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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Real life isn't a fairytale. In fairy tales, the prince falls in love with the princess. But Tié̂n has a different story to tell. His parents are refugees struggling to learn English, and he doesn't know how to come out to them in Vietnamese. If he doesn't even have the right words, how can he ever know if his parents wills accept him? The answer is in fairy tales - a language that Tié̂n and his parents share. Tié̂nlearns from his favorite...
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Whether mixed with mayonnaise to make a salad or infused in a tomato sauce and served over pasta, tinned fish are an economical and flavorful addition to most anything you cook. Tinning fish is an old-world preservation method that gives us modern convenience. These fish-anchovies, mackerel, sardines, octopus, and squid, among others-are packed at their peak of freshness, meaning you get all the flavor at a fraction of the cost of buying fish fresh....
6) Call me Iggy
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ignacio "Iggy" Garcia is an Ohio-born Colombian American teen living his best life. After bumping into Marisol (and her coffee) at school, Iggy's world is spun around. But Marisol has too much going on to be bothered with the likes of Iggy. She has school, work, family, and the uphill battle of getting her legal papers. As Iggy stresses over how to get Marisol to like him, his grandfather comes to the rescue. The thing is, not only is his abuelito...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this profoundly moving and beautifully written memoir, the award-winning actor and activist provides an intimate view into both her public and private worlds as she chronicles her life's journey thus far, sharing how she discovered her truest self and, with it, a deeper sense of belonging.
8) Sink or swim
Author
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a trip to a Pacific Island, where the Magic School Bus provides them with individual submarines, and they learn about fish schools and the behavior of undersea animals--and try to avoid being eaten by a shark.
Author
Series
Magic animal rescue volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having increasing difficulties getting along with her stepmother and stepsiblings, Maggie catches a magical fish who promises to grant her a wish if she sets him free, a prospect that challenges her to evaluate her feelings about her complicated family.
11) Story magic
Author
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Kaya must harness the power of story magic--ignoring her society's bias against female magic wielders--to save her brother and find herself"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the South. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, he explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from...
14) Sea witch
Author
Series
Sea witch volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Ever since her best friend, Anna, drowned, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning in her guilt. Then a girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears offshore and, though the girl denies it, Evie is convinced that her best friend actually survived. That her own magic wasn't so powerless after all ... The rise of Hans Christian Andersen's iconic villainess is a heart-wrenching story of...
Author
Series
Locker 37 volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
To solve his Halloween costume dilemma, fourth-grader Bryce Dodd turns to magical Locker 37, which, through interdimensional fish sticks, transports him to different parallel universes where things get weird, weirder, to off-the-walls weird.
Author
Series
Ella and Owen volume 2
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ella and her twin brother Owen head out on a new adventure in search of special ingredients to make their mom a cake, but end up being turned into newts, and running into a Stinky Fish Monster that wants to eat them.
Author
Series
Elemental love volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"What does a witch do when life's a bore? You wish for something more. If wishes were fish, homebody witch Lucy Caraway could open an aquarium and gift shop with every wish she's ever made in her entire life. When she isn't grading papers over homemade tea blends, Lucy tends to her ancestral home in Freya Grove, New Jersey, while leafing through spellbooks, protecting her familial magic from complete mayhem. On the eve of her ten-year high school...
19) Into the waves
Author
Series
Never girls volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Lainey finally gets a pet--a goldfish! But when the fish escapes in Never Land, the girls go on an adventure to find him and bring him home"--
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A magical gender variant child brings transformation and change to the world around them thanks to their mother's enduring love. In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: a boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower...
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