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201) For our daughters
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A Black mother replaces common misconceptions with empowering statements and lets her daughter know there are no limits to what she can achieve.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Erica "Chia" Montenegro finds out her mother has breast cancer, she makes a promise to God to raise money for breast cancer awareness and discovers that when family and friends work together, miracles can happen.
204) Finding grateful
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt picture book that celebrates embracing the moment and finding gratitude right here, right now. What does grateful look like? How does it feel? How do you find it? Even in the face of a challenge, you don’t need a map: You just need to pay attention to the little things—a smile, a hug, the smell of newly cut grass—that add up to a sense of presence and hope. With evocative, lyrical prose, this warmly illustrated children's book...
205) Bad hair day
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Franny K. Stein isn t a fan of glamour. She doesn t style her hair, the thought of wearing makeup makes her want to gag, and she couldn t care less about wearing dressy dresses when she d much prefer her lab coat. But sometimes Franny wonders if her mom wishes she were different. Which gives Franny an idea&for an experiment! What if she can turn the beauty products her mom loves into something more exciting? Every experiment has its experimental...
206) Just keep walking
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Two years after her parents' surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior's north shore -- a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It's not a situation that either of them ever predicted they'd find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs. Along...
207) Fae and the moon
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fae, in mourning for her missing mother, sits night after night below the Moon that her mother so loved. Then one night she discovers she can pluck the Moon out of the star-filled sky! Back safe in her house, she holds it close, feeling comfort at last. But Fae loses the Moon, and finds that taking it has awakened ancient monsters--rats, dragons, and more, who hunt it for themselves. Will Fae be able to reclaim the Moon, find her own inner strength,...
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