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44) The okay book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
In illustrations and brief text, enumerates a number of different things that are okay, such as "It's okay to be short" and "It's okay to dream big."
Author
Series
Wings of fire (Graphic novels) volume 7
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds,...
Author
Publisher
Sunbury Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Leah is on a journey across Pennsylvania, confronting questions she never thought she'd ask: Can she forgive the man who hurt her the most? If she doesn't, will she be in need of forgiveness? Does life waste away if she doesn't find the answers? As a result of her husband's betrayal and deaths in the family, Leah forges through long stretches of her life alone. She is torn between her profession and motherhood, torn between her affection for her small...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Joan is a thirtysomething ICU physician at a busy New York City hospital. The daughter of Chinese parents who moved to America to secure the American dream for their children, Joan is intensely devoted to her work, happily solitary, successful. She does look up sometimes and wonder where her true roots lie: at the hospital, where her white coat makes her feel needed, or with her family, who try to shape her life according to their own cultural and...
50) Chouette
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. "You think this baby is going to be like you, but it's not like you at all," she warns him. "This baby is an owl-baby." When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughter's needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouette's behaviors grow...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
c2021.
Language
English
Description
Jet the cat likes to swim. When the other animals tell her that cats actually hate water, she goes in search of her true identity. After failing to fit the description of a variety of animals, Jet finally learns to embrace her unique brand of catness. A timely tale that humorously challenges labels and celebrates defining one's own unique identity.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On Multicultural Day at school, a young girl cannot decide whether to showcase her father's Indian heritage, her mother's German heritage, or her American identity, then realizes she can highlight all three.
55) Becoming Charley
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Unlike all the other caterpillars Charley sometimes wonders what it would be like to be a fawn or a waterfall, so when the day comes to form her chrysalis, Charley must decide who she will become.
56) Blue badger
Author
Publisher
Happy Yak
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Whether white, or black, or blue, Blue Badger's not sure what to do. Badger has a lot on his mind...and something on his bottom...
57) Someday
Author
Series
Every day volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When A learns he is not the only person waking up in a different person's body every day, he gains new understanding of the extremes where love and loneliness can lead. Told from multiple perspectives.
58) Shutter
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel. In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run. When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A poignant collage of stories of women young and old, this novel from an Alfaguara Prize-winning author explores passion, bad decisions, and the scars left by relationships over time. Margarita suspects that her husband is having an affair with one of his students. Elizabeth tries to escape a shallow life of privilege in New York City in the fifties. Doris Dana, Gabriela Mistral's lover and executor, enjoys a passionate night of sex and alcohol with...
60) Retazos
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Del autor ganador de la Medalla Newbery, Matt de la Peña, y de la ilustradora bestseller del New York Times, Corinna Luyken, llega esta profundamente conmovedora oda a las infinitas posibilidades que cada niño promete: Una joven bailarina podría convertirse un día en programadora. Un jugador de baloncesto podría convertirse en poeta. La chistosa de la clase podría llegar a ser una maestra inspiradora. Y la niña silenciosa y solidaria de hoy...
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