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Hiranandani, Veera.


Booklist, September 01, 2021. Kirkus starred, August 01, 2021. School library journal starred, September 2021. Publisher's Weekly, September 27, 2021. Horn book, November 2021. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always-her own voice.
Date Published:2021

Booklist, September 01, 2021. Kirkus starred, August 01, 2021. School library journal starred, September 2021. Publisher's Weekly, September 27, 2021. Horn book, November 2021. Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always-her own voice.

Date Published:2021

What happened to Rachel Riley

Swinarski, Claire.


School Library Journal starred, January 2023. Booklist starred, January 2023. Publishers Weekly, November 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2022. Kirkus Review, November 2022. "Thirteen-year-old new girl Anna Hunt decides to make an investigative podcast about how fellow classmate Rachel Riley went from being the most popular girl in school to the most hated"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

School Library Journal starred, January 2023. Booklist starred, January 2023. Publishers Weekly, November 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2022. Kirkus Review, November 2022. "Thirteen-year-old new girl Anna Hunt decides to make an investigative podcast about how fellow classmate Rachel Riley went from being the most popular girl in school to the most hated"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

The fire, the water, and Maudie McGinn

Pla, Sally J.,


"Author of The Someday Birds"--Dust jacket. Follows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad.
Date Published:2023

Dogtown

Applegate, Katherine.


School Library Journal starred, August 2023. Publishers Weekly, July 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. In Dogtown, a shelter for unwanted canine and robot dogs, an extraordinary bond develops between Chance, a longing three-legged dog, Metal Head, an empathetic robot, and Mouse, their friendly ally, as they strive to find forever homes.
Date Published:2023

The labors of Hercules Beal

Schmidt, Gary D.,


Seventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.
Date Published:2023

Coyote lost and found

Gemeinhart, Dan.


Booklist, January 01, 2024. Kirkus, January 01, 2024. Almost a year after settling down in Oregon, Coyote embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad to scatter her mom's ashes, but the journey takes an unexpected turn when she realizes the secret to the chosen resting place lies in a lost book. Companion to Remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise.
Date Published:2024

The great stink : how Joseph Bazalgette solved London's poop pollution problem

Paeff, Colleen,


This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come--and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today.
Date Published:2021

This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come--and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today.

Date Published:2021

Yefferson, actually : En realidad, es Yefferson

Trejo, Katherine.


Translated from the English. On t.p. the J in Jefferson is crossed out and replaced with Y. On his first day as the new kid in school, shy Yefferson's name is consistently mispronounced to his discomfort and embarrassment. With his family's support, Yefferson finds the courage to stand up for himself and his namesake.
Date Published:2021

Listen : how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion

Stocker, Shannon,


"A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world"--
Date Published:2022

Endlessly ever after : pick your path to countless fairy tale endings! : a story of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, Hansel, Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, a wolf, a witch, a goose, a grandmother, some pigs, and endless variations

Snyder, Laurel,


In this rhyming mash-up of many fairy tales, the reader is invited to follow Rosie down the many possible paths which may lead to a sleeping maiden, a hungry wolf, a girl locked in a tower, or a goose that lays golden eggs--but with some luck, and some smart choices, Rosie may save herself and her fellow fairy tale characters.
Date Published:2022

A letter for Bob

Rogers, Kim,


Publisher Annotation: With humor and heart, and brought to life by Jonathan Nelson's warm, distinctive artwork, Kim Rogers's A Letter for Bob celebrates the treasured cars that carry us through our most meaningful childhood moments.
Date Published:2023

Let Liberty rise : how America's schoolchildren helped save the Statue of Liberty

Stiefel, Chana, 1968-,


"The true story of how schoolchildren helped fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York City."--
Date Published:2021

The eyebrows of doom

Smallman, Steve,


"While sweeping his cave one day, a bear named Dave meets two slugs covered in fuzz who look curiously like eyebrows--and they cause hilarious trouble wherever they go! A bear named Dave is sweeping his cave one day when two slugs, covered in fuzz, emerge from the dust pile and announce that they are THE Eyebrows of Doom. Suddenly, Dave feels the urge to do something unkind, so he crashes through a fence at the nearby campsite and eats all of the campers' food and knocks down their tents. The evil Eyebrows then find a young girl named Molly, who smushes her ice cream all over her grandfather. But when the Eyebrows try to disrupt things at the zoo, they get a big surprise!"--Amazon.
Date Published:2022

"While sweeping his cave one day, a bear named Dave meets two slugs covered in fuzz who look curiously like eyebrows--and they cause hilarious trouble wherever they go! A bear named Dave is sweeping his cave one day when two slugs, covered in fuzz, emerge from the dust pile and announce that they are THE Eyebrows of Doom. Suddenly, Dave feels the urge to do something unkind, so he crashes through a fence at the nearby campsite and eats all of the campers' food and knocks down their tents. The evil Eyebrows then find a young girl named Molly, who smushes her ice cream all over her grandfather. But when the Eyebrows try to disrupt things at the zoo, they get a big surprise!"--Amazon.

Date Published:2022

Creepy crayon!

Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-,


When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first.
Date Published:2022