunky, too, and get mixed up in a prank war. This series is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jerry Craft. Hudi finally embraced his love of art and comedy, but his class clown antics keep getting him in trouble. After Hudi's artwork lands him in...
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