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1) Spin
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Archne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.
3) African Town
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English
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Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.
4) Samira surfs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Samira thinks of her life as before and after: before the burning and violence in her village in Burma, when she and her best friend would play in the fields, and after, when her family was forced to flee. There's before the uncertain journey to Bangladesh by river, and after, when the river swallowed her nana and nani whole. And now, months after rebuilding a life in Bangladesh with her mama, baba, and brother, there's before...
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English
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Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
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English
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In the aftermath of 9/11, high school sophomore Omid grapples with finding the right words to connect with his grandfather, embrace his Iranian heritage, and express his feelings towards a girl, until he immerses himself in the rhymes and rhythms of rap music and finds his voice.
10) Perfect
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.
12) Ode to a nobody
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English
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After a devastating tornado tears apart thirteen-year-old Quinn's home, she struggles to find stability and return to who she was before.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Español
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
14) Onyx & beyond
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English
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Set against the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement, twelve-year-old Onyx dreams of becoming an astronaut as he navigates his mother's early-onset dementia and avoids foster care.
15) Mid-Air
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Isaiah grapples with the loss of his best friend as he strives to fit into a world that expects him to toughen up, which leads him on a exploration of identity and vulnerability.
16) House arrest
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
17) Rez dogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
18) And then, boom!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Etan has stopped speaking since his mother left. His father and grandfather don't know how to help him. His friends have given up on him. When Etan is asked to deliver a grocery order to the outskirts of town, he realizes he's at the home of Malia Agbayani, also known as the Creature. Malia stopped going to school when her acute eczema spread to her face, and the bullying became too much. As the two become friends, other kids tease Etan for knowing...
20) Dear Medusa
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English
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"Follows 16-year-old Alicia, who feels isolated and alone after being sexually abused by a teacher, then cast as the slut who asked for it, until she receives mysterious letters hinting at another victim, forcing her to face her trauma and fight back"--
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